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road up op camp from the JUo brande bronde to the canadian line bolts night herder lulled hit hla nestles rest les charges to sleep and ad it was I 1 i As I 1 h favorite 0 of f every wandering troubadour whose battered old man A dolln or gult guitar arund and gift of song bong assured him of a warm welcome from I 1 1 the lonely inhabitants of some mod cod shan a government claim in the windswept wind swept west well I 1 tho the sam bass babil song takes almost equal rank with the one one about jesse james as the most moat distinctively ively native jattie i american Amerlean balled ballad for what jesse james was to jj jurl that sam bass bags wai ana to ta texis texas thi the other day press dispatches carried the new nea 0 that the flie university of texas texal was collecting material about hr her most famous outlaw because without the story of this picturesque figure the history alstor of the lone star state would not be complete I 1 but texas alone alon cannot claim him for her own the states of indiana south dakota nebraska kansas and aid oklahoma all had a share to in the odyssey of this ibis robin hood hero in it a broader sense edrise he belongs to all Ai america tierica because as a figure in the pageant of thi the american frontier he symbolizes so BO well one cue frontier cyp ty pethe ule outlaw whose brief and it stormy orm y career inevitably ended in this ams paraphrased epitaph sic transit six gun ibus although Z aam sam bass has been dead less leak than fifty years ar around qvod his hia name already has collected a of and ajia legend aw until it is difficult to ti know where fact faa leaves oaf it and fiction begins perhaps the most authoritative lie account count of hi Is that contained in x book recently y issued by the tale university pijus press which la doing a 4 notable 0 work outside of the usual fields of research the book Is in six years lean with the texada ranger by james B gillett gillit lit which although it does not pretend to be a cai complete plate chronicle odthe texas rangers gives iiii an interesting cross section of the history of one of ibosh the most remarkable bodies of law enforcement officers the pe world has ever known in the chapter 66 on ohm ban and bis train robber gang captain taj gallett teus tells of this outlaw hero of song oong and ind story as follow I 1 I 1 sam dams bus wasl was lorn lorb in indiana on am a farm near mitchell lawrence l county july st 21 1891 it II 11 he H cam to while A youth and worked ad tar or W W F dad egan bran arlt of denton county until ht be ra reached manhood while stall hlll an and honed young nian main bf bass came into possession porton of bt 11 iraca rae pony m little sorrel mara on saturday whon most of the boys boy net fast I 1 in binton benton bass bar aracid bla pony with much success fcc ucc mr egan soon oon noticed that sam barn was wa be claiming to neglect him work because of 0 his hi pony and knowing only too well this would lead lad to h sam barn to sell 11 bt g mam bw bass he stated or oved the ob linal fi finally nilly matters came conr to such huoh IL ft point that mr etan told sam bm he be would have to get fet rid odthe hone borne oralce or five up him job bus lift left delfon county 11 in the spring of ind to san ban all antonio Berenia rare oy cattlemen catU emen wars gotherd to in frnk arrance tor for the th prang cattle drive to 0 the north JO joel al collins colllns who WM was planning to drive a herd from uvalde county to deadwood read wood dakota girled bar 1114 as ai a cowboy attar after sit alx month on the trall trail the herd reach reached a 4 deadwood and was sold old and all the cowboys cowboy paid off by mr collins Coll ln at that period deadwood adwood Oe was wai a great wide open ingals town ad gamblers gambl tri miner eners and I 1 catt cattlemen lson all mang hd together though joel col line lal hla his CA cattle I 1 atle on credit and owed the arreater s a te part pari of the money he ce for them 1 0 o ate hi 7 friends ln in to m he gambled Ramble dIt lt all away when h he mousy was I 1 you fonia beatel beat didiot dl not have the Jai moral bral courage e to teas face hii trio friend and creditor at home hima he hb became desperate despote dei and with a bandoff ban band dof hl held up and robbed coache lh ih th the black ellla these robb orles brought collana very veri little booty but faey bassha his tri minol career ta reer tl r I 1 in whitall the aub au of b 1177 Collins accompanied by a jack favl jim barry bill and john 6 fl better cnown as am uld dad left tead wood andr and drifted 1 down to Otal lal neb here h be t 1 planned and