The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-15

| box and the passengers. / was somewhat
nervous but made a good bluff and called
| upon imaginary confederates to cover the
| driver and passengers with guns. ] made
| he people get down and line up alongside
the road and l robbed them one by one
Vest Townsend, the driver in making a
report of the robbery, declared that there
were at least dozen robbers in the gang
I never at any time in my life worked with
an accomplish.
"a few days later / rode on a train in
company with the sheriff of Tulare coun-
ty and talked with him about the robbery
After that l visited San Francisco ST.
Louis and Denver and returned to Cali
fornia six months later, when again held
up the same stage line. In making my
escape that time l stole horse out of a
farmers barn and was arrested for that
theft. l thought 1 was wanted for stage
robbery and | gave myself away. / was
tried, convicted, and sentenced to twenty
two years in the San Quentin penitentiary
After being seven years in prison / became
trusty in the laundry, and stealing some
clothes from a guard, l escaped.
Il lived on fruit for a time but hunger
ing for more substantial food, / begged for
something to eat at a ranch near Peta-
luna The woman of the house gave me
good supper, and while / was eating il
her husband came in and instantly recog-
nized me by the description sent out by
the prison authorities. He sat down be-
tween me and the door with a gun in his
hand and waited for me to finish my meal.
When l attempted to get up he leveled the
gun at me and told me to surrender.
refused and he shot me in the neck
knocked him down with a heavy lamp,
setting fire to the house, and ran, the far
mer emptying his revolver at me as I
escaped 10 the mountains.
II walked until reached small town,
and was shot at by watchman On
reaching Sacramento learned that a po-
liceman had been murdered, and imme-
diately left town to avoid being arrested
as a suspicious character. ] managed to
trade a blanket for a gun and then held up
two men at Truckee. Next ] heard that
a Chinaman had drawn $1,000 out of the
bank al Colfax and was about to leave for
China / followed him out Of Colfax and
tried to hold him up on a mountain trail
He jumped over a cliff and was killed, so
/ did not get a cent. l returned to Truckee
and was there arrested for numbering the
policeman at Sacramento. Afraid OF be-
ing ynched II / was taken to that city, I
confessed to being an escaped convict and
was sent back to San Quentin. After
serving ten years was pardoned.
IT then went to San Jose and began
working for a seedman. While there I
one night killed man in st. James park
whom / attempted to rob. was not sus-
pected. and within a week from that time
/ tried to hold up young man and two
girls in a buggy on the Alameda the
driveway between San Jose and Santa
Clara. They attempted 10 escape. and in
the excitement / shot and badly wounded
one Of the girls. Some time afterward /
began living with a Mexican woman
whom ! robbed one night. For this was
arrested. tried and sentenced once more
to San Quentin for seven years. Within
one week after reaching the prison I
Joined with others in an attempted es-
cape. ] fell from wall and broke my
right leg. which slightly crippled me for
life. was recaptured and had to serve
out my full term.
II then went TO Spokane, where l got
two years for burglary. 1 did a lob IN
Park county. Montana. securing 1900 in