Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-05-04
rHe BLACK JACK" oANo.
Al but Two Of the pespsradoea Meet
Juaticr,

duAAiCrs
The execution Of Tom kCtChum.
alias BLACK Jack" the train rObber,
nj clayton. New Mexico. calls To mind
long Hist Of r0bborles and murders
committed by this famous BLACK
Jack" gang. of which Tom Ketchum,
however. was not member, nor was
he the original desperate bearing the
title which had become a name OF ter
rur In the southwest.
The original BLACK Jack gang, or
the "IliRh Five" M they were styled
/ in the Chirlcahua country ~ Arizona,
organized In July. 1896. and was com.
posed of local talent from the ranks
uf the cowboys ~ the San Simon and
/ sulphur Springs valleys ~ extreme
southeastern Arizona.
! Some uf the boys had driftcd into
\ the country from Texas and Oklaho.
ma bat. previous TO this date. had
been quietly working on the ranges.
whore they were all known az expert
riders. rOpcrs and good COW hands In
general They were BLACK Jack
who may have been Jack McChrls.
titan, George Musgrayc. alias Jesse
Williams aliss Jon Davis, Cole Young,
or cole Estes. Bob Hayes and Tom
! Anderson
tNINiN NNtN NNf li'.W FNlINlNAitl IN
Iu 'hfuncu buster ON q ranch near the
Isuulh end Ut the ChIricahua range and
LAT .np time was engaged in cutting
lsDmr posts ca make corral ON the
lhurfr range at the san Simon cattle
company There we're few black
Jack oaks whore be- was cutting. and
lhis title came from his having been
seen working among them. thus &c
Iuuuus that which nearly every COW
boy has. "a nickname.
Their nrt expedition was 20 No
gales. ON the sonora border where
lthgy attempted tu tuI tho bank. but
failed
ln nrht nt the mouth ct Skeleton
{ lyuuyuu q low days later pursuing
posse was WoTsted and "a United
! stnto8 custom rider Frank Robson
+ was instantly killed.
Next thcy made successful mt
, tempt at Scpar. on the southern Pa
( cinc railroad In New Mexico. taking n
d tho postoHlcc. store and express of
I zee Some time later, In the SAINT
= wear. thvy repeated the visit 90 thii
I place. ami after lining mp ali the mel
around there. some thirteen In mum
. her. they again took everything II
d. sight
q Thcy twice held mp both the stage
X uu th, line from san Antonio to Whit
. oaks. but did not get much for thci
e. trouble.
Ina October. 90. they held mp IN
b. overland passenger train on the SAINT
4. Fr road at Rio Puerco. west Of Abr
g. duergun. bat were drlvCn on after
z nrht with Deputy United States Mai
D. shall LOOMS. who killed the lChdeI
g Colo Young. after which the other
fed. leaving three bombs compose
r. OF twenty sticks Of dynamite. as
o uegcstlon of their tender intention
' toward the Wells Fargo mossengc
- MT Luomis
u The hand aft,rward held mp Sa
u Simon station store and postOfhc'
~ and took in the station al Huachuc
siding They robbed store at vii
Ia cox. one az ilcrce. the store and pos
10 office 40 CUn. ON the ella river nct
.r silver city. and murdered Frank Pa
90 Ikcr "a rattlcmau IA the pccos, an
rs IGcorgc smith. one OF the most pror
.r inont ranChcrs Vt western Socorl
y county
Ir. q nght with the bunch az Dee
at creek. near the southwest corner
he New Mexico. Bob Hayes was ktllc
At and "BlaCk Jacks horse shot fro
w. under him boy three deputies Of Ma
ns shall Han OF New Mexico.
so The three men we're Leslie Dow, d
er lterward murdered while sheriff
pa Eddy county. New Mexico Fred lli
gins. shcrIn at Roswell. and Charl
nm ballard astorWard FIRST lieutenant
lt. Rough Riders
cs The original BLACK Jack was kill
'u by Fred Higgins after this In fig
or at the goat ranch about twelve mil
'r east of Ciuou. Arizona. AT which "a
'a, tor place his body was Identified al
ta buried
ils This leaves two 81 the original gaI
mt uuaccouutrd Tor, Musgraye and A
a. dyTsuu