The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-21

How the Teas HighwayUan ~
Hts Fate In 1873.

HOW vm0 BGIoo MW0y1AA
Hts rate IN 1873.
AkYN the little town Of Round Rock. =
Williamson county. Texas, -
more thas thirty miles dinaane
from Austin. refpse the remains Of o.
OF the most desperate train robbers ~
ail-round highwaymen that ever opesnteS
in our section said l. n. Croker az -
Lone Star state AZ he Riggs
1T was in the spring of ISIS that r.
Bass met his fate In this sleepy No.
town. and when he died with his 49,
on the southwest was rid OF a CIT
who was easily the leer OF Jesse JHee
though he hadn't Quilc as long - =
that noted outlaw. lass was pS5Se1
of Michigan: at least. his sister. . 1611lN
girl. came down from some town Il ~
state TO see that his body was deceeSlv
inferred. He had collected about M
company OF as hardened thieves a. ev1r
engineered n hold-up. The gang had 49,
a number OF trains in Missouri Ar ~.
kansas and concluded thy would 49,
one more good haul in Texas before Yia
ing across the border into Mexico, 49,
they proposed to stay in retirement ~
a season.
Bass had planned the boting a. ~
only bank at Round Rock as an eou1af
job and doubtless a better PAYING -
than tackling a train. which feat had heen
performed too often to be thosouxhly sefN
BY changing his programme 20 raidina. 4
village bank there might be more lumo
and less risk. So on that Lovely mnenlne
in May when he and his fell>w There
rode into the unsuspiclcus town ~
chuckled to think what an easy Id Il
would be to transfer the hank'A cash 4
their pockets. So thoroughly certain w
they of getting OF with the plundsr thai
hay in, hae 1Nx,,A 49,
One wanted to get a shave, anothef venk
into a restaurant and so they snttees4
singly over the place, but there va a
understanding as to the time OF attach
and a rendezvous was fixed upon
Meanwhile. unknown to the ban0ta Z
squad of mounted Texas rangers NJ
been pressing hard upon the trail - -
bad men and within an hour after ~
Bass outfit entered Round Rock Sera>enf
Dick Ware. with eight or ten rangofn
also reached the scene. He wasn't ave
OF the presence of the robbers. nor n
they dream that the Officers Of tho ~
were In that vicinity. Neither did1aSv
citizen OF the town have the rsu661k
idea of the identity OF certain -
looking men strangers in the plaza ~
they might be cowboys from souo -
tant west Texas cattle ranch. n -
presence of such was too commoo - uc-
casion notice.
1.-THE climax came quite by accident.
One OF the ruffians who had sauntered IN.
to store to make few purchase In
reaching for his purse to make payment.
disclosed big Colts revolver. The Tex
as law against carrying arms was strict
and It so happened that the man who saw
the weapon was none other than the town
marshal. as brave fellow ~ ever lived.
He walked up to the desperate and said
quite courteously. My friend. I'll have
10 relieve you OF that stx-shooter.' tn
give 1t to you, then.' said the robber With
an oath, and in a second had drawn NJ
weapon and fired upon the marshal. whA
fell dead at the report.
Upon this the robber rushed out Of the
store and Immediately his comrades coano
running to the spot, but no faster thaA
did the rangers with their winchegsers,
ready for action. In a second. Il seemed
as II both sides had the situation revealed
and the robbers turned to run to whero
their horses stood. tied. q block from
where the murder Of the marshal oc.
CURED. Before he had run fifty yards
Dick Ware had sent bullet into the
head OF Barnes, Bass lieutenant, which
laid the highwayman low. Bass. m0rta1ly
wounded. managed TO get upon his horne,
which he urged to breakneck speed. II
animal ran for about three miles. TN y
reached the open prairie. and stoppee .
craze. AZ he did so his rider un1bee =
sit longer In the saddle from ie0 q
blood, FELL To the ground
When they found him a few houeo
later he was dying. He recognisS1 49,
geant Ware as the man who had kfAea
him and said he wanted Ware % have
his horse. He regretted their procrae(t-
nation In robbing the bank For " they
had only known the rangers were % near
they could have finished the Job and
escaped. "-Washington Post.