Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-06-13
A JAIL BREAK
AT LAS CRUCES
Four Prisoners Succeeded in Gaining Their
Liberty and Only Ono Has Been
Rscaptursd.
fine COLLECTION OF BIRDS
u ias Been Secured for the New Mexico College Of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts-A Former Las
Cruces Resident Meets Death In
Mexico.

Special Correspondence New Mexican
Mesilla Park, June 12-Professor I
a W. Brady left on Tuesday for Califor
, mia to join his wife and child.
> Mrs. e. O. Wooten left last night 70
Chicago where she will visit relative
: Jnd friends for some weeks.
Mrs. Arthur Goss has gone to her oil
home in Indiana to visit her fathe
and other relatives and friends
Miss Ellen F. Gibson will leave in 6
few days for California, where She will
spend the summer.
Miss c. A. Baker, librarian of tn,
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts. will leave soon for California
where she will spend few weeks. Miss
Annis Ford will have charge of the lib
rary while Miss Baker is away
w. A. Sutherland will leave about the
lst of July for the Philippine Islands
where he has position as translat tol
of state papers. In the civil service ex-
animation which he took he received
one Of the highest averages. Every
l
leave as he has given entire satisfac-
| ton in his position as professor of
| Spanish and Latin at the college. but it
| is hoped that he will return to Mesilla
Park when his term of service at Ma
nila has expired.
Mrs. Samuel Tinguely of Craig, Ariz.,
visited her sister. Mrs. Charles Mills,
last week. but has returned to Socorro,
where she is visiting friends and rela-
tives.
Professor and Mrs. Charles Mills left
a few days since for Portland, Ore,
where they will spend the summer.
Orrick Metcalfe will spend the sum-
mer here to assist Professor E. o.
Wooten in his botanical work
Samuel French of Las Cruces, who
has been in New Mexico for some
years, was killed there a day or two
ago. Full particulars have not yet
been received.
Professor E. o. Wooten, professor of
biology, has secured a private collec-
ton of New Mexico birds from Albu-
querque which will be used as the ba-
sis for the thesis of Miss Fannie Ford
who will graduate next year. This COL
in the territory.
s. Fl. Newberry has bought the livery
and feed stable formerly owned by G.
III. Connor at Las Cruces.
Yesterday four prisoners broke Jail at
Las Cruces and thus far only on, has
been recaptured.
Miss Maggie French came up from
Ell Paso last night. She is a nurse in
the Sisters hospital in Ell Paso and
came up to nurse her sister who is very
i'll.
President Luther Foster, wife and
daughter, Miss Florence Sutherland
and M. A. Sutherland left this morn
ing for El Paso. Miss Sutherland has
been compelled to relinquish her work
the past few days On account of al
sprained ankle.
Judge A. B. Fall arrived last night
from Ell Paso and left for Organ to
spend several weeks with his family
who are enjoying the cool breezes of
the Organ mountains.
A. l.. Coe, alias "Jim Crow" wanted
for his sensational attempt to murder
Did man Graham near Ell Paso by ty-
Ing him to the railroad track. was
among the four men who escaped from
jail. OF the two Jail guards, one was
at the circus, as was nearly every one |
else in town; while the other was at |
dinner. Coe and his companions found |
an old place that had before been used |
rs a mode of exit by escaping prison.
ars, and a little quick hard work gave /
hem their liberty. With everyone away |
at the circus, progress through the |
town out into the country was easy, |
and the men made good their escape. |
They started out to the north. With |
Zoe, against whom the technical |
charge is assault to murder John Gra-
1am, were Perry Allen, alias John |
White. wanted for the theft of a bicy-
lie from J. T. Primm, Of Ell Paso; Chill
lers, charged with flourishing pistol,
md Mexican prisoner.
Goes assault on John Graham, COM
nitted early in May, was dramatic in
he method of carrying out. Graham |
was bound to a railroad track and left |
% die. Graham lived with his wife and |
laughter. several miles out Of FL Paso |
IN the line of the railroad grading |
amps Of the Ell Paso and Southwest
.rn railway. Coe started to work for |
he railroad contractors. became ac-
Iuainted with the Grahams, and be-
,ame very friendly with Graham's wife. |
Graham protested: there were many
scraps; and finally Coe,
he woman and her daughter. 1t Is
charged, assaulted the old man one
tight, beat him fearfully about the
body and head and bound his body to
he railroad track. Then they went to
d Paso. Graham was found be-
'ore train came. The woman went
% Jailer Molina at Ell Paso and wanted
1er husband arrested for assault,
to thus clear her skirts. Mo-
ina at once telephoned to Deputy Sher-
n Lucero Of Dona Ana county. at the
grading camps. and as result of the
Investigation, Graham was found beat
N up, and Lucero went to Ell Paso af-
er Coe and he was taken to Las CRU
,es. 1t is stated that he Is also wanted
n eastern Texas. |