The San Francisco call., 1903-12-16
Outlaws Make Dash
to Freedom in
Arizona.
CutthrOat Band Rides Furi-
GuSly From Tombstone
to the Border.
Notorious Burt AlvOrd Leads Nine
FugitiV;S, Who Are Being KOtly
Pursued by Rangers.
Special Dispatch to The Call.


TOMBSTONE, Ariz., Dec. 15-Burt
Alvord and Bill Stiles, train robbers
and an-round desperadoes. together
with eight other prisoners, made their
escape from the old jail at Tombstone
at o'clock tonight by cutting a hole
through the wall. They at once made
their way to a thicket on the outskirts
of the town, where horses, arms and
ammunition had been concealed by
confederates. vaUlted into their sad
dies and headed for the Mexican line,
thirty miles away.
Alvord who was sentenced to a term
at Yuma in the United States court two
days ago, was to be taken away
shortly after o'clock, and when the
Sheriff went to get his prisoner he dis
covered every man confined in the Jail
had flown. He at once gave the alarm
and. summoning together six of the
best officers in the place. set out in
pursuit.
NO QUARTER TO BE SHOWN.
In the party are Forest Hill and Jack
Foster both deputy United States Mer-
shals and former members of the Ari-
zona Rangers. They will shoot the
desperadoes at sight, taking no chances
at night with such desperate men as
both stiles and AIvord are known TO be.
With the notorious outlaws are
James Bennett, who was indicted for
smuggling. was released on bond and
thrown into prison again for snug
Cling tools TO Stiles and AlvOrd to be
used in making an escape. Bennett
served six years at Yuma for highway
robbery. Louis James, indicted for
daring murder committed at Bisbee,
was also among the prisoners and is
no doubt with them. Jack O'Brien and
Bob Depriest are also members Of the
party both of them highwaymen and
as desperate as their confederates.
TOWNS RUSH PURSUERS.
United States Marshal McCOrd, who
is at Tucson, has ordered all line towns
to send out patrolling parties. Captain
Rynning of the Arizona Rangers wired
at 9 o'clock tonight that he was about
to leave at the head of a posse, while
custom house officers and local officials
at Naco. NOgales and other border
towns have wired that mounted in
spectors. rangers and officers have gone
out to endeavor to prevent the jail
breakers from crossing into Mexico.
limited States Marshal McCOrd said to-
night
II confidently believe that both Stiles
and Alvord will be dead by morning
and possibly others of the band who
broke iail. The men in pursuit are
determined, the criminals are desperate
and 1 don't see how they can avoid a
fight with the officers, for they will
never give themselves up again alive.
as they have many times boasted II
they ever escaped again. Everything
possible has been done to prevent them
crossing the line and I hardly see how
they can elude our men. l am hourly
expecting news from one OF the pur-
suing parties"
JAIL NOT GUARDED.
Alvord was turned over to Sheriff
Lewis of Cochise County this morning
by the Government officer, who has
maintained guard about the Jail while
he was in their charge. This guard
was withdrawn this afternoon. Stiles,
against whom eleven indictments had
been returned. was to have been tried
at Phoenix and in the meantime the
United States Attorney had permitted
the Territory to prosecute him upon
the charge of shooting Jailer George
Bravin when Alvord and Stiles broke
out of the Tombstone jail after the
Fairbank robbery and escaped to So
nora.
AIvord there remained in hiding un-
til the first of this year. when Stiles,
who had turned States evidence, be-
trayed him into the hands Of the off,
GERS. Stiles afterward refused to tes-
tify against Alvord and was himself
thrown into Jail to be tried for his
many crimes. Alvord had been kept in
iail at Phoenix and Stiles at Tucson
pending trial and were taken to Tomb
stone only a week ago.