Arizona silver belt., 1902-09-18
SURRENDER OF BURT ALV0RD
The Notorious Border Outlaw Gave Himself up
 to Sheriff Lewis.

The Notorious Border Outlaw Gave Himself up
 to Sheriff Lewis.
 Burt Alvord has surrendered. After three years of almost sleepless vigil ance, hunted and trailed like some de- SpiSed creature; a common foe to all mankind, seeking shelter in the moun- tain fastnesses, eyading the officers and suffering privations, he at last has voluntarily surrendered himself into the hands of the law. The penalty of the law had no terrors for this noted bandit, train robber and escaped jail bird, compared with the hourly vigil and incessant dangers that have been his to endure. Pickering convictlife, or even death, to the horrible isolation of hunted criminal, he walked into the United States and freely gave him. self up to the officers.
 With the capture of Burt Alvord one of the most noted characters of all the southwest is taken from the field of criminal action. Three men, Burt AL word, ,Augustin Chacon and Billy Stiles, have long been the noted bandits of Arizona. AlYord and Chacon are in custody, aud Stiles is disposed to be a peaceable citizen. This band of out laws is finally broken and law and or der will again prevail.
 The facts leading up to the capture of Burt Alyord are intensely interest ing and are stranger than the fiction of the dime novelist. 1t was with the view of ridding the border of this law less element that the Arizona rangers were organized year ago. They were to cooperate with the officers in round ing up the bandits and notorious out laws of this section. Burton c. Moss man was made captain of the rangers and at once inaugurated campaign which has ceT tainly been effectual.
 In relating the incidents leading up to the capture of AlyOrd, Captain MoSSman stated as follows, after re- turning from NaCo, where he had gone to receive Alvord:
 'I was determined if possible to capture Chacon and made Stiles one of my rangers to assist me, as he was in with ChaCOn and AlyOrd. Stiles told me where Alvord was and went to see him. On the 2lSt of April last went to MinaS PrietaS, about fifty miles from Guaymas, Mexico, and learned that Alvord, with a band of Mexican outlaws, was camped near that place. went there alone and was met at the door by Mexicans' rifles. l had never seen AlvOrd, and he had never seen me, but I stayed at this camp abOut twenty-four hours. During our con- verSation he told me that he was tired of that kind of life and was going to give himself up, and would help me, if possible, capture Chacon. It was just month later that 1 saw Alvord at Naco and at that time he had not yet found ChacOn and did not know where he was. I heard from him after he had located ChaCou, and he came along with him when l captured him. Chacon, Alyord and myself were to- gether when Stiles rode into Naco to get some grub and whiskey, aud when we went into camp at night Alvord left US.
 1t was understood that Stiles was to keep me posted as tO the time when AlyOrd wBs to give himself up and on q telephone message received WedneS- day l went to NacO. Stiles met me at the livery stable and told me that A. word was there or would be there l went across the line to Stiles house, and then he told me he had been mis- treated and that he had not received the amount of money the rangers had received. l told him that this was a pretty time to say so and asked him why he did not say so across the line, and some hot words followed. came across the line and he told me that he would be over later.
 ''Dell Lewis told me that Stiles came to him later and asked him if he want ed to see Alvord, and this was the first he knew that AlvOrd was there. He went out short distance from Naco with Stiles and found Alvord, who gave himself up."
 Sheriff Dell Lewis returned tOTOmb- stone last evening from Tucson, where Alvord was placed in jail. A Review telephoned last night that Alvord would be returned from Tucson to Tombstone some time next week. He is wanted in the county for train robbery and jail breaking. When Sheriff Lewis went to see AlvOrd near Naco on Wednesday night AlvOrd told him that he would surrender to him md to no one else and with that un- lerStanding he came and gave himself ID. Sheriff Lewis stated that no prom Ses whatever were made to Alvord at the time of his Surrender-that he gave himself into the