The record-union., 1899-07-18
Shsriff's Posse Engage With Band
its in New Mexico.
The Official Killed and Three Members Of
His Party Wounded.
One Of the Renegades, Who Are Be-
Heved to Have Been Concerned
in the Train Robbery on the
Colorado Southern Railroad,
Also Meets With Death.
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Also Meets With Death.
LAS VEGAS IN. NJ, July 17-Mea-
gre details were received here this
morning Of a pitched battle between a
Sheriff's posse and the gang of outlaws
who held up the Colorado and Southern
passenger train at Folsom, N. NJ, a
few days ago. The ARRAY occurred
near Cimarron. w. ]. Farr, member
of the posse, was killed. Mr.. Farr
lived at Walsenburg, Col. Cimarron is
situated inland from telegraph lines.
Deputies Love and Smith of Spring.
er, N. NJ, were probably fatally wound
ed. w. II. Reno, chief of the Secret
Service Department of the Colorado
Railway, was also wounded.
The robbers were uninjured. They
escaped to the hills. Another posse
was organized at Cimarron, and is now
in pursuit of the robbers.
Marion Litrell livestock inspector,
arrived here at l o'clock this morning,
bringing further details of the fight at
Cimarron, as he had learned them at
Springer.
1T occurred this morning." he said,
"in the canyon above Cimarron, in a
very rough piece of country. The news
was telephoned to Springer from Omar
ron just before left there. The posse
was led by Sheriff Ed Farr of Walsen-
burg, and United States Ma,sh Fora
ker of New Mexico. The posse num-
bered six men. The force divided,
three members advancing upon the out
laws from opposite directions.
"One of the outlaws was a dead shot.
Sheriff Farr was killed and Henry Love
and a man named Smith, members of
the posse, were wounded. Love was
hit twice, one shot going through his
thigh. Foraker returned to Cmarron
and telephoned that all of his posse had
been wounded
The identity of the outlaws is not
known, but little doubt is entertained
of their being the same individuals who
held up the train at Folsom a few days
ago, and also year or more ago.
While Mr.. Litrell did not learn the
exact location of their camp, it is be-
lieved to have been comparatively close
to Cimar4 al, probably two or three
miles away. Cimarron is a place of
about 200 people, and is situated close
two miles from Springer. The outlaws
have been noticed hanging around in
the vicinity for some time past. AL
though nothing certain is known, 1t is
thought by members of the posse that
one or more of the outlaws, who are
three in number, have been wounded
by the officers
Sheriff Ed Farr, who was killed, is
we'll known among livestockmen. He
and his brother have rather extensive
cattle interests in Southern kolorado
and Northern New Mexico.
Word was received here late to-day
that the dead body of one of the train
robbers concerned in the Folsom train
robbery on the Colorado Southern
Railroad had been conveyed to Cimar-
ron, New Mexico, from the scene of the
fight, and was afterwar1 taken to
Springer, a railroad station, where an
inquest was held tonight. The dead
man is known by the name of William
McGinnis, alias G. w. Franks, and
came from Magdalena, N. NJ, where
he is known as a broncho buster. He
is six feet two inches tall. weighs about
200 pounds and light complexioned. The
other two robbers abandoned their
horses, and are being pursued in the
hills by a posse of twenty men.
Later accounts of the fight state that
the train robbers were overtaken at
about 5 o'clock Sunday evening in the
canyon, ten miles above Cimarron.
They were preparing to go into camp
and replied in the negative to de-
mand to surrender A fight then en-
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exchanged. Sheriff Ed. FAR received
the first wound through the wrist, but
bandaged it and renewed the battle.
He was shot a second time through The
body, and fell dead. F. H. Smith, an
other member of the posse, was shot
through the leg. H. N. Love sustained
a dangerous wound through the thigh.
The firing lasted about forty-five
minutes. Special officer Reno remained
on the scene until 8 o'clock Sunday
night and then left for Cimarron to
secure medical aid, which was secured
at Springer. 1t took him nearly four
hours to make the trip to Cimarron, a
distance of ten miles, through the
heavy rain and intense darkness. The
attacking party consisted of Sheriff
Farr, Special Officer W. H. Reno OF
Denver, F. H. Smith of New York.
who was at Cimarron and volunteered
to go; H. N. Springer, an employee of
Charles Springer stockman; ]. H.
Morgan and Perfecto Cordoya of Col
fax County, New Mexico; Captain
Thacker. special agent of the Wells
Fargo Company at Springer, and were
under the direction of United States
Marshal Foraker of New Mexico