Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-11-24
IN THE PEN
FOR THE FIFTH
TIME
Walls o. the Territorial Pen
Itonllary Familiar 20
Jose S. BdCa.

Well this Old place looks familiar
iu me. but ! DOM expect 90 stay lunr
Iho governor VIII pardon me-"
This was The greeting of jose 3
ii1ca. landed nf the territorial n0ni
tpnfiefy. sunday for fhe nuh lime.
and who las been on inhnhiiant OF TOE
place almost continuously since 1880.
Hs hc faced capt Arthur rrcifufd su.
perintOndont
"shui up." said the superintendent,
CURLY place him ib stripes and aut
him 10 work. he looks like he needs
Do, WaA the order be- roXl ravc the
guard. Today Jose Baca. profession.
ai cattle thief IH earning NE iiving
linca was arrested rrrnntiy hy Mount.
"a Policeman Rafael Gomez. after a
long chase iu the mountains of Nc.
kinloy county BE escaped from the
county jain in Albuquerque while
awaiting trial on "a charge of cattle
rusillng. and had been a fugitive rvm
Justice for year Judge lm a Ab.
bolt Hast week sentenced him ihp Nmii
for his oncnsc. amounting io i've
years.
The nlem before eloctloa. Novem-
her 9, Flaca forced apart two bars
I leading from bis coli. in trying 10
squeeze through to liberty b. became
Wedgod tightly A guard found him
/ n That nrudlcampni aud tried tn oX-
fr'caie him. naca fought desperately.
although escape was hopeless since
Dee could not even get from between
iho bars lack 400 hla cen 10 finally
took Two mon 90 nry apart the bars
aud get che curs.ng prisoner into his
cell.
He took his incarceration at the
penltontiary cooly Sunday when
/ ordered TO strip and Don stripes. be
/ ncouously remarked, as be surveyed
I his own worn apparel Sure J need
I ed "a new suit anyhow
I long Hecord Of Crimes and Sentences.
The following record, which was
/ furnished by Suurrintcndont Troifnrd.
I shows that naCa has been behlnd the
I bars nr o fugitive from Justice almost
Z continuously for sixteen years His
! pct onensc is horse aud cattle stead.
I ing.
he was FIRST sent 10 Inc pon.teu.
tiary from BcrnUillo county undcf
the uame 0f Suatlno linca. June -.
/ isJn tie was under sentence uf one
! year for horse aiCaling Tee was re.
leased ON December S of the same
YEAR ON "a Communication oi sentence ny
Governor T.. Bradford Prince During
that term hU WAS known as convict
[ NO 1S2
49, Jose llnca me again appeared al
/ DE prniicutlarY us convict No. 4ii
under sentence 0f one year ana two
days f0r larceny in hernalillo county.
$50 was released on che expiration of
hls sentence March 2. 1892
Jose Suatlnu Baca. convict No s3S
was enc name pa gave when fDr the
! hird time hc was lncafcer'tod Ou
Anrl IS, isp2 During the part of a
month chat had elapsed. since BIS rc
leaso. he bad been arrested. tried aud
convicted on tWo charges On nornulilio
| county iho arst was burglary. ioI
which be received three yeP-H Tho
second was larceny. for which be- ro
ceiycd one year lic waa released
after serving both sentences on Innu
airy go. 1886 During his confinement
be lost seven months guOl time allow
anoe for bad behavior
jose $ naca, prisoner 80 $500 was
bio uilc un 'he prison books. when
Dee again applied for admission fo The
torrilorys bis hotel uu Apni 3. 1909
This lime he had been convicted u
mnnslnughfCr In nCrnallilo county
and vas under sentence ul four years
with good time allowance hc secured
his release 5unp Q. 1905. Nofhini
proycnt.nu he WIN net nraln hc 0llgi
BILE for sentence before 1911
Captain rreiford said ho would no
allow the man "a single privilege be-
cause nf his bad record