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| ROBBERY OF Tilt OVERLAND EXPRESS. |
| STRANGE FATE OF THE LEADER OF A BAND OF KANSAS &
0 HOBUES. 1
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In a llttlo board shanty nestling serenely
between n coupla of peaks of the many hills
that dot the country some ten miles north-
cast of the llttlo town of "II" In southwest
ern Kansas three men were seated In
earnest conversation. The llttlo hut served
an drawing room , parlor , dormitory and
kitchen combined , but how the men could
use It as either of these most needful ad
ditions to civilization IH a mystery that can
only bo explained by those whoso pathway
In llfo has taken them far , very far Into the
backwoods , or the jiralrlo districts of the far
west. Furniture there was none , If you will
except the three rude stools made from two-
Inch plank with four holes bored In tlio cor
ners Into which stakes were driven to servo
ns legs nnd they seemed about ready to col-
lapso. Three llttlo heaps of hay In three
different corners of the llttlo shanty served
as beds for the occupants. No stove , no
dishes nnil. like Mrs. Hubbard's celebrated
cupboard , not oven a bono was visible any
where.
Outside the Imt three horses , saddled and
bridled , were contentedly nibbling away at
the fast-dying grass. The nearest abode of
civilization was the railroad station at "II , "
ten miles ( Mutant , which boasted of u saloon ,
Ecctlon house , several huts occupied by sec
tion hands nnd the station itself ; therefore
considerable mystery attached Itself to the
occupants of the hut described. They were
hard looking men and tlicro Is no doubt that
they werp fugitives from Justice and Judg
ing from' their conversation tlioy weio be
yond all hope of redemption.
"I toll ye , I'cto , " said 1)111 ) Slmpklns , "me
for one don't perposo tu stick by yu any
longer. Yor plans don't seem tor pan out.
Money Is what wo want nnd d n bad nnd
I'm goln' tu hov 11 ! "
"I know It. mil. I 'hcv ' failed tu live up
tu 'grccmont , but I want yer tu glv me ono
moro chance. 1'vo been thlnkln' tuday 'bout
lio'w" I hnvn't done the square thing with
you'n Hlckcy here , hut I done ttio bent I
could. 'Twasn't my fault tbct lh' bank was
empty when wo teahod It. "
"Kf wo do give yo ono moro chance ,
what'll yo do ? "
"Well , thar's lhi > through express carries
lots of 'money ' Into Kansas City wo can
make a haul there ef yo'H agree tu help
mo , "
"Oh , yes ! We're n line lot of birds tu
show oursclvro In Kansas City , or tu the
train crow , fur thut matter. I'm through
klllln * fur money , but ef yo can llx up any
scheme tu do It so we can keep shady , al
right end we'll both help yo , won't we ,
Hick ? "
"Yo can count mo in , I'cte , but yo must
liurry up. "
"Well , do e I tell yo and yo'll goon know
ray plan. Flrstwlse. I want cr piano ; 1
liov u handsaw. Which of yo'H go 1o the
\lllngo end borrow a plane end get a couple
pair of hinges end a lock ? "
Mickey being willing to undertake the
borrowing of the articles mentioned , ho
mounted his horse and was soon galloping
away toward "H , " while Pete , and Hill began
to tear away part of their hut , selecting
some of the longest nnd best beards.
Shortly after dark Hick appeared , and
from then until midnight the three men
worked Incessantly. Their ovll faces , Ht
up by 4he dim light of the camp lire as
they moved "to " and fro , looked were llko
what wo ore taught to believe are the In
habitants of Hades than earthly men of the
nineteenth century.
The next day Hill went out early and re
turned about noon with a wagon and har-
nesB. Precisely at 3 p. m. the wagon , drawn
by two of the horses , started for the village.
BUI was driving , HIckey was beside him on
the seat , but Pete , the "promoter , " was nowhere -
where to bo seen.
That evening just ns the overland express
pulled slowly up to the depot at ' 'n" ft
wagon drawn by a team ot steaming horses
dashed up 'to the depot and deposited a
rough box on the platform. The two men
In charfp hurried Into the office and re
quested 'the ' agent to bill It to Chicago. The
obliging agent readily complied , while the
two men loaded the box Into "the " car.
They simply explained that the stiff had
died of consumption back over the hills and
that they were shipping him to friends In
Chicago. After the two men had gone the
agent felt , rather than know , that there
was something very mysterious about the
matter , but what It wan ho was unable to
tell or explain , but as the sequel will ahow
there was a good excuse for the feeling.
