Arizona republican., 1894-11-09
CAUGHT AT LAST Kid Thompson in the County Jaii.' His Capture by a Party
 Cowboys. The Outlaw and a Companion
 Make a Fight. A Desperate Battle in a Rocky Canyon Near Mount
 Reno.

A cavalcade, the horses jaded and gaunt, the riders, all but two, cowboys armed with Winchesters and revolvers, those two with their hands tied to the saddles pommels and their feet tied together under their horses bellies, rode up in front of the court house yes terday afternoon.
 One of the bound riders was Kid Thompson, wanted for the Roscoe train robbery last February, in the course of which the fireman wss mur- dered. He has been chased up and down the valley for six weeks, sup posed by some to have left the country.
 The other man so securely anchored to his horse was boy, "Col." Hopper. alias ''Kid" Long, and said to be a nephew of the notorious Luke Short, the great Texas desperado, for time resident of Arizona and reducer of her reputation, bad man, no doubt. but good fellow and of whom it must be said that the killings he made were in every instance an advantage to society.
 The cowboys and their prisoners were surrounded by crowd of several hundred, most of the members of which had been attracted only by the warlike appearance Of the cavalcade. Others were attracted by the crowd, thinking 1t was mob formed for the purpose of lynching the unknown Portuguese negro arrested for attempted rape the night before.
 The prisoners were extricated with considerable difficulty and lodged in jail and the crowd pressed upon the faded horses and their riders, who pro- ceeded to make explanations.
 The cow boys were Billy Moore. Ivy Crabtree, Chub Watkins, John Kemp and Ed Keith, all of whom live either in the vicinity of Mount Reno or be- yond the mountain in the Tonto coun try.
 The story of the capture related by Moore and Crabtree, who were the principals, is as follows:
 On Tuesday two horsemen stopped at the house of Crabtree's father for breakfast. When they left Crabtree's they rode in the direction of Tonto, passing Moore's place. Moore recog- nized one of them as Kid Thom pson by u6SCIlpllOu uC udu Ol hliO yOuuR OuO- law. He rode back to Crabtree's place and told him of his suspicious. The young men armed themselves with Winchesters and revolvers and started in pursuit. They followed on the trail of Thompson and his com mpanion until the direction of it convinced them that the fugitives were travelling in the di- Tection of a particu lar water hole. that necessary stopping point which makes escape from officers almost an impos sibility in Arizona and which has made possi ble the capture of nearly every important criminal ever pursued in the territory. By shorter route and hard riding Moore and Crabtree reached the water hole first, but in few minutes Thompson and Heppler rode in sight.
 They stopped, evidently suspicious of the men who were waiting for them. Waiting short time Moore and Crab tree rode toward them and called to them to throw up their hands. The han Is went up. but in each of them was a revolver, and shot from Heppler's gun told the pursuers that there would b. fight before capture. A half dozen shots were exchanged and Thomp- son and Il ppt ....--- oqel! horses, rode away in the direction of rocky canyon not far from the point where Horace Philley was killed by the Apa- che Kid. They were hotly followed and reaching the month of the canyon, abandoned their horses and running up into the canyon took refuge behind rocks. Moore and CraDtree also dis mounted, sought the shelter of rocks and the battle opened. Moore exposed his head to get 8 view of the outlaws and bullet hit the rock not four inches from his face, and another bullet whistled by Ora abtree, who WAS advanc- Ing for better position. Another shot killed dog at his side. After this the cowboys kept close to the rocks, and the firing was continued.
 In reply to calls to surrender, Thomp-