Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-11-05
MEN TAKEN
AFTER A BATTLE
Barricade Themselves in a
Stone House and Fire on
PursuerS.

THOREAU, n. NJ. Nov. AFTER a
prolonged siege in a stone house In
the mountains, where they poured a
deadly rifle fire into the pursuing
posse, Willie Chadwick and a Mexican
named Sanchez are reposing in the
county Jail AT Gallup. charged with
tAe robbery of the Lake store of the
McGaffey company. twelve miles
north OF here, Thursday night. Fur
Their details Of the daring robbery
show that 1t was one of the coolest
hold-ups ever perpetrated in this sec
ton.
just about dusk Thursday night
Leton Smith, proprietor of the store,
heard noise outside, and thinking
some one was stealing his hay, starteo
out to see what was the matter. AS
he emerged from the door he looked
into the muzzle of two six-shooters IL
the hands of Chadwick and the Mex
lean. who ordered him 10 throw up his
hands. Smith ducked and started 20
run around to the front of the store,
when he was caught by the robbers,
who trussed him up securely with a
lariat, in the presence of ais terrified
wife and number uf grinning In
dians. who happened to be at the
store. The outlaws left Smith on the
| floor and proceeded to ransack the
store. They got about s126 in cash in
! GLIDING some checks, and a lot of
rifles, six-saooters, ammunition, hats,
shoes and clothing, as much stuff as
they could carry. They then united
Smith, threatening to shoot him If he
moved, saddled up ais horse with his
own saddle and bride and both rode
away on the animal to Childers' place,
where the demanded a horse of Mr..
! Young, an employee at the ranch
Young told them he had no horses.
A son of Joe Tietjen's who was at the
ranch, then told the robbers ne would
| give them two horses If they would
go with him to his fathers place
! Taking advantage of this delay, Young
rode to Thoreau with the particulars
| of the lold-up, arriving at II p. m,
and message was at once sent to
| Sheriff Coddington and Live Stock
| Inspector T. P. Tale, at Gallup. The
officers arrived Friday morning on
train No. 2, and together with George
Kennedy, Mounted Policeman Murray,
Young, Tietjen and five Navajo Indian
trailers, took up the track of the fugi-
| tives.
After some hours riding the out
laws were located in a stone house,
and the posse scattered behind cover
and laid siege to the place. The out
laws poured in a CALLING fire with Win
chesters, which was returned with in
terest of the officers. One bullet
grazed George Kennedy's head and
one of the besiegers, by a skillful
shot, took off the trigger finger of the
Mexican. Finally the outlaws sur
rendered, seeing the game was up,
and all the stolen stuff was found In
the house. Friday night at 10 o'clock
the officers returned to Thoreau with
their prisoners In handouts.
Chadwick confessed to everything,
also telling about other robberfes they
had COMMITTEE in that part of the
country. He said that they went
down to Browns place at Chavez to
hold it up one night, but were pre-
vented by the presence of a crowd
around the store.
On being questioned he denied that
he and his partner had ever planned
to hold up the big store at Thoreau.
The Mexican is short, heavy-set
man, with black beard, newcomer
4 this section, who says he is wanted
elsewhere for other crimes. He has
every earmark of a desperate.
Smith was uninjured by the out
laws, and his goods and money were
al restored The officers say the
prisoners but up a game fight in the
stone house and only surrende red on
account of the odds against them.