The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-04

1 later heard them cursing, but could nc
teil what they were saying. / think the
mad made mistake and gotten into til
wrong car. While the three men were II
tne car fourth one was on the bank b
the side of the road.
Inc two younger men made a breal
LOT tne express car while the big fellow
VINO later proved to be Jesse Marrow
stepped down at the side of the car will
a shotgun in his hands. He put it to hi
shoulder and presented it at Eddy, VIII,
WIS az the place where he had left tbs
smoker. Eddy had been watching him
uhe, ana when he had been discovered
aiu lhe man was about to shoot he open.
so IRE or rather fired one shot at the rob.
Der which did the work.
| III Inc load of No. 4 buckshot struck the
man IN the left side little below the arm
t'n9 passed out of the right side of the
poty, Killing him instantly, and he fell
~ 'ne ground and never uttered a sound.
w. was at tne steps of the baggage car
g n ~ thls time two men had come out
o. tne baggage car with Morrow. opened
Nc upon EDDY and was shooting at him
pae'ty nyely. When the train stopped /
sos uhoer the trussrods of the baggage
f"t, Wnicn are near the wheels of the car.
Sam party at the steps of the express
81 anu as soon as the two men opened
pre- on Eddy this man advanced 70 whare
was and got on the first step of the ex-
press car. l fired on him and he fell 70
Ihe ground and did not utter a word and
e Honp know what became of him. The
nrlns at the other side of the car had
now stopped and the men were not to
pe Iound, except one dead and one NOR
taliy wounded. A lage posse of people
residing in the vicinity of the robbery
starred out in pursuit of the parties who.
L INN! LINK, have taken to the mountains.
Inc man who was killed outright was
Jesse Morrow. aged about AZ or so years.
re resided with his wife and number
OF sons IN Wayne county about ii miles
from the scene of the trouble. He was
known as the worst and most desperate
man in the community, and I heard n
number of people before l left the place
remark, that whoever fired the shot which
kllled him had fired the best shot ever
hred IN the county. The peoDle on all
SIDES were loud in their praise of the man
who killed him. He was recently i'm
plicated in the killing of man who it
was alleged, he robbed, shot and threw
his body into the river. He was arrest
ed and was in Jail for some time and was
a short time ago released from custody.
Thomas Morrow, the man who was
picked up near the dead man, was found
to be shot through the breast, and think,
II buckshots struck him. He was picked
up and carried by myself and another
person to the depot at Greenwood, where
he died at o'clock, after suffering in
tense agony, This man was a son Of the
big man who had been shot and Killed
and was about 80 years old and tough
customer. | heard he lived near his
father and had been in trouble several
times. Some persons came to me and
stated that five horses were found hitched
near the tunnel, but can not vouch for
this statement as did not see them my
self. No one made an attempt to arrest
any of us detectives for killing the men.
"The leader of the gang" he said,'is
n man named Underwood and he. is a
desperate criminal, having been impli-
Gated in several arson cases and has been
arrested on the charge of numbering q
friend. This was some time ago. don't
know where the wounded man went after
the robbery was over. He resided in
the vicinity of the attempted robbery
and | am of the opinion that all parties
concerned were residents of that portion
of the country" f
Marun, Ine man WHO was 80 Dauly
wounded, and will, it is thought, die, says
he is from the state of Pennsylvania and
that he was tramp riding the blind bag
gage and was not with the gang. When
asked how he came to get shot he said
he was trying to get out of the way and
was hit by load of shot When found
by the engineer he was lying by the
tender and was taken off the train at
Columbia Falls. The robbery was plan
ned to be committed on the 18th of this
month but on account Of creek being out
of its banks near the scene the robbery
was postponed. A farmer says the men
have been camping near the scene for
five days. One of the gang gave the
scheme away to the officials and trains
have been loaded with detectives for
the past month.