carried into becu I 1 uon one of the boldt train rob robb berle orlim that hat had bad ever occurred ilithe in the united blate aon ahn all was wa ready these I 1 six me heavily armad and masked held up rain at W springs a adall 1 I a afew aar diio the bandits band lt As mam mid nd ordered the ato t bonifa rhe latter explained thattus that tue through albada af bada tim elook look and could I 1 of route one of ollye on opened at j the end tag erbb robber lt alten to beat thomos the mew enfer bior ov erthe the t i head ix hooter he would hlll ahlm it the not opened ba alway always of cf 1 IV kindbe this zoom 1 ta ft 4 A 1 I V W ape f T av L art 0 r 4 1 l I 1 Is i 4 11 va ax 4 I 1 I 7 ae I 1 av 1 1 I 1 1 I 4 rp I 1 I 1 1 lat ao il V t f 0 1 I i L I 1 4 I 1 i 4 y T R 1 s 4 11 1 4 1 I t I 1 0 A 4 w A f sr T ic ir r J V 1 4 1 I 21 jt j 4 aj W I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 Z VC 00 We declaring clarini the messenger was telling the truth jut just a as olio IT robbers robber were preparing pro to leave ali car without a cent ona on ol of abtin noticed three abcar at tout ut little boxes boks plied piled ilir the big bif sets at th curious bandit seized fixed a coal pick and off the ltd lid of the top box to his hi great delight he h exposed in shining bluing sold fold gain coin the ahr three boxes box each hold held a similar amount all in fao SO gold pieces of the mintage of 1177 1817 after tooting looting those thi boxes box the tb robbers went through the train and in a manner robbed the passengers of about before batore daylight the bandits had bad hidden their booty and returned to ogallala they hung bung around town several days day ahll railroad officials united states state marshals and sheriffs parties were scouring th the country for the train robber while in ogallala before aid after the robbery colllns collins and hi att men frequented a larg 4 general T st tore oraIn in this tore store was a blerk by the name dome ot leech lasch who had onoe once ben been an n asro on a the union pacific and who was well acquainted with the lali of the company corla pIny of courts course the great groat train robbery was the talk of the town leech convened with coluni collick and hie arang about the holdup and the bandit declared they would help hunt the robber if there was wa anoush money moner in it atthe the lons of leech were aroused and he became th that Col collen lium and his hi band were wars the t h 4 real feel holdup men man howater alvr yer he said noth ingato to anyone about tills fr a ellef st but carefully watched tham finally collins came cam to the store etore and after buyink clothing cloth tn and provisions told leech leea that he be and his hi companion were wars going back to texas Taime and would be up the trail the following tollow ln with snot another lisi herd hard of cattle when collins hl hal been gone a day days travel leech hired n R hori hor fe and followed him he watched the rang gang make their camp one night and crept up to within a few yards yard of them the bandits bandit had built a big fire and were laugh log ing anor talking toLl kingi boon Soon they spread out a blanket and th onlooker great astonishment brought out ome monts money bago and upon the blanket some lome gold the coin wis tacked stacked in six ix pilot pile and each man received in 10 gold pieces piece it was wa decided that collins and bill would travel back to ban antonio together barn baia ba base and add jack davis dart wore were to while jim derry berry an dOld Is go a to denton county dad wore were to return to the berjo home in mexico mo I 1 all A poon oon am a leech had bad seen n the monad money an and heard beard the robber robb stia plans plan he ball lipped pred b back sek to hi his hore b ors a mounted and rodo rode day and night to reach offs ogallala in he the railroad rall road official ot of what he be had seen and save gave the name and descriptions description of the bandit and their destination this information was wa xuat ent broadcast over southern nebraska Neb raiko kana sas indian TOrri territory tary and texas in the fugitive list sent to each company camp m n of rangers sam bass WAI thus thu described twenty ove avs to tWenty six elx years yeara old 5 feet fact 7 inches high black hair dark brown eyes brown limu mustache mua tache large white teeth shows how them when talking hall ba very little to OILY bay diem bau had bad left denton county 00 un ty early in ID the pian an honest and clean young M roan by in with evil he had become within a tow few months month one odthe f the most daring outlaws outlaw and train robbers robber of hi his time before he hica committed