Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-14
PERRIN SW|PESLAND
WHILE RUSTLERS
STOLE SHEEP
CURIOUS TALE OF HOW
ARIZONA MAN WAS ROBBED
Live Stock Valued at More
Than 100000 Stolen From
Ranges In Few Brief Years,

In q recent issue OF the Tucson Post.
edited bY Herbert Brown. former SUI
perlntendent Of the territorial prison
Mt Yuma. the editor tells of some OF
the trouble of Or. Perrin as follows.
The conviction OF Or. Edward H..
Perrin OF land frauds ls of interest to
AriyOnians, He II the heaviest land
owner IN Arizona, but his operations
have been confined 70 the northern
portions OF the territory. He was also
at one time. one OF the largest cattle
and sheen men In the county. but
thieves stole him blind when the
writer was superintendent OF the ter
ritorial prison the doctor came there
for the purpose Of interviewing a cat
tie thief he had been primarily inter-
esied IN convictinR. The fellows
name was Hutchinson. For Two years
he "A been foreman on the great
cattle and sheep ranges Of the Perrin
Land and Cattle company, The doc
tor was anxious 10 learn how $500
head Of sheep had been taken from a
certain corral and spirited away. He
promised Hutchinson all the joys OF
an earthly paradise II ne would put
him next" to the way the thing was
done, At FIRST Hutchinson refused TO
peach" and when urged by the writ
er to do so. said You do not know
DR.. Perrin as well na ! do. His prom
lses are not made TO keep" but finally
he told him that IT was not $500
head OF sheep that were tAken at the
time referred to. but 5000; that they
had never been IN the corral, but had
been herded belOw They were driven
into the timber and divided among the
thieves. As they did not have enough
to make a good division hey went
back and stole 500 more. These were
mostly DISPOSED OF 60 the butchers In
Prescott aud surrounding camps. Per-
rim stated that he had at one time 100
COW ponies on the ranch, but they had
been stolen down TO about six or
seven. Hutchinson told him Of sixty
that had been driven into California
in n band and sold. Among other
bits OF Information he gave the doctor
was Of a bunch Of eighty beeves that
had been sold to parties in Jerome.
AZ the time those beeves were taken
20 Jerome there were three men and
a woman. all employees OF the doctor.
Interested IN the transaction. AZ they
spent none freely and as the wom-
an and her husband wished To return
east. they forged the doctor signature
20 a draft and had money to burn"
the doctor was particularly anxious to
know the names Of the parties that
were present az the time Of the for
So MNN NAhAA ANiN INV Nil man hlfu
tears. for among the names was one
Of his most trusted employees. Before
leaving h doctor pressed Hutchinson
To tell him abnnt what was the vaiue
81 the property taken while he was
foreman. After considerable hesita-
lion he said. About $4,000" but In
a later conversation with The writer he
said that slt2.000 would not cover
the loss. as the doctor might know "
he could get a true statement 81 the
condition p his herds.
Evidently he did not know. for he
said that his great herds 81 cattle and
sheen had almost entirely disappeared
aud he had nothing but the Baca
Float left ana probably that would
have been rome also but for the rocks
that held IL down. The doctor felt
particularly Rrievcd over the loss Of
a pair ~ valuable mules owned by his
son and driven 10 a blackboard. The
son was advised one day that some Of
y missing COW ponies were a. he
found in * certain wood lie drove
10 the edge of the wood. tied his mules
and entered TO look for the horses OF
course t-ev we're not there. hat his
mules we're gune They had been
stolen during The short time he was
awRv from them.
Amone his many grievances the
doctor told Of being IN one ~ the
towns on the Atlantic and Pacific
railroad when q tralnload OF sheep
camr IN 90 go through Bcing inter-
eHted In sheen he went down 10 look
~ them. To his surprise he found
three carloads with his brand on them
A. he could do nothing there he went
ON tho same train 10 the next town
whore he swnro out a complaint and
had the sheen turned into a corral IN
che 80 pf an aniccr. They were all
there when might drew her sable
curtain round" hut the next morning
theN we're ms and ne never heard
~ Them afterwards.
NJ 10 we're possible 90 put into print
q true story ~ the actual loss tho
doctor sustained while cattle and
sheen ranchlnE IN northern Arizona.
10 would make "a book stranger and
more interesting than fiction. hut ac-
rording 10 the late decision Of the
courts n doctor was Inc most oc-
comnliHhcd rustlor Of them all In
cumuanN With "a man named Benson
he stole i2.n0o acres ~ government
land. the onlN ono thing. a. he himself
"