El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-09

BAND CAPTURED
Soldiers Take Prisoner
Three Alleged Murderers
South of Hachita, N. M.

SOuGn OF dacLllCa, N. M.
Columbus. y. NJ, March 9-Tom and
John Poewrs and Tom Sisson, were
brought to Hachita. n. N. by a de-
tachment OF United States cavalry
this morning and taken from there to
I Stafford, Ariz., where they will be
turned over to civil authorities. ac-
cording to information received here
by long distance telephone from Ha-
chita today. They were captured in
Mexico just south of the border.
The men were ragged. unshaved,
completely exhausted and on foot
Upon their arrival here the men were
delivered to sheriff Stewart, who was
appointed to fill the place of sheriff
Mcbride after he was killed by the
outlaws
The men are wanted on a charge
Of murder Of sheriff p F. Nc
Bride. undersheriff NJ. R. Kemp
ton and deputy sheriff D. h Wooten
Of Graham county on February 10.
The cavalrymen had been on the
trail of the bandits from the time
| the pursuit was abandoned in the
Chirieahua mountains by civilian
posses.
Ends Great Man Hunt.
The capture Of the three men
brings to a close what officials have
said was the greatest man hunt ever
waged in the southwest. At one time /
1000 men. including eight troops Of
United States cavalry. were search |
ing for the three slayers of the Ora
ham county officers. The United
States troops. military headquarters
mere explained, sought the three men
as evaders of the selective draft and /
not as murderers.
Killing OF Officers.
The murder Of sheriff Mcbride and /
his deputies occurred early Sunday /
morning, February 10. when they and
deputy United States marshal Frank I
Haynes undertook to arrest the two
Powers boys in the mountains near
Klondike. Ariz-
As the four officers approached the
home Of the Powers boys, they met 1
4 fusillade of shots, and returned the
fire. Sheriff Mcbride, undersheriff
Kempton and deputy WoOten fell
mortally wounded. JEFF Powers,
father of the two boys, was wounded
and died within a few hours.
Immediately the two Powers boys
and Tom Sisson. former United States
soldier, who participated in Indian
convict, took TO the mountains
Posses were soon formed and took
up the chase that led back and forth
over Graham and Cochise counties,
lasting three weeks and winding in
and out Of the Chiricahua mountains,
one Of the most inaccessible sections
of the continental divide.
Finally Abandoned Trail.
Sheriff Harry C. Wheeler. Of Co
chise county, pursued the trail day
after day. at times only a few hours
behind the fugitives. With him went
a score OF possemen. while around
the mountain range for distance Of
80 miles were strung the thousand
civilians and soldiers. Sheriff Wheeler
and his posses finally were forced
to abandon the trail on account OF a
heavy fall Of snow in the mountains.
United States troops sent out from
Douglas were called in and a Few
days ago cavalry from Hachita. n. n,
took up the chase when il was re-
ported the fugitives were attempting
10 cross into Mexico.
A telegram was received here at !
II o'clock last night from Capt Hugh
commanding the cavalrymenl
stationed at Hachitas confirming the
capture Of the three outlaws.
LynehinE Il Feared.
Stafford, Ariz, March 9.-News Of ]
he capture of the Powers brothers
md Tom Sisson SO excited the people {
# the ella valley that the local Off
he date of their probable arrival in (
Stafford The officers at the sheriffs
)ffice confessed that they feared they
would be unable to prevent a lynch
ng If the public knew when to expect
he men here.
How the hot trail that eventually
ed TO the capture of the Powers trio
was first discovered is told by o. h
Barbee. Of Joplin, Missouri, spending
the winter here and now residing al
l114 COpia street. ,
Wells. IS miles south Of Hachita, n.
", last Sunday and while there
learned of the bandits whereabouts
rom Mr.. and Mrs Telles, owners OF /
he Telles ranch, six miles south of
Walnut Wells. He said Mrs Telles
was at the ranch in the afternoon .
alone and about 2:30 o'clock the three
bandits came up Two Of them re-
NAMED at the gate, while the third
walked Up towards the house
Mrs. Telles had always been
cautioned by her husband to draw
gun Immediately on the approach OF ]
, strange Mexican The Powers ban
Tits not having been shaved for some
time, she took them to be Mexicans
and on the approach Of one of them,
she drew a gun and ordered him 10
lalt He replied that he was seeking {
only to purchase food. and she sold
him enough meat and flour to do the !
.hree for a day. The bandits went on !
toward the Mexico line she related
Ind in a short time her husband re-
turned
When she told him OF the approach {
of the three strangers, Mr.. Telles sur
missed they must have been the Powers
boys. Mr.. and Mrs. Telles Immediate {
" drove in their automobile to Wal ]
nut Wells, where Mrs. Telles was
shown photographs of the Powers
bandits. She at once pointed out the {
1ne 10 whom she had sold provisions.
The news OF the Whereab bouts of the
bandits was spread over the country
It once.
Mr.. Barbee returned to FL Paso. He
will leave tonight for his home in n
Missouri.
VEN UNWILLING TO SHOOT ?