The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-05-09
PASSING or BAD MEN.

There haven't been any IA men
In New Mexico" said Theodore w.
Carter Of Silver City TO a New York
Sun reporter, .'ssince they rounded up
Black Jack and his band something
like eight years ago..
rot "a the capture of Geroni-
mo was big thing for the territory
in the way of making life comfortable
out there, but after that event there
still existed or sprang up numerous
bands of desperadoes who were e x
Terminated one after another until
Black Jacks hand Of outlaws was tine
last left.
BLACK Jacks rea name was said
to be Tno-nas Ketcham. though no.
body was ever certain Of 1t. l never
had the iii fortune to fall in with
Black Jack or his men when they
were on the warpath, but I have gone
into a place after they had left it
many a time or got away just before
they struck town. n of course
used to see Black Jack himself once
in a wnIle.
THE lot of them used to hang out
in the mountains, and o several
years they would terrorize commune
ties. 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 IS an outlaw OF whether
he had come from these parts. He
was "A lark complexioned man, heavy
set, with smoorh face, watch was
round, black haid and a low forehead.
80 years of age.
THE credit OF the rounding up of
him and his gang belongs to United
States Marshal Creighton NJ. Foraker
WAC is a brother of the ex-senator.
Foraker was determined to get the
Desperate and the way he started do
ing it was to have one of his deputies
join Black. Jacks ans 1t look a
long time to win their confidence. but
afer a time he was able TO keep For
aker posted on heir movements and
plans. Finally a plot wa fixed up
and it was given out hat a certain
train on the Southern Pacific twould
carry a lot of bullion and money, and
Foraker's mar with the outlaws tip
ped of taat Black Jack would hold it
up at Stems Pass, which is in the
southwest corne of the territory,
near Lordsburg. The attack was an
ticipated and some of Black Jacks
men were killed, but he n others
got away. Foraker kept after him
end next came up with him at Clay
tor in the extreme northeastern part
of the territory, and there all of the
outlaws rnen we're killed, but he es-
capped with one arm shot away. Black
lack made fer the mountains ana
stayed three days. but his arm drove
hi.n in for treatment m ne surren-
dered. He vas tried and condemned
in record time by a jury and hanged
We'll after his death the rough
element gradually disappeared bet
ter classes began to come in in larger
IL noe and during the last five years
he country has totally changed.
There is no gambling and the old
type of miner has disappeared. The
agricultural development of the ter
ritory has becn as strong in that time
as the mining. Last year $4,000 set
tiers, boaa fide ones, came in and took
'p lands and started farming.
There is one Inc institution out
there t1at seems to be little known
in the east. and that is the sanator
which the government has estab-
lished at FOR Rayard for tuberculos-
is and where from 400 to 500 men from
the army and navy are under treat
IL is right on the Rocky Noun
divide at an elevation of about
5000 fcet aad in almost every case
taat has not reached the tertiary
= sure is effected.
LAS for statehood, we aven' been
dis couraged by The delay at Wishing
ton. as we've got a sure tip that
get il before this session is
over. Then you'll see New Mexico
hum"