Along In the early part of the evening
the express messenger , ns ho went about I
his work of sorting his 'bills ' and checking
the many small parcels of express , could j
not help glancing occasionally at Iho rough | !
box over near the door , for ho realized that ; (
ho was entirely alone with the dead , vblch j i
oven to the bravest of us Is not a nervu
quloter , but after a time ho ceased to pay
any particular attention to It.
The train was right on time Into "F , "
which was the end ot tlio division , also the
terminus of a branch line of the same road.
The valuables and money from this line
wcro taken aboard nnd the train again
steai.ied out Into the prairie toward the
eat > t. Taking aboard the money and other
valuables from the branch line train neces
sitated the opening of the safe , which after
a time the messenger proceeded to do.
Cllckoty-cllck , cllckety-cllck merrily sang
the tumblers as they were spun swiftly
around tlrst ono way and then another until
a flunl sharp click announced that they
had yielded to the persuasion of the mes
senger and the safe was unlocked ,
At that very Instant the messenger re
ceived a etunnlnq ; blow from behind , and
sank down before the safe Insensible. All
unmindful of what was transpiring In the
express car the train tore through the dark
night , anon giving vent to a wild scream
ns > lt approached a crossing or passed some
lonely farm IIOUEO whore a dim light shone
through Its half-curtained windows.
"Moro coal there , Jim ; keep her hot or
we'll be late Into Kansas City , " said the
engineer as ho pulled the throttle lovingly
toward him and patted the reverse lover
tenderly.
The fireman was just In the act of throw
ing In a shovelful of coal when he was
thrown violently down by the nlr being ap
plied from the rear.
'When the messenger awoke ho gazed about
him for a second. There was no need to
tell him what had happened. Ho know only
too well. The safe was emptied of all the
money nnd valuables. Instinctively ho
glanced toward the rough box , but it was
just ns he had left It. Ho gave a great
cry of terror when ho thought of the enor
mous loss to the express company and his
own responsibility and springing to the nlr
valve ho pulled It clear down nnd the next
Instant went sprawling the whole length
of the car. A second later the train was at
a standstill with a lot of frightened pas-
songora running here and there , some pray
ing , snmo crying , others laughing wildly or
whistling to keep down the terrible fear
that had filled their breasts , for they all
supposed the train was a total wreck. The
conductor on going forward to ascertain the
cause met the distracted messenger In tha
doorway , -who In a dazed way told as near
as he could what had happened. A search
was made through the car for the robber.
They found the side door partly open. Ot
course the messenger could not tell how
long ho had been Insensible , but It seemed {
ages. They even moved the coffin In their
search , but finally gave up In despair.
At the next station the messenger tele
graphed the particulars to the superintend
ent at Kansas City and when the train
arrived there ho was promptly arrested for
the robbery. He stoutly protested his In
nocence , 'but ' no ono believed his story ,
which was declared beyond all reason.
"How , " asked the superintendent , "could
a man , granting there was ono concealed
In the car , Jump from a train running flfty
miles an hour ? Preposterous ! " Of course
the messenger could offer no explanation
of the affair and at last even bis friends
were forced to admit the litter hopelessness
of his case.
Away 'back ' at "R" llfo was being- made
miserable for the express agent by the two
men who had shipped the rough box , ono
of whom was constantly In attendance at
the office , peering anxiously In through the
bay window at the Instruments , listening
to the Incessant pounding ot the sounders
and Inquiring hourly : "Any message , for
Dill Slmpklns ? " Each time a negative re
ply would bo given him , when ho would
slouch out and resume his watch at the
window. Three days went by In this manner -
ner and by this time the agent was thoroughly -
oughly frightened , so badly frightened , In
fact , that ho wired the superintendent for
relief , as the two men Insisted on his re
maining at his post until late at night to
receive the expected message. At the end
of the third day , UK the preliminary hear
ing of the messenger was In progress at
Kansas City , a telegram was handed the
superintendent that made him turn white
and sick and ho quickly left the court room.
A moment later the lawyer for the prose
cution announced that the charges against
the messenger wore withdrawn , as the real
robbers had been found.
The cause of this sudden change In the
proceedings was the following telegram ,
dated Chicago : Corpse shipped at "R , " OQ-
tobor , remained unclaimed for two days. No
such address In the city. Was turned over
to city morgue and when opened was found
to contain no coffin , but Instead a man
heavily armed , but dead , while beside him
lay the money and valuables stolen from
safe , train No. October . Cause of
death asphyxiation. Wo find one side of the
box has hinges and a lock on the insldo
which wo "think explains the robbery very
clearly , the robber Intending to make his
escape at Kantas City or some local point
on the line. "
The messenger's Innocencu was es
tablished , but there were those-
who oven then hinted that
the dead man was his accomplice , butte
to show his faith In the man whom ho had
unjustly accused , nnd probably to atone for
the mistake , the superintendent made him
his assistant. On the morning of the fourth
day the agent at "U" received a telegram
addressed to Dill Slmpklns which read :
"All right , will bo at 'IV tonight. Meet
me. "
There was no signature to the message ,
but the pair knew It was from "Peto" and
proceeded forthwith 'to Jolly up the inner
man with a conglomerous mixture of alcohol
I and barley-corn and by night they were In
! a very high state of exhilaration and full
of rosy hope and stale Intoxication.
