Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-12-23
TRAIN ROBBERS JAILED.
Marshal Griffith Has Them in Custo>
 dy at Tucson


 The Stsin's Pass train robbers were brought to Tucson vests lay morning bF U. s. Marshal Griffin posse. The account of the pursuit and capture ss told by one Of Marshal Grifitha posse is as follows. I wsa accompanied by Msrshel Forsker of New Mexico, and ouF posse consisted of four men from Nav Mexico end four men from Arizona
 We took the trail at Stein's Pass and followed it without stop for about two days, and for dissGuca of about seven- five miles. We found them about o'clock Monday moraiug in cabin CD ranch the Bma of the owner Of which do not remember. Toe cabin was gay up in the noun 5ains and in almost au iuacce ssi6le locality, and about twenty OF twenty i've miles from the Mexican line. The robbers, who were taken completely by surprise made no resistance whatsoever, and from all sp pserancss they did not intend b go any further, and had bf sn living in the cabin where they were found, before.
 They are sll cowboys and known by the authorities of this territory. having worked In different localities. We brought them to Tucson becsuse their arrest was made in Arizona, bus they will be taken to New Mexico for trial, I do not know how soon, but within shors time. They gre grown men ex- capt one who is about twenty-six Or twenty seven years Of age. They had sFavsled without stop until they sr- rived at the oabin whers they were captured. But one of the five Is wound ed and his is bnt wound in the leg which is not serious.
 They said nothing when arrested of the robbery and refused to discuss it on the way to this place, and to the best of my knowledge they have not made any ssssemens of any kind couceFning their crime sincs theiE arrest. They con- vereed ones in a while with ths officers on the way here but on matters foreign to their arrest The place where the robbing wss attempted is about four OF five miles from the line between Ari- zona and New Mexico and we had no difficulty in finding their trsil and were abls to follow 1t fully s easily.
 Ths train robbers do not desire to bs interviewed and for reasons well known ing she term be hes them in his cus- tody Hs also doee not divulge their names sb the present time. Is is ru- mored shat Che five captured end one killed, had planned several robberies, but it is not at present known whether they compos d all of the gang or not. The Marshal states that to the best of his knowledge none of his prisoners gre men Of fsmily,eo all have bsen employ sd ip different parts of ArIzoua and New Mexico, foE several years. It is stated however, from another source that one of the members of the gang now in jail here is 8 prosperous csttlsmsn and owner of 2000 OF more cattle in New Mexico. Re is supposed to be the leader of the gang and is the one who Is wounded. The others is is stated have not been considered heretofore as pertlcul6rly hard characters, although their stending has not been the best. They were of tha claes that wauted to be considered ss "bed men" aud who to this end could bs easily ipdoced to commit any crime, if properly charged with poor whiskey.
 Detective Thacker when asked con corning the probabilities of the convic- tion of the Gaug replied: "The great trouble we experience in endesvoFing to secure the conviction of this class of criminals is the lack of support on the part of the csttlemen. Ie we had their support we would be able to clear this | country of these criminals in a remark 1 ably short length of time, bus es it is | we are working at great disadvan- | bege. ."-Stdr.