Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-11-02

A Bandit who Has Made Fortune by Hs
lAWlees Acts.

a Bandit Who Has Made = Fortune by Hts |
LAwless Acts.
ssOf all the smooth and slippery out
laws now loose and enjoying perfec.
freedom. the smoothest and slipperiest |
IL Geronimo, the train robber Of Ari- |
roma and Mexico" said A. A. Herring,
the mining man, OF Castle Dome, Ariz.
Il do not refer to the willy Apache
chief. who short time ago led In so
many depredations on the frontier. but
10 his white namesake, who, II any
thing possesses more cunning.
mot much seems 10 be known OF
Geronimo In many Pacific coast States
and Territories outside OF Arizona and
the mountainous regions to the south.
He flies from one side OF the Mexican
line to the other in a few hours, and is
as hard to get sight of as a will-o'-the-
wisp. He goes into the most civilized
towns Of the frontier whenever he
wants 10. and nobody seems 10 have
the nerve to tackle him.
"Geronimo was connected with two
or three OF the heaviest robberies on
sne Atehison, Topeka and Santa Re
In the last hold-np on the Southern
Pacific. No detectives are after him.
or II they are they make no Roadway
In capturing him. He seems TO have
the right TO go anywhere unmolested.
His finances are considerably inn
proved by his robberies ofWells, Fargo
q Co. Mine owners, too. caught out
m laA
numerous travellers. have paid tribute
10 him. Mexican and American cattle
aud horse owners have also suffered.
These depredations have been carried
on for three and possibly for five years.
A very round sum must have gone
into Geroninio's excbequer in conse-
queuce. People most intimate with
the circumstances of his plundering
figure his gains at from 100000 TO
5000 900. Perhaps not less than twenty
men have been killed also. yet he has
been regarded as myth by many who
have only heard about him in curious
way.
81 assure you he Is about the liveliest
blood. muscle and bone myth. how
ever. that there is agoing. There are
no flies on him. and evidently IL Is a
good man who will get him-a second
Bob Garland, or somebody OF that sort.
He knows the mountains as well as
Billy the Kid ever did, and better than
any outlaw now living. He came TO
Tombstone first three years ago, and
went under the name of White.
10 a. tsaA f.... h,e a
the gambling houses. He never was
known 10 engage In honest labor. He
was a fair gambler. though he never
played for big stakes. He seemed TO
play for pastime more than any thing
else. In IA short time he disappeared
and went TO Clifton. Then he began
his open career OF crime. His last
hauls were on the Atchison and South
ern Pacific roads. where. 1t is believed,
he got $40 600 each time, Then he
went To Mexico aud was captured by
the regular troops while driving away
some horses. But the Sonora jails
were not strong enough to hold him,
and he H. now back In Arizona. He
often visits Tombstone. and u short
time ago was seen playing billiards in
the Comet saloon there.
HE has no headquarters. and / o
devices to elude pursuers are always
successful. Nothing is known OF his
presence till the day after he has left
a place. and there is no doubt that
those who know where he is keep still
about il for fear of death at his hands.
His companion is a renegade Mexican
named FREDERICK. IL has been said that
Geronimo il Mexican, but this Is a
mistake. He is white. or very nearly
80.
'sGeronmo Is dead shot, and officers
or anybody else are not In hurry "a
try their skill against him. Some stiff
rewards have been offered by the rail
road and express companies for him,
and private parties have also offered
bonuses for him.
1.-The Governors OF Arizona and
Sonora have offered something like
$1,000 each. There IL money In hi,
scalp II il can be got. but 10 get IL Il
the trouble. San Francisco Exam
liner.