Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-30
SOME THINK CHENO-
WETHSHOULD ESCAPE
Had Many BOyhOOd Friends
Who Would willingly
Aid Him.
JAIL DELIVERY wASwELL PLANNED

Special Correspondence
Silver City. N. NJ. Doe. 97.-Tse
escape OF Howard ChenOweth from
the Grant county Jail on Christmas
eve, following within q few months
OF the acquittal AZ Las Cruces, Of
Kennedy, the cowboy who IA aaid 10
have told Chonowoth 70 shoot Marshal
kllbnrn. n silver City. has caused no
little speculation among those IA
miliar with the case. Some people
are Of the opinion that Il was a well
laid plot In which we're implicated
some OF the foremost people In The
county. and sentiment u divided a.
10 whether or not ChcuCweth should
be at large. II II openly claimed that
be was not directly responsible for
Kilburn'e death, and that as Kennedy
escaped punishment. Il " no more
than fair that Chcncweth should also
escape.
II Il stated that the plot TO aid
Chenoweth 10 escape had been plan.
ned for more than 4 month, and that
Il had been thoroughly CLAIMED ON
Saturday the chief taller asked for
Two days rest. and lott Silver City,
going TO some Of the nearby mining
camps nobody seems 10 know lust
which enc. A man BY the name 81
Watson. who Is believed 20 be- en-.
iirely innocent OF 0 knowledge of the
planned delivery. was placed IN
charge u the iall a. Waterman. short
~ after dark, W'atsoH was called on
the outside Of tho iaii being a new
man and not suspicionlng anything
being crooked, be readily responded,
and walked right into a brace OF vide.
mouthcd slxshooters. AZ the pOlnt Of
these guns he was compelled To open
ihe jail and change places with Chen.
Oweth. While on the outside Watson
distinguished three horses IN the twi.
light and judging from the number
% horses. u II believed that q second
man look an active part ~ The de-
livery The man who held up the
TALLER wore a mask.
Chenoweth was born n Lordshurg
and was reared on the ella river and
% Silver City. attending school At the
latter place. and has large number
of friends OF hts childhood through
oui The country. especially In the dis
trict south % here. who aid him IN 81.
Gaping 10 Mexico This fact Is an OBJ
s;acle In the way Of sheriff Farms
worth and posse, who took un the
tran on Christmas morning. bnt who
have returned 10 the city. despalrinr
OF capturing ChcnoWeth u h be-
heNed that on leaving tho jail Chcno
weth made q direct rsce for the hor
der. aud that he was provided with O
( relay of fast horses which had been
previously stationed along the route
to aid him to escape sheriff Farms
worth o. very much annoyed hy the
escape % ChCn0weth
Chcnoweths friends adopted a yer,
opportune time 10 brine about his 90
cape, by taking Christmas eve, when
The popuiacc was busy with festlvi
ties and every mind was set upon the
most Joyous day Of all the year. and
= must have been q great present q
ChenJweth % secure his liberty. AZ
ter months OF imprisonment, and the
sentence Of MY years IN tho poni
tentlary staring him IN the face. Fifty
years was the sentence levied upon
him by Judge Frank W. Parker. after
q pFolongea trial hut the supreme
court had been appealed to. and 4
was while awaiting the result OF this
appeal that ChenoWeih WAS connne,
90 Silver CITY, instead ~ being IN IN,
ncnltentlary.