The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-08-18
Three Desperadoes Gagged.

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Three Despersdoes Gagged 5s7.
Coming in from the West this morn.
ing on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad, writes correspondent Of
the Kansas City journal, Aug. 8, find
John Sherman, Dr., United States Mar
shall for New Mexico, on the train, en-
route for Jefferson City, Mo-, with three
Mexican outlaws and desperate charac-
tiers that have been sentenced to the
Penitentiary. In talking with Mr.. Sher-
man, and afterwards with the prisoners
themselves, your correspondent learned
the following particulars regarding
them: 4ss 5i....-..1t
= THE FIRST AND MOST DESPERATE
Of them is Joseph Hubert, alias 'sDutch
Joe" who was convicted at La Mesilla
at the last term of the United States
District Court of highway robbery, in
having been leader in the gang of high
waymcn that robbed the stage at Cooke 8
Canyon, between Santa Fe and La Me-
silla. The gang robbed the passengers
of all valuables, taking their money and
all the jewelry they had, also the mail.
There were some. silver bricks in the
stage valued at from $S, 600 to S4, 600,
and SO heavy that the thieves could not
carry them away, weighing as they did
more than 200 pounds each. These
they permitted the driver to take away
with him, after stripping the stage and
its passengers of every thing else that
was of any value. For this crime Dutch
Joe was sentenced to Is years at hard
labor in the Missouri State Pcnitentiary.
; GE DUTCH JOE s.r
said that he was born in France, and is
35 years old; that he had been in South
ern New Mexico and Mexico for, some
years; that he was in the army, but in
answer to the question, "What army"
he said, "Well, since You are, a newspa-
per correspondent, I viii not say what
part took in the army. would not
have my army record known in Kansas
City for many hundreds of dollars. !"
The stage has been robbed several times
of late while passing through. Cooke
Canyon, which is one of the largest and
most desolate canyons in South New
Mexico, being some 80 miles from any
settlement. It has long HEN the abode
of desperadoes and, laWla1 kc6aSactera-
1t was here that /" Dutch 5e5S VasSsp-
tured by q Deputy Unite ties Mar
shall, assisted by 20 MeScansss. The
prisoner, it is well known, has killed
several persons, and his other depreda-
tions are almost without number. He
is q man of marked appearance, and
such one of whom we often read, but
seldom see. The second prisoner is a
cOlored man named
JOSEPH HOWARD, go
known in New Mexico as an outlaw and
desperate of the worst kind, and doubt
less is a member of HDutch Joe's"
band; his presence at the recent stage
robbery could not be proven in Court,
yet was informed that there was no
doubt in the minds of those who knew
him that he was there. He was con-
victed of buying Government property
from soldiers, and sentenced to three
years in the Missouri Penitentiary. Jo-
seph Howard is q man of powerful
build, light-cOlored and quite smart, just
the kind of q man Mexican outlaws
would choose as companions when they
can get them. He said that he was sorry
that he was going to the Penitentiary,
but he was cheerful and seemed to be
making the best of it. The last and the
least of the three is
MANUEL SANDOvAL,
a Mexican, small and dark. He is a
good specimen of his countrymen. He
was convicted at Santa Fe for passing
counterfeit money, and was sentenced
to one year in the Missouri Penitentiary.
Marshal Sherman received valuable in
formation that an attempt would be
made to rescue the prisoners by large
party of Joe's friends, and he asked for
and received an escort of United States
troops from Santa Fe to Trinidad. He
came through all right, and now has his
three men on this train, and will lodge
them safely in the Penitentiary to-mor-
row. Great credit is due this young
United States Marshal for the prompt
ness with which he discharges his duty.
He has arrested fifteen or twenty des-
perate characters within the past year,
and brought them to justice. He is
clearing Southern New Mexican of her
hard cases, and will doubtless succeed
in bringing to justice those scoundrels
who still infest that section of our coun-
try: John Sherman, Jr., is son of
Secretary Sherman, and a young man
of great promise.
A Valuable Soldier.
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