Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-18

thrown together and Rose Yerger sat
facing her brother and Mrs. Pitts faced
her husband.
WOMEN FURNISH WEAPONS.
The train left here just at nightfall,
and it was about 9 O'Clock when New
Braunfels was reached. The two women
had spent the time sObDing on the Shout
ders of the prisoners and Gosling and his
two deputies had no thought of the plot
that was being arranged.
Shortly after the train had pulled out
of New Braunfels Pitts slyly reached his
shackled hands under the folds Of his
Wife's dress and secured a six-shooter
which had been concealed there.
Yerger did likewise and drew forth a
slX-shOOter from his sisters dress. The
two prisoners then sprung into the center
of the car and began firing at Gosl:ng
and the two deputy marshals simuitane-
ously. The first two shots came together
and both bullets struck the brave mar
shall squarely in the back, and he pitched
forward on his face.
Deputies Manning and Lang were quick
to get into the fray. The cylinder of
Dang's pistol would not %revolve, and he
was poWerless to render any assistance
to Manning, who stood up fearlessly be-
fore the rain of bullets that was being
shoWered at him by the two prisoners.
Manning emptied the chambers of his
~six-shooter time after time at Yerger and
Pitts as they slowly backed toward the
door of the coach. The car was filled
with smoke. and it was only by the flash
of the pistols that the. positions of the
combatants could be distinguished.
Manning was shot through the left side,
through the left arm and through the
neshy part of the neck. Although the
blood was pouring from these wounds he
kept up the fight and did not seem to
know the meaning of fear. AS he fol-
lowed the prisoners toward the car door
his cartridges We're exhausted and the
%ejector stuck. He cooliy stopped down
beside Garfield and grabbed a lead pencil
from his pper vest pocket and punched
the empty shells out of the chambers, re-
loaded and esume firing.
Pitts and Yerger gained the platform Of
the car and shouted defiance at Man
ming.
JUMPED FROM THE TRAIN.
They then Jumped off the rain, which
was running at a good rate OF speed. The
| coach slowly cleared of smoke and the
interior looked like a slaughter pen. The
floor was reeking with blood, many panes
of glass We're broker aud groans We're
coming from wounded passengers. A
woman, Mrs. Drown, had been shot
through the abdomen. She died next day.
Rose Yerger had been shot through the
thigh. Marshal Costing WAS dead in a
pool Of his own blood, and Deputy Man
ming SOOn became unconscious from the
loss of blood.
The train was stopped and ran back to
San Marcos. where the wounded We're
given surgical attention.
The following morning a detachment
of state rangers arrived at the spot
where the prisoners jumped from the
train. They had a pack OF b~loodhounds,
and the latter immediately gave tongue
and followed a bloody trail made by the
! f%ugitives for a distance of about SOC
yards, when they came to the body OK
Pitts lying in a bunch of woods. He had
been shot twice through the body. and
it was remarkable that he should nave
been able to jump from the moving train
and go that distance wounded as he was
Yerger had released himself from his
dead companion by severing the ~latter's
right hand at the wrist.
The pursuit of Yerger was continued
and he was found that evening wander
ing in the hills in the western part o.
Comal county. He was demented, ant
made no resistance when ordered tt
throw un his hands and surrender. HI
recovered his senses in a few DAYS ant
was conveyed to the psnftentiary at Ches.
ter, H.. where he is still confined. Al
though badly wounded. Manning recov
cred. and is now living on the Rio Grand'
hOr1er.