Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-04-22
WlPlNG OUT OUTLAWS.
"BIack Jacks" Gang Being
Killed With Boots On.
"olACK JACK" TO HANG FRIDAY.

"Bill Carver and Red" Weaver are
dead, says the Denver Republican.
That was the report received by Spe.
cial Agent Reno, of the Colorado &
Southern. Carver and Weaver were
two of the most desperate men In the
southwest, once members oi the noto-
rious BLACK Jacks" gang. Another
outlaw, Fitzpatrick, was MORALLY
wounded at the time Carver was
killed.
Next Friday, in all probability, the
news will flash over the wires to all
sections Of the civilized world from
Clayton, N. NJ, that Black Jack" is
dead. On that day he will be hanged
aud with his death there will only
he two or three men on earth who
were members Of the most famous
train robbing gang since the days OF
Jesse James. Word has reached Mr..
Reno that an attempt will be made to
rescue him either at Clayton or on
the way from Santa Fe to Clayton.
Carver and Weaver died with their
boots on-Jarver while resisting ar
rest and Weaver after insulting a
girl. The death of Weaver. however.
was published in the newspapers a
few days ago. The death of Carver,
the most notorious of the I'VE men,
was not known by Special Agent
Reno until yesterday.
OUTLAWS FILLED WITH LEAD.
According to informa..on received
by Mr.. Reno Carver was killed early
In April at Sonora, sutton county,
Texas. Carver and another outlaw
named Fitzpatrick had come into So.
nora. both heavily armed. They were
seen by a man named Sharpe, brother
of q deputy sheriff, who recognized
Carver, for whom there has long been
n standing reward by the Colorado a.
Southern railroad and other railroads
and express companies. for train rob
berries.
Sheriff Briant of sutton county was
notified. and gathered a posse to ar.
rest the two outlaws. The despera'
does were in a livery stable when
the sheriff and his posse came in,
| As soon as the outlaws saw the
| sheriff they reached for their pistols
They were too slow. Before they
could draw the sheriff and his posse
| began shooting. The outlaws. accord
ing to Mr.. Reno's report. fell NOR
tally wounded. actually filed full OF
lead" The wounded bandits were re
moved to a drug store and physicians
summoned. but Carver lived only al
| hour. II was stated In Mr.. Reno'S
report that fitzpatrick was still aliv,
but could not live.
BOTH IN BLACK JACKS" GANG
Comparatively little Is known OF
Fitzpatrick. He Is said to have been
a member of BLACK Jacks" gane
| and to be a desperate outlaw. Car
| yer, however. Is famous all through
| the southwest, and for many years
has terrorized the country. 1t was
| Carver who robbed a Colorado &
| Southern train near Folsom Septem
| Der 3, 1897. and ina he was sought
| by nearly every sheriff in the south
west. lie. with sam" Ketchum. who
was killed by n Colorado * Southern
posse n year ago. worked together
and Carver, next to sam" Ketchum
stood closer to BLACK Jack" thar
any other member Of the gang.
Carver and Fitzpatrick were en-
camped with others near Sonora. I'm
mediately after the killing. two mel
on horseback were seen to ride on
Of Sonora. They were riding har,
and the supposition is that they wer,
part of the gang and that they lief
to notify the others. Sheriff Bryan
and posse has secured the country
but. up to the time Mr., Reno's infor
nation was mailed. had not found tn,
other members OF the gang.
Red" Weaver was killed at Alma
near Silver City. He insulted a girl
a friend of whom met him on tn
street later and shot him, killing hin
instantly.
GANG WIPED OUT.
The killing OF Carver and Weave
and the execution OF Black Jack
practically wipes out one of the wors
gangs of rain robbers ever in tn,
southwest" said Mr.. Reno yesterday
For years they have robbed train
and terrorized the people of that sec