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Terrific Fight for Liberty at San Antonio Train Tragedy
A bold gun battle on a west Texas bound train ends with Marshal Gosling dead and Deputy Manning badly wounded. James Pitts and Charles Yeager, both life prisoners for mail robbery, fight to escape as Pitts wife and Yeager’s sister ride the car. The pursuit spans New Braunfels and the Guadalupe mountains, ending with Yeager’s capture and Pitts shot dead. A large crowd mourns Gosling at a funeral in San Antonio with state officials planning prosecutions.
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San Antonio
Hal Gosling
James Pitts
Charles Yeager
West
Texas
Austin
Gosling
Pitts
Manning
Loring
Marshal Gosling
Rose Yeager
E. A. Crown
Brannon
Joe Brannon
Springfield
New Braunfels
Peony Loring
Mayfield
Karnes County
George A. Towle
Ibis
Vara Erlyction
Fnre
Joe Shely
Bob Alexander
E. O. Stevens
Fred Bader
Lee Hall
Guadalupe Mountains
Yeager
Waco Craging
J. O. Stevens
Jim van Riper
Leon Springs
Amos Graves
Tennessee
Texar
Castroville
State Press Association
Stillwell Russell
United States Marshal
Arthur
Area
Eiter
Jfe
Cleveland
Egarday
New Ussels
A.J. Evans
United States
Eugene Digges
Medina County
James Buchanan Pitts
Hickery County
Missouri
Jesse James
Bexar County
Rose
Dick Brannon
Pitts On
Pitts Boys
Joe
Urnett
McCulloch
Soledad Street
Indies
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Pepple
Deanchardson
F. B. Ticknor
Andreas Coy
Ww. Reyman
A. Schumacher
Kk. R. Martinez
Eighth Cavalry
United States Artillery
Saul
Augustus Belknap
G. A
New City
Episcopal Church
Marshall. H. Clifford
Knights of