Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-21
LEE WHITE CAPTURED.


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Lee White was brought up from E
Paso this morning and placed in tn,
county jail. Sheriff Chavez received in
formation on Tuesday night last that tn,
would-be bad man from San Pedro haC
been seen in Paso del Norte and he i'm
mediatey left for Ell Paso to try anc
capture him. Billy Owens. stage driver
between San Pedro and Cerrillos, was en-
courte-ed by the sheriff in the Pass city
and through him the sheriff managed tc
induce White to come over on the Amer.
can side. Owens told White that q
woman named Marie Tellmanti, who is
now in Santa Fe and with whom White
has long been intimate, was in Ell Paso
and desired to see him. White agreed to
come over, but was so tardy in filling his
appointment that the sheriff started
across the bridge. About half way over,
White was met coming across with
Owens. Sheriff Chavez was disguised
and passed the men, and Immediately he
turned, revolver in hand and ordered
White to throw up his hands. White
WAS unarmed He recognized the sher-
ifs voice and got his hands up in short
order.
This morning New MEXICAN man had
a talk with White in the county Jail. He
is a rugged looking young fellow. short
OF stature, brown eyes, dark hair and Il
bOyish moustache, altogether harmless in
appearance, and quite as harmless as he
looks. There seems to be no doubt but
that White, if he ever did aspire to be Il
bad man, has made of it decided fizzle
He claims that he has been blamed with
a great many ugly things that ought not
to be aId at his door. He says he VA
vexed and tormented into his first way
ward acts. Some enemies started the
rumor at San Pedro that he had forged
the name of his uncle, C. s. White,
to check, and while he never did this,
he rashly concluded that he might as
we'll have the game as the name, 80 he
tackled John Elder ana held him up for
$50. After that he repented and wanted
to give himself up and stand trial at the
last term of court, and would have done
SO had not Deputy Sheriffs Bartholo-
NEW and Loughborough, of Cerrl-
Hos, come hunting him with six
shooters and sent him word that they
proposed to hang him to the first tree
they could find after laying hands on him.
This threat forced him to stay in the
mountains, he says. Il was never re-
fused food or shelter by any one," said
White. Wherever I found myself at
night stopped, and if near dwelling l
was we'll treated. l had to have horse
and l lariated one OIL the prairie and rode
him several days. Then | turned him
loose and got two more horses. They say
these two belonged to Mrs. Crutchtield.
l shall write her about them and return
them. These are all the horses l took.
l never organized any party of
outlaws; nobody was with me. All
these stories about my bad breaks
are false except those here tell you about
l did hold up couple Of Englsmen min
ers and got some edbles out OF their cab
in, but this, the Elder affair and the tax
ing OF the horses is all l acknowledge |
had nothing to do with the hold up at
Tennebaum's store and the shooting of
young Gibbets. learned of that for the
first time at Ell Paso. On the night OF
that occurrence l rode into Paso del Norte.
l left San Pedro two weeks ago, deciding
to take the advice given me by my uncle
and aunt, Barney Mason and others, and
get out of the country. They all
wanted me to give myself up to
the sheriff, and would have done
SO but for the advice OF parties who
told me it would go hard with me. Then
l said would leave and try and DO better,
and so rode the Crutchtield horses
across the country to Ell Paso, making
the trip in six and half days"
White SAYS his capture was effected
through Ovens, whom he thought was
his friend. He expressed himself also
as being glad now that he had been ar
rested and said if he ever got out of this
scrape he would try and lead different
sort of life. II was dead in the wrong
and Pm sorry for it, he added.
White is under Indictment for the e.
Ter hold-up and horse stealing, either one
II which charges IS sufficient to give him
en- years in the penitentiary.