The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-03
REEEING RUSTLERS.

.i,oriai Militia Capture anu ihen
ne Alleged Rustlers, Creating im-
hi' excitement in Lake valley The
~sns ',- nsath OF william zillard and
John Waits.
s,loving from the Lake Valley
- Ne,ico, Herald shows that Joe For
'Ss' Iormerly of this city, is taking an
" a,,t in the affairs Of the territory,
&s,Ss ~ Herald gives the following account
Sc ln thursday morning about J O'Clock
luz S,irtsrritorial militia under Major A.
seSpSn n arrived in Lake Valley from
iVs s,s,;on They had come up TO Mutt
As'' s'l train aud disembarking rode inn
olssply upon Lake Valley. 1t
nsI'-..' bright moonlight night,
FS clear eye to take
sssDAsS ire town or discern mans figure
u l wy su of several hundred yards. The
us surrounded the town, and a man
uogpSI Courtright, who had been stopping
ha ~ sierra Grande company's office, en-
huS Dennett'S saloon and ar
lsisoa William Zillard, whom he
ies,sSS nlaying cards there. Hillard
9taar'i,te1 Quietly, and was taken out ana
sgl SUI Tnder guard of militiamen. John
e TI,,S dnding that the soldiery were about,
nsts;; horse out of Doheny's corral and
49, bresk for liberty. Observing the
M' aCS ahead of him, he wheeled around
~ 'stsrted back the other way. He had
- only short distance when he was
..'"S.nntpn bv six militiamen, who ordered
S3T m halt and throw up" He complied,
w.. wss brought up to Benefits and also
,.crgIv ruarded. These two men, il is
''r~Nncsed were rustlers, as it had been I'M
S.sltood that they were out" Both had
Sasn warned that there were warrants out
X, them for stealing bullion from the
Sisrra (irande company, but they paid no
si,sntion to the matter, either ianoying
themselves secure or disregarding en-
,rsIy the danger surrounding them.
They had come into town from the
mountains the evening before Tor the
s,,t time fon several weeks, and both drank
IA considerable extent during the night.
NlIard, who is generally known as Butch, s"
,et down to a poker game at Benefits
Win thirty dollars in his pocket. 1t is
al he won considerable amount and was
I'M ahead of the game when he was taken
by COPYRIGHT. John Watts had been
drunk. but had made no disorderly demon
siration On the contrary he had prevented
friend from getting into trouble, which
Showed him to be more than usually well
djsposed. A short time after the arrests
had been made, and after an Intellectual at
nmpt to arrest a man named Burke, the
militia left with their prisoners, both of
whom had been disarmed bound and
paced on one horse. Shortly thereafter
auiet had been restored. EARLY in the
,gl
with dispatch from Major Fountain to
Governor Sheldon for transmission over
lhe telephone to Mutt and thence by tele-
graph to Santa Fe The dispatch read as
follows
Governor shelton. Santa Fe.
LAKE VALLEY, March 22.-Beiore day.
lght this morning, after the moon had
gone down, the two rUstlers captured last
night, John Watts and William Gil!iard,
alias Bce Bush, made an attempt to es-
cspe, while the men were nnsaddling their
horses to 60 into camp. They ran up the
road about 200 yards, when the company
tired upon them, Kidding them with bull
lets. FOUNTAIN, Major"
The news brought much excitement to
Lake Valley. Several men rode out to the
lake to see the bodies. Returning they re-
Ul'ea 'lae tne oouIes nau Deeh thrown III
sutVl, covereu partlaily WIN eartn ana
tramped upon. Justice Of the Peace Barnes
was notified and Deputy Sheriff McEntire
Summoned a jury of inquest. A large
party then went out to the lake, and an in-
quest was duly held over the remains, re-
sullhs IN tne following verdict;
ie Wn ol New MeAl9ol comfy OF Dona Ana.
,r HS ; rne u a Justice oil the peace
s-s by by mno SuI upon Iue inquest held
ms saS --u H1S VI 1ua,ch a ~; 1900 on the
g SonnJ u, JIM Magts anu Willlam hlilard,
n vS,I nj ioS,',vS No. ~ iying III ultch
I'D a d@? ANN W .he iiiisOoro ROAD,
orN aet "SnoiouYn iiiVestiEaIl9h that they
and i ibo ' soiJ UeaIns rom suh-ShJ wounds,
s sru 'uas saw NV Touhus were ii!eted as ls
M F com%oud ' oS t'rI''HrIal tia, under
49, ,l'' Vi a. D. rouhtaln' Ill whose
A"''F fS; ivy we're PrlsolIers;
t'sN'ul JAY DARNEs,
'ustlCo VI tlie Ie2ce'
; ~ IA II, hoPP,
D. ~ HREELEf.
.. ~ pAFFIN,
~ u5sh'
~ ~ ~ ~ ShANNoN'
" ~ TURNER,
~ ~ . SARLIN,
l.. j. VANWINKLE,
HENRY FLETCHER,
a. "A, MoopALL,
knsr ,bo ;,..-. ERNEST CONRAD.
brourht into ~ e 'iiT TWO bodies were
INITIATED y Ill Wy they were terrlblv
me bodv on n,'' h lau zen bullet holes in
powder Surnt ' I To W. n a lace was badly
bsI entSr Jrn' .. ne was shot IN the face, the
wards corrr;, q. .aIe nose, passing down.
into ,bs hrssaas away the lower jaw and
shot from ono',, iaiuioa.InS mat ne mad been
were mark go of III NV WINE lying down. There
elsewhere on tho N.Y. s neei On tle nose, ana
Watts was s; n tnJ iace ana nody. John
terribly hn s,,uiiarly used up, his face being
served n yo,n a. ana disilgnted, Those who
the pocSats " wy eoroners jury state that
turned wronS y, we ueao men were fonnd
Of one If thas s'ueIou. ana That the boots
remains were dras1 nau peen removed, The
neral heinz a,t dressed and inferred, the fu-
ac0uaintaSSo"a.S' esueu py many OF the former
DurinS ibe Az y, tne deceased.
talk was ndnI"sd va =; inursuay much Dlttef
was intendoS ~, sea IN IN Lake Valley, and il
inr a. n;nS. 10 mold an indignation meet.
uty Sheriff Nv WnE sl'is was stopped by Dep
men 10 keen o nn;at VINO advised the
Watts ond lii,
men wbn r n.,iaru were looked upon as
served n bo "ele on the rustic" and de-
Ia. w w penneu, but were not decpry,