Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-01
NOW THE THIEVES HAVE II ALL.
THEY HAVE ovEHHuN THE EN-
TIRE INDIAN TERRITORY.
Express Company Refuses TO Garry
Money Pacisases--Depury Marshais
stand In with the Robbcrs--stutc-
hood the only safety.

4 MNaNNHa Ill
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ing outside the territory but uolhb
business with territory firms, are
greatly worked IN over the condition
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Tor the Pacihc Express Co. TO reiuse
money shipments either into or out OF
the terrltory 10 fsr a. III. express
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Company - eohev'heu' hpMeNe'' NV
take philosophical view OF the situa-
tion and not a complaint has been
Registered.
n.y. say ,b.,r cus,o,,e,a .vou con.
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nN' Transport ouF HiNhe9 !" hH's's'
why we don't want YOU to attempt Il,
but n il an outrage that such a con.
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'Ihe SITUATION IN the lndlan Ierl-
tory today" said Superintendent o. w.
Gaze Of the Pacific eomnanv. ..is worse
'""" ~ eNor was ine'u 10 up'o'u'''S
no protection for life or property eN-
cent as we furnish IL ourselves This
co,,tr,.i c.,.r,.i,,. 90 ,,ucb al, orro,,
ior1e Hlakss me business 700 expensive
70 pe prohtabie, We nave iyst more
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actual robberiea NOW ms SATURDAY
robbery By II We lost Just sil1, This
consisted OF return - ~ IS Whlch
We are sun hanunls' ana our nhu the
p"irohu reihltlhicus' but you Gun
see that 10 protect even "a small
amount What IL would cost when such
y gang as thut attacked the train
me othcr companies are sun carrying
money put am INFORMED by MI
Slnpsoh OF the Welis-FnrBo, that ne
nas hsheu the genera superintendent
TO Issue an order similar 10 ours.
An ENpcnSive business.
ITO give you a little idea OF what we
have paid out / Will speak of the OIL
phant robbery, our loss there was a bout
$500, but II cost us $500 to capture the
robbers, At the present rate for car
rying money we would have 10 take
into the territory IS 500 600 TO get that
back. For some time before the DAT
ton gang was wiped out the Nj. X. q
=. and the Pacific had a standing re-
ward of $4,000 each ON tho eight mon
COMPRISING the gang This mad only
been shortly before Withdrawn WhV
unless there IN a reward. or we nav tho
cxpcnses OF the deputles tho United
states morshal doesn't seem "a think
that IL IA his duty TO nttetnpt IA can
tirf. these robhars
"1here In but ono wav To stop this
lawiesgnesp. Thnt ia 10 make a state
out OF the Indian Tcrrlturv or course
II tho federal fsoverntnett ,votid gand
a few retrimenta of anldicra dnyrn there
lnpt,ad al snnnino tbenn In ,bo 10
raci,s and i'm hose Iseeteri, ,nuItarv
stations II mirht do some gno1
war of exterminntion gueh Ss GOV.
ernor Crlttonden waged against the
Jnmoa gang In Missouri Is wbnt ia
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by admitting the territory to state
hood.
This order OF ours does not
greatly affect ST. Louis, az most OF the
money If ahlppod'to those banks In the
territory from Little Rock or nearer
points. Quite a good deal Of money in
payment for goods comes out OF the ter.
ritory by express, but ths system can
be temporarily changed
General superintendent L. a. Fuller
OF the Pacific company, and General
SUPERINTENDENT Peek OF the Iron Noun
taih nave gone 70 Wngsonor, aud Will
spend several days IN the territory In
an attempt to have the Cook gang,
which perpetrated the last robbery,
vaptured Ihe Information received
here Is that Bin Cook Is u young man
not yet y years old. and Cherokee
blll, MS chief lieutenant, Is but is.
aup'untenueht case says they are des-
peradoea simply for the notorlety and
not for the money they can set sun
they always take all they can. The
Eahs which erected the robbery at
Claromore short time ago was the
means gang, headed BY Columbus
Menna, rms ~ bad gang. AZ Ia also
the hlll poolnh gang which 10 said to
nave sprung from the ashes Of the
bal'oh gang.