The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-20
HARD AFTER THEM
BURK ROBBERS WILL FIND IT DIE
FICULT TO ESCAPE
Chief Massey and His Force are Hard at
Work on the Case--Deputy Sheriffs are
Keeping a Lookout-uen Nearly Filling
the Description are Seen in the City,
Chief Massey and Bedford Woods Scour
the Timber--Robbers are Surrounded
by Gordon of Watchful Ofcers--Es-
cape Rendered Almost Impossible.

Chief Massey and his force and the
deputy sheriffs are making heroic ef-
fort to capture the Burk robbers.
The afficers in surrounding towns
have been notified and have been given
a description Of the robbers and 1t VIII
be next to impossible for them to visit
any town in southern Kansas or Okla
homa and avoid arrest.
Chief Massey thinks the robbers
came into the city and the whole police
force of the city are on the lookout
and the robbers will have hard time
to get out and avoid arrest If they are
here. The description Of the robbers is
SO complete that they can be easily
identified when found.
The police have spotted two men who
came into the city Sunday night and
they come very nearly filing the
description given by Burk. The cloth
ing is almost exactly as described by
Burk, only the smaller of the two men
wore the cap while the larger one. wore
it in the description given by Burk.
The larger of the two men spotted
here wore the same kind of coat and
trowsers described by Burk, but his
hair was not the proper color, ii being
auburn, and now the question has been
raised as to whether Burk, In his eX-
clement, did not make slight mistake
in regard to the complexion of the
larger of the two men.
Chief Massey and Detective Bedford
Wood yesterday, in order to further
satisfy themselves that the robbers are
not hiding along the river south of the
city, secured the timber along the
stream from the city to the mouth OF
Chisholm creek.
They found three men that seemed
to be hiding and camping in the brush
but none of them filled the description
given of the men who robbed Burk on
Chisholm creek bridge Sunday morn
ing This is a further confirmation OF
the theory that the robbers are still In
the city.
This attempted murder and robbery
following SO closely upon the murder OF
Matkin has thoroughly aroused the
people and officers and no pains or ex-
pense will be spared to effect the cap
ture of the Burk Robbers.
Chief Massey said last night that
several clews were being followed up
but he could not yet tell what the re-
suit will be, only that he believed that
the men who committed this bold rob-
berry will be brought to justice.
1t is claimed that two men filling
the description of the Burk robbers
were in Eureka last Friday night. III
that is true the men must have left here
after they We're seen by John Kelley
and come back again, because Mr.
Kelley is certain that he saw them on
Chisholm creek a week before the rob-
berry.
If these two desperados are still in
Wichita it is difficult to see how they
can ever get out and escape arrest
with every officer in hundred miles
of Wichita and ever train crew run
ming out of the city watching for them
Chief Massey desires that any informa-
ton which will assist in the arrest OF
these robbers coming to the knowledge
of any citizen shall be Immediately re-
ported to police headquarters.