Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-15
FINALLY BROKE DOWN
UNDER EXAMINATION
Admitted Guilt When Officers Told
Him Another Man Had De-
Cldred That He Lighted
Oily Waste at c. &
S. Depot.

Boulder. Colo, August 15.-TO
the sheriff and others at Boulder yes
terday. J. w. Reeves made a written
confession that for the purpose of
roasting "scabs' alive he set the fire
in the Colorado & Southern railway
yards which cost three lives, destroy
ed much valuable property and caus-
ed an explosion which damaged many
buildings and shattered nearly every
pane of glass in the city, beside in
juring over 100 people.
This confession was secured after
the officers had obtained strong evil
dence against Reeves, and when they
confronted him with 1t he broke
down, wept, and made the confession,
insisting that. although three men
accompanied him to the scene of the
fire, one of them ran away when he
began his incendiary work and the
other two took no part in 1t.
He named the men who accompa-
MED him, but the officers refused 10
give their names for publication.
Reeves declared he had not been
promised immunity or that he was
making the confession under duress.
He charged all his troubles to whis.
ky, asserted that he wanted no attor-
ney to defend him, and expressed
desire for an early death.
Reeves was taken to Denver las!
night for safe keeping, although there
had been no demonstration at Boul-
der. g IL
An accomplice of Reeves named
Kiser. who has been under arrest
several days, narrowly escaping being
lynched, and was brought to Denver
i'm an automobile and jailed for safe
keeping.
Suspected From First.
From the first, suspicion was fast
ened on Reeves. 1t was Dick Wood
roe who warned Night Watchman Ivy
of the impending trouble at the de-
pot Saturday morning, and not
Reeves, as was first reported.
Saturday morning City Marshal
Kaye ordered Policeman j. j. Mills
to arrest Reeves IL he could be found.
Mills succeeded in finding him, but
had considerable trouble in getting
him into JAIL being twice obliged to
use his club on Reeves.
The city officers and the sheriff
worked on the few clues obtained,
but all the time Reeves refused 10
talk except to deny that he was inn
plicated in the affair
After considerable evidence had
been gathered, Reeves was last night
confronted by Attorney r. II. Doo-
little, of Denver, claim agent of the
Colorado & Southern road, and told
Of the evidence against him. Reeves
Sdlu lndl ne tOulu lace the man W hO
claimed he was guilty would call that
man a liar and tell all he knew.
Today a man was found who told
the story in Reeves presence. His
confession as well as his name is
kept a secret. After this story was
told Attorney Doolittle faced Reeves
and said:
"Now then. you said last night If
we coul2 face you with the evidence.
you would tell all you know. You said
you would call this man a liar. VIII
you do so? He has confessed like
man, and so have others. Now
then, il is up to you to act the man
and do your part"
Reeves hesitated, and then calling
Sheriff Bartell and Deputy Clark into
another room. he broke down and
told them all, crying bitterly while
he told his story.
He was taken into the presence of
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