The Mena weekly star., 1910-03-24
HOQSETHIEF WAS
 GAME TO THc LAST
a,,.a.d bv Wound. He Loaded His Gun D',apJ While Playing ''Possum" and Shot When Located Officers by Sound
 --nldtimer at Business

n nu Shcitu our Ne i1i'No" VT p.,.rd Cam ,wssin Mena Monday p's ,e,.leo an interesting story '' how JIm Biackwood, tn sorse h,ef, WAS shot and captured ,.t Thursday. iA o'c.ock in the afternoon of ,a.t day, Hilton was notified of ,as theft of two horses and mule sol, . from W. A. Wood. at Hocka- ,ogn. OK, and that they were hssded for Hot Springs. He in- ,nediately formed a posse, com 'osed ' or Marion Lewis, General Heath Van Heath and Columbus usss and started in pursul. The ,r.;l was found and the posse rode h.rd and fast. A little after 10 a'clock at night, they discovered d ,hat the trail had left the main mad and, upon inquiry, found ,hat the man had probably stopped to get feed for his ani- mais. They were then about ssventeen miles beyond Womble, ,nproachiug the Narrows. and decided to stop and lie in wait for ,be thief. This they did, and soon were rewarded by seeing the man anoroach, riding one of the horses.
 Hilton and his companions were lying beside the road, pro- ,ected more or less by bank of earth. and the deputy sheriff called on the man 10 throw up his hands. Instead of doing so, he partly turned his horse ard, reaching backwards over his shoulder, poured the contents of s;; sutomotlc revolver in their di- rection. Those nearest Hilton, Marion Le wis and General Heath, |, at once began shooting, Lewis with shot gun making the only hit, one shot tearing into the mans head, bringing him to the ground.
 Knowing that the m ans revolv- CT was empty, Lewis, General Heath and Hass went to bring in ,be horses, Hilton and Van Heath standing guard and later ap- preaching the wounded man. As the men came up, leading the horses. Black wood suddenly roll ed over and emptied his revolver again in the direction of the ap. preaching men and horses. One of these shots killed one of the stolen horses. Van Heath then fired a shot from his Winchester directly at the outlaw, and again be went to the ground. Think iuf he was dead, but in any event not desiring to risk going 10 him in the darkness, the posse left him lying ani went to nearby houses for the night.
 lu the morning they found Bsckwood gone, as well as one ol the horses. But he had only ridden a short distance and dis mounted, and when discovered was thought to be dead. But he was not, and was taken nto Womble and later to Murfrees- boro, where he is wanted for ear- Her offeuse.
 MT. Hilton says the wound in the head was the only one Balck- wood got, the shot fired by Van Heath missing entirely. He says that brain matter was oozing ou, of the wound and he does not think 1t possible for the man to recover. There is a state reward of $l00, which will go the posse, and perhaps also a $250 reward from Oklahoma.
 It's said that Blockwood has been stealing horses for twelve years, and was fully prepared tc sell his life before being captured The wound he received blinded nm, or doubtless he would have Killed one or more of the officers, he was helpless when finally taken.
 :. The story of this capture pub, ilsned Saturday was made uE iIom telephone message from Az. Davis at Womble, and mol ceing clearly understood, resulted ,u an error regarding who caughl