The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-06


er to the railroad west, turned his
horse loose and left on a train. AS to
his reported connection with the
Black Jack gang. he denies 1t ali. He
says he was never with them andthat
all the tnings OF which he was accused
are false. He left the country at once,
he says, and never returned.
Since leaving New Mexico Mus
grave has never been out of the Unit
ed States, he says, and has spent
practically all of his time in Colorado.
However, he has been buying and sell
ing cattle most of the time and al
though Denver was his headquarters,
he travelled out over the state after
stock much of the time and made fire.
quent trips to Omaha, Kansas City
and Chicago with the shipments. Some
times he bought for himself, some
times on com mission. He has made
trips into Iowa and the northern part
of the United States, he says. He was
married about two years ago and his
wife was with him at the time of his
arrest at North Platte, ON their way
back to Colorado. She is now in Dem
yer.
George Musgrave states that he will
be thirty years old next May. He Is
young looking man, also, and his
statement in this respect is supported
by his appearance. His parents live
down in Texas, east of Ell Paso. He Ia
cot sure just where they are, but he
links they lived near Isleta. He is
member of the Elk lodge of Grand
Jhction, Colo, in good standing. ac-
)rt'ing to his own statement. but not
-nder his old name, George Musgrave.
The cause of his coming back to
Roswell is SO far back in his memory
that Musgrave forgets 1t for a time;
and then ne is the same jolly fellow
tina he is remembered to be by his
old acquaintances. While in one OF
these veins of thought today, he said:
Well you would hardly believe it, but
it is actually a pleasure to me to come
back and see the men / knew years
ago, and talk of the others who were
here in those days." This remark fol-
lowed his meeting with several old
timers, who came up and shook hands
and expressed for him their good feel
ing
Musgrave has employed Gatewood
g. Graves to conduct mis- defense, and
the start of their work was made to-
day
Musgrave's dislike for notoriety
was shown at the union station at
Denver, while waiting there with
Sheriff Ballard for the south bound
train on the Fort Worth & Denver.
reporter with kodak had been try
ing for some time to get a snapshot
of him and finally squared himself in
front of Musgrave. Just as the slide
was about to be pushed Musgrave
swung forward and kicked a hole in
the picture machine and breaking it
all to pieces.
Touching the moral side of his nat
ure. Musgrave talks like man who
is doing mis- best to make amends for
any misdoing gs he may have done when
boy. Today he said: What little
education / have, | have picked up
since leaving New Mexico and in the
business world. For years I have new
er carried a firearm or weapon of any
kind. have been living a square, hon.
est life and dealing honestly with all
men, in strictly commercial work.
The statement that had been arrest
I'd here before my trouble with Park
or is a mistake. | was never arrested
or in Jail until at this time. / always
felt that sometime / would want this
charge against me settled, and clear
ed away. il possible, but its coming
my wife"