Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-19
CAPTURE OF skEETER'S CROWD.
HOW A PART OF THE cook GANG
WERE ROUNDED UP.


Wichita Falls. Nov. i7.-Lockaby. the
section boss, and the fireman and the
engineer OF the train that was robbed
on the Texas & Pacific near Gordon.
arrived on yesterday evenings train
Tor the purpose Of Identifying prisoners
held here for the Gordon train robbers,
but after seeing them they decided
they were not the parties wanted, but
Lieut., sullivan is positive he has four
of the Cook gang, one man named
skeeter, who is Cooks right hand man
and three Others OF his gang.
skeeter is the man that headed the
gang that robbed the train at Red
Fork in the Creek nation several
months ago.
In the plumber secured from the rob-
beers there We're three six-shooters. six
W. cl.slers, eight belts and 1000
60 - Of ammunition. One Ago. one
" "a zee "A. one IS winchesters; one
n ~ le and bride. saddle and bril-
die = + expressly for l.. II. MeDo-
mitt.% nit. l. T.; eleven pair of
blankS " buggy robes and about
0lrty . idkerchiefs. All wore
shirts all. .annel with cordury col
lars and II ats. Hats are alike. black.
broad-orim, high crown.
In effecting their capture on the 10Th
inst, Lieut.. sullivan and his men mad
information were the robbers were To-
Gated. superintendent Goode of the
Denver gave the rangers permission
to come from Ammarillo on the 18th
on cattle train with six men, saddles
and arms. When they arrived In two
miles of Bellevue, they were put OF at
a creek and seoreted themselves until
two OF the posse went TO Bellevue and
secured horses. They proceeded from
there TO the outlaws rendezvous. n
arriving within about two miles Of the
place the rangers encountered mount
ed picket When he found out he was
discovered he made a break for the
house In which the robbers were To-
Gated to inform his comrades. Lieut..
Sullivan and men gave chase, cutting
three wire fences and captured the
SPY, who refused to accompany them
saying the gang was desperate ana
would not surrender and he didn't pro-
pose to get killed; that he knew they
would fight until the last moment be-
fore they would give up. on arriving
in a half mile Of the house they hand
ouffed the prisoner, for fear he would
try TO make his escape during tue
fight they expected to have. When
they were about 800 yards from the
house the pilot of the rangers pointed
out the house 10 Lieutenant
sullivan, who placed the pris-
oner under guard OF W. y. Neey.
He refused to go any closer 70 tne
house for fear of being killed py ms
comrades. After Handwriting the prisT
oner. Lieut.. sullivan and the plltnue
Of his men made "A run on the mouse
facing two port holes prepared by the
robbers, but in taking them by sur
urlse they were not able 70 use me
1srt hul,, S'ia .zasv.s sstfv~iso a
tbe house. placing Bob Mcclure Jack
Harwell and Geo. Lepton, plot WhoMl
they had pressed into service IN tuS
raar. Him Wise, Willie McCauly anu
IIeut sullivan in front. Lieut. sun,
van grabbed the doorknob ana louhu
IL held from the inside and coihinAllu-
cd them to open up, After lev M ~,
ments silence they asked; WY a. /.
s,f Nv, an officer and demand your sur
,ander" They answered eNclainlis
81 -, outiU look out" we are gong
90 shoot'' and Immediately fired throusl
he door. Two balls passed hetWpe,'
Iisnt SullIyans legs. lie sot p"sN
some Ave feet and gave the orusr "
arc and then the fight was on DuIins
tbe shooting for the first few hl9tilenss
n hail from one OF the rangers guns
struck the magazine OF ny a,
In a robbers hands, demohshlhs
a niece OF 1t struck him on IN u M,
cutting Il cash ana me pa ~, I'M n
So. ." ,.trsated TO the upper story.
NV, mia time the rangers VINO W.T. W.T.
~ ~ ~ rear. having emptied both tne,i
III and siX-shooters' maui
,Ni.',.,,,,n,,ra OF a dug-out 10 reioHu'
I ~ reloaded they began firing INV
~ ~ ' ,,rS story Of the building re-
wy ~ from one OF the robbers per
serated McClure's hat, anothe an
atri,,ing in front Of Harwell anu t I'M.
bis eyes with dirt. Dufins tna heir
,bc ones In front had sp.a,,q, ana
s,rrs and pistols also MvS g. ,oiasd
Svise got behind the ehiihneS ,ns,te sac
Lleu'' ,,.ernn and reloaded. Alsr ~
o. .insded he motiOned TO McSau3
Ils ,u $3.50 10 where he was; thvS
VINO ,o The door and tried unu
| Naus I, not barricaded. AS AZ hIss
iouIiu S,,iii,'an showed the door oP-l
LEU ,n,,zgle OF his Ninchester snu
VIII WIZ "" INTO the room. followed py Ms
Snniy Wise guarding ~ my ,he
~ hole with his winchester ~ nv
,,,ne Lieut.. sullivan aIu snnndt
li,,,e The stairway and den ,nn rs.
the surrender Of the ros and asked
plled they would ny 5,, ee
''who do you Wan'
We Wahs ~. names OF the parties
you WANT" a,0enence. we want
a,. %" IL you don't come IN puln ,oy,
s0s When you come, come VIZ seS,
out p,s m and empty. II you n svs,
,,tt'ing I'll shoot you VI s,str,ya,
ais sN' veur head over .hat s'1 ha ns
sim showing your empty -
~ In XII syrrendered and the figns W. c,,,
IneS They were brought e TINS V ~,
over ,,,aned in jail the might 81 IN
ana s pasta stated IN The Gazette OF 'n'
18th inst.
RVS , BAD PLACE.