Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-10
PURSUIT OF THE TRAIN ROBBps
rheir Early Capture A.sured.


 t Their Early Capture Assured n The anxiety as to the safety of . s
 posse pursuing the Stien's Peak tr,.; |. '- robbers was put st rest last night 4 the return of Sheriff Shaw and De:es- ? tive Len Harris. They left the pursuing | party at ihs Palotado ranch, in Chihu e 9 bus, about 15O miles south of LOrd r. 2 burg, and returned home, the form IT
 to attend the opening of the Suprerls Court and the latter because he VIC
 too badly used up by the hardships e.- perienced on the journey 70 20 ahead. They were also accompanied back by two of the four Papsgo trsilers who s,.-
 companIed them, the other two gong C,
 with Under Sheriff Shibell. Marsh.I
 Meade ard Deputy MArshsl Smith. When she posse esssyed from th
 ranch toconiinue the pursuit the robbe . ! WE'RE TWO DAYS AHEAD
 and pushing on toward the Me1icsa Central road. although before lesyin there the robbers had given 1t out tn . they were going Co Sonora, but evident such was not their intention, ss the vent in the direction of the City C. Chihuahus from which they had orig . nally started, and where It appears ths had outfIted for tse exDSdision, an were seen by Detective Thscksr of We'll Fargo & Go.
 Although there were bu. two men sc. tuslly engaged ID the robbery the part originally consisted of three men, bnl while en route from the City of Ch.. chuahus, to ths scene of the robbery. the third man ir dismountiDg from hII his horse was accidentally SHOT THROUGH THE LEG,
 the bullet entering the leg above ana coming out below the knee. Thls vEs at the Pslotado rsnch, and here th.s wounded man was left till their returr. after having committed tho robbery. The names of the three mes are Dick Johnson, Dick Hart and Leary. The two former were both in Jail here CD suspicion of being implicated in one Os the Pantsno robberies, but being innO- cent were discharged. Both are hard games and full hands at | any species of deviltry that comes their way. Lesry, the wounded man. has less of SD evil reputation and IS no. so well known heresbouts as his teo companions. These men All at one time worked st CT near Stein's Peak, Dick Johnson having owned 6 well st thas place. short time since he sold this well, shipped some articles by freight. to Fl Psso and then left for the same place, where he evidently
 MET HIS TWO COMPANIONS and went with them to the city of Chi huahua Detective Thscker, 1t so hap pened. was in that city engaged in fer reting out the Mexican Central railway robbers and met and talked with them In response to his inquiry as to what they were doing there they said they had "cOme down to eat peaches" but be- yond this they gave him no further In- formation.
 Thscker was still in Chihuahus when be heard of the 5tein's Peak robbery. He went at once to the place and investi- gated and ID doing SO secured Johnson's original shipping receipt and on return ing with 10 to Chihuahus, examined ths register of the hotel at which these men had been stopping. and found that tbe same man bad signed bosh-Jshnson had also signed for the other two men Further investigation revealed the fact that the men had
 oUTFITrED IN THAT PLACE, and after purchasing horses. guns, etc, had gone farther into the interior of the state and then turned towards the New Mexican line. He then sent 6 posse to He Tn wait for them and intercept them on their return with their booty.
 In the meantime the posse from Tue sou had been following the trail with vigor, but had been delayed one day st Lsng's ranch in the edge of the state of Chihuahua, on account of losing the trail which had been oblItersted by cat tie. but upon making their trouble known to the vsqueros st that place. were agsIn put right. Some of the men, 1t appears, had been out the day pre- vious. cutting trails for cattle, and hal to their surprise, noted the one made by the two strange horsemsn. This was next morning shown to tue posss and followed without break to the PslOts- do ranch
 WHERE THE ROBBERS HAD SLEPT two nights previously. The circuItOus route travelled to reach this place was possibly 25O miles and the robbers had slept but once before. in that distance, having made fully POO miles before go- ing into camp. On the return of Joha- son and Hart b this ranch. they pad me woman WnO nRd cared Tor Ene wound sd Leary. but two dollars. saying that they were poor and had no money. The arrival of the pursuing party WAS the first IntImstion the ranch people had Of ths class of visitors they had enter .RIned.
 That the robbers will be caught sd nits of no doubt. The only question that now arises is which of the pursuing parties will overhaul them first, the one from here or the one sent out from the ,ity of Chihuahua. But take them which may. it must either be s dead surprise or
 HARD AND DESPERATE FIGHT or all others, the Tucson men are de- serving of success. In their eagerrets .o follow the robbers they went without provisions or blankets. and notvith- standing the intense cold weather on the ranges crossed and st one time being two days without food, they resolutely kept on and unless the Chihushus party cuts the traIl ahead of r5em they will run theIr quarry to earth or perish In