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At Least the Oftiftiala Think So.THE DALTONS WERE THEREThey Stopped at a Camp and Ob-taiued n. JJrlufc of Water. Kecogni/rd by. a Picture.On Wednesday nieht the Log Angeles espress wbb fcUipjitd at Ceres, a short dintam‘0 from Mu dee to, and a desperate eflurt n ado to rub ihc express.Thanks to the bravery of 'he express messenger* and Detect iff o Harris, wlo sited upon (lie robhcra nnd was wounded by them almost unto death, tho attempt proved futile.Then begun a long hnt determined chime, which reeulied in the enptura of i he woo Id* be rob here m*ar TruveT.The etory of the. gureuit a d tlio ran ning down of the men ia their lair and their eubaeqaent capture ifi graphically sold beluw.It has just been discovered that thoee roi:Dt if cheir guilt can tie clearly established, ora liable to be haoged. The !uet legislature mode train wrecking and train jobbing it capital offanBe.The law was approved March 31.1S91, and cooBtitntea a new Beet! n. 21b, ul the peual code. It reads as follows:“livery person who shall unlawfully throw out a switch, remove a rail, or place any obstruction on any railroad in the stale of California, with lb© intention of derailing any passenger, freight or other train, or who shall unlawfully board any pwspnger train with the intention oE robbing the fame, or who Bhall unlawfully place any dynamite or or her exoloaivc raiteriai, or any other olietriudluD, on tlm truck ol any railroad in the etite d California, with the intention of blowing nil or derailing any pas-singer, freight or othar train, or who filial! unlawfully set fire to any railroad bridge, or trestle, over which any passenger, freight or oilier train must pass, with the iuteut of wrrcting 8nid train, u doc conviction shuli be adjudged goilty of felony, and Bhall be puuiehed with death or imprisonment in the state prison for Jiie, at the option of the jury trrinK the c30.n
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Fresno Weekly Republican
Fresno, California, US
Fri, Sep 11, 1891
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