Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-31
IN TIE WOLLY DAYS
AN ARIZONA OFFICER
TOM woRpEN, WHO WAS LATELY
KILLED At sELlGMAN.

The death of Tom Worden no Sell
lyman. Arlz.. n short tlmo ago. was
mentioned in the papers of both New
Mexico and Arizona. but the following
dispatch Co the Globe Democrat, a
few days ago, contains some lnforma-
tiun that may bee news 90 most Arl-
zonianq, and Qat has some local In
icrcat out west
Tom Wordou. who met tragic
death at Seligman. a few days ago,
was noted throughout tho southwest
as a peace oncor. He belonged 20 the
old school, who derived its power and
Influence over desperate outlaws and
bad men generally through liberal aud
timely use OF the gun. lie met hia
death In the discharge Of hia duty,
and his prediction that ho would die
with his boots on" came true. al
though Il was the locomotive of q rail-
road train that brought him 20 hil
END instead OF the bullet OF one OF
bis enemies. uB DC expected DO would
be-. Wordcn was IN the detective SER
vice OF the Atchison, Topeka a Santa
10 railroad. and he was Ia pursuit OF
"a car thief when hC was run down
by a train and killed
Tits death is peculiarly sad. iu
Wow OF the fact that be- has Just sold
out his interest ln the Silver kinh
mlnc at Calico for $40 600 and his
resignation as detective was ln the
hands OF the railroad officials. ant
was 90 have gone into effect on tbs
day after no met with the fatal ac-
cident. WOrdCn had dreamed OF belni
wealthy Tor years, and when the ricl
strike was made Ia the Silver King
and the value Of the mine iumpe,
I from a few hundred dollars 10 slG0..
000 he and his three partners aoi,
out With his share OF $4,000 place.
safely In n bank, Worden wrote on
land forwarded his resignation as rail
road detective, 20 take effect %
March tst He decided that he woull
take things easy for tho romainuc
/ OF his life He and his wife ha,
planned 10 take an extended trip q
Mexico and 90 spend the coming Gum
mor la visiting the eastern ploasur
resorts OF the United states.
'W0rdcn made his big reputation "a
a peace officer during the riotOu
marshal of that town whe uit wa
.
places In tho southwest. he kille
six men during his first torn az mar
shall Isis ready use ui the ga
caused a wholesome fear of the las
90 enter into the hearts of the dCs
Ipcrato element who had heen runnln
Things with "a high hand boz Tombstone
and the town was comparatively ur
DERBY after ho had Killed the iOurt
Tor fifth man. The carp boys, wh
afterwards became famous throunhut
this part OF the southwest receive
their early training under Wordol
They served as deputy mnrahalH ,
/ Tombstone while Worden was mar
shaL
"Worden was one of the first pCac
loincors Of Phoenix. Arts. Hc had
use his gun pretty freely in That plac
until his authority came lD hc rccue
.nizod hy the lawlgss element. 10
said of Worden that be- got over
criminal he ever went after This wa
true az least in the case OF Jose On
|tega, Mexican. who escaped alt'
committing a cold blnodrd murder
few years ago Wordcn went on M
hunt Tor Ortcga. He struck his IRA
land iOll0wc, the fugitive into Next,
r for a distance Of sixty miles from tt
. border lie uyerhaulod hl8 man ln
e stretch OF desert country, and bol
3 down upon him with a pistol Ah'
dlsaming the fugitive be- forced Oh
man 90 walk The entire sixty MOT
back 90 the boundary lime. where
was turned over go the officers Viii
Wordou laid up for needed rest