Bisbee daily review., 1902-09-12
BURT ALV0RD
 IS IN CUSTODY
SURRENDERS TO SHERIFF LEWIS AT WACO WEDNESDAY
 NIGHT
Plans of Capt. Mossman Miscarry. Owing to Billy Stiles-Alvord was to Surrender to the ex-Ranqer Captain But Chanoed His Mind

to Surrender to the ex-Ranqer
 Captain But Changed His Mind
 Butt Alvord has surrendered. Af ter three years of almost sleepless vigilance, hunted and trailed Ike some despised creature: a common foe to all mankind. seeking shelter in the mountain fastnesses. evading the officers and suffering privations. he at last has voluntarily surrendered him- self 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 dan gers that have been his to endure Pickering convict life, or even death to the horrible isolation of a hunted criminal he walked into the United States and freely gave himself up to the officers.
 With the capture of Burt Alvord one of the most noted characters of all the southwest. is taken from the held Of criminal action. Three men, Burt Alvord, Augustin Chacon and Billy Stiles, have long been the noted bandits of Arizona. Alvord and Cha con are in custody, and Stiles Is dis posed to be a peaceable citizen. This band of outlaws is finally broken and law and order will again prevail
 Alvord is well known to all the old residents of Cochise county who have watched his career with unusual inter- est Probably no one knows him better than L. J. Overlook, who gives the following interesting account of his career
 T knew Burt Alvord when he came with his parents to Tombstone in 1881. He was then a boy some six teen years old. He lived with his father and mother. t5rer ru;l."5 a. l a sister. all of whom are now dead They were all law abiding peop.e who commanded the respect of those who knew them. The first man who Alvord worked for was William Lang, an old cowman, who afterward died on the trail on his way into Alaska. This was in the early eighties. After this he was employed by John Mont gomery in the o. K. corrals. He was around town most of the time. He then worked for John Slaughter on the San Bernardino ranch and follow ed the trail between Arizona and Old Mexico. When Slaughter was sheriff he appointed him deputy. He was with Slaughter when he captured the Mexicans who robbed the train at No gales. Horonimo, the notorious Mexi- can outlaw. being the only one to es- cape. This capture was made in the Whetstone mountains.
 After this time Alvord was employ ed by Hall, an old cattle man. who ran extensive herds in Arizona and Mexico. Hall was killed by Mexican officer named Giallego while Alvord was with him.
 'Alvord was in my employ in 1895 at the time Grant Wheeler worked for me. Wheeler afterward held up the train at Wilcox. These two not ed characters were not friendly when they worked for me and Alvord, as a deputy sheriff, tried to capture Wheeler after he had held up the train. He drove a stage for a while in Harshaw for Jim Burnett and later drove stage from Huachuca Sid ing to Fort Huachuca- After this time he became deputy for Sherin Five.
 "For some time he was employed as night watchman for Pearce and the Pearce mine, where he remained for some time. He was working in the capacity when Andy Darnel and his cowboy gang was making Wilcox one of the toughest towns on the face Of the earth Officers would go and hide when this outfit came in to shoot up the town. Soto Bros, John Norton and other citizens made Burt Alvord the marshal of the town. While oc- cupying this office he killed Billy King. King used to ride into saloons on horse back, thrown his gun down on the bar tenders and all that sort of thing, and was considered tough character Alvord was an officer Tn Wilcox when he was arrested for the holding up the train and robbing the Wells. Fargo express. He was taken to Tombstone, where he remained two months. when he was assisted to es- cape by Billy Stiles and went into Mexico"
 Chas. Cunningham, who knew Al word since 1883. gives practically the same story of Burt Alvord's life.
 The facts leading up to the capture of Burt Alvord are intensely interest ing and are stranger than the nctlon of the dime novelist. It was with the view of ridding the border of this lawless element that the Arizona rang CTS were organized year ago. They were to cooperate with the omcers in rounding up the bandits and notor- sous outlaws of this section. Burton 0. Mossman was made captain of the rangers and at once inaugurated campaign which has certainly been effectual.
 In relating the incidents leading up o the capture of Alvord, Captain Mossman stated as follows, after re turning from Naco, where he had gone