Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-09

west. no' 70 iar
Among other surmlsos Ia one TIA, IN.
I 4. nave a rendezvous somewhere
~ raio PINTO, or some OK the adjacent
uounues IN which they may disappear
WI ne exeitement Is over. There
entity when Palo Pinto was ,nTss,.,
oy gang Of very daring outlaws saw
erai Years ago who were finally hrotar
up py Sheriff Edmondson. There are
many favorable localities for a hiains-
pace OF this kind out thore ana 4,
might take months Is track the roh.
pers 20 their hair even though 4, eha,,ta
not be many miles away. TIE maj
tiat the train robbers reappoared In
me Immediate vicinity OF the scene Of
lhe late robbery at Gordon would soon
10 support the theory that they Aaye
not peeh very far away, for, from the
at both places they are believed TO he
the same. They may, therefore con-
sicer themselves safe again In soma
ties. 'sNi'7
The hnhgers Arc in Earnest.
y Is evident, however that there is
a strong determination on the nat ~
the Texas Rangers to hunt the robsers
down this time II II is possible. Thers
are thirty men attached to the COM
any al Quanah, which is now out hunt
Ing the robbers and they viii be gwen
every possible assistance by all the
aheriffs OF Northwest Texas. The
Rangers in this company are nearly
all old-lmers who have seen years OF
service with Captain Mcdonald who
is In command. Lieutenant Sullivan,
who captured Skeeter and his gang
near Bowie a ehort time ago VITA a
squad OF these veterans, 10 now lead
Ing in the pursuit. Public sentiment
has been thoroughly aroused on the
subject of train robbers. and II they
are not overtaken this time they will
be made "hard to catch" and are not
likely TO be seen In Texas again soon.
The Guessrrs Are Busy.
Speculation is rife as to who the rob-
bers are, and the prevailing Impression
is that they are In some way connected
with the Cook gang, IT, indeed, the re-
doubtable Bill is not one of them.
There are various other suppositions,
none OF which have much of u founda-
ton on any known facts
There Is extant at this time an ingen-
ious theory that the robbers have con-
nectlon In some mysterious way with
confederates In the great cities, who
may assist them in different ways and
share In their spoils. However, this Is
probably idle fancy.
The following Is said to be the ad-
dress on the tag taken from the box
found in the woods near the scene OF
the robbery:
&C. c. shower, Utica, n. y"
The box 10 also said 70 be marked
$1,000. for assistant United States treas
urer, New Orleans, La. The strength
of the box and Its size, which was con-
venient for packing therein about a
thousand silver dollars, seem TO indl-
cute its contents very plainly. wien
taken IN connection with this mark on
the outside. The tag may be explained
later.
TIE officers and train men have been
induigIng In some interesting discus
sions ms to where the guards should he
rta-aA II they are to be put on the
trains. 1t IS taken for granted gem
eraily that this precaut.on would In
insure immunity for the trains OF any
company which might adopt It,
The opinion, however. Is not unani-
nous.
Some argue that the guard would
be as helpless as the messenger IL
nlaced in the express car. where. in
case he attempted resistance. he would
he ant 10 KIN the engineer and me
man as they were marched In ahsai
of the robbers than the robbers them
selves.
rhis recent innovation has queered
| The t4ts..a. .rrs ~ -. ~ es'ifs .uriT
winohesters IL concerned. ana II IS
| claimed that guard would be no
I better of ~ placed In the same posi-
ton. 1t Is suggested the guard ought
/ 10 be stationed on the engine, put the
objection that the robbers could climb
up behind the tender and shoot MN
nv the light of the furnace which would
I fan fun upon him while not reaching
them is made 1t is also said that
they could shoot into the engine from
the ground, after tagging the train
and after getting rid OF the guard
they could then proceed as AT pres.
ent with the engineer and fireman, OF
whom they would obviously have the
advantage, even though the train mon
were armed, as II 10 claimed by some
they should be. a certain wei known
ofticer SAYS that best plan In his opin-
ion would be to post the guard In the
sleeper from which he would emerge
In times of trouble and make 1t Inter
esting for the robbers at the front end
OF the train, II he could not entirely STOP
their proceedings with a fusiladc at
long range.
But up TO IL - 49,
ceded that no one has yet devised a
plan which viii strike the festive train
roober forcibly enough TO make him
quit the buiness
A great many people have been want
ing TO know who those two ofnce1
were who were on the train at thu
time OF the robbery and who did no
want to be taken back TO begin th'
hunt Immediately after the interesting
event had occurred. One OF them hal
been traced to Dallas, so 1t Is said. by
a deputy who loves him too wen L
call his name, The safe which was los
by a Dallas newspaper is stu fastcne'
securely in its place In the express car
not having been carried away by IN
robbers. who think OF institutng
damage suit against the said pape
for charging them with blamed fool
lshness. II they did not have so man.
irons In the FIRE. they would doubles
do 80 Immediately and might very WEI
hone TO get something more than Nv
$500 which IA now said to be the toia
amount OF the loss.
The Latest.
The following was the last bit OF IN
( Formation received by The Gazette y
! regard TO the developments at Ranger
l The officers, Messrs Roots and Bunef
; were evidently pushing the fusiuF
I hard:
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