The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-01

| The fact that A. NJ. (Doss) Boykin
was captured so easily in an impregna
BILE fastness in the Nal Pals, forty
| miles southwest of Carrizozo, as told
| in yesterdays Record, is attributa
| BILE to the first fact that he was half
| hearted in his escape and was on the
| point of turning back and giving him
self up to the authorities wnen the
officers stumbled onto his hiding place
His love for his wife and three chill
dren, now at Portales combined with
his hatred for a life of hunted unrest
made him want to return, serve his
twelve year sentence and be again
free man and take up life anew. These
are the reasons that he allowed him
self to be taken when ne could easily
have killed both his captors, accord
ing to his own statement of the case
made to a reporter for the Record.
who talked with the condemned man
in the Chaves county Jail last night
Speaking of his escape and capture
Boykin sai1:
After spending three months in Jail
at Portales, tired of confinement, be-
ing accustomed to a free and easy life
as sheep camp manager and all around
plainsman, and decided to make my
getaway. l cut a hole in the cement
assistance from the outside, contrary
to the reports. The Mexican prison
ers who escaped with me gave some
assistance, but l did the main part
of the work myself. l had decided
that if l could get away without any
trouble and quietly slip out of the
country 1 would do SO; but from the
start l made up my mind not to kill
anyone Or get into any more trouble
than l already mad on my shoulders.
tOl the night of the delivery We
waited until about two O'Clock and
quietly slipped through the hole with |
out arousing anyone. After that l
did not see the Mexican prisoners. 1
had a short visit with my wife, telling |
her goodbye, and then started afoot |
across the prairie. I went TO where |
knew my horse was in a pasture and |
then made tracks for the Captain mou |
ntails. passed near Needmore, the |
halfway house on the automobile road |
and passed several sheep camps. L
had taken a lunch from the Jail a11 |
had no hardships other than sleeping /
on the damp ground. I was received |
we'll at all the camps and was offered |
a Winchester and supplies by several |
frin rrrh0 T mot 70 NOV
1 needed none of these things, as |
GALLEY NO. SIX.
had $40 in money when left PortaleS
SO l accepted none of their offers.
did take revolver and box of car
tridges, not because | expected to use
use just the same as would want
in travelling through any country and
for fear 1 might want to kill game TO
eat.
From sleeping on the ground, af
ter being housed for three months,
I reached the hut where I was finally
seen. Here / asked the man in charge
a half breed Indian named White Bear
for lodging for a few days. 1 had
seen him once before and although
he did not know my name, he felt
toward me and took me in.
did not tell MIN I was on the dodge.
At this hut l was half way in the
notion of returning home. Being half
sick and homesick, the life of an out
law did not look as pleasant as a II
year sentence, followed by honest free
1om. II
English and Adams, the two depu 1
ties who found my hiding place, had
given up their hunt and were on their
way back 10 Carrizozo when tney fin
ally found me. English was right Il
MS supposition that I was headed for
0l Mexico, for that is where I had
started I knew what he and Adams ]
we're long before they saw me- I'll
,ould have killed them easily Wien
hey came up to White Bears camp
hey were very cautious and wnen 300 +