Tombstone epitaph., 1918-09-29
CHAMBERS RETURNS:
 TELLS OF EXPERIENCE

J. s. Chambers. one of the Tomb stone men who was taken along by Frank Wilson and his gang of escap- ed prisoners Sunday night. returned 10 Tombstone yesterday afternoon. tired and weary. but none the worse for his narrowing experience. The other Tombstone man. L. F. Kuchen- becker. returned into Mexico to SC cure his auto. ia vhicl the outlaws made the eyen,:ul ;r.p. and will prob ably not return ua;i, tonight. since it has been necessary for him 10 secure permi; from the IeNl,aR officials.
 Chambers tells aa interesting and thrilling story Of the eyens that oc- cured -hick and :as. rom the time they les. Tombstone unJil the outlaws abandoned the car. |; mics below the Mexican line
 Bordering on inc fires ot dime novel. bu; nevertheless absolutely too true he relates how the escaped pris- oners covered him with gun. one on each side at the front door Of his home. made him go 10 the garage to see if he had a car that would run. and when they saw that he had none. two of them stood guard over him while Wilson went in quest of a machine. encountering L. r Kuchenbecker, threw his gun on him made him stop a, the garage. i'll up with gasoline and oil and started for the line Will son and the gang were as cool as could be. and arriving at Overton made the storekeeper there. MT. Was nidge. give them more gasoline and oil and continued on toward the bor- der. Both kuchenbecker and Cham bers were stalling all the while to try and lose the men. who by this time were almost drunk. having partaken heavily Of the stolen whisky from the jail All but one Mexican. Perez. did not know where they were Perez, however. ksp; his directions and they commanded them 10 turn back. when Kuchenbecker had headed for Fort Hlachuca. hoping the word had been received there and the soldiers would have been sent cut after them.
 They parted at G:30 o'clock II miles below the iine and all shook hands with the greatest os courtesy. Wilson had told them he would not harm a hair of their head. nor would he let the rest of his men do them any in jury When a COW st one time failed to get out of the road quick enough Wilson shot through the windshield. shattering it and hit the COW. This is believed 10 have been what caused the trail of blood followed by the of fiers following the battle.
 Several times during the trip. Will son would lay his gun on Chambers jap in the rear seat. saying: Here, partner. hold this while I roll a ciga- rette." Wilson also delighted in tell ing of his cleverness in escaping from the jail. and how easy it had been. He said he was going to South America.
 According to word received at the sheriff's office Sheriff welch and depu- ties crossed over the line last even ing in pursuit of the men, a number of Mexican soldiers having been sent up from Cananea by Governor Gales to help capture them. Deputy Porter Mcdonald. who trailed Virgil Wood fork, the negro, to White City, dis. covered he had gone to Tucson, re- turned this morning, while the sheriff at Tucson is on his trail and his cap. ture is expected hourly. It is strongly ties, assisted by the officers will get Wilson and his Mexicans, since they had no food nor water since they left