Arizona republican., 1899-03-14
ALIENS MURDERERS.
Halladay and Wright, the Solomon vile Jail Breakers, Captured Last
 "Wednesday Afternoon.

Dave Holladay. George Wright 'tC!imax7 Jim and Klne, the four pris- oners who escaped Jail on Tuesday night of last week, were captured on Friday while on Ash Flat, near the Nantack mountains, about thirty miles north of Thomas. and Saturday after noon they were again behind the bars a tired and weary crowd.
 After leaving the jail the prisoners went straight through yhe fields lying west of Solomonviile until they struck the railroad track just above the Pom roy crossing and followed the track to a point just above Stafford, when they left it and went between Stafford and the river, crossing just below town. Crossing the river they started across the country on foot, their destination being the Black river country. By Wednesday night they had reached the old Slaughter ranch, some thirty miles from Solomonville, completely eX- hausted. They were without food, eX- cept few biscuits carried from the jail. They had the siX-shoOter taken from Guard Adams, but 1t proved worthless, as they failed to hit a beef with it at close range in five shots They made camp near the Slaughter ranch Wednesday night. and heard the posse, which captured them next day. go into the ranch that night but they remained in camp till morning when they again started, heading for the Nantack mountains. Some of them were so footsore that their shoes were pulled off. From morning until o'clock Thursday they had only made about seven miles and when the posse came upon them they were all lying down and made m TaSiStancp
 As stated last week the escape was not discovered until : o'clock Wednes day morning. ten hours after it Oc- cured Sheriff Ben Clark. John Epley, Bud McClintock and Vincente Suarez left SoIomonville by o'clock and they soon struck the trail which went through the fields to the railroad just above the POmrOy ranch. The trail went down the railroad and the posse which had been joined by Deputy Shcr- if Ed Allen and Joe Olney of Stafford, was divided. Allen and Olney going across the river at Stafford and going down on the other side, rejOining Clark and his party at Pima. Here word was received from Deputy Sheriff Sellman that he thought he had a good clew al Black Rock Sheriff Clark took Depu- ties Ed Allen and Felix McEuen and went that night to Black Rock, but they found nothing there promising de- sired results and returned to Thomas. It was here decided that Dep uties McEuen, Allen and John Wells should cut across the country north for the Eagle creek and Black river cOun- try, and Sheriff Clark returned home on the train Thursday evening.
 On Thursday E. Golden of Stafford was coming from the Eagle creek coun- try and saw four men on foot near Dead Mans tanks. When they saw Golden the men all lay down, which convinced Golden that something was wrong, and he hurried to Stafford and told what he had seen. Joe Olney hur- ried to SOlomonville and Sheriff Clark sent Bud McClintock. Bud Smith and Olney that night to Dead Mans tanks to take up the trail of the four men,
 The next morning. Friday, Sheriff Clark went with George Johnson through by the Kimball ranch on Eagle creek, intending to go to the Double Circle ranch and fit up an outfit and so to the ''Y'' ranch. whither it was sur missed that Climax" Jim was leading the fugitives.