The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-18
The PASSING OF THE BAD MEN
VISITOR FROM NEW wENICO
SAYS THERE ARE No MORE.
Recalls Black .Iark and tsis Gang and
s!l>ss - Crei9hten Feraker the
t'FedIt Tsr tearing cut the ndesara-
bIes fapning New the hie6 Industry

There haven't been any had men
IN New Mexico said Theodore ". Carter
~ silver 'i'v. who arrived yesterday ,t
the holland HOUSE. since they rounded
up BLACK Jack and his band something
like eight years ago
-of cuur-.. the capture uf Geronimo was
a big hing for the Territory ia the way of
making life comfortable nut therc. hut
after that event there -till existed NJ
Sprang M numerous bands 81 dssyeradOes
who were eNt"rninated me after another
until Black Jack hand of outlaws Was
tho last left
Black Jacks real name was aid to he
Thomas ke'chAm. though nobody WAS
ever certain of " Z never had the III
fortune to fall IN with Black Jack or his
men when they were on the wArpath. but
hsv" gone into place after they had left
u many a time ur got away J,Is, before they
struck town And. If course. I used 90
see Black Jack himself once IN a whiIr
III" lot ~ them used II hang out IN
tho mountains. and for several years
they would tsrrorizs communities They
would hold up trains dynAmitIng once
IN a while and they murdered between
twenty and thirty persons Nobody knew
n.
whether b" had operated ~ some other
Part 10 H." country a. AN OUTLAW or
Sh~th"r 10 had Cume from these parts
H'' was a dark compile KiOued man. heavy
-"t. With -utpoth face. which was round
hLatk hair aud low forehead When |
--V him hast h" was about -
Ia" credit ~ the rounding up Of him
aud has gang belongs 10 I nited states
Marshal Creighton Foraker Who H. "A
brother IT tn" Senator. Foraker wAs
determined to got the desperado and
~" way he started doing " was 20 nave
one 81 his Deputies Join Black Jack = gang
Il took "a long time for him Ia win their
confidence. buf after tirn- he was able
O. keep Foraker PASTED pn their move
msni- and plsnS tin-.lly IDIOT was
fixed up and ~ Wd- given uiIt that "a CERTAIN
tram IN ~. Southern Pacific would carry
o. 'u' - hullIun and MONEY. and Foraker =
man with IN" outlaws tipped him ~
that Black Jack would hold IL upat stein .
PAS which y m the southwest corner -
a." Territory. near lordsburg. The
attack vac anticipated aud some Of
Black backs men were killed hut h.
and the others got aWay Foraker kept
after him and next came NJ with him al
clayton. IN the extreme northeastern IA r.
uf the Territory. and there all II the out
laws men we're killed hut h. escaped
with one arm shot away BLACK ack
made for the mountains and stayed for
three DAYS but his arm drove him VA for
treatment and b" surrendered lie was
tried and condemned In record time by a
Jury ard hsng''
We'll after his death the rough element
gradually Disappeared better classes
began ~ come m ~ larger numbers
aud during the last five years the country
has totally changed There ~ no gam
bling and the Old 1--WE ~ miner has die
apt,s-u red The agricultural development
~ IN. Territory ha- been a. strong in tina
time as the mining Last year 500oo
settlers. bona hde ONES too. came in and
took up lands and started farming
There h one fine Institution out theirs
that seems to be littlr known IN the East
and that ~ the sanitarIum which the
! Government has established at Fort Baird
/ for tuberculosis and whsr" from ~ ~
an men from the army and navy arr
under treatment ~ ~ right on the
! Rocky Mountain Divide al AN elevation
81 about sGO feat and IA almost every
Cpse that has not reached the tertiary
stage = cure ~ effected
As for Statehood We haven't been
discouraged by the delay at Washington
a. we've got SURE tIfI that we'll get II
before this -s---i0n If Congress - over
Then you u -..e New Mexico hum