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V FILLMOlti; KiMi'JW THK MAN. Jmulowi bis •21f-heillieer□ftia.90Ik.HUre*■timeresbt.edheLdQlayWlint lie Says ai ihe Koliber J,eatter anti Robber l«iu!net*K.Thattbe railroad comply was pretty a wtll 1*0511 d on tho doioga of Robert * Dalton ie ahovtn by the following Jroiu the pen or J. A. Fillmore, general superintendent of the Houtbero Pacific, printed ill Sumlay’a Kxuiuiuer:‘■The man who robbed thu I rain at 0tree ibe oihnr ulghc ie tUc most drinzand told bloudtd robber of the fleracfe He ik as duirctsBfafuL *u lie ia audacious, for lie re u mixta ilie^ouiy robber whom vre have not been able in puufeJi.*'Iu the feat lour years Robert Daltonhas stopped our trains /our times. First at Fixity, then at tfusben, nest at Alda—feat. February—aiid now at U-res. tId heads u gang which operates in Khii-eie, M a*otjri, Ifelorndo and Indian territory. 1 le whISh tbe streets of Denver as fearlessly as he wtilkB the streets of Sun frranckou. One day ho is in St. Louis nnd a week alter br.a been area in JE1-Faso A uma of wund.rHnl perception, excel feut aildreee, iiqufei yoke ami ea^la eyea, when in ihu heart uf civilization— ha tan chnuge in a ahkikhI to tbfi lieree deept ratio, without mercy and without scruples. Bo ie ft dead ehuL with Uie revolver. In the dark Liu nvu a only thu Hash oi his enemy's fjim to mfeka a target of him. Dor esureas mossouueis are iu-trepid fellows who ahoot like a shaft of ligliluing, but it would seem that bft is n match-lor them.“He and tho person or persona wiih him baa struck oil* toward the west wc feel confident. They are in the heart of thn Ooust ruuge now, atitl n Lhey are ex-ptrt in the art of woodcraft, undoubtedly will give their pumusre n hard cha^e.*'i wish that Bill diuilli, who ia one of «nr most expert uieeeoujrers, had been at Ceres the other night. He would Have dropped every one uf the robbers, or elec died du tho spot. lie ia that kind uf a man. At the bruuj tiinn he ie extremely adroit in crawling up on bis prey, and would have used the uuuu-a strategy iu managing the situation in ouch a way Urnt be would have got Dalton exactly where he wrmted him.'*Nbw, you mtiat not think from lliis that 1 undervalue ibn gallant conduct of Len Harris, whu ia oue of our bravest and meet expert ofilceth. On the contrary, I cannot exprrna enough admiration ior tlio courage »ud mvutiiCBB with which Harris advanced eini'fe-liBtidhd upon hd Bn known fnd ia tho black of night. It lakee more than an ordinary soldier tn perform a deed like that.“But tseo Harris fs a man who doeen’L know what fe«r is. Hishietnry would (cad like a romance, and he is an old roan with a chapter I r every ym of bia lile. To experience a nirnatum such as train robberv'iuan ordenL that few pen pfe care to endure. Men seemed to g -uw hu poraljzed aa the women are hysterical tv ben b doseo or twenty dc?p-rndoea arainverting a tram wiih a heavy aixabonter in every hatul. Of coureeit is l^en liar-rle’ trade to he bmve and to face any danger, but then it ie a very diilicnlt trade, and requirus ft man of steel.“Slim iff Ffcul ie jtwt Buch another ono as Harria. He is in Amnna now and ta Untied Sialea marGhal of lbs territory. When the traits «A9 robbed at Faniona iu JSJ=G, Paul ViH9 ia our employ. At firflt a posse wan sent in cbase of tlie robbers and succeeded dirnfnlly. The eutire party was ambushed by tho rohhera and compelled to eurrander arioB and horaefl, and to reti re in diHgrace.“Thbn r*ul giTiied up bin loiaa a*u atarfed in purgnft of the ronbera, with a band at Iub hnrse’s heels.* Night and day lie raced feis men HfUrtke highwaymen till the Mexican border wqb reached, but this did not deter him, mid he kept right oh Iolo Ht-xicnn terriiory, up ioto the mountaiue, hringing the rubhera to bay in a-harn of Q;»iuO ranul'Q. Ban1, williug to abide by the law, bought the barn from iwowner, then set tire to it and eaptnred I he IWinR haoditB ub if they had been so many frightnned ruts. Now Pun I wterciBdd groat canning Jn that campaign, hut in mauy a -other jn-alance ha had been 60 rncklras in ma eiger parauit ol mnn whn kill qa.ckly and kill often, that the narration of the . mekfentf causes u mfin to Bhudder. heir CivilizHUon and colonization * re the only means by which tuun «nd Bingo robbery can lie erancnUd. Tbo railroad* and express companies employ tliu hravcat and the cfevetest men they can find to prevent crime, hut it is H protty hard game to b«*.t ni presout.exeiwendoopiedIs-ho ea. {ht on i a dli-lia-,m-eco ntylewgUViBtheBheiionsYaksupJ»ir itire-La?collaimS-sh**.pratBuiwfiiHaVerAelithre.theIfeBloslordsea:ah•Lmnthethethe1troerehibhiswopo.jiircriiahi1bn1npdeibeiuuinttinwu.i lt;ect be sed e a tu ate en-;hi-low»erywasthereatber-roh-ir aiscn to i ia Baidita'sthe iped ;nce io ue hhc belrrhit-tiad,ires,ipedrainDalis.
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Fresno Weekly Republican
Fresno, California, US
Fri, Sep 11, 1891
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