El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-19
NOTORIOUS ROB-
Der BAND,
Continued from LIST Page)

dell. then United States deputy mar
shall struck off alone into. the Black
river country ond for nineteen days
attempted to gain a clue to the iden-
tity of the gang 1t was a perilous trip
among bad characters. but GrindeH
figured that so long as he was alone
he would not be suspected as an officer
and would not be moleSted by crimi-
nails He was halted by outlaws several
times. but they passed him by when
he explained that he was on hunting
trip. Meanwhile the bandits were en-
joying life on a big scale at Cochlse.
and reading accounts of the hot chase
after them in the mountain Businesses.
Millions Plucky Stand.
Several other train robberieS were
planned but the only one executed was
at Fairbanks, where the bandits got
decidedly the worst of it. J. d. Milton.
the plucky express messenger of Wells.
Fargo & Co. opened the door of the ex-
press car and was confronted by an
array of pistols. He made a motion
for his gun and fusilade of bullets
from the robbers responded. Milton
was painfully wounded in the first vol
ley. and as result languiShed in a
hospital at San Francisco at the point
of death for months. In spite of his
painful injury he scattered the ban
dts with several effective shots,
wounding two of them. one of them
Three Fingered Jack trail of
blood which led from Fairbanks to-
ward theCochise mountain stronghold
was followed by Sheriff L. w. Wake
field and posse for miles and out ON
the desert near Tombstone, A. T., the
posse came upon Three Fingered
Jack" who in his dying breath and
angered at his companions who de-
serted him. disclosed the identity of
the gang and furnished other informa-
ton. which led to it's capture by the
posse two days later in their strong
hold. They were surprised and offered
no resistance.
Then it was that Stiles who with
Alvord and Bravo Juan were jailed
at Tombstone. volunteered to become
a witness for the government. He was
liberated and employed as special de-
tective for Wells, Fargo & Co. A
month later he went to Tombstone to
visit his erstwhile companions. He
had won the confidence of the author
tiles by diligently assisting them to
run down other members of the gang,
and once made a trip to Phoenix to
identify a supposed member of the
gang who had been captured in Utah.
At Tombstone he requested the privi-
lege of taking some dainties to the cells
of lAvord and Bravo Juan. 1t was at
the noon hour when only two guards
remained on duty.
The two prisoners were liberated
from their cells by the man who had
betrayed them, the guards were over
powered and a desperate trio again was
at large. Officers secured the country
for them but the bandits laughed at
their efforts. frequently descended on
the smaller towns of southern Arizona
and kept several communities con-
Stantly terrorized. At one time Tomb
stone had picket guards surrounding
the town to prevent surprise from
the bandits who were in the habit of
"shooting-up' the town. To vary the
monotony Alvord occasionally sent
communications to Sheriff Bill Truman
of Binal county, Sheriff Wakefield of
Pima county. and Sheriff Scott White
of Cochise county, his lifelong enemy.
Jocously reminding them that they
were still at large and inviting pur-
suit promising hot reception to the
officers. The gang finally simmered
down to the three organizers, Stiles,
Alvord and Bravo Juan. The latter has
probably gone to Mexico or Joined an
other gang of cattle "rustlers"
Stiles, surrendered himself to Off
GERS after successfully lodging them
for months.
Tragic Ending of Scarborough.
A tragic chapter of the chase after
the outlaws included the death of Geo.
Scarborough, well known all over the
southwest as the successful trailer of
outlaws He was once line rider and
later was employed as special officer by
wells. Fargo 4 Co. Scarborough and
James Freeman trailed the bandits to
their stronghold after the Fairbanks
robbery. but We're surprised on their
traii shortly before sundown The two
men concealed themselves as well as
possible. but Scarborough was so bad
~ wounded that he could not use his
weapon. Scores of shots were exchang-
ed and one bandit was wounded At
nlshtfall the two men were hemmed in
without ammunition
During the shooting Freeman brave
ly constructed small rock fort around
ms companion. and under cover of
darkness stole past the bandits walk
ing TO small community about fifteen
miles away. He returned on horses
with APP osse ut day-break. The ban
ditS had not dared to approach Scar
borough during the night and he was
recovered by his friends. He suffered
understandable pain in the night during
the latter part of which he lay dying
while the snow fell heavily for several
hours. The brave frontier character
was taken to the village and care
fully cared for but he died the same
day.