Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-26
WHITES GANG OF OUTLAWS.
Three Ex-Oonvicts in the Party-Going
to Join Trujillo and His
Followers.
A Deputy Sheriffs Lack of Nerve-St9ry
Of the Bentons-An Ugly Mess
All Around.

his gang OF outlaws, although lie thinks
they are still in that locality. While at
San Pedro he arrested II. NJ. Benton,
who has been indicted by the grand jury
on the charge of aiding White in his I'M
lawful capers in the south end of the
county of late. Benton is accused of
having supplied White with money. The
indictment against him is said to have
been ionnd on the testimony OF negro
named Robert Stansfield.
BENTON AND HIS BROTHER
Jesse came up with the sheriff and brought
with them Stanstield, who asserts that he
was intmidated into charging II. NJ Ben
ton with supplying money to White since
he entered upon his foolhardy career as
a highwayman. They expect to take
Stanstield before the grand jury and have
him confess that his charge against Ben
ton was made under pressure. Benton
states that there is total reward Of $3.50
out for Whites arrest, $3.50 offered by
Messrs. kaunheim and kiidip, of the
Santa Fe Copper company. and 800 by
the COVE rnor OF the territory; that certain
parties in Cerrillos, among them, s. f.
Loughboroueh, undertook
TO CAPTURE WHITE
in hopes of securing this reward and
failed. Benton further alleges that upon
the failure of these parties to take in
White they cameto him, supposing him to
know something of Whites movements,
and offered him $3.50 if he would assist
them in traI ping White. He says he
declined their offer, and states that tley
then went TO the negro, Stanstied,
whom they lntinidated into declaring
that he knew that Benton WAS supplying
" hite with money. and practically back
ing him up in all lls devlltrY. Benton SAYS
the Ce,rllos posse, led by Loughborough
and others,
HUNG THE NEGRO UP BY THE THUMBS
and forced him to make this assertion,
and claimed that the negro suffered such
treatment as to justify him in asserting
anything so long as his life was spared.
On this snlje,t witnesses are to-day be-
fore the grand july.
The criminal negligence of the Santa
Fee county officials III not arresting this
man White in HE beginning is now be-
ginning to crop out, and lis CoHdu,t may
bring lasting Disgrace upon and lDlure the
good men Of the hole territory.
There is no doubt that the cowardlv
assault upon John Elder by White, and
his subsequent erdeavors to play the bad
man, have given HIM a little cheap notorie-
ty that has increased hi, following. 1t is
sad by Ri, hard Gihlu and others from
San Pedro that White now numbers
among his gang three ex-tonvicts, and
that they are
ORGANIZING FOR REGULAR BUSINESS
as hiehwa, men through out the central
part OF the territory. New acquisitions to
the White gang are said to be Barney
Mason, Punch Collins, and man called
Du ,hy. The latter was sent to the peli-
Tertiary for horse stealing from Sierra
county ami served five years. His name is
August Deithelen. Punch Collins is
bury negro, sentenced from Sucorro
county for seven Years ior "IeCking an
A.. r. Il ). +. train. He was conn lifted
November II, 1854, and under gOo,. time
allowance. WAS released August ! last
Barney Mas0n is II Lincoln county COW
thief. HON Gov. Ross pardOned out. He
Was sentenced TO serve one year on May
/, 1887, and Gov. Ross parduned him out
on November IL, 1887. Petty criminal
charges have been filed against all three
OF these parties at San Pedro of late, and
to az Old appearance before the grand jury
they jumped at the opporuiityIO Join Lee
White al d become full tledged outlaws.
THE OBJECT OF THE GANG
in laying about San Pedro, 20 they are al
legged to have said, is for the purpose of,
first, to steal sufficient number of horses
and mules to equip themselves for travel,
and second, to hold up few isolated
and secure enough ready cash
TO justify them in moving to other paris
and operating ON larger scale. One OF
their threats is to kill five men at San
Pedro, Supt. Raunheim, Richard Gibln,
s. q. White and others, before they de-
part, but little notice is taken of this.
One OF the outlaws was in Cerrilios on
Thursday last and talked iree, about the
plans Of the mob, hut no attempt Was
made to arrest him for the reason that it
Was intended to us. him in capturing the
whole outfit. The plans missed fire,
however, because OF the
REFUSAL OF TIE DEPUTY SHERIFF,
one Bartholomew, to act with the posse OF
citizens Nho had planned to raid the
mountain cabin occupied by the gang. 1t
happened 10 be raining on Friday morn
Ing and on that account this deputy sheriff
refused to 90 with the citizens alter mach
preparation in locating the exact where.
abouts Of the v lite crowd.
puitits in from San Pedro last night
claim to have seen and talked with " ilte
Yesterday, and assert that the officers Of
the ,ountv are
NOT ANXIOUS TO DO THEIR DUTY,
otherwise he would have been taken in
long ago. 1t is asserted that they have
now stolen from the citizens of Santa Fe
county a pretty good set of horses and
mules, and that they will either to-day or
tomorrow depart for Coyote Springs,
south of Bernal, in San Miguel county.
There they hope to hold up store keep
er named Haye for cash and provisions,
ami Join their forces with those uf Por-
hlio Irujlllo, the San Miguel county out
law. This is expected to give them q
force OF eight men, and highway robbery
will then become their regular business.
Their ultimate destination is said to be
Gallinas mountains, in Lincoln county,
and whi' h was years ago the stronghold
of Billy the Kid and his gang.
THE DISTRICT COURT.
Verdict In the PAdilla Case - Helwis