Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-02-17
BY RUFFNER
The 4. d F. Train Rebber Falls into the Clutches of Ysyapal's
 Courageous Sheriff.
A Pretty Piece of Criminal Work Performed in the Face of Danger
 and Hardships.

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 Performed in the Face of Danger
 and Hardships.
 The closing chapter in the rail road tragedy at Peach Springs just enc week ago was enacted in Pres colt this morning. By it Sheriff Rudner again ascends the pedal Of fame in the daring criminal success es of the coast, and Jim Parker, the unfortunate cowboy, who falls by his own folly, is landed behind the bars of everlasting shame and dis
 grace.
 The first tidings of Sheriff Ruff ner's capture reached Prescott last night in a private dispatch and with that morbid feeling people have in antic. patton of seeing highhanded criminal, half of the eagerly ia clinsd of the town jsmmed the de
 pot platform to sufocation 10 see after all only poor and dejected wretch hobbling shscKled face to face with the scorn and stain of his fellow men. Such Is human nature. and in this instance the nerve of the yictim in holding up an overland train was intensified only the more so in daring and cunning by the biz crowd that was centsred to see ana behold something their imasina- ton weighed ss out of the ordinary.
 h conversation with Sheriff Ruif- her nothing but meagre details are given of the capture by him. as he said "l have been in the fed for four nights and days without sleep and without rest, aud l must go to bed" He ssys,i however, that be and Deputies Buglin and Riley ef fected the capture yesterday at 1 o'clock in Diamond canyon, laying north of Peach Springs, DO assist ance being given him by Indians or any others besides the above named. although there were many others in the field. In regard to the capture the sheriff said Parker had no op- portunity 10 use his weapons and when told him to throw up his hands he did so hastily.
 Leading up 10 the capture of Parker, the following will prove of interest: It seems that on Sunday afternoon Ruffner fell back on tbe trail to kill a beef, while Deputy Rogers snd the Indian trailers con tinued the pursuit. Later Rogers and the Indinns ran onto Parker and took him as a prisoner With the robber camp was made, Rufuer and his deputies not joining them up to that time. It was while the prisoner aud hIs captors were sitting m camp that Parker seeing an op- ening jumped forward and getting hold a Winchester aimed it at Rog- CTS. who at once retreated, and as he fled bullet whiZzed past him. The Indians stampeded at once aud went in the direction of where they had left Ruffner and deputies Hear ing of what had happened, aud coming upon the fleeing ones the next morning, Rutfner, Bugllu and | Riley started up Diamond Creek. 1 They had not gone far when they | saw Parker coming down that stream | evidently making his way into the Grand Canyon. Rufner secreted | himself ou one side and Bugliu and 1 Riley were together on the opposite | side. When Parker reached Rufner, the latter said. Hands up.H when Parker raised his gun for action. and looked in the direction of the | sound. Immediately Bugliu and | Riley gave a similar command. when Parker, in a confused manner, turned his head around also toward them. He was simply al the mercy of Rufner, and gave up. When m the first time he tookl a rife and broke 1t over a boulder, and the weapon was brought here aS trophy by the sheriff.
 Sheriff Rutfuer says that he and hls deputies conducted the chase most of the time on foot owing toI the rugged nature of the country. which together with the we,rht of their weapons, lack of food and loss of sleep, not to mention the peril, l and anxiety of being interceptei at any moment, totally exhausted each officer and taxed them to the ut most.
 Parker the rObber is a cowboy md since his arrest maintains an in difference when asked of the hold 1, lp or the association of any accom- pltces. He Is below the average in ,tature, somewhat heavy set, of q determined expression and with a .ght moustache. His physical 'eSring in short is of typical wild md woody cowboy.
 This good of work on the part of sheriff Rufner is certainly a pretty piece of criminal doings, and carries with it official sagacity and courage hat IS deseryedly commendahie. ie IS 6 hard one on lawbreakers and ever sleeps when in the field. And ? this particular instance conquer nR as he did in 6 county outside of IS own, and unfamiliar as he was nth the topography of the same. is . be lauded only the more SO. a The crime of train robbery m this n srritory is punishable with death U ut ID previous cases executive elem v ncy has interfered with carryipg s ut the letter Of the law. n.I n Rewards in this case aggregate i, u said nearly S4.0OO.
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