Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-02-10
CLEVER PIECE OF
DETECTIVE WORK
The Arrest and Return Of Jose
Telles to the Santa fe County
Jail by A. B. Baca and Ed
uardo Jaramillo Of So
oorro County.
TElLES WAS ON HIS WAY
TO STATE OF SONORA, MEXICO

The arrest and return to the Santa
Fe Jail of Jose Telles, one of the men
who was implicated in the murder OF
Jailer Epitacio Gallegos, in the night
of January 1S, was brilliant piece of
detectlve work on the part Of A. B.
Baca of San Marcial, assisted by Ed
uardo Jaramillo of San Antonio.
| On Saturday. February l. Mr. Baca
was at .,is home in San Marcial, and
| learned that the day before a man an
swering the description of Telles had
spent the night at the house of a ram
cher near San Marcial. He Immediate
ly telegraphed to Sheriff Kinsell for a
description of the man wanted. The
reply not being satisfactory to Mr..
Baca, he came to Santa Fe on Tuesday
and secured from the sheriff full de-
scription of the man and authority to
apprehend Telles. Mr.. Baca reached
San Marcial Wednesday morning and
Immediately took the trail of the muir
/
They found he had spent the night at
/ Contarecio the day after being seen
near San Marcial and here they took
I'D the trail in earnest. Telles next
stopping place was at Palomas, ne
having reached that point in the COM
pany of Editor N. S. Rose of Cerrillos,
who was on his way to Deming in a
buggy and gave the fugitive lift. The
next morning he continued on his jour-
ney with Mr.. Rose, and spent the next
night at Iona Parda. The next day
they travelled together to where the
roads fork to Deming and the MINI
bres Here Telles struck across the
country in the direction of the MINI
bres river in Grant county. He travel
ed this route rs miles that night, and
took shelter in the cabin of an old Wo-
Imam at a place known as San Juan.
Following his foot prints, the officers
discovered where the fugitive had en-
tered the buggy, and they also discov-
cred the point where he left the Vehl-
Gle. From this point they followed MS
footprints until he entered the MINI
bres country Here Mr.. Baca secured
the services of Simon Holstein, Jr., and
John Shannon, cattlemen, and two
others, and when the trail disappeared,
Il Mr.. Baca divided his forces equally
three going down the river, and Baca
Holstein and Shannon going up the
river The plan was for each party to
search every dwelling where they
thought the hunted man might be con-
cealed, and come together at a poin'
decided upon The party led by Mr.
Baca went to the shack occupied by the
old woman, and she was interviewed
near the chicken house. She was asked
where the man was who reached mel
house a day or two previous. she de-
MED having seen any stranger anC
started to enter the house. Mr.. Baca
detained her and demanded that she
call the man concealed within to come
, out. Immediately, Telles, who was
eating his dinner, came to the door
when Mr.. Baca, covering him with
winchester. demanded that he throw
| up his hands. Telles did this withou
| hesitation, and while covered, Mr.. Ba
? cas- two companions searched MIN Iol
!, weapons The only weapon Telles pos
t sassed was found under the pillow O.
3 the bed he had occupied, and this wal
= fa As Colts.
$ When Telles was asked If he was TN
: man who murdered the Santa Fe jail
: err. he replied he was not and that III
name was Durrant and he had
, brother living in the neighborhooo
o. Shortly after undertaking the retur'
= Journey. Telles admitted that he wa
the man wanted, but that he did no
r kill the jailer. He said that he had pee'
making for the international boundar
), line, expecting to reach Sonora MS ol
home in Mexico. He begged Mr.. Bac
to shoot him, rather than be take
= hack to Santa Fe. He was afraid n
would be lynched there. Telles wa
e verv curious to know how Mr.. Bac
managed to keep his trall' ne As'Niil
schemed to change his mode of trave
ing so much. and thought that atte
y the hounds abandoned the hunt nea
n Thornton, he was not being followed
n Telles is again AN occupant OF II
r. Santa Fe Jail, and will soon be given
le trial for the grave crimes charge
"a against him. Mr.. Baca, who for
n wears, has been or less engaged IN u
i'd task of rounding up bad men in Coi'
s. RADIO and New Mexico, is receiving II
at congratulations of his many friends
Mt his latest piece of work in this line' y
I'd no one will deny that nerve and SKI
IN were needed in running down despe
10 ado of Telles' stamp.
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