The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-24
MORE HOBOES THAN
HORSES COME n
EXPRESS CAR
Twenty-Three Ge-:eliots of AS
sorted Colors pour Out Se all
Manner of Hiding Places.
When Officers Prod
STATION POLICE HAVE
BUSY HALF AN HOUR

More hoboes than horses came int
town In IN express horse ear that ar
rived here from m Paso his morn
ing with a load OF thoroughbrods
from the Juarez track consigned to
Norfolk. Va. There were ten horses
and twenty-three dereiicts Of assorted
coloss from white to dark mahogany.
stationmaster J. T.. sinclair and s..
] McKew. with v. r. Partch. On
immigration service Inspector on the
lookout FOR smugglcd Chinese. round
ed up twelve Of the hoboes The 9TH
ors slipped out and eluded capture
when the car WA switched and at
tached TO train No. 10. before the
railroad men and the government uiii-
Ger had a chance to nab them.
There were q dozen boxes of var
ious sizes iu the car. and in one pack
Ing case four hobocs were found hid
don. The case was nailed. ana SIN
clair disclosed The four men when ne
broke the o opcn with 70 hammer.
several other ouNes were broken open,
but no more living freight was found.
The rest Of the hobocs were founG
under piles OF hay and blankets and
every other nook and Granny of thc
ear that offered conceaiment Rail-
road officials told William Baird. r.
colorcd horscman Ia charge ct the
car. that he was responsible fpr the
fares OF an the men found iu tho car.
from III Paso 10 this city Baird said
four of the horses were his property.
He and his wife argued with the san
Ia Fe men over the fare question. and
he finally asked fog the r%eicna" of
four of the men. who had been locked
up Ia %Sinclair's office. agreeing 90 pa5
their fares through from ~ paso a.
Kansas CITY. lie needed the four "a
help him care Tor and unload the
horses. His wife picked the four men
she wanted. and finally. after sinclair
had chased and run down two or
three Of the prisoners who slipped out
while Mrs Baird was picking her hus-
bands assistants. the train went on
is way. almost thirty minutes late
The railroad viii attempt 20 collect
fare from Baird for ~ the men and
boys taken from the car.
one 81 the hobocs who cludcd cap-
ture was seen to sneak back into the
horse ear as the train got under Way.
-Four moef were seen waiting down
the yard toward the north end for q
chance 20 swing aboard. The conduc-
tod had anticipated that move. and
gave the engineer orders "a Init her
mp" from the start. The train was
moving too FAST for the four hoboes
when Il came abreast az them. and
they made no attempt 20 "iump" q.
The station officials tciegraphed
ahead 10 kansas city 90 watch for
concealed hoboes they might have
missed, and Partrh h said to- have
wired men In the service along the
way To pay particular attention tp the
horse car. lie Is Inclined 10 have sus-
p]icians rcGatdlng the boxes aboard
the train hat weren't opened.
The e epturcd and unransnmed
hoboes were delivered 10 the police
hy Stationmaster Sinclair az soon as
the train pulled out They were
given ~nfteen-day sentences by judge
Craig in police court.
with the prisoners haEged at the
railroad station the number Of vae
rants 20 face ~ nudge today total
led seventeen The city police
rounded up ten last night Those
captured on the streets Jared bette
than the pilgrims taken from the
horse-sar. They drew ten days each.