Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-05-24
Tkey Come Around
Lordsburg Liberal.


 In February 1883 the stage from Lordsburg and Clifton was robbed by three men. The place selected for the transaction was near the meeting point. The men did a complete job, and then sat down and waited for the stage from Clifton to Lordsburg. When they heard it approaching they walked down the road and held 1t up Besides other plunder they rode away three of the horses. Pete Spence and 9 companion trailed them to Shakes peare, but could not borrow nor buy fresh horses and so gave up the chase.
 A few weeks later information was received which led to the belief that the stage was again to be held up hy the same parties and George Olney was put on the stage with shot gun to convey to the robbers the compli- ments of the stage company.
 Sure enough, the robbery was at tempted and George emptied his shot gun into the party of three before they could say "hands up," and this uncere- monious reception stampeded the rob- hers.
 A party was made to trail the hold ups and in the party were George Ol- ney, Jim Randall, Henry Grey and John Hovey. They followed the men around back of where Morenci now is, and just at dark came up with them. The robbers left their horses and took to the bush. The pursuers stood guard all night and at day light took the trail and soon run the men down.
 There proved to be three in the party, one of whom was small or medium sized man, but a great talker. He told his captors that he had done nothing but rob stages for years that this was the first time that he had ever been caught. He seemed to take the matter as huge joke
 The men were taken to Clifton, irons riveted on their limbs and then taken to Solomonville, the county seat.
 Graham county had just been organ ized and wasin poor condition finan cially, and 20 when the United State: Marshal came down from Tucson and demanded these men, saying he would take them to Tucson and try them be- fore the United States court for hold ing up the mail. the Graham county officers were only too glad to let then go. They were tried in Tucson and l given about three years apiece, and il is supposed served their time out a: they have never come around this sec ton to renew their old acquaintances
 When Henry Grey was in the eoun ty jail, brought there by the unfound ed charge of Dick Huber, and awaiting bail, he noticed one of the prisoner confined there, and thought he recog nized him.
 After he secured bail and just be fore he started for Lordsburg he me- Jim Randall on the street in Silve City. He talked with Jim and tol; him he thought there was man il saii that Jim was acquainted with ant asked him to go up and see him. Henry left for Lordsburg and dit not see Jim until last week in Tucson After congratulating Henry on beinl honorably discharged from the con, plaint of being a participant in tn Boyle hold up, Jim said;
 "I went up and saw that fellow il the Silver City jail you was telling m of and he is one of the fellows we ar rested up near Morenci in 1883 fo rohbing Pomeroy's stage. He is tn one who talked so much and bragget about robbing so many stages"
 What name is he going unde now?" asked Henry.
 "Dick Huber"