Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-14
STAR INTERVIEW.
John T. Hughes Holds Up the Cochise Train Rob
 bers for News.
AIvoRp, STILES. BRAVO JUAN.
They tell Their Story to the War Cor respondent of the Star, Part of Which is Given
 to the Public.

One of the most daring feats of news paper enterprise ever accomplished in the west was performed by John T. Hughes, son of the editor of the Tue son Star, who, with guide, entered the stronghold of the fugitive Cochise train robbers in the dead of night and nh, b,ajned from them the story of their troubles and intentions, which we here reproduce:
 loday June $ is just two months since Sules, acting as trusty, shot Deputy Sheriff George Bravin in the Il leg when he Stiles opened the doors of the Tombstone jail and offered free dom to mur6erers, train robbers and others then confined. Only Bravo II Juan and Burt Alvord accepted liberty in preference to further confinement, stiles and the other two took the tirS5 two horses they met and the three m, t rode on these two animals until they N could secure better. Stiles retained | gun Captain Thacker had loaned him 8 a day before the delivery and the cap tain is greatly chagrined over the fact. The escapes were not opposed in their flight.
 EFFORTS BOILED.
 1 For weeks the officers of Wells, Fargo X Co. and of Cochise county have been endeavoring to locate the escapes without apparent results. Twice the gang sent word to Sheriff Scott White that they were still about but that an attempt to take them meant a killing. More recently it was quite generally rumored that they had gone down into Mexico. Parties claimed to have seen them at Mazat- ian. The Star did not believe they bad lsft the territory at all and it was in possession of information which led l 1t t0 the belief that it could locate the parues, with view of having a rep resentative of the Star meet them foI the purpose of an interview, and sev' eral days since put on foot the means of bringing about the same. An ac quaintance of the gang was induced to undertake the task of bringing the Star representative and Stiles, Alvoro and Bravo Juan face 70 face in som, one of their many fortresses or hidin; places.
 MEETING THE ROBBERS.
 Wednesday evening the party re turned from the mountains after rid ing all the previous night and day announcing he had met the gang an' arranged for a meeting with them among the foothills of the adlacen mountains at l o'clock yesterda. morning. John T. Hughes of tn Star, who had organized the plan ol the part of the Star, was detailed | perform the task. He provided him self with the fastest and most reliabl team he could secure and at 10 p. n with his guide was dashing out O the highway to the foothills, as the were later starting than arranged fol no time was to be lost. They arrive in the vicinity agreed upon abor a. m.
 Mr. Hughes details his experienc in brief as follows:
 We were driving along slowl. groping our way in the dark throue a forest of cacti and catclaw. M guide was asleep, having been woi out by losing sleep the entire prevlo' night. Two forms emerged from u darkness, with savage command halt; throw up your hands. Or man seized the bride of the horse the other threw Winchester into n face. Yes, l obeyed the comman The lines dropped, my hands we up as if with an electric shock, so d my hair.
 Who are youY' he demanded. replied as nudged my sleeping guie Here we are. l guess you are t men we are looking for"
 Who is that with youp' he aske replied that it was MT. -.
 Get out of the buggy" he sa We obeyed under cover of W. chester Introduction then followt Ny guide. knowing the party, int duced me as representing the St Alvord is the man who flourished
 Winchester in my face, Stiles W stopped and held our horses, Bra Juan few steps off in the 'busl holding three horses of the party
 T stated that wished 10 give tn
 an opportunity of making statem'
 If hey wished to do so. Alvord s
 a. right We then lit our lante
 as [ was very dark, and told them
 had lunch for five, prepared by r.
 Sen of tucson. and cigars. They 8
 they had blg appetite. After eat
 heartily they became sociable, g
 hunored and talkative. Survey
 them individually 1t was evident U
 had good resource for suppl
 Each carried Winchester, revolv