Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-02

aideF, and 1 went up In fr1nt When
1 got to the door ! found 81 fastened
/ Knocked and told them % come out:
that We wanted them. They nakcd
who II WAS and what wanted. i told
them Il didn't matter about that: that
wanted them. They then said they
wouldn't surrender. and told me 10
look cut that they were going to shoot.
Then they shot. and the balls came
through tho door and rassed between
my legs. Then told the boys 10 shoot
into the house. and we all began "a
bang away. They shot out at us. nud
II was lively for while Finally.
whom ! had shot away about all my
ammunition l went on and SAT down
and studied about It. Some Of the
boys wanted 10 iiie the house. but
did not want TO do that. for You know
n We had burned up that house with
those men In II without knowing who
they were. some one might have said
that we had gone down there and burnt
up ~ house with a widow woman and Il
lot OF children In II. So decided 1
would break In the door and 20 IN
anyhow Wei, one OF the boys said,
No. let's burn the house; you'll grt
Killed, sure but | told him | didn't
want to burn the house, ana We taikca
IL over a little. and then started for
the door. He said, You amt goln' la
there and l said Yea when / broke
In the door l covered the head OF the
ladder. which led upstairs, with my ro-
volver and told them that the ffst
man tina. stuck his head out without
showing his empty hands was dead
man.
"rhen | told them that u was no use
for them to fight any more, that the
house WAS surrounded and mat u
they did not surrender they would be
shot 10 pieces. Then / put my fiot
tt.s. .f
Il like / was going UP. but OF course
did not Intend 20 do t. I kept talk
ing 10 them. telling thcm how useless
It was for them TO light Then one OF
them said he was going 20 surrender
and stuck his hands out over the stair
way, empty / told him then never to
to move his hands from wherN they
were, but to just ease himself Off on
bis elbows. and stepped down ON the
ladder. He came and skeotcr stood
there at the head OF the stars and
cursed him every step he took down
the ladder FOR surrendcrlng.
trhen | kept on talking to them and
told them that il thcy didn't cume down
I | would fire the house and burn them
out Then skeeter oussed some more,
4 but after while he began to talk
4 different. Then he finally said he
would give up, and he put out MIS- emp
/ " hands and came walking h0Wn the
! ladder. and nll the rest gave 10 and
I We had them"
\ This is the story OF the capture Ga
/ related by Lieut.. Sullivan llurhed
/ with the fnncy OF a Down East sensa-
/ ton writer, II would be startling Ia its
I picturesque effects And now, for the
benefit OF some metropolitan scribe who
wants 10 steal this article and emoe,-
Z llsh II Tor a constituency OF highly oul-
turod and absolutely historical road
ers. here Is no fancy sketch. but an
actual description OF the man who. with
ak fearlcsR assistants, captured "Skeot-
err" and his gang
4 Lieutenant Sullivan In II tai man who
Is made To appear several Inches taller
by wearing a high crowned hnt II IL
broad brlmmed like the cowboys but
not like II In any other way In fact,
minus the snake coil band 1t Is more
Ike a hat of the Republic OF Mexico or
some other place where tall crowned,
bon topped broad brlmmed sombreros
are the fashion
He has Kind stoady, blush gray
eyes and a tawny beard like that which
the Mortimer had and which the
Nassar girls love to read about II ia
on his upper lip ana his chin. His hair
like his beard Is tawny yellow though
somewhat darker save whore stray
locks fall down upon his temples, lie
wears his pants In his boot tops; his
revolver where he can reach II; aud
his soul In a very open frank
countennncc. He Is quiet self possess.
cd. easy and agreeable IN manner and
talks like he meanH what he says
Perhaps that is the reason that
skceter and his gang came down out OF
that loft.
Now this description may kin the
lieutenant or he may come back and
XIII the reporter but this Is all PLAIN
unvarnished tale unlike most OF those
told about train robbers. and II this
does not suit the reader he knowna
where to go 90 ind story more ar,
tisuc n not so true. for according 10
some mislnformcd papers the Indian
Territory IS fun Of the Cook gang and
bloody battles are OF frequent occur.
renee up there, and thiR " not q circun-
stance beside some Of them.
The rifle on exhibition here was taken
. from Skeetcr and was anid 10 belong
TO Bill Cook, who had left Il In the
house while he wentiss on "A scout
through the country. A member OF
the gang who was captured the next
day after the fight, while lettering near
the robbers house. said that n tho
rangers had been half an hour later
they would have captured Bill Cook,
who was with this man near the house
that afternoon.
~ have d good horse worth a hum
drcd and fifty dollars. and I think
more of him than everything else I've
rot, ana | would have led him right
down the middle Of the road and turn
cd him over to anybody who could
have made me sure that Bill Cook WIS
there" said Lieut.. Sullivan as he arose
TO leave the reporter.