Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-30

Davis says there is little doubt the
man is guilty of the double murder at
Camp Verde. The prisoner himself
although he denies implication in the
crime, admits that he was at Payson
/ Ar;z.. about the time it occurred. Tie
/ people describe stranger who was
/ there tnen, and his horse. saddle and
4 bride in way that convinces Mr.
Davis that the Folsom train rohber is
/ The Camp Verde murderer When
at Payson he rode saddle made az
san Angelo. Tex. 1t had several con-
1 spicucus marks. The bride was
blind bride used for breaking bron-
COS. The man had with him a com
+ plete outfit for shoeing horses. The
Folsom train robber rode the same
! kind Of a saddle. His bride was the
same. but the blinds had been cut off
He had pair of iron pinchers and
] several other articles which follow
/ out the description of the Payson
i people
Although il has been almost posi-
lively established that the man in
prison AT Santa Fe is the same person
who stayed about Payscn few days,
the evidence that he left Payson and
! committed the murder at Camp Verde
is not so strong. The stranger is
known to have left Payson and to have
returned three days later During
his absence the murder occurred. His
horse was shod when he started out,
but at the Verde river the shoes were
taken OF. The tracks were traced no
further. From Camp Verde, however,
/ the tracks of a bare-footed animal
were traced back to Payson and per
sons there we're certain they were
made by the stranger who left town
q few hours before.
This stranger VINO is thought to be
Oscar Wade or Bishop, made his way
then into New Mexico. He told the
balance CT the story to Mr. Davis. He
went to a place near Folsom, where
he expected to meet couple of pals"
He waited around there three days,
but they did not show up. He was
then without money, felt desperate
and held up The train himself.
The supposltion that this prisoner is
"Black Jack" is net thought by Mr..
Davis to be well grounded. The pris-
oner claims 70 be the original BLACK
jack or Tom ketchum, but his
claims are probably made for the pur=
pose CT gaining notoriety. 1t is possi-
BILE that he was a member CT BLACK
Jacks" gang. Seven men who Were
about to die have claimed to be
BLACK Jack Some of them were
members Of the gang who were anx-
ous 70 have il known that their leader
was dead. The majority of the resi-
denis of New Mexico still believe
'Black Jack" to be alive. 1t was
claimed a few months ago that he was
the man wis committed a murder in
southeastern Arizona.
Mr. Davis mes Harry Ketchum, the
brother Of the notorious Tom Ketchum
at Albuquerque. Harry Ketchum was
On his way 10 Santa Fe TO identify the
prisoner if it should be his brother
Mr.. Davis had a photograph CT the
prisoner which he showed to Ketchum,
who made the remark, chat will
never go" meaning that it was no
likeness of his brother Harry
Ketchum told Mr. Davis that his
brother was still living, or at least ne
had heard from him a few weeks be-
fore. The theory of the Folsom rob-
Der being BLACK Jack" was exploded
whcn Harry Ketchun get to Santa F'e.
But whatever the identity of the
prisoner, Mr. Davis does not think he
VIII answer to any charge. He is now
sick of blood poisoning and the doe
tors believe he will not live The
prisoner is melancholy and says he
wants to die.
Sheriff Munds CT Prescott is still
searching for the Camp Verde muir
d-erer He has not heard of his sup
posed capture and his deputies have
been unable TO find him.
Ervarv MAN -boi1Ed have two v1fves.