Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-08-28
Auto Bandits Are Found in
Cave Near MagdaIena
Where They Had Hidden
After Committing Murder,
ONE OF THEM BADLY
WOUNDED BY BULLET
Had Existed Three Days With
out Food or Water, Is Story
Told When Taken by Dep
uty Sheriff Lewis, }

| bandits who shot and killed Sergeant
Paul Mcqueen of FL Paso in an un-
successful hold-up attempt near Mag
dalena Thursday evening. were cap
tured yesterday morning by Deputy
Sheriff Lewis of Magdalena and
brought here today and lodged in the
county Jail. They are Joseph Dar-
nell, aged %, and z. H. Hayworth,
aged 2S, both of Phoenix. Ariz a
wound in Hayworth's right shoulder
confirms the belief of S. NJ, Wilson.
one of McQueen's companions, that he
had shot one of the robbers. Owing
to the fact that the bullet was steel
jacketed the wound was a clean one,
the ball entering the body in front and
passing out below his shoulder.
Thirst Aids Capture.
Need of water led to the discovery
OF the fugitives. For two days and
three nights the mel, mad lain hidden
in a cave, three miles from the scene
of the murder. Sunday morning. tor
ny lltilSl, bdIlltl1 NeItul
out in search of water. Near a lit
tie spring he was found by Deputy
Sheriff Lewis. Darnel offered no re-
sistance and, with the deputy, he went
to the cave, where Hayworth was also
taken. Their guns they had hidden
and they refused to reveal the place
of concealment. Both men were suf-
fering from exposure as we'll as for
want of food and water.
Owner of Auto Arrives
The automobile driven by the ban
dts was, as has been suspected, q
stolen one. This morning it's owner
arrived in Socorro, Mi. Irving, a
garage man of Phoenix, Ariz. Accord
ing to Irving the men came to his
garage and hired the car and driver
to take them to a point fifteen miles
west of Phoenix. The driver was his
l6-year-old son. About thirteen miles
out Of Phoenix, Irving says. Darnell
and Hayworth robbed the boy of
about SIS, all the cash he had with
him, made him get out of the car and
drove away. AS the boy had to return
to Phoenix on foot before he could
give the alarm, the men had ample
time for their Eight into New Mexico
without interference from the author
tiles.
Which Killed Mcqueen.
Irving says that he knew both rlen
in Phoenix, where they held various
Jobs. Darnell was considered worth
less, while Hayworth had the reputa-
ton of being reliable. according to
irving
Efforts to induce the men 10 con-
fess which one fired the shot that
killed Mcqueen so far have been
fruitless. Otherwise, the men talk
freely. They admit everything. Seem
irgly they are Indifferent. Hayworth's s
name was drawn in the draft and he
said, according to the sheriff, that if
the German bullets didn't hurt any
more than the one that went through
his shoulder he would just as soon so
to war.
No formal examination OF the men
has yet been held.
Not BurrO Drivers.
Deputy Sheriff Lewis said that
when he first came upon Darnell
the man asked the posse If they had
seen his burros, stating that he had
driven some burros clear from
Jerome, Ariz. Lewis looked at the
mans low shoes, when did not show
much wear, and then asked him where
his companion was was. Darnell
led them to the cave where the other
bandit had been forced to remain.
narnell had been hatless, for
admitted that it was his hat which
was found near the scene of the hold
up. Darnell is said to have shown
extreme faithfulness to his wounded
companion in the alleged crime, for
although he might have attempted to
escape, he would not leave Hayworth
alone.
Clean Wound Made.
An eyewitness who saw the county
physician dressing the rifle wound
of Hayworth, stated that the bullet
entered the left breast just over the
heart and came out between the
shoulder blades, barely missing the
backbone an inch. Although the
man had bled badly, he had suffered
no internal hemorrhage. The doctor
stated at the Jail that the man would
be practically we'll in a week or ten
days. One of the alleged bandits is
said to have told the physician who
was dressing the wound that the men
In the car opened fire and believing
after he had received the first shot
that he would likely be killed himself,
he returned the fire which resulted in
the death Of Sergeant Paul Mcqueen
OF El Paso'