At last the train arrived and with a
whoop ! The two men made n rush for the
car out of which leaped a half dozen officers ,
headed by the former messenger , with
cocked revolvers. Resistance. in
their case was useless , even
had It been possible , nnd al-
mofct before they were aware of what was
I being done 'they ' w ro securely handcuffed
, and nn hour later were speeding along over
the same line taken by. their unfortunate
comrade four days previous.
1 The death of the man In the box was ac
counted for thus : When the messenger and
conductor moved the box which they sup
posed contained a corpse they wedged it up
against some bales of silk so tightly that all
air was excluded , and so like Haman ho died
a victim cf his own Invention.
IJCHJS IX LAW AXD HISTORY.
ItcinnrkM of 11 OoiirKln JIICK | - Upon
Rendering a UiM-lslon.
One of the most Interesting , humorous nnd
entertaining opinions ever handed down by
a Georgia Judge , reports the Atlanta Jour
nal , Is that of Judge J. H. Lumpkln of the
Fulton Buaerior court , in which he holds
that a dog Is property. The question was
raised In the case of Carl Wolfshelmer ,
plaintiff In certlornrl , against J. J. & J. E.
Maddox. The dog In controversy was owned
by Max Kecke , but came Into the possession
of Wolfuhelmcr. The defendants In certlo-
rarl levied on It to satisfy a claim against
Keckc , and Wolfshelmer claimed the dog
was not subject to levy. Judge Om before
whom the case was tried , held tBat there
was property In a dog , and In sustaining the
lower court Judge Pumpkin said In part :
"Tho dos has figured very extensively In
the past nnd present. In mythology , as
Cerberus , ho was Intrusted with watching
the gates of hell , nnd he seems to have per
formed his duties BO well that there were
but few escapes. In the history of the past
ho has figured extensively for hunting pur
poses , as the guardian of persons and prop
erty , nnd : i3 a net and companion. lie Is
the much valued possession of hunters the j
"world over , and In England especially Is the
'pack o' hounds' highly prized.
"In literature ho has appeared moro often
than any other animal , except , perhaps , the
horse. Sometimes ho Is greatly praised and
nt others greatly abused. Sometimes ho Is
made the type of what IB mean , low nnd
contemptible , while at others he Is described
In terms rf eulogy. Few men wilt forget the
song of their childhood , which runs :
"Old dog Trav's ever faithful ;
G > rlof cannot drive him nwuy ;
He's gentle ; he Is kind ;
I'll never , never llnd
A better friend than old dos Tray.
"Nor can any of us fall to remember the
Intelligent animal on whoso behalf 'Old
Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard , '
Few men have deserved nnd few have won
higher praise In nn epitaph than the follow
ing , which was wrlttten by Lord Dyron on
the. tomb of his dead Newfoundland :
" 'Near this spot are deposited the remains
of ono who possessed beauty without van
ity , strength without Insolence , courage
without ferocity , and all the virtues of m.in
without his vices. This praise , which
would bo unmeaning flattery If Inscribed
over human nslies , Is but a Jmt tribute to
the memory ot noatswnln. n dog , w'jo was
born at Newfoundland May 3 , 1S03. and died
at Nowstead Abbey , November 18 , 180 $ . '
"Tho dog has even Invaded the domain
of art. All who have seen Sir Edward
Landseer'H great pictures will know how
much human Intelligence can be expressed
In the face of a dog. Ilia picture entitled
'Laying Down the Law' will not bo forgot
ten In considering the dog as n litigant.
"Thus the dog has figured In mythology ,
history , poetry , fiction and art from tlio
_ earliest times down to the present , and now
! In these closing days of the nineteenth een-
I tury wo are called upon to decide whether
n dog Is a wild animal ( feroo natures ) . In
such sense as not to bo leviable property ;
or. If ho U a domestic animal ( domltoo
nattiroe ) , whether ho Is not subject to levy
on the ancient > < ory that he had no In
trinsic value if ho was not good to eat.
