Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-18
DEPUTY SHERIFF
HELD AS WITNESS
Detectives Work In Albuquerque
Eye Witness to Robbery Tells
How Three Men Held Up Pas
Sengers and Forced Agent
Hilton and Fdrr to Work.

Las Vegas, N. NJ, May 1S.-(Spe-
ciaD-At o'clock this afternoon
there was little additional informa-
ton throwing light upon the robbery
of the Wells-Fargo messenger at
French, N. M, on May IA, when $780,
900 in currency was stolen.
Harvey Farr and Henry Stone, ar
rested by Santa Fe detectives are
held at Ration. They were sweated
today but if the officers learned any
thing they did not make 1t public. 1t
is believed that while they undoubt-
edly have several good clues, still
they do not possess enough definite
information to permit them to act.
1t was reported that the Santa Fe
detectives had secured a confession
from a man under arrest at Ration,
but the officers deny the story.
w. II. Farmer, deputy sheriff.
who was detailed to help guard the
money at French, but who did not
shown up is with a posse near Folsom
and positive denial is made that he
has been arrested.
Mention is heard of a man named
Spencer, who is said 10 have been
implicated IA a robbery al Silver City
a number of years ago. There are
some who believe he is the leader of
the French station robbers A posse
is searching for him In the vicinity
Of Canyon Largo.
Robbery Carefully Planned.
For miles in the vicinity Of French
the country has been raked as
though with a fine tooth comb. There
appears to be no doubt but that the
robbery had been carefully planned
for days and that the robbers even
had the route of their escape mapped
out. Moreover, they probably had re-
lays of horses. The Santa Fe detec-
tives who are working very hard on
the case, are looking up the where
abouts of every disreputable charact-
er at the time of the robbery. 1t is
believed that they intend to arrest
every man who can not give a good
account of himself
Williams Says He knows Them.
Whether the detectives really have
accurate Information or whether they
are working entirely in the dark, is
matter of considerable discussion.
Detective Ben Williams, chief of the
Santa Fe officers, made only one
brief remark. He said
81 know who the robbers are"
That was all that he would say
Stone anu Farr, the two men ar
rested shortly after Williams arrived
on the scene, are carefully guarded in
he Jail at Ration and a close watch
is maintained to keep any one but
the officers from conversing with
them.
1t is also said that the Ration jail
holds several others, who are under
suspicion, but whose names have not
been made public.
The reason the man named Spencer
in connected with the robbery is that
a spur said to bear his name was
found by one posse. Spencer has not
been found, acc )rding TO the last re-
port received rom the posse in
search of him.
Two posses are still unheard from.
One is led by Sheriff Gale Of Colfax
county and the other is composed of
two or three men from Dawson.
1t is not known exactly where they
are. There are eight men in the two
posses and all are hard riders. 1t is
said that these posses struck what
they considered important clues and
will follow the trails they are on for
several days yet If necessary.
Among the smaller clues in the
hands of the detectives is a sledge
hammer found in the station at
French 1t bears the trade mark of
merchant at Springer, half obscured
from filing with sand paper.
The consensus of opinion among
those residing near French and Daw-
son is that either one or more mem
bers of the famous old BLACK Jack"
gang engineered the robbery. 1t has
all the ear marks OF BLACK Jacks"
methods.
Story of An Eye Witness.
A travelling man who was one Of
the eight persons who stood with
their backs TO the wall of the Santa
Fe depot at French and looked down
The barrel of a Winchester in the
hands of an unknown man wearing
black mask, while two other un-
knowns in similar head gear cracked
a Wells-Fargo Express safe and Sc
cured $4,000, arrived from the north
last night. While the man desires
his name withheld from publication