Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-02-14
Hundreds of Deputies Sur
round Noted Retreat in
Dragon Mountains to Pre-
vent Escape of Fugitives.

With hundreds OF armed depu-
tics from Bisbee. Tombstone.
Douglas GleesOn. Pearce. Co
e5ise, Wilcox. Dragon and 9TH
er points in this county. aided BY
Deputy Sheriff Rye Miles and his
posse and possibly others, Tom
and John Powers and Tom Sis
sen are facing almos. certain cap
tire today. The murdeTers OF
the three Graham ccgnty- officers
we're located last evening in Co
ehise stronghold. in the Dragon
mountains and this morning a
complete Gordon OF officers viii
surround the natural hiding place
and barrier
First reports reaching Bisbee
last evening were 10 the effect
4 TIA. the three fugitives hal been
seen IN the neighborhood o. West
Well about seven miles east CT
Pearce. This information. how
ever. proved false The murder
ers had been located while going
into Cochise StrOashold. however,
and little chance is given them
fer escape
Hot Trail Found.
Sheriff Miles cf Pima county took
up the trail Of the killers. sometime
YESTERDAY According to 4 Tucson
dispa+ch the officer found their trail
at 3 o'ciocF r. however. the three
men were in the Reddington lower
San Pedro} country yesterday the
distance 70 be covered n getting into
the Stronghold was too great in hut
three OF four hours The sherifrs
office rec ceiyed word last evenine that
the. men had stolen two horses and
a mule from a rancher in the lower
San PSiro rezicn- supDlsnfing their
izded animals ridden since the morn
ing Of the murder in Rattlesnake
canyon
Leaving the Reddington country
the three struck in q sOutheasterly
direction crossing the Southern Paci-
fic N the neighhorhOOd Of Dragon
From that point theiy are supposed
TO have gone ever the rim OF COchise
Stronghold Niles and his posse vas
but short distance behind the out
laws as night closed in His horses
were so jsded that no further pro-
gTess could be made
Rznv Posses Formed.
st least three separate posses were
organizet IN the Warren district ear
" last evening ard Immediately dis
patched to the region Of Gleesa7 tn
aid in the hunt for the man killers
TIE Dixie csnvon country and all
tributary avenues Of escape are close
" eusrded-
This morning viii see all Of the
posses orssnfzed under one head;
probably under the direction O. Sher-
if Harry Q Wheeler ~ his chief
denufv Guv We'rh. At fsvliEht tha
-en ---Err - evil int0 smell groups
-nd rI-~n- - avs-v mint where there
i4 . -cssEhslifv of fhe Powers boys
and S:ss~- --rasi1- srei- eS~aPe-
cochise St-7aeha'd.
hidirs rIa~e. u h9s tvo entra1~es.
che ~ which IS lo~ateI ah~u. eieat
So --~~- - Per- Tf0 c+-~lE-
Fold = SIsre cut ~us Of saii4 rn~k
7rs here Trs few paths End trai's bv
Witch ossher r-an - i.e@st rav get
eftte- IN IT ou- It's walls are NE
cs-st.ar-s - the P-freTss and VIII
mste natural hiding place for the
outlaws There is ample water in
TIE deen canyon but few places
where food can be secured
The s7ot secured its name from
the Apache chief BY the same name.
Cochise- Il was in this canyon that
COchise in July 1871. retreated with
his hand Of renegade Apache Indisns.
after stealing q herd o. cattle from
2 raacher IN the neighbOrhOOd Of
Fort Bowie In an attempt 10 enter
the STRONGHOLD after COchise and his
warriors Captain Jerry Russell and
hss troOn of the Third cavalry was
ambushed So far as Is known this
Is the first time since the COchise
episode that the defile has been
utilized. cn > large scale, as a bar
- - Iflfnr u1ara nv outlaws