"Originally all the animals which are now
used by man were wild. One after another
they have become domesticated and subject
to his control , ownership and use. As time
progressed they gradually lost their charac-
tt-r of wlldness , nnd became more and moro
subject to mankind , and more and more re-
as ordinary property. At 'this day
no one would contend that the horse was
not the subject of absolute property because
his ancestors wcro originally wild , nnd the
same may be said ot other animals now
thoroughly recognized as domestic. Even
In the days of Dlackstone , while It was de
clared that the property In a dog was 'base
property , ' It was nevertheless awwrted that
such property was sufficient to maintain a
civil action for Its loss. (4 ( Dlnck. Com. ,
36. ) Since that day In the evolution of
civilization the dog has not been left be
hind. He is now not only prized for huntIng -
Ing purposes , as a watchdog and as a pet , but
It Is common knowledge that many dogs
have an actual commercial and market
value. When annually there Is held In
New York a bench show , at which dogs
take prizes amounting to thousands of dollars
lars , nnd whore they are bought and sold
at prices which are 'frequently ' far larger
than are paid for ordinary horses , It is
rather late In the day to assert that they
are not valuable property.
"Dogs are also trained for purposes of ex
hibition , being sometimes the sole means of
support for their masters. It would be nn
interesting survival of archaic law to sny
that a shovman could put up his tent , give
nightly exhibitions of his valuable dogs ,
making largo sums of money from them ,
gut in debt to any given extent , laugh nt
his creditors and proceed with his dally ex
hibitions on the ground that his stock In
trade was not subject to levy.
"If It be contended that the horse , mule
and other animals are used for more prac
tical ourooses ( some of thorn ns beasts of
bunion ) , it need only bo asked what animals
draw the sledges ot the Eskimos and other
peoples in the northern latitude. Nor is
this confined alone to the Arctic regions.
Any traveler on the continent of Kuropo , and
especially through Delglum , who has kept
his eyes open , has seen these animals draw-
Ins : heavy loads and often taklnc the place
of other draught animals. To indulge In
technical refinement and declare that the
dog | g not subject to levy , althoush ho be
longs to a debtor. Is useful to the debtor ,
can bo nnd Is actually used , may bo trans
ferred toy him to another , nnd Is as much
the subject ot bargain and sale ns any
other property , merely because In the remote
past the ownership of his progenitors may
have been considered qualified or 'base , '
seems to me untenable on Its face. Thn
undent Idea that 'animals which do not
servo for food , and which therefore the law
holds to have no Intrinsic value , ' wcro not
the subject of larceny (1 ( Dlack. Com. Side ,
p. 23G ) , has passed away. Now the stomach
Is not the only criterion of value. Even
then , ns already stated , a civil action could
bo brought for , the loss of a dog. Generally
property which may bo sold nnd possession
delivered Is a subject of levy ( omitting
choscH In action and equitable assets ) . (7 (
Eng. and Am. Enc. Law , p , 127 , division V. )
"Tho do2 has 'been ' very often before the
courts of the different states and of different
countries , and has been the subject of a
good deal of judicial humor and of judicial
learning , but It 'bears a tinge of the ridicu
lous to contend that , however many nnd
however valuable doss a man may own , ho
cannot bo made to pay his debts If he will
only Invest his money In doss a contention
which reminds ono of the very solemn dis
cussions In some of the courts at a tlmn
not very long past as to whether the oyster
was B wild animal. "
After cltlnB decisions In various states as
to the status of dogs , Judge Lumpkln said :
"Upon consideration of the whole case I
am of opinion that the property was subject
to the lovy. and that the Judgment of the
Juetlco was right. Let Judgment be entered
accordingly. "
W. M. Gallagher of Dryan. Ta. , says : "For
forty years I have tried various cough medi
cines. Ono Minute Cough Cure Is bo t of all. "
U relieves Instantly and cures all throat
nnd lung troubles.
( | iii'M 'riiia < 'r' OrrU Kill * Illinm-lf.
SAN FRANCISCO , May 31. Robert
frelghton. quartermaster's clerk on thn
transport Sheridan , has committed suicide
by shooting himself through the temple
with a revolver. He was a native ot New-
York , aged 50 years , nnd recently arrived
hero from Manila. Despondency , caused by
ill-health , Is the supposed cause of his act.
HIS LAST noi.n-rr.
LiiniPiitetl Col. Tree of viuln iiml
tiltl.ottrr ( hut Spoiled HIM .Verve.
"In the gcod old | days out west , " said the
judge to the New York Sun man , "there
wcro road agents who were hunted down
without mercy , and there were others who
were put up on pedestals as chevaliers and
admired even by their victims. Such a man
was Colonel Tree of Nevada. That wasn't
his right name , of course. Ho was christened
Thomas Post and was born In Iowa , but that
fact wasn't known till after his death.
