Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-20
Noted Train Robber and Out
law Is Captured at Isleta
After Spending Night in
Albuquerque Hotel.
WILLIAM WALTERS GOES
BACK TO PRISON TODAY
He Says He Climbed Over Wall
on a Ladder and Walked All
the Way to This City; He
Was Going to Mexico Again

II viii never u~p another gun ~
long ~ lave. : have killed cnoueh IN
my time aud Nil never XIII another
man. could HAY. Fought my way
put az New McSico but I've quit the
bad game tor good
This MAS the statement IN the shcr-
ins office IN old Albduu. raue to q
newspaper man. after the once noted
outlaw and train robbri had brvu
brought to- this cit, 10y his captur.
charles Mainz. santa pc special
policeman. who arrested iironco hS
IN latter was inuuiring toi rcstaur-
ant nt lsicta,
ilruncn Bill who is entered in the
pcnitoutary ron as william Walters,
although thai is not his real name.
u y said. was 40 cheerful when lock-
rd up ~ he bad boon when y, rode
tnc range ia New Mexico years ago.
This llt,lc iauni from thc prison az
.'ota Fe to lslcta had been his nrst
liberty in ~ years and he - under
| sentence for lifo.
40 don't RECKON they'll hold 1t
against me- when get oack IN pris-
on. hc snid. 4 always treated the
officers right and don't see that
,hey can gcJ mad NOW, just because
took u notion tn leave"
Rcccnt residents of Ncw Mexico
| had never heard ol nronco Bill until
hts recent cscapade but nfteen or
twenty Years age. he was known to
every officer from the rio Graudc on
2 Tho sonth to tn rockies On the north
gas "a dead shot ana o. desperate man
who dld not hesitate to take chances
Pat Garrett. Ben Williams, now
chirt OF the SuntH ~ service the late
/ Thomas \ Hubbrll. joe sheridan then
a deputy shcrin iu this county and
many rjhcr officers have followed
Bronco Tor day. md nights He has
/ hrru IN thr cnultN I1ll n old Alhu-
duerquc ON several occasions before
/ and remarked Inst uicht. that IL had
lbccn q long ttmc since ho had vi.ltvd
( pld Albuquerque.
During his Incarceration In the
( la,"itcauary, Hrouco Bill has learned
Ia great deal about medicine, Nlo
wen, there with shattered arm ana
hr assisted in caring Ton II until 20
was W,il n, has newer "galnpd t1"
usr Of II ana 'hcr, Dr. great dent In
/ his right shuuid > whore. during q
/ fight Win - POSSE. Winchester ball
pluWed through muscle and bone
when arrested n bad q surgeon
outnt frum tlo PRISM h'sp't0l
That wing Nid Bronco. 'is ont
of tho nghtin' game foi snod ilron-
,o i- somewhat ~ q poet and hc said
u WAS tn call nf sirius as much us
anything elise that caused him ."
lh.eak prison
y had hopes of a pardon. NJ said.
l"l had some influ, ltial frionds work
ing tct me I'm not "a bad man nov
I've given up thai sort of e thins. -"
YOU thiuk 10 I - itrp % 'lrpi " oit uS
use go d. when they started after
me would have hocn ttkcn ike
this" could have got away alright,
3ut / lidn't want bloody IRAN be-
hind ne Just made up mN mind "a
get away without the siN-shoot'r or
got caught ana SO back 90 the pen
spring Wa IN the \ir.
\ heard few days ago thrre was
nothing doing on th' pardon II WAS
spring. what ltilc sunlight lrakcd
down there into the prison yard seem
ed tn get ilto my bones, the birds
were singing around the place aud !
saw some sparrowS putin up "A nest
lHWHN up ON a drain pipe. II was TOO
much for Bronco. | says To- mSself
'Hrunco. lets see what We can do tor
ourselves. let's climb over the wall
and Try to heat cm tn Mexico.
Il took another prisoner VINO want
ed to gu. got u ladder ana stuck II up
against the wall. 1t was sunday
night. uilc cloudy and I kept IN
the shade.
'Thcro Was u guard on the wall
and Thought he saw mr several
times lie walked into one of the
houses an top of tho Ngll ana ! start
ed away. | Kept myself between him
aud another cupola that was on the
wall. once on the wall tied rop"
ana slid down outside The other
man came down too. | had only one
good arm and the rope cut into my
wrist almost 10 the bone u made m.
Vince but | kept sliding until
struck the ground outside ana then
ran. The other man spruined his
: ankle ana decided To return and give
! up. | let him 90.
Missed Uis Bearings.
II started OF towards cerrlllos. In
! tending 10 catch a train there at
: nieh, ana not stop IN Albuquerque,
I missed my hearings, however, and
! when Il came daylight | was near u
small station | Kept under cover ana
T. follnwrd the railway towards th'
south intended To- reach El PAS"
sllp across the lino and then ! knew
! was SAT- for | know Mexico