Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-12
THE TRAIN ROBBERS STILL UP,
THE rorrc or CONFIRMATION on
ALL SIDES.
sheriff Weaver Claims that EVANS
Statement Led 10 the Other Ar
rests. hat sheriff Euies. lila. said
otherwise--rerrai pobber. Caught.

Uncertainty clouds tho situation IN
regard to tho train robbers and even
Tho festive guesser is LET, In the dark
as to what the developments OF a day
may be-
Tho four prisoners arrested by SHEER
ift Euless and his deputies are sim In
JAN; the sherln sun believes that he
has evidence enough to held an OF
them except the young boy, Gardner
Capt. Mcdonald OF the rangers yestcr.
day released tho man p'Armond. who
was arrested under suspicious circum-
stances nj Cisco. Young sam Evans
is still prisoner and interest seems
to center In his ease. on account o.
the peculiar circumstances attending
his alleged concession, His lawyer
states that as soon as he has had time
TO collect the evidence In his cpse he
viii have preliminary examination.
The grand Jary OF tho Foriy-eiehth
district court has been called to meet In
special sSssion on Fpuay with the
understanding that the cases against
the supposed train robbera will DO In
Ncsugatrd.
serseant Sullivan went up the Rock
Island from bridgeport yesterday even
Ing In pursuit OF the gang who held
/ up the train at the crossing OF Red
ie.Ner Monday night. lie anu posse
are travelling IN a special cabooae and u
STOCK car Tor their tired horsra, which
they have orders TO change when they
reach tnelr destination for frcsh horses
with which TO begin the pursuit, They
also have orders not to cross into the
Territory In pursuit OF the fu6luves.
Capt. Mcdonald having been informed
by telegram from Adiutant- General
| Mabry AZ Austin that the rangers ara
not authorized to cross the river and
pursue the robbers In tho Indian Ter
rltory Tor a crime committed In that
country. 1t IN believed that tho rob
hers are riding west and the rangers
will probably 80 UP Red River ON the
Texas side and seek to Intercept them
IN case they attempt 20 orosa that
atream and come back into Texas. Al
the time Sergeant sullivan heard OF
the Rock leland train robbery hu was
az Decatur, having gone there TO await
orders. after hearing OF tho arrests
here OF the partiea supposed to no
connected with the Benbro5k AFFAIR, Al
the time he heard OF those arrests he
was in the Nlncinity OF Mineral Wells
In pursuit OF ihree heavily armed men
who were rang north with start OF
u day and q half, The horses or tho
rangers were worn out from the long
scout aud MS Capt. Mcdonald had good
reaeons 10 believe that the partieB here
were the real train robbers, he called
them or from the chase of the TIRES
men they were after, which had be-
come well nigh hopeless IN consequence
OF the tired condition OF their horses
and the long start the fugltlyes had,
Sergeant sullivan WAS directed to 10
70 Decatur and rest while awaiting
orders, and doubtlo8s expected 10 be
sent up the Fort Worth and Denver
to guard that road when no received
the order 20 take the special at Bridge
port with his fatigued but hardy band
II is safe to say that they win give
u good account OF themselves within
the next twenty-four hours and AZ
least discover the trail and report 70
Capt. Mcdonald the general direction
which has been taken by tho r0Dperi
after their last audaclous performance
IL rs understood that sullivan believes
that the men who held mp the Rock lal.
ard train are tho three whom he was
pursuing north from Mineral Wells
II IN tho prevailing opinion that tho
men who robbed the Rock Island arc
the ones who held up the train near
Benbrook. but this opinion IL not uni
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