Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-04-25
THE sOLD BRICK.
Capture of Gan Supposed t0 Hafe
 Stolen it.
rLos Angeles iIerald.l


 ILos Angeles tterald.l
 A short time aso tue SE Helens Com pauv of Las DciicIas. Mexico, snt con- fideatial clerk named Bixley to market 1Itu gold br:ck worth a out Sl5,oOO Blxley started of seemingly impressed wIth the magnitude and respOns olliy of ms mission. lie swOre Co protect the bullion from all vsndAl hands, aud he kept his word. In fact sO JvalUusiy d'd ne guard tL.e precious UricS that tbe owners thereof have never seen or heard of 1t since. They naturally thought that BIxley, who also goes b. the bOnored anu ancieut name fl smith, had no; tr. ated them exactly right, and therefore issued a prOnuDclamiento 10 the ene;t that they would pay S2 QUO for the arrest of tue aforesaid BIxley aud the return nt the b1llIun. Sheriff George E. Gard, of tbis county, dOuStless Rllured by the Dig S2,OO0, turned hIs detective nose to the all and about three weeks ago cap tured a man at Riverside, whom he con- ceived to be the confidential BIxiey. The prisoner was lodged In Jail, and Hs he had a considerable amount of cIln, and ordered ms meals etc.. from the out side of the jail, he was placed in An upper cell of tne annexed building a, cell usually d, voted to female prisoner. The fact that Major Gard desired to propIIiate the prisoner and gain little information as to the whereabouts oi the nugget" may have had something to do with the nice manner In which Bixley was treated.
 On the nigut of April 18th, the incar- cerated. probably becoming weary of confinement, gently removed the Iron bars of window of his clli and left. The escape Was kept very quiet and the sheriff Caused the following to be IS sued:
 ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. Escape from Custody, April l3, 1885.
 "JObes. alIas BIxley, &c, ge abouI 3O; height , feet, inch :; weigbt about l5O; gm active build, lIghI complexion, light auburn hair, blue eyes, rather large nose, slightly crooked at the end, turned toward the right had three weess' growth of tull whIzkers, light brown in color, but wall probably shave clean, may keep mustacht; IS Very cun- uIng, speaks SPanIsh tuvDIly, IS sllgutly stoup shOuldered, wore dark clothes and hat, will cHange clothing II possIOle; IS a stranger t1 California; we'll pos. ed abOut IvxHs, ArIZOua and Mexico. Ihe above reward wIll be paid for the arrest and delivery to me If said Jones at any point ID IhIs State. Telegraph
 GEORGE E GARD,
 Sheriff of Los Angeles County.
 April l3. loS5.'
 A Herald reporter, who knew of the escape of prisOuer, saw onerIH Gard T .N I. q n. III. . away Wa being heid for Wells. Farg * Co, and IL was uOt anticipated that he would attt mpt to escape, hence he Was placed m the Ibst cure female cell. When ask, why such large reward was Of- fvIed for a prIsOuer of % httle cunse queuce, the Sheriff said he wanted to rucaplurr Bixiey aud put hIm into a eel from which he could not escape. lhe matter wts not IuUlI-Led at he time fear the ends of ju-t.ce might be de- feafed.
 AllefT1rts were put forth by the Sheriff and lis deputie, to reyapture the pfi- oner, and on Suuday ulghJ the r eff f.Fts we're rewarded. Under ShrufT Thorn ton and Deputy AguIrre dI-cuye sd that the mon tLey want, wa buidIng gh carnIval at d place called the Monkey saloon, il Sonora own. \ hack Was chartered and tue officers rvp Ire l tO th- scrns. Bi1ley Was there, ami at the earnest request of Aguirre, backed up by d six-shOOter, elevated his hands ant Captain Thornton decorated bis Wrisis with clu>e-i'tiug hracrlets He WIS then taken to Jail aud placed m a cell from which ue wIll find It somewhat difficult to escape.
 Bixl,y says he has the gold brick in safe Ilace and 1t wili be a wet and slip pery evening when he gives I: up tO auy officers. He says that be Is not sheep herder and has seuse enough tO know | that nothing can be done with him m | this country. He also says that under | the laws of Mexlco he can only be charg | ed with breach of trust, misdemeanur, and the punishment is only three months | in jail. He feels TecOnciled to a short | Imprisonment, and IS planning trip to | Europe ID the autumn. In the mean time the immediate SicinIry of the gold | brick IS only known to Bi1ley alias Jones.