"The colonel made a hit at stage robbing
right from the start , and I was In the first
coach ho stopped. He was then a man about
30 years old , a good figure and a handsome
face , nnd a more rollicking chap would have
been hard to find. Ho was the beau ideal of a
highway robber. Ho were a cloak over his
shoulder , a black hat with a drooping feather ,
and ho had the blackest eyes nnd the whitest
teeth I ever saw In a man's head. Ah ! but ho
was a gentleman at the business ! Ho lined
BX ! of us on the road and got a boodle of
about 53,000 In cash , and only ono man of
the lot had a kick to make. Ho was half an
hour about the job and all the time he was
smiling and laughing and making excuses for
the delay and Inconvenience. Ho had a couple
of guns with him , but ho made no theatrical
display of them , nor did ho Indulge In oaths
nnd threats. On the contrary , ho was so
smooth and gentle and mannerly nlmut his
work that I was almost proud to have been
relieved of $700.
"That fellow captured the country from
the start. A stage driver who could boast
of having 'been ' held up by Colonel Tree had
a right to hold his head very high and If
any of his victims complained they were
charged with Ingratitude. The law got after
him In duo time , of course , and the rewards
offered aggregated a small fortune , but It
seemed that no one wanted to run him down.
It was nn understood thing , at least , that
ho should bo 'taken ' prisoner Instead of
being shot down llko a dog. Some of his
feats rivaled those of Claude Iltivnl and
Dick Turpln. Ho rode a big black horse
with a white etar In Its forehead and ho
was hero today and 100 miles away tomor
row , The weekly newspapers devoted col
umns to his admiration. Had they pitched
Into him their action would have been re
sented on all sides. Colonel Trco ran a
career of two long years. He- must have
had a big lot of gold coin planted some
where at the end of that time , but I have
never heard that it was discovered.
"I can't nee how his relatives back In
Iowa got on his trail , but ono day , at a
llttlo town up among the mountains , a. let
ter which had been knocking about for sev
eral weeks was handed him. He was Just
about to set off on one of his expeditions.
The boys who eaw him read that letter
said that tears came to his eyes and ho
was all knocked out. 'He ' tore. It up and
cast the pieces away and for a time ho
didn't seem to know what course to take.
Then ho braced up and started off , but in
stead of a smile his fncn were si look of
sorrow and regret. As I was ono of his first
victims , HO I was ono of his last , although
200 miles apart. There were five of us In
the stngo as it crawled over 'the ' mountain
road ono afternoon , nnd as the mules were
halted for breath after a long pull up hill
Colonel Tree stepped out on us. Ho passed
the time of day with the driver , .who . was
really pleased at being stopped , ordered the
four of us down as coolly as I am talking
to you , and It was only after wo wcro lined
up to bo despoiled that wo noticed anything
wrong with him. His face had lost its smllo ,
there was no fun In his oyra and ho was
no longer the debonnalro highwayman ot
the week past.
"It was plain that ho was cither 111 or
heart sick. Ho made a haul of about $2,000
off the four of us , but he Boomed reluctant
to take up the boodle nnd make off. I li.ivo
always bolloved that ho was wlohlng ho
could sit down for a italk with ono of us
and lighten his burden by sharing It. It
was while ho was hesitating and off his
guard that ono of the iiassongeis , who had
hidden his pistol In his bootleg , drnw it out
and ( shot him dead In his tracks. The man
was an outlaw , and nil the rewards read
dead or alive , ' but that shooting has al
ways seemed to mo to have been cold
blooded murder. Others regarded It 'n thn
same light nnd the shooter was cunwd in
stead of praised.
"I um not defending stage robb.Ta , but I
have many tlinrti wished that Colonel Tree
had escaped the country or boon eapturnd
and Imprisoned , If ho had been killed
while resisting the legal offers It wouldn't
have been HI bad. You see , I huvo ij-.rays
foil sure that loiter was from Ms mother or
Hlster. It may have told of trouble } rnd
sorrows and death. There surely WHS grief
and woo to have upset him BO. Ho waai't a
bad man at heart or ho wouldn't have shed
learn over It. Ho turned away f.-cm that
little town with a sob In his < hro.it , and no
doubt he had decided that that hold-up
should he his last. Ho had robbed KCOITH of
people , but ho had never harmed ono , and
had boon ns gallant to women as a knight of
old , and It waxn't the fair thing to shoot
him down llku a dog when the tear-stained
letter ho had rend with a heartache Mas
dancing before his cym and throwing him
off his guard. "
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