The San Francisco call., 1903-12-17
Stiles and AlvOrd, Who Broke
Jail at Tombstone, Secure
Horses and Are Now Heading
for the Huachuca Mountains
TWENTY PRISONERS
MAKE THEIR ESCAPE
Mexican Rurales Are Sent Out
From Magdalena to Capture
Any of the Fugitives Who
May Try to Cross the Border
Special Dispatch to The Call.

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. ia count Of
the prisoners in the Tombstone Jail this
morning revealed the fact that twenty
had escaped last night along with Stiles
and Alvord. OF these one returned, but
none of the others have been captured
although the chase is a hot one and
every officer in the line country has
been pressed into service. United States
Marshal McCord, who is still at Tucson,
will ask the Department of Justice for
authority TO organize a party here. as
Tucson has become the headquarters
for those engaged in the chase. At least
one party Of the escaped prisoners has
been traced TO the Huachuca Noun
tains, and another is believed to be
headed in that direction.
Stiles and Alvord were both seen
shortly after daybreak this morning by
an Indian who was trailing them. He
came TO Huachuca siding at o'clock
and reported that the two desperadoes
had passed him. going toward the Hua-
chuca Mountains. They did not see
him, as he concealed himself behind a
monster cactus Both escapes were
mounted and armed with rifles and re
volvers. A posse under Deputy Sheriff
Mcdonald arrived at Huachuca siding
from Tombstone two hours afterward
and Immediately took up the trail of
the fugitives.
One of the posse returned to Fair
bank late this afternoon and reported
that some of the outlaws had been sur
rounded in the Huachuca Mountains.
Later a report was received announc-
ing that the men had succeeded in es-
Gaping the posse and are now riding to-
ward the Gunsight district.
Jack Virgin, a deserter from the
navy, who was in Jail and among the
escaped prisoners, followed them for a
mile and then returned. He says that
Stiles and Alvord went straight to a
point in the gulch behind the Jail,
where horses and arms were waiting
them. They then mounted and desert
ed the rest Of the prisoners The others
divided in two parties. One is composed
Of Jim Bennett, Louis James, Depriest
and O'Brien, the highwaymen: Gould.
the Bowie murderer, and Sailor Brown,
a noted thief. The other party is made
up mostly Of MeXicans, who were in
jail for petty offenses. Many of the
latter band are believed to be in hiding
in prospect holes and old shafts be
tween Tombstone and Bisbee, and un-
dOubtedly will be captured.
Colonel W. c. Green Of Cananea, So
nora, who was at Bisbee at the time
Of the jail break, has taken a personal
interest in the apprehension of Stiles
and Alvord and has offered a handsome
reward for their capture. He wired
Colonel Kosterlitzky, in command of
the rurales at Magdalena, to send out
a troop for the purpose of capturing
Stiles and Alvord or any other prison.
ers who attempt to cross the line.
Colonel Kosterlitzky left Magdalena
this afternoon at the head of troop
of rurales. He goes to the Cierro Pinto
Mountains. a favorite Sonora rendez-
vous for Stiles, Alvord and other des-
peradces. This section is west of
Npgales and south Of the Gunslght
country.