Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-13
BABY AS A ROBBERS SHIELD
Dosporadoes Stand Off a Citizen Mob with q
Stolen Child
FINALLY CAPTURED AND LANDED IN JAIL
Two Men rifle IL Safe aud BnidiN Hoi"
the Village at hay with Their
RcyolNCrs-Both Now
in Captivity.

CORNING. Kan. Dec. 12.-After dcs-
perate battle, in which mothers stolen
babe in the arms of safobowcr kept at bay
and helpless an angry mob of citizens, two
men were arrested aud safely put behind
iron bars in the Seneca Jail. They are held
for Swallowing at this place Wednesday
night.
one is an old man said to resemble George
Taylor. the Mceks family escaped murderer,
and the other is barely more than a youth.
They steadfastly refuse to disclose their
Identity.
Wednesday night the safe in the office OF
the Jackson Grain company at this place
was rined and the school house broken into
where two curtains were torn down and
carried away. The first clew to the per-
pctrators was brought here yesterday by
country school children, who reported having
seen two tramps along the railroad west of
town. Deputy Sheriff Charles Andrews and
City Marshal Benslng at once took buggy
and went in pursuit, overtaking the pair
about five miles out. The men were ac-
costed, but made no reply. Andrews again
asked them to wait a moment, when both
whipped out revovers, covered their pur-
suers and hastily retreated to the timber.
The officers hurried to a nearby school
house. and with the aid of the children soon
got the inhabitants up in arms. Meanwhile
two Jealous corn huSlters Cspied the robbers
in their cornncld, and with shotgun and
rifle commanded them to surrender. The
pair meekly submitted until the farmer lads,
confident OF their game, approached, when
a fusilade of shots from the revolvers OF
the bCsieged made them the viCtors. The
owner of the farm drove up with his wagon
to carry OF the outlaws, only to be himself
made captive with the two huskers. At the
command of the robbers, enforced by drawn
revolvers, all mounted the wagon and were
driven to the farmers house. Here they
were confronted by the officers. But the
law had no terrors for two desperate men
fortified behind three husky farmers bodies.
After considerable parleying and shifting
for advantage the younger rOhber became
separated from his companion and quickly
became the victim OF Sheriff Andrews, The
elder robber compelled his living fort to
retreat to the house and enter There he
marched the trio upstairs and made them
lie face down on the floor threatening death
to the first who should try to see what was
going on. AS they We're marching up the
stairs at the point of revolvers the robber
stopped over the cradle in the room below
and snatched a hve-months' old babe, telling
the terrorized mother to hasten him some
supper, and she loved her child to tell
no one that he was In the house.
With one man safely in their power tho
officers brought him to Corning and took
back large posse BY O'Clock the farm
house was surrounded by 800 or 400 men
armed with rides, shotguns and re-
vovers. The outlaw In the face of all this
demonstration, ordered a light to be put on
the stairs that he might the crowd
and eat his supper With three citizens and
the baby in his clutches his orders were
obeyed. One of the posse requested him to
surrender. He replied that he would If he
ha all In lie
consultation his proposition was agreed to,
and the old robbGr lies safe In the Seneca
Jail with his young confederate. Several
sets of burglars tools, camping outfits and
eight gold watches were some of the plunder
recovered.