Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-04-15
DOC DAVIS.
The story of His Capture as Related by
 Detective Norris.

AN story tA aAA- N-APAANt ~ AeNAAaNi hg
 Detective Norris.
 As the subject Of tine following sketch is a well known character in this city and Territory, and as efforts are now being made here 10 his behalf, the story of his capture will be read with interest 1; was related by Detective Norris to a representative of the Cheyenne Leader:
 About noon oD Sunday a special train, consisting of an engine aud a passenger coach, dashed through Cney- euIe at the rate of twenty five miles an hour. A short distance east Ot Laramie Cfy two passengers were taken from No. i, winch Was making her way east ward, transferred 70 thls special train and sent along the road ahead oF No. 4 No stop was made uutIl Barton, a side track station near the JulesbUr- june tiou, vas reached, aud nere the specIai tram waited for NJ. f and the passen- gers were again transferred to the lat ter. This movement was but one a of a ser4es h the course of the capture and return to Ono of one of the n Ist noted criminals of the day. His name Is Jew Houcl, alias Doc Dayis now under arrest LOT murder.
 The murder for which Houck was ar- rested was committed Iu a passenger coach Of the Columbus & Hooking Val ley railroad, at Delaware, Ohio, January 2l, 1878: the victim was Powell Lowman, a iiquor drummer from Columbus, O. Lo. man, HOuck, Frank HOugnton and an unknown man were playing at three card monte, on the tram. H0uck was The Cea!er, Eoushcou aud the ''un- known were cappers, and bowman the sucker" Alter losing S7O bowman made a stupendous "AIck-' HOushton and tue unknown jumped ths train, and HsUck stuck the muZZle Of re- vJlver into LJwm ms n 3utn and blew h.s brains out. He then jumped from tue traIa and fled.
 John r. Nurris, detective ID the em- piuy of the railway company, was set to work on the case, and followed HOuck Co Washington, D. c; Richmond, NIr- gluia; Savannah, GeurgIa; to Cuba, Mexl- co, IduoIs, 1exas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Iu cUnverslug with q Wyoming gentleman, passeuger on N. 1, on Sunday morning, Mr. Norris sllE "H0u-k l. the sharpest criminal l nave ever known. l have tracked hlnl over 2 l,OJ) mules, always tO be baflie0, unrii finally ran him down at Los An ze.es. He ls a 'shOrJ-carf sharp aud ulghwayman. ani has ID the .ast five years piled his vO- cation with rem lrkabie success in twenty States Of the Uli1n, in Cuba, old Mexico aud France. \ short time ago l
 earned that be Vas to be found in New Mexico. | went to DeminE, only to fiuu that be had fled. Not Knowing where le had goac, had :o use strategy H0uck Lad friend ln Demlng, gum oler, who, feel confident, knew of tLe uurderers whereabouts. hls mau S-cw me, on seeing me, and ac cr-trd me with jhe words: 'Hrl- .o,. Norris, are you after me:' l au- -UrTei ns. but Ee went To the tele- graph office In Deming aud wrote out a dispatch e. be seut duTing the night Alter he left the office went in and, Iu- IrolucluC n self as a telegraph man, was soon on easy terms with the operator. Presently a lady me in to send a mes sa -e, and while The op-Tator was busy with her 1 got the telegram that was In- tended fir HOuck. It read:
 ''LUs ANGELES, CAIitOrnia.-DOc Da- yss: Screw your nut look out for Ohio. H.
 ''Seizing a rubber. | erased tine word Angeles and wrote Vegas instead. Of course the telegram was then sent tu Laa Vegas, New Mexico, Iusteai of Los Angeles, California. Then l sent de- scliytion of HJLc6 to Sheriff Currier, Of Los Angeles, who detailed e deputy named George Gard 10 look up the murderer. Gard soon found hIm and ,rlpuei Lim Iltp the SleritTs office, where be vas confronted with the Je ,cripti0u and was placed uud .r lock and Key. After telegraphiug to Ohio for a requiNuuI on the State of California, left Deming for Los Angeles, where my bird Was safely caged. HOuck has many Warm friends amOng the gamblers Of the Pacific coast. Some of them came down from San Francesca and others from other points Co See if they could help ulm iu any way. l. looked for a time as if We would have trouble In getting hun fO San Francisco after the writ Of labeas corpus was lssued, but Sheriff Cl-rier and three of hIs deputies goI ulm latO a baggage car, where they fortified themselves with reyOlvers aud riiies aud brought him thrO- gh safely. got the cytraiIlI0u papers from Gov -ruor Stourman, and am now on the way East. 1 am told that l may look for an interruption or my journey al Cheyenne. Officers may be at the depo' wlth a writ Bat I'll get ahead of them. "
 De,ectlva Norris had au order from the Hooking Valley company on every railroad m the United States Co provide hlm with passez, special trains, or what ever he might need Accordingly, be called on the Union Pacific for a train. and he ran through Laramie and Chey- eune without making a stop. Deputy Sheriff Husford and Marshal Carr were at the railroad yard on the arrival of NJ. i, and inquired for the prisoner. When told that le had gone through by a special train. they remarked that they merely wished to see Norris socially, and had no idea of taking away his rtrralufr