Later he organized a desperate gang of outlaws which infested the country north of the Union Pacific.

When, the stage began running between Cheyenne and Deadwood, these outlaws robbed coaches and passengers, often making big hauls of plunder.

Finally most of the gang were caught, tried, and convicted, and sent to the penitentiary for a number of years.

Bevins was among the number.
Soon after my return to Fort Lyon, the Fifth Cavalry was ordered to the Department of the Platte.

While we were at Fort Wallace, getting supplies en route I passed the quarters of General Bankhead, who had ordered my arrest on the occasion of my last visit to that Post.