Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-28
SOME THINK CHEN0.
WETH SHOULD ESCAPE
Had Many BOyhOOd Friends
Who Would Willingly
Aid Him.
JAIL DELIVERY WAS WELL PLANNED
specIaI Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Silver City. N. NJ, Dec. 27.-The
escape Of Howard Chenoweth from
the Grant county jail on Christmas
eve, following within a few months
OF the acquittal at Las Cruces, of
Kennedy, the cowboy who is said to
have told Chenoweth to shoot Marshal
Kilburn, of silver City, has caused no
little speculation among those ia
miliar with the case. Some people
are of the opinion that it was a well
laid plot in which were implicated
some Of the foremost people in the
county, and sentiment Is divided as
to whether or moi Chenoweth should
be at large. It is openly claimed that
he was not directly responsible for
Kilburn's death, and that as Kennedy
escaped punishment, it is no more
than fair that Chenoweth should also
escape.
1t is stated that the plot to aid
Chenoweth to escape had been plan
ned for more than a month, and that
it had been thoroughly planned. On
Saturday the chief jailer asked FOR
two days rest, and LETT Silver City.
going to some of the nearby mining
camps-nobody seems to know just
which one. A nan by the name oil
Watson, who Is believed to be en-
tirely innocent of a knowledge of the
planned delivery, was placed In
charge of the Jail as Waterman. Short
ly after dark, Watson was called or
the outside of the jail. Being a new
mar and not suspicioning a~nythinf
being crooked, he readily responded
and walked right into a brace of wide
mouthed s~ix-shooters. At the point O
these guns he was compelled to oper
the Jail and change places with Chen
oweth. While on the outside Watson
distinguished three horses in the twi
light, and judging from the numbe
of horses, it is believed that a seconC
man took an active part in the de
livery. The man who held up thu
jailer wore a mask.
Chenoweth was born at Lordsburi
and was reared on the ella river ant
at Silver City, attending school at tn
latter place, and has a large numbe
of friends of his childhood through
out the country, especially in the dis
trict south of here, who aid him in es
Gaping to Mexico. This fact is an OF
stacle in the way Of Sheriff Farms
worth and posse, who took up tn
trail on Christmas morning, but VIII
have returned to the city, ~despairin
of capturing Chenoweth. II is be
lieved hat on leaving the Jail Chenc
weth made a. direct race for the bo-
der, and that he was provided with
relay of fast horses, which had bee
previously stationed along the rout
to aid him to escape. Sheriff Farni
worth is very much annoyed by tn
escape Of Chenoweth.
Chenoweth's friends adopted a yer
opportune time to bring about his e
cape, by taking Christmas eve, whe
the populace was busy with festiv
ties and every mind was set upon tn
most joyous day OF all the year, an
it must have been a great present I
Chenoweth to secure his liberty, a
ter months of Imprisonment, and tn
sentence of fifty years in the pen
Tertiary staring him in the face. FIT
years was the sentence levied upo
him by Judge Frank w. Parker, aft
a prolonged trial, but the suprem
court had been appealed to. and
was while awaiting the result of tn
appeal that Chenowetn was conine
at Silver City, instead of being in ii
~penitentiary.