The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-15
ZIP DAMNS FASSETT
EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT THE OUT
LAW KNOWS HIS CAPT0R

LAW KNOWS HIS OAPTOR
Robb of Kingfsher Sc ores the Enid Crowd
which has Possessi on of the Bandit and
Gives the Credit of the Most Desperate
Eunt in Western Hi story to MIR. Fassetf'
Who Went into til Cannon when all
sOthers Held Back in Fear-He prove
Him Out of tho Mountains and Made 1t
Possible for Him to be- Captured.
Kinrfisher. o. T, A1g. H-(SpeclaD
i'm Yesterdays Eagle L read a com
nunication from your Enid correspon-
lent and il is so ridicu ,ous and so I'M
nst and unfair that feel called upon
10 offer an explanation as 1 understand
he matter. and I know !, understand 1t
tor 1 have just returned from the very
.ountry where Yeager and Black were
hrst flushed in this last chase, and L
Know, not from observation, but from
Jet-lers living in the vicinity, who are
he,officers who are entitle q TO the cred
II for driving these outlaws out of the
mo untains where the far mers and Of
Ice rs refused TO go when they positive
vknew they were close them.
when Mr.. Fassett, his soU-in-law and
Oep,.ty Marshal Banks had trailed
,hern to the north Of Greever canon
md were close onto them they, Gas
,ett ct. alb met a posse Of officers and
;old them they were close onto them
md aske d them to join them These
officers refused and rode off in another
direction. leaving these three men TO
Follow those outlaws in the canonS
and hills when they were expecting ev-
sry minute TO have TO fight for their
lives.
Inst before reaching the canon Fas-
satt and posse met some of sthe farmers
and asked them to join them but they
said. mo, you drive them out and we
will help you catch thern, ana TINS IS
exactly what happenec' when Black
was killed. Fassett and his posse had
driven them out, trailing. them in fact
ike dogs. day and night, and as luck
would have it, ran them out of the
canon right into these farmers, who
did good work and made good fight,
but there they quit with Black DEAD,
Yeager wounded and worn out and re-
naming. Nothing to eat and foot.
Who took that trail and followed
Yeager? Was it these same fellows
who shot him in the cornfield east of
Hennessey?
Who made it possible for Yeager TO
be caught as he w2s-poor, helpless
creature, almost staTved-no sleep for
five DAVIS and nights. q have this from
his own mouth.) Wounded and foot
sore. no saddle on his horse and only a
few loa DIS left for his GIN? Was it these
men who had been after him less than
a day?
saw these officers whom Fassett
asked to enter the canon with him and
they said: "Fassett was right and If
we rad gone with him We would have
caught him sooner" / saw the farmers
or some of them. and they saluted Fas-
sett thus: Hello, Fasset, how is Yeag-
err? You are the fellow who got him,
for you never left the trail You run
them right out of the hills into us"
This is almost the identical language
I have heard several of them use, and L
know it is true
Who was it followed them like dogs
day and night? Was it these deputies
who sit in their cosy office and ridicule
brave men? These men have not brav-
cry enough to even follow where Fas-
set. his son and Deputy Banks lead.
Fassett has never claimed any credit
and his account of the chase is true so
far as I have been able to learn on in
vestigation.
"Yeager," said to him in my inter
view. were you asleep when shot in the
cornfield?" and he said: ''No. / was
dead on my feet and worn out. / real
lied what they were about to do, but
was helpless and did not have life
enough about me to know what l ought
to do to protect myself. Those damn
followed me like dogs day
and night. I had not slept for five days
and nights"
Iasked. "Who followed you?" and he
answered: "FaSsett and his damned
outfit
was for two days among Yeager's
friends. and they are cuaSing and mad
at no one but Fassett and his son and
Deputy Banks.
The farmers who aided in running
them down and killing Black give all
the credit to these officers and say in
conversation that they are the only
men who have had the hardihood to
follow these men to a finish.
Now. why this insane jealousy
amongst these officers? The men who
captured Yeager are entitled to due
credit but they and all others ought 10
he reasonable and Just and give credit
to those who had been so tireleSs and
foolishly fearless in the pursuit.
There never was such a persistent
and relentless man hunt in this coun-
try and il brave men are to be derid-
ed in the papers by jail guards who
would never dare take such chances It
Will have a tendency to discourage such
efforts in the future. for such talk and
notoriety is a stencil to them and is al
ways avoided
Yours truly T. c. ROSB.
have read the foregoing and know
II is true. as | was with Mr.. Robb on
his trip. J. II. GULLY.