Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-12-21
Some Unwritten History.
From the Tucson Star.

the Wham robbery trlal, and It IS sald | the defense will attempt to have his testimony impeached. It is claimed | that it can be shown that he gave tes timony in the Clifton stage-coach rob bery, tried before Justice James Sias, some six years ago, which was not ill accord with the facts.
 The following details connected with | that event will be of interest, and at the same time satisfy the ordinary mind that MT. Fowler's testimony at that time was just what anybody else would have given under similar cir cumstanceS.
 About six years ago Henry Fowler was driver on the Pomeroy stage line, running out of Clifton. One morning Fowler followed the regular stage coach out with a special, having on board about fifteen Chinamen. Driv- ing down the street he passed Dan David (Big Dan), Doe. Baker and Big Dave," going to breakfast. Hastily eating, they followed him down the road about four miles, to place called Big Hill, where, on account of the steepness of the road, the Chinamen had to get out and walk. Looking from the top of the hill, Fowler saw the robbers coming, and suspecting their purpose, shouted to the China men to hurry up. They got on and he drove rapidly forward attempting to catch the regular coach short dis tance ahead. Before the brow of the hill was reached the robbers caught up and one shouted "slow uF." The driver recognized the men and stop ped. The highwaymen immediately began firing, hit four Chinamen, kill ed three, and relieved the outfit of be- tween two and three hundred dollars When Fowler reached town MT. Cut ter, engineer for the railroad about to be put through, asked him who held him up. Fowler winked at him and said he didn't know. Justice of the Peace Mosgrove, who was on the regu- | lar coach at the time of the rob cry and saw it all, sad to MT. Cutter: "You ought to make him tell who l they are" Cutter answered: "Why not tell yourself, you know who they are?" MT. Mosgrove immediately dropped the subject. As soon as it was known through the town who had made the assault everybody else treated the matter in the same man. ner. The fact was, Dan, Dave and their pals had the community ccm- pletely terrorized. They carried things
 with high hand, and no man could call his own. They ruled with bullets; and when they said yea no man dared
 say nay. They showed their utter fearlessness by riding into town
 month later and demanding a trial.
 There were about thirty men in the crowd each armed with two six-shoot- CTS, one in sight, the other concealed
 in their shirt. They had threatened
 to shoot their way out if any evidence
 was produced against them. When
 the marshal demanded their weapons
 at the door they simply handed him
 the one at their belt and retained the
 other. Imagine a man in small,
 rough mining camp, surrounded by
 thirty desperate villains, ready to shoot
 him down, kill the Justice and mur-
 der everyone else they encountered on
 the street if he testified against them
 and you have MT. Fowler's position.
 When asked if he identified the men,
 he said no, and every other man would
 have said the same. The entire com
 munity said he done the only thing
 possible. The prisoners were released.
 The desperate character of the gang
 may be seen from their future record: ::
 Big Dan, together with Red sam
 pless Billy Delany, Texas Howard and
 Kcliy, were hung at Tosnbstoae for q
 nstrde5qat Biabee, while John Hsa'th N WAS iyfrclied for the salle oifehse. Big Dave was run out of Apache county li for robbing g store and died Before
 captured Doc Baker, who had for merly run with the James gang in Missouri, together with Kid Vance, Two-Belt Johnnie, Mexican Johnnie and Mormon Bill, were also driven out of the country for various crimes. Mart was killed while trying to hold
 up two railroad men at Clifton. Kid
 Lewis killed woman at Clifton and
 was shot on the river by 8 deputy , sheriff. "Shoot-em-up Dick" was kill
 ed at Las Cruces, Mexico, for stealing
 horses Ike Clanton was shot, Club is now in the pen at Yuma for rob ping store in Apache county. Chero- , kee Kid and Sistis Garcia are also in the pen. Pelar was hung in Silver , City, New Mexico. The other ten or , twelve were of the same sort. These latter facts are taken from the United States MarshaPs records. The former can be substantiated by any of . the older residents of Clifton. The
 Justice, James Sias, before whom the trial was held, and the above mention, , ed MT. Gutter will probably be down , to tes tify 10 the facts if af attempt is a made to impeach MT. Fovler's testi: f mony. \ .sSs- | = q, When Mir. Fowler in t!!,s present I trial was ssked t.Ie dilestioh whether ! Illle qjd nnt AlloW the parties who held I qp tfe stagc Ut the time mentioned he said 'he did; and when asked if he Ehad not stated on oath before Justice i FSias, when these men had their hear. < ing, that lie did not know who held 4 up the stage, he answered yes, stating
 his reasons, part of which are given
 above, and that the defendants in
 formed him before he entered court
 that if he "gave them away" they would "fll him full of lead," that ht
 knew they meant business and did
 not propose to be shot down by { & gang that he knew had entire contro Q of the town and that section of tht l. country.
 , "The Crime of the Century" Thi f !s..the very appropriate title of bool f that is being written by one of tn, D ablest journalists of the present time r l IT. io tho O,,Ixy ooJ