Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-10-16
RACE HORSES ATTACHED.
Eel PasO Times Makes Mountain Out
OF MOle-Hill-Truth About Bar
rett scott Reward-SheriH
Simm ons Mistake.

Sheriff Simmons has in his possession
W. 7. Cunningham, of Santa Fe, N. NJ,
and thereby hangs tale. In 1898, Bar
rett Scott, the defaulting treasurer of Holt
county, Neb., was arrested in Juarez,
Mexico, by Sheriff Simmons and brought
over to this side. A reward of $4,000 was
offered for the arrest of Scott, and as
Sheriff Cunningham was on his trail, he
and Simmons agreed to divide the reward.
Barrett Scott was taken back to Nebraska
and was killed by White caps. Sheriff
Cunningham collected the reward, but
failed to turn over to Sheriff Simmons
the 1850 he claimed as his share of the
reward. Mr.. Simmons sued and secured
a judgment. Monday night Mr.. Cunning
hams five race horses we're passing
through this city en- route to the City OF
Mexico and Mr.. Simmons attached them,
and unless Sheriff Cunningham replevins
his horses Sheriff Simmons will start
little racing stable of his own.-El Paso
Times.
A NEW MEXICAN scribe called Sheriff
Cunningham's attention to the foregoing
this morning and came into possession
of facts that make rather an interesting
little story.
1t will be remembered that Sheriff Cum
ningham, In 1898, personally worked up
the Barrett Scott case in Old Mexico,
made the arrest and landed his prisoner
in the Juarez jail, on contract with the
authorities of Holt county, Neb., that he
was to be paid reward of $4,000 and ex-
penses for the delivery of the body of
Scott to them.
At Juarez he had some trouble with the
authorities of Mexico, and Sheriff Sim
mons rendered him some assistance, foI
which he agreed to pay literally upon
collecting the reward and expenses, but
he did not agree to divide the reward MOI
did Simmons make the arrest.
Finally, on September 26, 1898, he left
the Republic of Mexico with Scott and
soon after delivered him to the Nebraska
authorities. In accom- plishing this hi
travelled over 5000 miles at his own e1
pense, paid his own Deputies and their
transportation and that of the prisoner
paid over 800 for the one item of tele
grams, and gave up two months Of hi
own time.
But, when he delivered the prisoner ant
asked for the $4,000 reward and $1,000 il
expenses guaranteed to him by the au
thorities of Holt county, he was met will
an injunction. Then he employed Judg
Warren, of Albuquerque, to recover hi
money, and a compromise was finally ef
fected whereby he Cunningham wa
paid 81 800 in cash. OF this amount b
paid Judge Warren $4OO for his services
so that he actually received only $1,4O(
which fell $3.50 short of paying his ez
pense account.
In view of these facts, and the add
tional fact that he Cunningham ren
dered Sheriff Simmons ss valuable Sol
vices in connection with the apprehen
sion of Dell AIKEN CONNECTED with tn
same easel as Simmons had rendered hin
in the securing Of Scott, he does not fee
that he owes Simmons dollar in tn
premises.
During the over three years that hsv
elapsed since the transaction above re
ferred to, Sheriff Cunningham's horse
have raced in Texas and passed throug
that state twice and Simmons made M
attempt to molest them.
Whatever his motive for the recent &C
tion, he has made mistake, for the fiv
horses he found in charge of boy at T
Paso awaiting papers to 60 to the City Q
Mexico, and attached same under the i'm
preston that they belonged to Sherii
Cunningham, were sold to Frank M
Jones, of this city, who holds bill 0
sale of them dated October 5, 1896. Nj
Jones has gone to Ell Paso to replevin hi
horses and send them on to the City Q
Mexico.