The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-03-15
P0WERS-S|SSON BANDITS ARE' BROUGHT ID CLIFTON JAIL.

John and Tom Powers, and Tom Sisson, the outlaws who slew the Ora. i ham county officers on February 10, l and who were captured last Friday just across the line in Old Mexico and conveyed to the Graham county jail at Stafford, were brought to Clifton on last Friday, and placed in the Greenlee county jail in this place. Sheriff Stewart, of Graham county, communicated with Sheriff Slaughter Thursday, requesting him to come to Stafford and assist him in transferring the outlaws to this jail. MT. Slaugh- ter, accompanied by Deputies Young and Nicks, left Thursday afternoon for Stafford. and in company with Sheriff Stewart they conveyed the prisoners to this place, where they were placed in the Greenlee county | jail, their preliminary hearing having been held in Stafford Wednesday, in which thev waived examination and were committed to the custody of the Sheriff of Graham county without bai.
 MT. Stewart stated that there was no outward indication of the assemb- ling of Judge Lynch's'' court to ex- ecute the outlaws, and it was probable that the people of Graham county were disposed to let the law take its course, yet as precautionary meas ure he deemed it advisable to trans fer the prisoners to another jail, so requested Sheriff Slaughter to take care of them for the present.
 The Copper Era man was admitted to the jail to see the prisoners, but all three were asleep when the re- rorter saw them. All have been ceaned up and shaven since their in generation in the Graham county bastile, and presented quite differ ent appearance from that description given of them when first arrested. The three outlaws are occupying different cells, no two adjoining. Tom Powers, the younger of the brothers, is an inmate of the northwest corner cell. John Powers occupies the south west corner cell. and Tom Sisson is lodeer of the middle cell on. the west side of the cage, an empty cell separ- ates him and John Powers. The re- 4 porter did not awaken them from -t their siunlber,~ hence no interview IS fortheomfne in this story. The ofn- \ ~cers arrived here early Friday morn ing with their prisoners.
 SideIghts on the Man Hunt
 Earlier in the week MT. Slaughter held A conversation with Sheriff Stew art who stated that the prisoners were getting rough in their denunc1- alton. of the government, both state and national. as well as the off, cers and the public in general. MT. Stewart stated then that the utter ances of the prisoners were not act ing as sedative upon the people of Stafford and Graham county. and for fear of the indignation of the people manifesting itself hostile to the pris- oners, he had forbidden visitors to the iail. The request of the Graham county sheriff for the transfer of the prisoners was, therefore, no surprise to Sheriff Slaughter.
 While conveying the men to Saf- ford Sheriff Slaughter stated that I both John Powers and Tom Sisson talked freely, and cleared up some points of the man-hunt not known to the posse. But Tom Sisson was more reticent, and would talk but little. Sisson told Slaughter that he was near enough to him at one time to have knocked him off his horse with rock This was said after Sisson described the horses Saughter's posse were riding, his in particular, and giving the number in the party. He said they were up behind large rock when the party passed by, and the fu- gitives believed they were gong around to come upon them from the rear Acting upon this presumption the outlaws changed their position, and retreated further into a more se- Ncure hiding place.
 The bandits stated that they had no desire to do any more killing. | After they had made their escape in to Mexico they believed they were safe, and therefore become less guard ed in their actions. Sisson and John Powers said that the soldiers came upon them by accident. They had lost their trail, but captured them be- cause of their fancied safety across the border Said Sheriff Wheeler's rosse was never near them.
 Voluntarily John Powers talked of the death of his sister, which still re- mains a mystery. He said: They accuse me of killing her, but the man who killed her will never be known until her slayer is on his death he'd, then he will make a confession. This was all that he could be induced to say on the subject. It will be noticed that John Powers did not deny that it was he who killed the Powers girl. He would give no rea- son why she was killed, but it is pre- sumed that she was aware of certain 1awlessness of the trio and it was thought best to put her out of the way. Tom Powers declined to dis onss his sisters death. It was learn cd while on the chase that Tom Pow ars and the girl seemed to be more intimate than with her elder brother as it was stated bv lady that lived near the Powers home that Tom and the eirl were f~euuentlv seen together escorting her to gatherines. etc.
 Subsisted on Rabbits Without Salt.
 After their supp1y of provisions had l become exhausted the outlaws sub