El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-16
THE TRAIN ROBBERS.
Their Names and the Way They We're
Run Down.

Their Names and the Way They Wer'
Run Down.
The names of the ive train robbers
arrested Monday by the posse OfdeputJ
United States marshals Under Special
Wells Fargo Officer j. N. Thscker
in eastern Arizona, near the Mexican
line, are w. II. Wsrderman, T. s.
Kephart, Henry Marshal, Walter
Hoffman and Leonard Alverson. After
their capture tie men were taken to
Tucson, Arizona, for safe keeping, but
UNITED States Marshal O. N. FOrake-,
today went to Tucson to demand their
immediate return to New Mexico, as
the crime was committed in this terri
tory.
All the robbers ara cowboys, and
have no connection with the notorious
which bas been terrorizing the people
along the southwestern border for the
past three years. They are, however,
the same gang which recently held up
and robbed the train on the Santa Fe
Pacific at Grants station. west of AL
buquerque, about month ago, secur-
ing funds estimated 1T not less than
cons 'derable portion of this cum
may be recovered. After the
| fight at STEMS Psss last Thursday
night, in which the leade- of the gag
Edward Cullen, was shot and killed by
Express Guard Jeun;ngs, the rema ming
five members determined to make tb cir
escape across the line into Old Mexico.
At the time of the robbery Marshal
Foraker had just PLACED posse in the
field, having ascer.ained that the rob-
bers were in that section, which had
been stationed at Bowie, 35 miles west
of STEMS Pass.
The posse at once took the trail end
about dusk Monday night located their
men in q cabin, at place called
Cushey's ranch, about so miles south
west of the scene of the attempted
surrounded the place i'm which the
robbers had retired for the night
They then called upon the bandits to
surrender. After some parleying and
upon the assurance that their lives
would he spared, the cowboys walked
out one at q time, with their bands up
and delivered themselves into custody.
Mexico is death. The officers will r.
ceive q reward of $500 for each of the
men, besides what the railroad and ex-
press companies may contribute. The
prisoners will b. taken to Silver City
for acknowledgements Democrat.
The train men from the west this
afternoon said that the robbers were
commissioner at Tucson. The fellows
deny stoutly any connection with the
holdup. and lay they are no such men.
The wounded man is Wilcox boy,
and in appearance thev all are any
hing but desperate looking.
The fllowiug account OF the capture
of the train robbers was told to Tue
son Star reporter, by one OF the MEM
bers of the posse who captured them:
ssT cd w
Foraker of New Mexico, and our posse
consisted of four men from New
Mexico a ID four men from Arizona
We took the trail at STEMS Pass and
followed it. without stop for about two
days, and for distance of about sew
eufy-five miles. We found them about
O'Clock Monday morning in q cabin
on ranch, the name of the owner of
which lido net rememb r.. The cabin
was way up in the mountains and in
almost an inaccessible locality, and
bout twenty or twenty-five miles from
the Mexican line. The robbers. who
wsreEtaken completely by surprise
made 20 resistance whatsoever, and
from all appearances they did not In
living in the cabin where they were
found, before. They are all COW boys
and known by the authorities of this
territory, having worked in different
localities. We brought them to Tucson
because their arrest was made in Ariz-
ona. but they will be taken tn New
Mexico for trial, I do not know how
soon, but within a sh"rt time. They
are sll grown men except one who Is
about twenty-six or tn enty seven years
of age. They had travelled Without
stop until they arrived at the
cabin where they were cap
tured. But one OF the five is wounded
and his is but a wound in the leg which
is not at ali serious. They said noth-
ing when arrested concerciug the rob-
berry aud refused to discuss it on the
way to this place, and to the best of my
knowledge they have not made any
statement of any kind concerning their
crime siuce their arrest. They CON-
versed rnce in q while with the officers
on the way here, but on matters for
egn to their arrest The place where
the robbing was attempted is about four
or five miles from the line between
no difficulty in finding their trail aud
were able to follow it fullv as easily"
DR.. Yaudell requests the HERALD to
say: 'tLet Manager Wa'k@r,. OF San
Antonio. wire the manager of the Ell
Paso opera house that Sin Gay New
York, will play in San Antonio at same
prices asked in Ell Paso, one dollar and
fifty cents for parquette and two front
rows of dress circle, and there will be
no farther kick: We have been played
for suckers to the limit"
Judge Edwards said today that his
declination was final, and he would
remain in the practice of his profess
sio'. At the same time he appreciat-
ed the compliment shown him by the
Ell Paso bar and felt very grateful to
his brother attorneys for their ex-
p-essiops of confidence.