Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-06
in JAIL ANYHOW.
George Musgrove Be-
hind the Bars.
Career of the Noted Bandit
and Outlaw.
Arrest of the Rest of the Gang Ex'
peCted Soon.
LOCAL OFFICERS AMUSED.

> noted BLACK Jack. who was .
u hanged at Clayton, n. NJ. n year q
, ago. has been captured near Ala q
= mogorodo, N. NJ, by Postoffice In .
, spector c. l.. Doran, aided by the =
. sheriff's men. Musgrove is want 9
{, ed in New Mexico for murder and .
Z postoffice and train robbery. .
: Among the other depredations .
q committed was the robbery of the q
q postoffice at Fort Sumner, where Q
= half a dozen men were held up .
} and 12-year-old boy was killed. 9
. The arrest of Musgrove was fol- .,
. lowed by the capture, near Cliff q
= ton. Ariz.. of Wat Neill. j. Cook .
= and Joe Roberts, supposed to be .
= members of the same gang. They q
. were rounded up by the Arizona q
{, rangers on the Blue river. q
The FL Paso News says on the sub
ject
George Musgrave. one of the most
noted outlaw leaders of teh southwest,
has just been captured at Alamogordo.
He was taken into custody last Mon
day by Postoffice Inspector c. l.. Doran
of Denver. who had been on the trail
of the bandit chief for many weeks.
News of the capture reached the city
today.
THE OUTLAWS CAREER.
George Musgrave or Massagee is
charged with murder and robbery, be-
ing one of the eight men who held up
the postoffice and store at Fort Sum-
ner. n. NJ, about four weeks ago.
The bandit gang, of which Massagee
was leader also committed many
crimes in eastern New Mexico, begin
ming with the sensational hold-up of
ten citizens and the robbery of the
postoffice at Revuelto, where they
made a big haul; followed by holding
up a saloon at Tucumcari and the post
office robbery and murder at Fort
Sumner.
The outlaws were mounted and each
carried a Winchester and brace of pis-
tolls. They stole horses and cattle.
held up people On the highway and
spread terror throughout that region
for several weeks.
ROBBERY AND KILLING AT FORT
SUMNER.
In the Fort Sumner robbery, the
bandits lined up-like Murrel, Jesse
James and the Daltons-the fifteen or
more customers in the Pecos mer-
camille store, where the postoffice is
located. Ore of the men, failing to re-
spond with alacrity to the demand for
all hands to go up, was savagely
clubbed over the head with a carbine
until he fell to the floor, bleeding and
insensible Then the gang raided the
store and postofiice, cleaning up $500
in cash. large quantities of provisions
for their rendezvous and over 1000
rounds of ammunition.
TWELVE.YEAR-OLD BOY KILLED
A 12-year-old boy, named Felipe
Beaubein, an assistant in the post
office, was seized with abject fright
when the outlaws entered the store.
He'd precipitately, and was shot dead.
the bullet coursing through his brain.
The news comes unquestionably and
authoritatively to FL Paso that lnspec-
tor Doran has secured a complete con
! fession from Massagee, in the pres
ence of Sheriff Hunter anu deputy, OF
Otero county; and Town Marshal Nc
Farand, of Tucumcari.
/ WILL NUr GIVE NAMES OF BAND,
lhe bandit refused to give the names
of any members of his gang. He has
| been positively identified by three OF
| the men who were in the postoihce
when it was held up as the man who
shot and killed the Beaubein boy.
His confession is said to be thrill
| ing narrative of the doings of the gang
and one of the most sensational chap
| ters of crime and outlawry ever re-
corded in the southwest. Inspector
Doran refuses to divulge any details
of this confession and has enjoined the
other officers to secrecy.
ic lack county raN
and went under the name of George
Reilly.
THE OLD STORY OF ADAM.
As women have, since the days OF
Adam, been the cause of mans undo
ing-as well as the inspiration of the
best and greatest deeds-so was the
capture of Massegee brought about by
the unintentential influtnce, on her
part, of a certain pretty and dashing
girl of Oklahoma. In every outlaw
band-mediaeval and modern-a wO-
man has figured conspicuously; and il
was in keeping with this precedent
that Massegee fell in love with this
maiden from Oklahoma. 1t was
through their correspondence and by
means of information furnished by
some Indians at the Mescalero agency
that Doran ran down the bandit who,