The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-02

Parker station on this road h vnu sal !
for him James McMahan. now ~ N &
Rio was at the battle OF Pease river.
COLONEL FORD's FIGHT
The South Canadlon river Is also an A
torlc place On this stream the l1tb a. :.
May, 1885, Colonel John s. Ford Tough, Il /.
great battle with the fierce Comanche NJ NJ
riOrs led by their noted chief Iron Isot.ss
who was killed In the light. Ford md ~
eral companies OF rangers, besides Nm 81
friendly AnadarcO and TOnkaway Indiss. 4
The Auadsrcos were led by their chief j,'
Rockmark and The IOnks by old plldi-
The battle was hcrce and bloody. but "A
rangers gained the victory Iron Jacket M
carly In the action. His horse WAS kliis
and fell on him and he became an eas
prey, being fred at by rangers and a.,
dnrco Indians, who crowded around NM 4,
His indian name was Po-he- bits Quash.
or Iron Jacket, from Spanish coat OF maj
which ne wore This armor was hroug
TO Austin by Colonel Ford and placed7l
the capitol, where the writer saw and ), \
amined II IN 1871. IL was no doubt an Il &.
Spanish coat Of mall made of iron scals
fastened to some kind OF thick stros.
cloth, the scales overlapping like those 81
hsh. II would turn buckshot or navy pisc
balls or arrows. IL was not long, fttln,
up close TO the neck and coming down \,
the hips II had the appearance OF greis
nge This valuable relic OF frontier ds,,
was destroyed when the old capitol burnsl
After crossing South Canadian IN a wild
looking, place among curious-shaped rock
hills, the country has no variation, belrt
far out on the great plains beyond the Tn
Der line What dense herds of huffalop
cnce loamed over these vast plains, oftes
chased for many miles by the wild a.
manche, the hoofs of the big game strikin,
the hard prairie soil by thousands caused
rushing roar like an approaching cyclone q
ibe desert Very little, sign Of their e.
istence can be discovered now. Occasional
ly a horn is picked up that has escape
the ravages of time and Are
Farming practically ends at the foot q II
the plains nearly 200 miles east of Texne
but big stock ranches extend all the wsg
through. TeNline small place on ~
plains, without a tree or bush In sight d
the county seat Of Dallam county Oh
/ clear days the mirage. this phantom water
can De seen IN various direction and look
so much Ike a lake or pond in a depresslos
OF the prairie that old plainsmen have been
fooled by II.
NJ Tbs writer received wsrm welcome At
IeSline from dear sister wife OF ex. shat
IN A. G. AbhotD, whom / had not seen II
nearly twelve years. A Windmill can b
seen NORTH Of the town, which Is the hlga.
est point 10 Texas, betng 400 feet ah0gs
sea level. The Zine Of Texas aud New Mex
| leo IS one mile west Of the station. Flight
miles north is tho Inc OF Oklahoma Tefd
tory and ten miles beyond "a Bufah
( springs, by which the old Santa Fe tran
ran 10 So. 10, Mo Shortly after arrk
ing IN TeNline court was II session. anl
I among the lawyers present was Hon Ten
PIE Houston tson of General Sam Houstonl
10 whom ! was introduced. Judge Eoustor
Is large man, somewhat after the build Ii
his rather, aud the east OF his features has
a striking resemblance 10 the hero OF San
Jaclhto- HIS home Is In Woodward. o. 7.
BLACK JACK.
Ten miles west Of Texine, in New MeS
! leo is the town of Clayton, where .Blaek
Jack, the train robber was executed. He
was famous at one time in the role Of
! ronber and man.killer having held up
| many trains and no less than nine men, ant
/ likely more, fell before his deadly aim
| HIS last exploit was at place now known
as robbers Cut, seven miles south q
| Folsom, n. NJ and forty-seyen miles from
/ clayton. Here, at about IL o'clock at.
! night he held up a train alone. He got On
the water tank or tender near Folsom and
! rode there until the train reach 'Robbers
! CUT then crawled over into the engine
! and aimed his Winchester at Engineer
! hirchgraber, at the same time ordering
| him 20 stop the train. This demand was
| complied with; then the robber told hin
\ TO get out and cut the baggage car loose
/ from the train. This the engineer refused
| 70 do ana Black Jack" punched him IN
| the chest with his gun and said he had q
notion TO kill him. "All right" said Kirch.
! graher, ''do so II you wish but / will not
| 60 Jack then ordered the fireman down
| 20 go back with him 70 the baggage car.
He wanted to cut It loose and pull the car
half a mile to where two of his pals were
! In waiting TO help loot IT, The fireman.
! got out and went with him At this time
/ the mail clerk stuck his head ont at the
! door Of the mail car and BLACK jack shot
] him. The ball from the Winchester struck
( the unfortunate clerk In the face, knocks
| Ing out his teeth and SCATTERING his jaw-l
hone in such a horrible manner that later
! on Il had to he taken out
Frank Harrington, the conductor, hear
| Ing the shot knew what 1t meant, as be
had been held up twice at this same place
before Picking up a shotgun. he ran
| through the coaches TO the mail car snd
looked out at the end door. plainly seeing
| Black Jack The robber was on the
alert. HIS eyes everywhere and. seeing the
conductor, presented his gun and Harring-
ton did the same. Both 1red at once. me
bah from the Winchester grazed the leiE
arm OF the conductor and BLACK Jack az
once left his position and walked about
forty yards past the engine and stopped
on the track, where he remained q few
moments and then disappeared.
The train crew was badly scattered, but
rs soon as they could be collected the
train pulled on to Clayton; left the wonn1'
line arriving here at o'clock In the morn
lug At 3 the train went back to Clayton,
and getting officers pulled on out 10 the
scene Of the hold,up, arriving back there
Trinidad, Colo, was dispatched 70 tho
scene.
AS soon as the train from Texiine arrived
on the ground man was seen lying on the
and who signaled Tor the train 70 stop.
Chris Waller the engineer, brought the
train to a standstill and he and another
man. both well armed, got of and ap-
preached the PROSTATE man. who was no
other than BLACK Jack" and badly wound
ed having his left arm torn all TO pieces
The desperate fellow, however, halted me
two men who were approaching him, ana
said he had mind 70 sell out then and
there, and be done with e. They covered
him with their guns and he gave up bis
and allowed them "a take charge OF him
He had suffered great deal. lying there
bleeding and wanting water for seven
hours. No one had come 20 him, his Pals
having fed, Il is supposed, when the
program was not carried out, and they
could hear the fight az the train. His SAD
died horse was found near, on which was
q fne Navajo blanket. He had a gooi
Winchester belt fuil Of cartridges, but
only a few dollars IN money.
He was carried 20 Trinidad and theirs
his arm was Rmputated close up 70 the
shoulder against his wishes. however, a.
he said ne wanted 10 be buried all %.
gether aud not by peacemeal For saie
keeping he was taken 10 n prison In New
Mexico until a trial could be bad, which
from some cause. was put on yerAl
times, and then he was brought "a Ciay'
ton tried there and sentenced 10 be hung.
mn Hfss. col ~. nntah