Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-03

One great point in favor of these out
laws mas been the friendship shown
them by the "sQuaw" man and the
boomer element, from whose ranks
their often-depleted forces are rein
forced as years go by, until now they
are stronger than ever before ia their
history.
There are scenes Of panic in full op.
Grafton at the present time, chief among
which are the Stars and the Cooks. Bill
Doolan and slaughter KID" vet live,
nd ara either leaders or prominent
Smembers OF one or the other Of these
outfits.
Many cowboys, whose occupation
has passed away with the opening and
settlement of this country, have taken
The cir horses, arms and knowledge OF the
country Into the service OF the Cooks
and Stars.
In the latter part of the 70's Sam Bass
started in as gentleman OF the road
By single handed stage rooberies.
His name became a very terror to the
travelling public, and the James boys
were only secondary consideration on
the border. But Bass did not last long,
and was finally shot, captured and exc
cuted.
His career ended the clone highway
man" fad in the territory, and since
his demise work has been carried on by
bands of from two to dozen in each
raid.
Close upon the heels OF Sam Bass fol-
lowed the O'Connell gang, organized
aud raiding in and around the Chicka-
saw county.
A part OF this band we're killed by
officers aud settlers, and the leader, Dan
O'Connell, was captured, tried at Nich-
tia. sentenced to long term in the pen
iteptiary, where he is now deIving In
the coal mines for the government.
A unique member of this band, who
has lately been sent 10 prison, was Bill
Wade. Bill was a most unromantic out
law, and after his pals were laid by he
took to stealing hogs along the border
of the territory and kanaas.
A really romtntic and picturesque tg-
urs was that of George Stevens. He
was an educated southerner, Que OF the
Chesterfeldian order, who would apollo
eize to you while cutting your throat or
turning your purse inside out.
He had a beautiful wife, who pre-
ferred sharing his exciting and dis
graceful career TO wedding some re-
snectable man. Their end was a tragic
one. indeed. For year or more Capt.
Stevens, assisted by two burly negroes,
named July Monday and Burly July,
rerroriZed the territory.
They stole horses and cattle, robbed
stages aud trains and waylaid lone
travellers. Suddenly, without sny APP
parent cause, these depredations ceased,
and peace and quiet reigned
This calm was unsccountable TO the
officers and the public, until one day
July Monday was found murdered at !
Purcell, and his Indian mistress in
formed the officers that his death lay at |
the door OF Burly July, and also that !
George Stevens and his pretty wife had I
both been murdered By these tiends, .
and the bodies cast into a snake den in /
the mountains.
This den was located aud visited oy a
posse, and sure enough, the bones or !
the dead couple were found as the |
squaw said.
Burly July had murdered Monday 10 j
preveut his disclosing this story. The |
lack desperate was captured by Bill !
Carr after hard tight, and expiated |
his crimes on the gallows at Little !
Rock, Ark.
Then Belle Starr fitted across the /
nrairle stage. During the war she was |
= rebel spy; sfterward she married a
Union officer. He died and Belle drift |
ed west, became the mistress of Cole /
Younger, and by him had ole child,
girl named Pearl Younger. /
Cole Younger was Jesse James right
hand man, and is now a prisoner in the |
Minnesota penitentiary at Saltwater.
Belle became a faro bank dealer on |
the border. She fitted from place TO
Mace. finally winding up as mistress TO
an Indian named Jim Starr, a noted |
desperate, Desperate and laWless, she