Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-11

! hooked al over town for him. and thel
notified the operator at Grants, got
horse and started In pursuit Of him.
T role al over the Zuni mountains ant
: was.told he WAS seen between Zun
, and Ramah. When | got to Blael
Rock. t%elephoned TO Harry codding-
ton. the sheriff at Gallup. which was
the first HI {~Goddington) had hear
of his escape. Then. when | got e
st. Johns. Ariz.. 1 telephoned all over
the surrounding country. and was told
that he had been in Holbrook all das
the day before, ana not a word had
been sent out. not d sheriff In Arizona
knowing anything about any crime
having been committed in Valencia
county. New Mexico. Sheriff Woods
Of Holbrook, Immediately set the wires
to working. and started in pursuit and
as quick as | could get to the rail
road, | did the same. We were thrown
off at jerome Junction and made a
useless trip to Prescott. The day we
got thrown off the track at jerome
Junction, he (Eagle) was in Seligman.
and how he ever got into California
without being apprehended. speaks
very poorly for either the officers In
that part Of Arizona or the telegraph
company; ! do not know which.
/ received a telegram from ths
chief dispatcher at Winsiow. telling
me that they had caught my man and
Were bringing him on No. s.. When
they arrived. Mr.. Orerstreet, Of the
Santa Re company, had him in charge
and YgFs9GaH 40 f,gp, t,f,, $50, H. -
saying that he held a deputy sheriff's
commission in this county, and that.
he did not arrest him on my telegram.
but on his authority as deputy sheriff
Of Valencia county, New Mexico.
When we got this side of Bluowater.
Mr.. Diversified told me that there was
q reward Of two hundred dollars for
EAGLE. and that il they could connect
MIN with the Moss robbery at Chaves,
he would get that reward too. [ was
not after any reward; ! was after the
man. The people here who should
have helped me. put in their time go
ing around the country and to Los
Lunas to ten everybody that had
been bought to lei this man go. The
only conception they have of an off,
GERS duty is that he holds office for
his " personal gain and to work out
his petty spites. | have not seen
the sheriff, Carlos Baca, yet, and do
know what pack Of Hes have been
poured into his ears. | am out ono
hundred and sixty dollars Of borrow
money, as I borrowed every cent I
spent; and yesterday | turned over
my siS-shooter. belt and scabbard. and
saddle to pay one man. | asked
county to allow me what / was out
they in their zeal to keep expenses
down, refused TO allow me anything.
There have been cutting s~crapes
here before I was an officer Of
The county, but my worst enemv will |
bear me out in saying that it has
been ~singularly free from disturbance
For all | am the deputy ut
grants, the people here at san Rafaelit
i've 70 have me here; that is. those
who believe in law aud order. but | .
blame the officers so much as
~ what they tell me, there has not
)cen a deputy sheriff in this part Of
ne county paid anything for several
ears. The deputy at san Rafael.
Cisco Barela, told me that he took
[ in tho first place only that he might !
ret q pass on the railroad, and since d
hat was taken away he has MOI tried L
o do ANYTHING; as before that, he '
pent about three hundred dollars Of G
MS own money going after prisoners. !.
nd has never got a cent of it from I
county. which simply bears out v
What have been told several times. c
nat they do not want an officer in a
his end Of the county who will dol
rs duty. ] wish TO also publicly
hank Sheriff Woods. OF Nava 10 eoun- :
Arizona, for the efforts he put !
orth to help me; and to say that !
ave never met a nicer maj or more ,
fhcient officer.
have Just heard hat the county -
ommissioners are advocating a civil
MT against me to recover the ex- 4
ense the county has been to In re- 4
tpturing Eagle. 1t is to laugh. This '
on a par with a case here in san
.alael three wears ago. There was a
shot another in a drunken row.
he one that was shot went over T. ri
to Charles Neusta1t. who was :,
istice of the peace there at that time ii
get a warrant for the other. fellow.
nd after Charles questioned him. he d
I'd him that he would have to arrest l.
I'm too. as ny his own statement he -
as nearly as guilty as the other man tC
> Mr.. Ma comes back and go s to
is friends and gets them TO impanel =
coroner's Jury to sit on him. which n.
ms duly done. and a verdict rcuaer-
1 and the corpse sent back 20 tirantg o
it'll the coroncr's verdict. 20 go. q
arrant against the other fellow fer
under in the first degree. 50 TIE n.
Of the peace at Grants pro- :
kicks on the corpse and told him N
If he bothered him any more, he
Guild have him tthe corpse sent to III
iunatic asylum. ~
Very respectfully.
WIN. JACKSON. h
putty Sheriff Precinct %. Valencia
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