The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-02-27
CAPTURED AT
SHAMROCK
Axe. Richmond Taken by officers
Hughes and KsstOn Isa
Prize Criminal
tFrom Mondays Dally)

Houston, Texas, Feb. 2l.--Aecept
my congratulatlons on your most ex-
cellent work in capturing A. ". Rich
mond. He Is a desperate man, an
ex-convlct, and great care should be
used In handling him.
@. A. TAFT
superintendent wells-Fargo Ex-
press Company.
Positively Identified This Morning.
Such Ia the telegram OF congratu-
lation received this afternoon from
superintendent Taft OF the Wells
Fargo Express company for Texas.
This morning n, ". l., Montgomery,
Wells-Fargo agent at Paris, and one
OF his assistants, arrived here on In
structions from the superintendent
at Houston. In company with the
officers they visited the Jail where
the man captured Saturday At sham
rock by Sheriff Hughes and Deputy
Keeton, had been lodged, and as soon
Us they saw. the prisoner they iden-
titled him as A. Il. Richmond. who
in July last stole package contain
ing $1,000 from the express office
In Paris and for whose capture
the express company had offered
$500 The prisoner dIsclaimed all
knowledge OF the men who visited
him and maintained his Ignorance OF
the crime for which he IS held But
The two Paris men were completely
satisfied with the Identification and
immediately wired superintendent
TAFT corroberating the report OF the
officers.
Married &C ShamrOck.
BY round about means the Off
Gers here. who had been put on the
lookout by means OF the reward let
lers widely circulated by the express
company. got wind lately OF q man
at Shamrock who answered the de-
scrlption OF the missing express rob
her The man AZ Shamrock, they
learned. had recently bought a ranch
in the breaks north OF the Canadian
river and close to the Oklahoma line.
Al Shamrock he lived under the
name OF w. II. Brown and 80 com
pIetely had he taken to his new name
and his new life that about two
months ago he was married under
the name OF Brown TO a young lady
OF that community. His true char
acter was not suspected by anyone
In Shamrock. save perhaps by few
OF the rougher border element which
finds Il most convenient to live In
the breaks close to the line,
Officers Were Land Hunters.
Saturday morning Sheriff Hughes
and Deputy Keeton went from here
20 Shamrock to get the man, They
expected to have to 60 to the mans
ranch home and as Richmond was
known to be desperate man. the
Officers had to be prepared for a
fight But instead Of going as off,
GERS, they professed TO be looking
for ranch lands, After talking to
various real estate men in Shamrock
they found that the man Brown had
on several occasions offered to sell
out, so they went to a livery stable
20 get a rig to 80 to the ranch. At
the stable, however, one OF the drly-
ers said that he believed Brown was
IN town and that II he could be found |
II would save trip TO the ranch. |
Sheriff Hughes agreed TO this ana |
sent the driver to look for the sup |
posed Brown. A little while later,
the man returned with another.
Taken Without Fight.
ITS your name Brown" asked the |
sheriff advancing TO shake hands? /
As the man answered In the af- |
firmatiye and put forth HIS hand, the |
sheriff grabbed It and held IT, Dep |
ulty Keeton who had stepped up !
from behind grabbed the mans left |
hand and at the same time ran his
own hand under the mans coat and
slipped away loaded six shooter. |
Before he could get breath to speak |
or resist the Officers had tho man
dlsarmed and handcuffed.
He then loudly protested that the |
arrest was unjust and that he knew /
OF no reason why he should be ar |
rested. While he was talking al the |
livery stable. his partner appeared I
walking toward the stable. Brown
or Richmond, waved his handcuffed |
hands at the other man who stop
ped, looked at the officers, and |
quickly wheeled away. When he
was oyertaken few minutes later 4
he had no gun on his person but the
officers are convinced that he was
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