Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-03-24

aud rest their hor5es. Hyatt turned off
on by.road and rode into town, gong
to n feed stable kept by jeff. Grant.
Here he met his med, who had just got
ten his telegram, and were hurrying sad
dies onto the horses to start. In few
words the situation was explained to
Grant, and he volunteered to bring Alll-
son, Perkins and Watts in the barn.
Jumping onto horse he rode back over
the road Hyatt had used and Dame up
with the men at the well before they
started. Grant entered Into converse
hon with them and told a cock and bull
story to the feet that he was going to
Lincoln county in day or two with
race horse and considerable money, and
if they would wait aud accompany him,
he would pny their expenses while IN town.
They bit like suckers, rode into town
with Grant and into his barn, and in less
than second thereafter were looking
down the business ends of three or four
rifles, with hands held high in the air.
Mr.. Hyatt was happy. He had caught
his men, now for home with them. But
here again more trouble came up. A
fellow by the name of Sullivan, a justice
of the peace, hearing of the arrest and
the reward offered for the capture OF the
Allison gang, had Hyatt arrested for
kidnapping and locked him up with the
men he had just caught, and began
hustling for the reward himself, claiming
to have arrested four Colorado stage
robbers. Hyatt managed to get mes
sage to Governor Sheldon, telling OF his
predicament, and Colonel Frost, then
ad jutant general of the territory, was sent
down by Governor Sheldon to Albuquer-
Que and furnished bond for Mr.. Hyatt,
thus securing his release. The three
prisoners were taken back to Colo
RADIO by way of Santa Fe and
turned over to the authorities, and
Mr.. Hyatt was paid the $500 offered by
Governor PitkIn, and also received a
present from the governor OF $50 be-
sides, bat by some means Sullivan was
paid $3.50 offered by Governor sheldon
probably for arresting Colorado OIL
oial.
Allison, Perkins and Watts were tried
! and sentenced to 81 years in the Colorado
penitentiary, but after serving ten years
we're released they having been guilty OF
no killings. Today Allison is in Butte City,
Idaho, tending bar; Perkins is in Trinidad
running a saloon and is worth $25 900,
and Watts is in Ouray dealing faro.
ARREST OF "sLIM KID"
In the summer Of 1884 Chester Cousins,
known as "Slim Kid" killed deputy
sheriff at San Marcial, escaped, and went
to Conejos county, Colo. Mr.. Hyatt ar
rested Cousins and returned him to the
New Mexico authorities. He was tried,
convicted and served eight years in the
pententiary near Santa Fe.
oANpIpo CASTILLO.
In 1885 Mr.. Hyatt arrested Condido
Castillo for killing an old man by the name
of Romero at Bernalillo, Castillo then fled
to Conejos county, Colo. Castillo was
brought back and sent to the peniten-
tiary for eight years. After his release
Castillo went to Clear Greek county, Colo,
where he killed Swede for his watch and
chain, fleeing to Huerfano county where
he was killed while resisting arrest in
Huerfano canon.
ABSENT SIXTEEN YEARS.
Mr.. Hyatt had not been in Santa Fe
for 16 years, but his faculty for remem-
bering faces is such that every man he
met at that time he remembered and
called by name. This quality of memory
has been of great assistance to him to
keep tab on all the notorious characters
he has had to deal with, no matter what
changes they have made in their personal
appearance.