Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-09-19
COFFINS And GUNS.
Search Of all Undertaker's ohop-Dis
trict Attorney Crist Assaulted by
Deputy Sheriff Earhart.
Fruitless Attempt at Kidnapping
PrisOner-A Santa Fe Southern
Train Stopped at the Muz-
zle Of a Six-shooter.

The reddest of red fire and a gaud
drop curtain are all that are needed t
set off to perfection tragic tale O
blood and thunder in local offcia
circles to-day compared with which til
average serial story of border life is
tame affair. Only the Faber of ''Ol
Sleuth" himself could DO Justice to tn
bject
BY A COMBINATION
or circumstances most peculiar, Chas
Latterner, wanted at Durango for forgery
walked out of the rear of r. 2. Gable.
undertaken shop last Saturday, after he
had been released from Jail on habeas
corpus pending Acting Gov. Mller's de-
clsion as to whether or not he would have
a hearing of the case before he woulG
honor the reGuisition sent by the gov.
oruor of Colorado. Later some one sup.
gested that Latterner was concealed in
one Of the collins
AT THE UNDERTAKEKs
es'"ol'shiiieht ana 6herl1f Cunningham
anxious to aid fellow sheriff from q
neighboring state, sent two deputies and
inspected the Gable premises, pecpine
into all the caskots. But the Bird had
flown, and was last seen going out
through the Bishops garden.
1t appears that District Attorney Crist,
and also Mr.. Gable, had several times re-
quested Acting Governor Miller to hive
"a hearing" of the case before he signed
the reqnls1tion papers, although it was
admitted that these papers were all per-
fectly straight and regular.
THIS DELAY
is alleged by many to have ena-
bled the attorney and friends of Int
terner to institute habeas corpus proceed
ings and secure his freedom, as until the
executive had signed the reqnisition
papers there was nothing binding enough
IN law to keep the accused man in iail.
Failing to secure his man Sheriff D. c..
Sargent, of Durango, was booked to start
home this morning. While knocking
about on Saturday night he ran across
one W. A. Spencer, alias W. A. Smaley,
wanted at Durango for some
QUESTIONABLE TRANSACTION
involving the sum of 1926. The sheriff
had warrant for Smalley and he took
him in and Jailed him, with Sheriff Cum
ningham's consent, in the county iail. II
was thought, in view of the disaster at
tending the getting out of reou,stjon
papers in the Latterner case. was hardly
worth while to bother with reouisition
IN ms case, but to attempt the hustl,no
of Smalley out of New Mexico by other
methods, scarcely so regular but bv the
sherltts deemed likely to be more effect
i've.
Accordingly, Sheriff Sargent conferred
WIN the conductor and engineer of the
Santa Fe Southern north bound train and
arranged with them to
HALT THE TRAIN
out in the foothills north of town this
morning and permit him to board it with
smalley as his companion. Deputy
Sheriff Earhart, representing Sheriff Gun
ningham, was to accompany him as far
as Espanola, getting on the train at the
city depot. Sheriff Sargent took a car
riage at o'clock this morning and drove
out TO the foothills with Smalley in
,hargo' While at the depot Deputy
'heflI Earhart accosted District Attor-
ley Crist, and said he had heard that
Jrlst had said Sheriff Cunningham onoht
% be prosecuted by Gable for enterinr
lis house and
INSPECTING THE ocTFINs.
Mr. Crist said he had not said so. but
le thought it just the same. Sometime
vas also said by tho officer to the effect
nat NJ, NJ Crist was in measure respon-
lpie Tor Latterner's escape, whereunon
ne lie was given and repeated back and
ne deputy sheriff landed n couple Of
blows behind tho district attor-
,ey's ear. SIpt. Helm appeared between
ne two and peace was restored.
10" minutes later the train pulled ont
ho was boarded by the deputy sheriff.
imagine his surprise, however, when unon
curing the foothills the train men smiled
. eherlff sargent's vigorous pesticulo.
IONS down beside the track and smiled
ght on over the mountain. leovinc ho.
~, mo inc Colorado sheriff and his prisoner,
ne sheriff realized that sometime Ind
aPpened to spoil the attempt at kidnap-
.ng nmalloy when some ono leaned ont
inc car window and yelled:
YOU'VE BrEN rR1cEED AGAIN"
deputy Sheriff Earhart was q ute "ricd',
the failure of the train to stop and he
squostcd the conductor to halt the troip
nd permit him to get off. The conductor
nd he had no orders to stop. Tho
equity sheriff then said he would stop.
'ders or no orders, and accordingly he
ent forward and called upon the en-
neer to halt the train. The deputy
lerlh had blood in his eye and a six
looter in his right hand and the en-
neer was not long in complying with
8 request.
Deputy Sheriff Earhart then tramped
lex down the track and joined Sheriff
Urgent and the latter quietly removed
% handouts from Smalley's wrists and
Id him he could go. II wouldn't take
~ back to Colorado now" he said, ''if
~ were wanted for murder" Sheriff
'rgent isstill in town, and he has bought l
dog SO rs to insure his getting home '
1T entirely empty handed.
Carpets! Carpets! Carpets! at bedrock
ices at Gusdorf d Dolan.