Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-03-08
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.

- El Paso, Texas. March e :,
- George Musgrovc. said to be the :,
= leader of a band of southwestern :,
:, dcspoladoes and "A brother of the {,
= noted Black Jack, who was :,
:, hanged at Clayton. y. NJ. year -
= ago has been captured near Ala :,
= mogurodo. y. NJ. by Pustuhco IN :,
= spcctur (. l. Doran, aided by the =
. Bhrriu men. MusgroVc is want :,
= ed in New Mexico Tor murder and -
:, postohicc and train robbery. =
= Among the other dcprcdatiOns =
= committed was the robbery of the =
= postoGcc at Fort sumner, whore .
{. nall dozen men were held up .
- and a l2-yoar-old boy was killed -
= The arrest OF Musgrovc was fol :,
- lowed by the capture, near Gilt .
:, ton. AriZ., of Wat Neill J. Cook .
- ana Joe Roberts, supposed to be =
: members of the same gang. They =
> were rounded up by the Arizona :,
:, rangers on the Blue river. =
The III Paso News says on the sub
jet
George MusErave. one of the most
noted outlaw leaders of teh southwest.
has just been captured at Alamogordo.
He was taken into custody last Mon.
iiN UN -iElblb'' lIF ~ WI - - l''l a
OF Denver. who had been on the trail
of tho bandit chiet for many weeks.
News of the capture reached the city
today
THE OUTLAWS CAREER,
George MusglGve or Massagee is
charged with muruer ald robbery, be-
ing one of the eight men who held up
tho postofiice and store at Fort sum
net ~ NJ, about -four weeks ago.
The bandit gang. on which Massage
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
postotiice al Rovuelto, where they
made a big haul; followed 10y holding
mp 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 PTS
tolls They stole horses and cattle,
held up people on the highway and
spread terror throughout that region
tor several weeks.
ROBBERY AND KILLING AT FORT
SUMNER
In the fort Sumner robbery, the
bandits lined up-likc Murrol. Jesse
James and the Daltons the fifteen or
more customers in the Pccus NOR
camille store, where the pustoilCC is
located one OF the men, failing 70 re-
spond with alacrity . the demand for
all hands to go up. was saNagely
clubbod over the head with carhinc
until ho fell To the floor, bleeding and
inscnsihlc. Then the gang raidCd the
gInanfptr NrnD
in cash large quantities of provisions
for their rendezvous and over 1000
rounds NJ ammunition.
TIVE .NE.YEAR- OLD BOY KILLED
\ i2year-old hoy. named Felipe
Bcaubcu. an assistant in the post
ONCE. was seized with abicct fright
when tho outlaws entered the store,
He'd procipitatoly and was shot dead.
the bullet coursing through his brain.
The news comes unQuestionahll and
authoritativoly TO El paso that lnspoc-
tor Dorau has secured complete con
icssiou from Massagce, in the pres
euur Oi Sheriff Hunter ana deputy, OF
Otpro county and Town Marshal Nc
| Farlaud, Of Tucumcari,
/ VIII. NOT GIVE NAMES OF BAND
.hc 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 postolhce
when 10 was held up as the man who
/ shu, and killed the Boauboin boy.
His confession is said TO be thrill
( Ing narrative of the doiugs of the gang
ana one of the most sensational chap
/ ters of crime and outlawry ever re-
corded in the southwest Inspector
| puran refuses to divulgc any details
of this confession and has enjOinod the
other officers To secrecy.
! Ma-scgoe is from Jack county, Tex"
and went under the name of George
/ Reilly.
THE OLD STORY or 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 Masscgco brought about by
/ the unintcntential influence. on her
part ot q certain pretty and dashing
| girl of Oklahoma In every outlaw
| band medieval and modcrn-a wo-
man has figured cOnspicuously, and II
was IN keeping with this precedent
/ that Massegec fell In love with this
maiden from Oklahoma. II was
| through their correspondence and by
means OF information furnished 10y
some Indians at the Mcscalcro agency
/ that Doran ran down the bandit who,
! being charged with murder is held
! without bond
INTENDING MARRYING IN APRIL.
/ George Mas. ee had arranged with
| his sweetheart that they be married In
! April, aud had he not been captured