The copper era., 1910-04-15
Tells About Black Jack.

1HSlS maven Deeu any Udu ulSu in New Mexico," said Theodore w. Carter, of Silver City, ''since they rounded up Black Jack and his band something like eight years ago.
 "Of course, the capture of Geroni- mo was big thing for the territory in the way of making life comfort able out there, but after that event there still existed or sprung up num- erous bands of desperadoes who were exterminated one after another un- til exterminated one after another until Black Jacks band of outlaws was the last left.
 "Black Jacks real name was said to be Thomas Getcham, though mo- body was ever certain of it. I never had the i'll fortune to fall in with Black Jack or his men when they were on the warpath, but have gone into a place after they had left it many times or got away just before before they struck town. And, of course, used to see Black Jack him. self once in a while.
 "The lot of them used to hang out in the mountains, and for several years they would terrorize commun- ities. They would hold up trains, dynamiting once in a while, and they murdered between twenty and thirty persons. Nobody knew where Black Jack himself came from, whether he had operated in some other part of the country as an outlaw or whether he had come from these parts. He was dark complexioned man, heavy set, with smooth face, which was round, black hair and a low forehead. When I saw him last he was about thirty-eight.
 "The credit of the rounding up of him and his gang belongs to United States Marshal Creighton Foraker, who is a brother of ex-Senator For aker. He was determined to get the desperado, and the way he started doing it was to have one of his deputies join Black Jacks gang. 1t took a long time for him to win their confidence, but after a time he was able to keep Foraker posted on their movements and plans. Finally plot was fixed up and it was given out that a certain train on the Southern Pacific would carry a lot of bullion and money, and Foraker's man with the outlaws tipped him off that Black Jack would hold it up at Stein's Pass, which is in the southwest corner of the territory The attack was an- ticipated and some of Black Jack $ men were killed, but he and the others got away. Foraker kept after him and next came up with him at Clayton, in the extreme northeastern part of the territory, and there all of the outlaws men were killed, but he escaped with one arm shot away Black Jack made for the mountains and stayed for three days, but his arm drove him in for treatment and he surrendered. He was tried and condemned in record time by jury and hanged.
 "WeH, after his death the rough element gradually disappeared, bet ter classes began to come in in larger numbers, and during the last five years the country has totally changed. There is no gambling and the old type of miner has disappear ed. The agricultural development of the territory has been as strong in that time as the mining. Last year 5O,OOO settlers, bona-fide ones, too. came in and took up lands and started farming.
 "There is one fine institution out there that seems to be little known in the east, and that is the sanitarium which the government has establish ed at Fort Bayard for tuberculosis and where from 400 to 600 men from the army and navy are under treat ment. It Is right on the Rocky mountain divide at an elevation of about 6,OO0 feet, and in almost every case that has not reached tertiary stage a cure has been effected.
 "As for statehood, we haven't been discouraged by the delay at Wash ington, as we've got sure tip that we'll get it before this session is over. Then you'll see New Mexico hum .''-New York Sun.