Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-05-21
tom TOBEN DEAD
The Old Friend OF Kid Carson
and Slayer Of DeSper-
ADDE'S Is Dead.
RID THE COUNTRY or ESpISOsAs

klU lIiL OUUNlhI VI ElFiNU1A9
rum robcn. who iH known tu many
ul Che old tlmprg of New Moslcu. rs
dead BE was a friend uf Kit Carson.
and the slayer oft tho baLdts Esuuosa
brothers s special dispatch i0 tHp
Denver Republican from uufauru.
DuI1a under Date 1I May 90. aays
Word was received hero to-day uJ
the death ai Fort Garland oft Tom TO.
Dgu th0 famous scout ana friend of
kf Carson Ton.D leaves three rraud.
daughters iu Durango. HuI % daughter
900 Si.FDrtun il.a grunId0usU.urH arc
Nrs George lol1n Nr Dave Logan
and Mia George Ralph Tho dausht.r
go sIlvyrl1H is the widow off Mickey
UrH.u notice p.Huugr of .hD san
Juan Nrs Hrngu n coming ,u uu.
range and vl,l uo Joined here ny The
three waudluahtu,s. and together
they VIII EY Loo Fort Garland fU az.
tend the funeral
Rom Tobon Was tUy last of IN, pic.
urDsluc group of scouts guides. lu.
I.au Fighters. hunters and tranpors
who were tha contemporaries of kIt
Carson Tho ayoui m TobgnH GA.
rDor which is best remembered was
his trailing cot tho Esp.uusas notorious
Mexican bandits who rDrrurlzed Colo
RADIO iu Che nns tho killing of bofh of
them and lhy exhibition ut Fort Car
land IaIor bs ro1ou OFF tH. heads of
Che outlaws. uh.gh Uu yH.#rI tu that
settlement 900 sack
The Esu.nueH brother. rwg.H Hy
religious i1ul.cam# w1vaII travel.
eos along lonely roads WIue cyory
white person chat happened aIong
ono II IHD brothers was KILLED. hy o.
party headed uy Capt John NcCau.
u0u hut tho other escaped and re.
appeared later with a nephew. renew.
ue h.H career of crime Gov Evans
offered 20 large reward nor the ap.
pryhDnsiou OF thu outlaws. auI eco .hp
lmu rohou started after Thorn .Ha
rewards aggregated about $1,000
Ino outlaws d.d NOT remain bon
800" p.uco They operated aluue roads
100 southern Colorado. The SAN Luis
valley and in Fremont go paso ana
P0rk counties Tho two outlaws attack.
cd mru and women 90 point about
~ miles from Fort Garland and % was
bis affair which lod t0 their death.
The mule team which tho man was
driving. and DTS woman companion. Il
Mexican, was captured Tho man es.
capped 90 Fort Garland, and tho woman.
because uf hur nationality was I'd.
leased The post commander ordered
a detachment ut troops to pursue the
outlaws and Tohou was chosen as
guide
ON rouchIng enc spot ahyru ur a.
tack was made Tobcu experienced
great difficulty in discovering the
trail. aa the MexIcans were Goa foot
and wore moocasua. Bui he was skill
ful aud bee found a faint trail which
ho followed through grass, bushes and
fallen timber Not a footprint was
Visible. hut ana occasional blade of
grass turned from its natural posi-.
ZION or a bent or broken twig. guild.
cd thls adopt Boa trailing. Ho fol.
lowed The outlaws several miles until
he saw a half dczou magpIcs hover.
Ing above a thloket Then be- kaew
he was near tho camp.
Crawling into the thicket with Tie
utmost caution, the soldiers following
u some distance Tohsn discovered me
sopinoaas cooking a meal. lie whls
lerod 90 the officer behind him
! viii shoot the old man You
and your men take care of The hoy'"
Then no took deliberate aim aud |
.wod The elder Espuosa loapod into |
ne air, Indian fashion. shriekod, ana |
ell dead. he nephew started 10 run. !
md the soldiers missed him when thoy /
ired. Tohon had reloaded his weapon. /
md he dropped the hoy dead in hls /
racks with another bullet. Then no
ook his hunting knife, cut their heads
'if. and carried the gruosome trophies
% Fort Garland. where he claimed The
cwards offered
the reward Offered by Gov. Evans
vas not paid IN full, Tobon gettlns
bout half OF Il. but several years
$50 the state legislature passed
100 providing for the payment 10
'obcn VI the amount which remain
d his due In addition no received
oyoral valuable presents from his
rlondB
Tobeu and the late Gov. Gnpin
gre warm friends and until tho lat
ars death Tobcn came 90 Donyor !
very year 10 spend a few days with
Is friend. lie trailed the hostile Nav.
Joe for Gllpin IN the early 'i0a when
be latter was Col william 0ilpln.
'o was a dead shot with his mua1le.
'ading rifle, strong, hardy. intelligent.
mining, and Injured 20 the hardships
inidont 90 tho life he chose