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TRAILED.Another I»pr— Bobber GenghtAn Interesting Letter From vertDodge.9pcci*l Corrrtpoodnrr mvo.Dodo« Citt, Feb. AEditw Btaoo:Of course tm and the public ate veil aware of lb« parti. -ular* of (be attempted rubbery of ibe Adam* Exprem am a traia of (be Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail* 1 ! road, at Kinsley a few daya since. aad aim of ibe capture of two of the rubbers. Today your correspondent twtirod ibe lollow*ir»-e-■id( telegram, which aunooncee thete iitCAfTVBE OP A THIBD OWE:Lam Asm an, Cot-, Feb. 1. After a long and exciting cbaaa the j officer* aaJ detectives havecaptured another of their train robbera at tbia point. The fellow baa *Vqnealed” on bia confederates, and a due baa been obtained which will ro-aolt in tbeir capture.Aa aooa aa the newt of the attack an the tram reached here, a number of partita started in parsait, Sheriff Martetaoa of our r county, with J. J. Webb, David Morrow and Riley haring at rock a “scent, ambosh-ed themselves on laat Tuesday at Mr. In-*! rdl’ncaltle camp, some 6# atilea aoutb of*! Dodge City. After some boon waitingi-TWO HnBsEHEHcanliooaly approached from the northeast * j Thrir motion* indicating tbeir Iran of com* ™ ing up. Mr. Webb, with cuncealed revolver, went oat to meet them, after aome talk they came within 'booting distance, whew Man-lemon npringing out with leveled rifle enng oat hia well known “ihrow up your hand*. Wert at once complied, but Reudebaugh reached fur bia revolver; the dick of WebbV gun at clone quartern changed kb ; mind, however, and bothHTKWCWDEKKD ASD VEtt MSABMEBlEach carried n rifle and two revolver*, all bert quality.The party arrived ia Dodge City about I o'clock p. b, Friday evening, having atop ped all night during the rtnrm ia camp. Capt J. M. Thatcher, the general agent of Adaam Express (h«pinr, aad who km been managing the pursuits, with hia attorney, interviewed them the aame night. The* j remit I am not at liberty to divulge, bet itwaa conduaive to Mtam. Thatcher aadGryden.A special train at once went to Kimley' i returning at 11 a. m. on Saturday with ne-| ceaaary ducumenla andTUE rs isos on j I were at 3 p. m. in charge of a large ' conveyed to Kin*ley by special train. Kina-j , ley waa reached at 430 p. mn the town having tamed out en mam to receive them.I had forgotten to aaention that Wm. I Tilghman waa also arrertrd jurt before the • train left. The three prisoners were j i brought into the spacious court room, 1 which wm densely filled vrith the curious. Reudebaugh and West being shackled together. Justice .Willey preaided. The prisoners having been promptly tamed over to the court, Mr. Gryden opened by explaining his connection with the case and aaked that Reudebaugh be first put on triaL Reudebaugh (who ia V•ownVELY IDLXTIFIEDj by Mr. Kingksde the operator, as the man j who disarmed him and who conversed with I him over five minute*,) was perfectly cool, . j 'd with the tact of an old hand waived j a preliminary examination, and wm held j in $4,000 bail for hia appearance at the _ j June Term of District Gmrt Reudebaugh is a good looking specimen of the border ruffian, and was cool aad collected' throughout the arguments of the attItomeja on the question of the amount of bail.edg a a wearwm next brought in. He ia tall, and low browed, with black moustache aad hair, and “looks the villain. He too waived an) examination aad wm held ia $4,00* boil.Wm. Tilghman, who ia, wo believe, merely held on suspicion of bring a wire puller for the party, declared himself ready for a trial. The 8tate not being ready hia case wm continued ten daya, and hia bail fixed at $4,000. The prisoners were allKKXAVOED TO THE JILof Ford County, where they mlely lodged ,, i charge of the jailor Strong at 1030 p.m.Sunday afternoon Messrs. Gryden and Phillip*, took a special lo- Kimley and returned daring the night with warrants for threw more of the party, but whom aame* I am nnable to obtain.ML L M. THATCHESthe General Western Agent of Adam*’ express company, i* one of the sort energetic and shrewJ dm I have ever met. Hisj services in organising and systematisingi the hunt for the traia robbers cannot bn estimated. Hia vim, earnestness and determination, encouraged and stimulated ! everybody else. Hu. value to to Adams' I Express Company ia of such an extent that ! they couldn't afford to be without bias.The Exp em and Railroad companies . have employed Judge Dry den to manage the prosecution of the arrested traia rob-I her*. Your correspondent predicts that if anyone think* that the parties now in du-; res* can be easily released upon legal pro I cess they are counting without their host.1 Harry E. Dry den is a superior Sawyer and has that vindictive ten sc ty which erimi-, n«l« dislike when they are his particular object* of concern and his interests an adverse to their*.I will write you farther particulars aa m they are developed.COTOTE.feJ*
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The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Tue, Feb 12, 1878
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