El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-10
THE BLACK JACK GANG.
Their Rendezvous and the Strong
Backing They Have.

Probably of all lhe/noted gangs of
train robbers in the country The Black
Jack GA is now the MIST prominent.
They are we'll organized ana at tLe!r
h la lhey>have an able man who d.
reefs their course and actions, but that
man is MT Black Jack He Is man
wellknown in New Mexico and Ell Paso,
but his connection with the gang is
known to only few. He is LOW in
dicted and has been sought by the OF
ticers fer over a year.
This gang is undo b edly the
authors of tie train robbery on the
Santa Fe Pacific road west of Albu-
oueroue. and United States MrrshAl
Foraker. of New Mexico, is fully aware
of This fact, but is being thrown OF
their rack by parties of whom he H.
tie suspects of being IN with the gang.
Marshal Foraker also knows tie rem
devious of this gang, but as they arc
in Mexico he is not allowed to follow
them. For the past three months he
has been trJ ins TO get authority from
the Mexican government t. capture
the gang I'd has even went so Tar as
to try and get the Mexican govern
ment to assist him, aid this they once
agreea-tp do. but for some unfor eseen
reason the rurales that were sent out
for the purpose were thrown OIL He
track and were never allowed to get
within fifty miles OF the rendezvous OF
the gang The highec Mexican
do not understand the sit
uatiOn. but if certain Mexican petty
Off ials were called n to explain they
could give the reasons way this gang
is protected and sheltered from the
laws clutch.
The Black Jack gang aud tn ir iu-
fuential trends are now trying to
throw Maj shall FORAKER off the track
OF the reLl rObbei 5 OF the Santa Fe
Pacific train byaaccuslng three parties
who were former officers in Ell Pa-o OF
the robbery, but their efforts will avail
nothing as the integrity of the parties
a cused is TOO we'll known to believe
them guilty of such au act, aid besides
tois the location of Those parties was
known when the robbery o, curr> d,
ard one of them was in the employ Of
an express company in different Sec
tion Of the country.
Marshal Foraker is on the right
track OF the robbers and very sensa-
tiOna uneartnlt g OF one OF the strobg-
est org anlza lens to rob. murder and
for poll ical reasons, will
be made if Foraker catches up Win
the gang and captures any OF them
aliv.. They are we'll protected by
Lers Ons, 10. aid me- ny
efforts will be made to throw the mar
shall Off their trail.
The stronghold of the Black Jack
gang is located in northern Mexico
near where the New Mexico and Ari-
IONA line iotersects the International
boundary line. They have one of the
best and most secluded spots from per-
suit that can be found and can easily
make their way south from the scene
Of the robbing through the mountain
without being detected, except
by friends, along the line of their trav-
ell. 1t is we'll to say that the strOng
friendship for the gang does not come
from promineot people through de-
sire to share in the swag they obtain
in their hoid-ups, but the influence
comes from political sources ADD pro-
t. ction is given the gang as a reward
for dirty work" done in the past by
different members of the gang.
Not long ago one of the members of
the gang was murG cred because he
was suspicioDe1 of having told some OF
side parties where the gang rem
dezvOused and how they lived aud this
was the first intimation the outside
world had of the lOca tiOn Uf the gang
Occas ionally through New Mexico.
and often not far from FL PaSO, there
Is mysterious murder committed
The authorities are unable to get evil
1ence as to who com milted the crime.
Some one who knows too much has
been ''removed'' and for awhile
nothing is he ard from the gang until
the money the gang received for the
''mystei ious murder" has been 81 ent
~ d they are again in need OF money.
This keeps the gang in touch with
prom nent pc op.e and for this reason
prominent people protect and foster
one of tie worst gangs that now lnfeet
he country. Ttey do not hesitate to
to conceal crime; they do lot
hesitate to assassinate for political
purposes.