Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-29
SAFE IN JAIL.
The Antelope Valley Bandit
Surrenders.
'MAGEE's' 100 MILE RIDE.

The Whole Country Aroused-Fray
I an Old Friend of Black
Bart.
Frank Fray, the Antelope Valley des-
perado is lodged safely in the County
Jail on New High street. He came in
on No. II this morning in company with
a man named Balls, and surrendered
himself to the Sheriff, stating that the
whole country was after him and he ex-
pected to be mobbed if caught. When
seen in his cell he denied burning Cranes
house and said that he was out in the
mountains at the time the
confagration occurred. He fur
ther stated that Crane and he
used to steal cattle together, and that
Rony was afraid that he would squeal,
and was, therefore, anxious to get him
out of the way. He declares that he will
kill Crane on sight when released from
prison, and thinks that they cannot prove
any charge strong enough to hold him.
At 1880 P. NJ. Constable Magee arrived in
the city, having trailed Fray down here,
and, unconscious that that individual
had surrendered and was in Jail, applied
at the police station and obtained two men
to aid him in arresting the fugitive. Ma
gee knew that Balls had a house on
Hellman street, East Los Angeles, and
accompanied by the officers, proceeded
Il IcI L. I,..tI
course his precautions were futile, and
later on he heard that his man was with
in the walls and after assuring himself
that this was the case he retired for
few hours long-needed rest. His story
of the second expedition OF Fray is as
follows:
MAGEE's SECOND TRIP.
"It was 5 o'clock on Friday evening
when 1 started out for the hills again
Rony Crane was SO anxious to 60, and
knew that he was acquainted with every
foot of the country, 80 1 took him along
as trailer, and also swore in Clayton
Gilibrand and Joe Harwood as deputies,
letting who else follow who would. We
rode hard all that evening and by 2
o'clock the next morning found ourselves
in sight of Cranes place, where we decided
to encamp for a few hours. We elept
for few hours and started off again
with fresh horses, making for the Los
Alimos Ranch, where Fray had a great
friend named Balls, whom he was in
the habit of visiting. We could not find
axy particulars of our man, SO on we
went to Smiths Cafon, where Fray had
eluded us the night before, and here
Crane set to work to look up the trail.
He skirmished round for some time, but
at last found it, and off we
set up a narrow mountain defile
that wound in and about the mighty
hills that abound in that part of the
country. We found that we were travel
ing due south, and then it flashed across
us that Fray had gone to Newhall, q teri
BILE journey. as the country is not in the
leat adapted for travel can assure you.
The sun came up like ball OF fire and
the heat was something terrific in the
cafions, and to add to our discontinue
we had not taken the precaution to carry
water, and none was to be found. Some Of
the places we had to pass were so
precip pitous that we had to dismount and
lead our horses, and it looked as if we
would be left in the lurch, for the poor
animals played out and one Of them
stumbled and cut his fetlock, making
him 60 along in great distress. After a
time we lost the trail and it was of course
possible that Fray had headed off in
some other direction; but knew that
HE COULD NOT GET FAR,
for before leaving Lancaster. l
had taken the precaution to tel
egraph to Bakersfield, Newhall,
Santa Paula, Ventura and surrounding
points, and knew that if he put in
an appearance at any of them he
would be surely arrested. Then again
the whole country was alive with people
looking for him and the Tweedy boys
and other prominent cattle men were
out scouting in all directions and would
hold him up if they ran across him. You
cannot imagine how glad we were when
we finally saw in the distance a ranch
house, and here we stopped a few min
utes and changed horses, starting off
fresh again on the trail which led into
Newhall. Beyond the fact that it was a
tough ride nothing more of incident &C.
Cured on our journey and we rode into
our objective point at p. NJ, having
journeyed 100 miles on horseback during
the twenty-four hours, including the
time we devoted to sleep, rest and other
stoppages necessary during the ride. l
at once made inquiries as to whether
Fray had been in the town and they said
that, accompanied by Balls, he had ar
rived early in the morning and had gone
on the first train to Los Angeles. 1
asked why he was not detained and was
told that Balls had stated that 1 had
deputized him to take charge Of Fray
and as everything seemed square
they had let them 60 on
that pretext. decided to
follow them down, and leaving Crane
and the rest of the party at Newhall l
came here with the result you already
know. shall take Fray to Newhall to-
morrow or Monday, where the charge of
arson will be preferred against him, and
Crane, Flynn and others will testify.
As to my deputizing Balls to arrest Fray,
that is, of course, all nonsense, as I did
not swear him in on any occasion. l
hear, also, that he is claiming $50 re-
ward, but do not know what for"
A BAD RECORD.
Magee spoke of Fray's general reputa.
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