Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-26

Officers Securing the Country for
the Dnrc-Deviis.

onccrS Securing the Country for
the Dare-Devils.
Special Dispatch.
Paris, Tex, May 25.-Al interest is
centered in the capture Of three dare
devils who raided the Longview bank
Wednesday afternoon, Sheriff How
ard arrived here this afternoon Ho
has been at all points from Texar-
kama to Ardmore. I. T., organizing
posses and placing them on the trail
Of the robbers. He has been in confer
ence with United States Marshal Will
Jams and Deputy Sheriff Mccummen.
Both officers are rendering him all
assistance in their power and two
strong posses were sent east tonight.
Every ferry on Red river is guarded
and every avenue OF escape is under
the surveillance of officers.
Their Capture Inevitable.
Sheriff Howard said to your corre-
spondent tonight that the men may
have escaped into the Indian Territory.
as they are familiar with every road
and trail leading there and have
map OF the whole country He does
not think 1t likely that they have done
So however. officers and citizens here
10 llnA DtllENt AHfs nave ANhNANh ehNAN
yet and consider their capture inev-
table. The wires have been hot all
day with messages about the course
taken by the robbers. The agent at
Longview telegraphed sherim Howard
tonight that the robbers ate supper
at farm house near Cason, i've miles
east of Pittsburg, last night and left.
going north. The trail was lost and
part OF the party went back to Long
view, but some kept on In the search
of the men. A telegram from Pitts
burg states that the men were seen
going in a northeasterly direction last
night and had crossed Cypress and
were in Titus bottom, and efforts We're
being made to surround them.
Another dispatch states that they
were seen between Mount Pleasant
and Mount Vernon. and that sher-
iff's posse was trying TO intercept
them. 4 posse left Clarksville tonight
going east and one to Red river. An
other dispatch from Clarksville says
the robbers are in Titus county. Dep
uty Marshal Eason wired tonight from
Mount Pleasant that men were within
ten miles of there and he was In hot
The wounded.
The report that the robbers were
surrounded near Avenger yesterday
proved to be untrue.
sheriff Howard received the follow
Ing late tonight:
Longview, Tex. May 25.-J. C. How
ard, Paris: Mcqueen resting easy, bu'
is far from being safe. MGckleroy viii
pull through all right. Rewards are
growing We think the reward Is now
something like $4,000.
(Signed) JOHNSON;
The railroad companies and the
Western Union are cooperating with
the authorities and giving the free
use OF trains and wires to carry pos
ses and give information
II Is believed that they VIII be cap
tured before tomorrow night.
Information comes by wire at 10
| o'clock tonight that man was seen
this evening in camp two miles from
Douglass Red River county. He had
| four or five head Of horses and claim
cd 10 be a sheep herder and said he
was waiting for his son. George Glen.
mons OF the First National bank at
| I,ongview says the description OF the
man corresponds exactly with that OF
| one OF the robbers who had held him
| Deputy Marshal Bob Bruce telegraph
| "a Marshal Williams from Mount Yer
| NON tonight that that county Is pelnH
| scouted In all directions.