Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-05
SHERIFF DUFUR DID
NOT FIRE ON THE
TURBY GANG
In An Interview With Herald
Correspondent Officer of
San Juan County Tells True
Story of Shooting Affair.
TRUBYs ARE MENACE
ALONG COLORADO BORDER
especial Correspondence 10 the nerAld)

especial Correspondence 20 the H~rnldb
N2t.n. y w.. sept 9TH" many
divergent accounts of th" shooting
.auur n Largo canyon between me
Truby gang and posse led nH Sh'l-
iu W ~ punr of san Juan county,
which was irpurtrd Co hay" included
Ike Cox. nu enemy of the TtunNs.
were 'uIl. d,uicd Dos sheriff bWW
100 an Interview Coo tn, Evening Her.
aha correspondent sheriff luiut
said ubt Ike COX was not with the
posse. which had H warrant for th"
arrest uf sam Truuy ON u oharr" OF
horse stealing and alsp tnnt uu m,m-
her of 'n, pue,r fired 90 e.ugl' shot
but that th"y were fired upon ut the
TRULY. who th,u made iurlI escape
under cover OF heavy rain.
Tn, whole affair grow out of 10 .i'ud
between Go, Trunts and lKr COS,
which has ben oudtuscrIug thr lives
of ,itz,ns 800 uurth,tu Sew McNi.u
ANA suulh.m Colorado for SOME time.
Tho Trun,a 300 revenge for % previous
ahoutiur J''rlN iu which Ik" COX mad
kIlod 30 brother OF Inc family it b.
alleged shot COX SOME time bJ.k 'u
colorado. although mo- one Va. ur-
rested fpr tho crime. According 10
lhr ptrse. which e,.ms tn have been
misiuiurwrd. Ike cox, who was %
member of an, Durur ppeso which
was ait,r sam TRULY. fired az Dave
TtlhN who th,n escaped This b.
tnhomou'ly d"ni'd Dos the .nrlrr bon
hI- Interview
\ v'u organized gang ~ men have
nD,n committing d,prcdJuuus mmg
do, horses ana uyr-tock 100 san Juan
county ana boz th, southern m, "t
colorado IN, Ttubys are ~u~p.. trd
us being implicated. but hat, 300 Ear
into Colorado. Nucr, the, hal, m-
wuulN, 90" governor Oft mat state rr-
/ iu-iuE {" issu" tn, necessary papers
~hurif bufut statement s u- ial-
lows
','i hero With th, understanding
tha' sam Tuhr Vas with the other
rrJbSs near tossing AFTER va reach
90 bHu,n ] learned that sam Trluy
| NJs NOT with Them 900 / decided to
follow 'nr bunch 90 pAmp tlut uIgh'
300 largo Canyon md when oui tour
! WI.. from the rigor { met Dave
/ lIuuy chasing sofr'l hof., toward
! 'n" river uuG when hD SAW u.s. he
! TUNED back Co., camp WbI,a was about
d tlr., m,l,s NJ followed closely hut
nIui ~ uy.ruke MIN bli us. Nuro
/ nl'd uu hy the TruhN- uud without
AN. warning. ! ordered my men Goa
! i.-WuIut which tn.y dIH ANA ,r.rH
| iu -nrrYbnd tho 1uhs sung Ms men
! d.H nor ur. % shot Thty newer dur
iug rl, whole un ur hr.d e Nurlo shot
/ Will" So, Vu. shot at repeatedly
ION lhr uuNt morning tne camp was
f., found deserted \ hoay, rain had
I fallen during the nIghi and Nc were
, unable tn follow the trail took
possession of Ga, camp -tn and
horses etc. and took all to N1t"c
Wut.ug tor identification Co md
| whose stun I had \ dat or two late,
\ tl, stuff WAS claimed ny The mother
90 the Trubys and everything Na'
turned over to them wish 20 en-
rhesily %, fact ilW non, of th,
CuNes or Graves Wcr. U my PARTY
! knowing that they are enemies oi lh'
rubys. would by up means ALLOW
them to accompany m. BOO pursuit of
the Truhys
l wish 80 take notice that uot q
! Shot was fired hN our party Th'
n Tiuhys did all the shooting and th'
, shooting was 100 ms du ..tly. not over
M party was composed of Aztec an,
near Aztec mon. as follows Sh'rif
, Dunfur Herman Rathjcn. David Vi
Gee. Lonn planchctt Boon g. Noushn
Arch Mccoy Harry McWiniams.
T, since ! hay" been sheriff off SJi
Juan county the Truhys have been
. terror along tho border for tho lHS
three years ANA not bguE able Go &C.
r,pri- from the governor OF COLORADO
/ haze been unable tu do Juythiu
with them