El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-18
CLAD To
GET BACK HERE
Cottle County Attorney
Says Will Take Him to
Paducah for Trial.

Under guard OF sheriff Bill Brad
ford, Of Midland, Texas, and in COM
pany with about six Texas Rangers,
sheriff Theodore Combest and county
attorney John NJ. Martin, OF Cottle
county, arrived in FL Paso about 10
o'clock Saturday night, coming back
for proceedings in connection with an
alleged conspiracy TO murder ". G.
Clark, states star witness in the Felix
R. Jones murder trial
Clark, who was a prisoner or the
Cottle county men, being taken from
Ell Paso to Paducah, Texas. on a war
rant based on a complaint alleging
a murder II years old, was also in the
party arriving Saturday night. he
was brought back on an attachment
as an important witness to the alleged
conspiracy.
The sheriff and county attorney of
Cottle county were released on their
own recognizance by the FL Paso Of
ficers on their arrival here.
Arrested Mt Big Springs.
They had left Friday evening with
Clark as their prisoner for Paducah.
During the night. county attorney W.
II. Fryer started the proceedings
based on the alleged conspiracy, and a
warrant for the arrest Of the two off,
Gals from Cottle county was wired to
sheriff Bradford at Midland, Texas,
with instructions that he board the
train and make the arrest The mes
sage had to be relayed to Big Springs,
however, and at that point the war
rant was served on sheriff Combest
and attorney Martin
Return From Colorado.
The latter, as soon as they saw
sheriff Bradford was armed with a
s-~rL--HAN.a At
entire party remained on the train IN
til Colorado City was reached. where
they got off the train and boarded an
other returning to FL Paso. At Fa-
bens, a crowd of about six rangers
also boarded the train and the entire
party reached sheriff Seth B. Orn-
dOrffs office about 10 o'clock
Clark Fears Life In Danger.
Clark was jubilant over his return
to FL Paso and expressed the opinion
that, while Combest and Martin knew
nothing Of any frameup on him, Clark,
nevertheless he was firmly OF the
opinion that II he had reached Padu-
cab, he would never have left the place
alive.
Mail Mixed with AnOther's.
Clark, commenting on the report
county officials as the man wanted,
said that when he was at Silver City
last summer there was another wv. G.
Clark" in that city. He said he and
the other man always had their mail
while at one time a $50 bank
deposit made by the other Clark was
placed to his namesake's credit
Insists Clark Is Man Wanted.
Sheriff Theodore Combest and coun-
ty attorney John NJ Martin, Of Cottle
county, left FL PasO Sunday morning
TO return to their homes, while their
former prisoner remained in FL Paso-
We wish TO deny that we are Of the
belief now that Clark is not the man
we want" said attorney Martin 10 the
news editor Of The Herald, just before
leaving. ION the contrary, we are
more fully convinced than ever that
Clark is the man we want and We are
only temporarily thWarted in our ef-
forts TO bring him TO trial As soon as
the Jones case is concluded we will
take Clark back to Paducah for trial
We have not at any time been con-
WINGED Of anything but that he is the
man we want and we wish this made
very plain"