Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-12-13
CHASE AFTER TRAIN ROBBERS
United States Marshal Foraker De-
scribes the Methods Adopted for
Capturing Desperadoes.
CRAMPS STATION H0LD-UPS LOCATED
Are in Mountains of Southwestern
Grant County-SameM Men Attempt
ed Hold-up Near STEMS Pass
Posses in Hot Pursuit.

United States Marshal Foraker returned
from the southern part of the territory
on Saturday night, where be has been fol
a number of days experimenting the
hunt for train robbers, and to repre-
sentative of the New MEXICAN gave the
following account of the attempted train
hold-up at STEMS Pass last Thursday
night:
On Tuesday night of last week Mr.
Foraker left Deming with a carload oi
horses and went to Bowie, A. T., on the
Southern Pacific, where he WAS met by 1G
picked men from New Mexico and Ari-
zona. The men took the animals and a
camping outfit, and, going to the noun
tains, established camp about 20 miles
east of STEMS Pass 1t was known that
the desperadoes were in that vicinity, and
the place selected for cam mping Vas con
sidered good one from which to watch
their movements and to start after them
rs soon as their whereabouts were actual
y known. That another raid on trains
was contemp plated by the robbers WAS not
known, and the object of camping where
they did was to keep watch on the move
ments of the gang. On Thursday night
the men in camp reported that from darh
until about IL O'Clock signals of fire were
seen in the mountains to the west at in
tervals of about Is minutes, but they
could gather nothing from them.
Marshal Foraker remained at Bowie
awaiting developments, and on Thursday
night received a telegram from Stems
Pass telling of the attempted robbery
He at once started messenger on horse
back to the camp, instructing the men tc
meet him at a certain point on the reii
road with their horses. He then secured
en- engine and one car and went to the
place named, where, with the help
of the train men, a chute for loading the
horses was built. By the time these
preparations were completed, eight OF
the 16 men arrived, and, in an hour and q
half after the train was stopped, the posse
was at STEMS Pass. On reaching that
little station it was learned that five men
had made q raid on the place, securing
about So at the postoffice, 25 cents at the
express office and relieving the station
agent of about $40. The result of the
train holdup is we'll known. The express
messenger and guard named Jennings
opened fire on the desepradoes, killing
one and wounding another. The resist
ance offered by these two brave mer
drove the gang away and the train pro
ceeded west.
The eight men who remained at the
camp, at the break of day started out, ane
soon struck the trail of six horses which
so far as is known they are still following
On Friday afternoon they picked up two
horses, one of which had on saddle.
Marshal Foraker sent the eight mer
who we're on the trail, and, taking th'
body of the dead man, went to Lords
burg. There it was learned from letter.
on the body that he was Edwin Fl. Cullen
from Colorado City, Tex.
There is no question but this gang l
the one that held up the Santa Fe trail
at Grants station short time ego, ant
had remained in the mountains of south
western Grant comfy for the purpose o
making another haul before leaving tn
country. Mr.. Foraker ls pretty we'll sat
isfied that the J6 men on the trail vii
give a good account of themselves in
very short time. The trail was new whei
found, the horses fresh and in good con
dition, and everything is favorable to tn
overtaking and apprehension of the ban
dts and rustlers who have terrorlzet
southern New Mexico for several year
past.