any liibbe in the lata of northern texas texa made repeated effort to capture him for the big reward offered by the union pacific and the express company but towing owing to ah the tia of the country around aro all denton and tile a frando friends best basi had boa as long bt gold isted they met with no I 1 a attracted attric ted sk emeral veral desperate dexl erato and daring men to hint him henry underwood a brother of old dad johnson younger jim murphy frank jackson pipes harndon Hirn Hir lidon don bill colllns collins the leat last named a conten ox joel collina Coll Col lInx ln and two to or three others joined him in Inthe the elm bottoms batton fa naturally daminas bus Dam iwas waa selected as leader of the gang sang I 1 the outlaw chief planned at WM not long before and executed his first robbery st at L IP P bagle 1 gaeford gI eFord ford i a small station on the pacino I railroad tw out 0 dallas in quick suo cession thi the blind its up two or three other trains aralas the last being boing 1 at l mesquite ten or twelve ingles east af pf dallas from frob this ibis robbery rob robbery biry they scoured poured a about 1000 30 DO tho the whole state was bithe the repeated train holdup 1 1 C counting out biting the thirty arty company jam tanj organized organised sed ardallas at dallas and the different Berent dl sheriff parties there were probably one hundred hund rod meal pursuit of at the aho bus bass gang sam played hide and seek 1 them all an diris said aid never ranged sty any fattler west than stephens county or farther north than alsen Wl sen 0 was geni 4 N orally jn in dallas denton or k borant cou county allty I 1 us be ylse Dall iio at his met men to some batilde ift loon got get drinks all around abd ab then finally in a aught at I 1 salt bait croak creek wise county captain june uns I 1 lei td ikall killed artrim Ar kriM johnson q af i J W 4 U aa ea ma rr I 1 t A xa jj 1 t jf abt I 1 7 ar 4 1 ta r IL A ila i il isya v Y al y V T 7 14 w p f I 1 1 0 i v A j 9 bw 4 IP 1 f ita Y 1 vl I 1 bmw 14 ai J 1 tk 4 1 w ir 4 11 9 t ali I 1 I 1 i i ta 4 1 Q ea A A r M Z A WE I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 i Pc pictures tures courtesy vale university pre I 1 bass ba most moil trusted lieutenant about the same tiro time ae a tills this baale b atle the rangers captured pipes herndon and Jim Murphy and ad drove bass bar jid and his hi two remaining companions companion out of northern texas I 1 I 1 by midsummer mid rala summer of 1879 1874 the climax of baase career was waa approaching rapidly jim murphy wall wai by the rangers to turn traitor and tc return to the bandit leader for the express purpose of betraying him eventually murphy sent bent word to general jones commander of the texas Ran rangers aers that bate bain and hla his comrades com radea were planning to rob the bank in round rock roch a little town less leas than thad twenty miles from austin the state capital where jones had bad his headquarters and where at the uwe time he had bad with rangers corporal Coi vernon wilson aud and privates dick ware chit connor and george harold jones immediately went to round bound rock kock with ware connor no and d Ifil harold roli and aid upon hla his arrival notified D deputy ii t y sheriff grimes that 64 t the belli bass gong gang was waa co coining tto to rob the bia bank but that be I 1 grimes crimea ab id make no lao attempt to arrest any strangers str angera I 1 who w b cane into town until lieutenant reynolds and I 1 its denof men of company B M among them corporal james B gillett had arrived from san saba where I 1 corporal wilson had been cent to order them to round nock I 1 I 1 baia had decided to rob the bank on saturday 11 1 july 20 and on on friday morning he rode luto into town mithi his him two companions jackson and barnex barnes to take a look at the bank and to plan the route of th their ar escape on the morrow they wint went up the r main street of 0 the town an and A entered enter copprel store to buy some om tobacco aj A the three bandits bandit tamsel inac the tore store deputy sheriff moot moore who als w standing on tb the sidewalk ld walk with deputy sheriff grimes grime said bald he thought an a of the newcomers newcomer had a pistol I 1 1 I 1 will go in and see a replied gricol Or laie I 1 1 I believe you have bay a remarked grimes approaching aaa and trying to search earch him yes te of courte course I 1 have a pistol said ald ba bar as at the tha words the robbers dulled their guem and killed grimes an aa hu ha backed iway away to the deot Hs he fell doon dead n the sidewalk dewalk el they thin 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