El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-17
Col. Fountains Son Would
Not Be Surprised To
Find 1t true.
MEN WERE TRACED
into the Vicinity Of the Can
yon Where the Bodies
Were Found, When
Trail Was Lost.

Jack Fountain, son OF Col. Albert
j. Fountain, is in the city.
| Young Fountain is now travelling
through Mexico and the southwest for
the American Biscuit company and he
happened to reach Ell Paso just before
the alleged finding of the bones of his
father and brother was reported from
Alamogordo.
| AS soon as he read The Herald. yes
| terday afternoon, Mr.. Fountain called
at this Office and asked to be given all
details in regard to the finding of the
bones. The Herald had nothing fur
ther than what was published but the
young man was referred to the Postal
| Telegraph company, which has the on
| ly wire to AlamogOrdo, and he spent
several hours last evening vainly try
ing to get further details.
1t is my intention to start at once
for Alamogordo, said he. If there
is a possibility of me being needed
to identify the trinkets found with
the bones, l can identity every article
they had with them when murdered.
Il am satisfied that the contents of
the shallow grave would have been
we'll preserved in that dry climate, un-
less buried in a damp place and even
| a saddle would have been found intact
after the lapse of our years. But my
father had no saddle and unless the
murderers wished to destroy one of
their own which had become blood
stained, l see no reason for the sad
die being there. And then during all
| the years that have elapsed since the
murder was committed l believe the
murderers would have made away
with the bodies more completely.
| Yes there is a possibility of those
| being the bones of my father and
brother, for We trailed the murderers
to within short distance of the three
canons in that vicinity and l have al
ways felt certain that the bodies Were
buried somewhere in one of those
canons.
| Il sincerely hope that the bones of
my father and brother have indeed
been found, for until we have found
the bodies no man can be proved
guilty of the murder and the assassins
will never be brought to justice. But if
We can prove that my father and BROTH
er are dead it will be little trouble
to prove by circumstantial evidence
just who killed them
There have been so many reports
of the finding of the bodies that l have
| become sceptical. 1t has been reported
| that my father was alive equally as
often. Every time any of the } sus-
pected men get hard pressed they get
someone to say that he or she saw
my father in some part of the world
only a short time before.
He has been reported as seen in
Cuba leading thesinsurgents. in Mexi-
co. in the Philippines and lastly in
Chicago. For all that he is dead and
his blood cries from the ground for
vengeance. He was a man who was
devoted to his home antt$his family
and would not have deserted them
Attorney w. A. Hawkins and SUI
perintendent A. S. Grefg are in the
city. They had heard Of the finding
of the human bones in James canon.
In my opinion said Mr.. Hawkins.
lHdt Stofy was started ny lne fepuD-
licans for political effect. Oliver Lee
and his followers are making it too
warm for them and they adopted this
method of causing reaction. Foun-
tain's bones are found just before
every election.
And he is found alive just before
ever trial, remarked bystander
Il give little credence to the report,
continued Mr.. Hawkins. without heed
ing the interruption. There are hu-'
man bones scattered all over those
mountains for that used to be the
stamping grounds of all the outlaws
in this part of the country and many
man bit the dust there
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