The border vidette., 1922-07-22
MUROERERS CAPTURED.
Silvas and Martinez Again in Clutches
 of the Law.

After one of the greatest man hunts ever witnessed in Arizona, Manuel Martinez and Placido Silvas, convicted murdererS of MT. and Mrs. Frank Pearson of Ruby, were captured last Tues day forenoon, four miles west of Amado, following their es cape at the time the automobile which was conveying them to the state penitentiary at Flor ence, overturned on the Nogales Tucson road killing Sheriff Geo. J. White, and injuring Deputy Sheriff Leonard Smith so seri ously that he died at 7 o'clock last Monday evening.
 The two bandits, who had been continuously trailed since the night of their escape after the fatal automobile wreck, by some of the most experienced trailers in the southwest, were discover ed by Sheriff Harry J. Saxon of Santa Cruz county. The sheriff's horse had stumbled and as the officer was falling to the ground, he got a glimpse of Martinez hiding in a cave between some rocks which had been cleverly covered with brush. Silvas was with Martinez.
 Sheriff Saxon immediately told the bandits to surrender, which they did without making any re sistance, and the great man hunt was ended.
 As soon as Sheriff Saxon found the bandits, he fired two shots into the air, and other members of the posse rushed to the scene.
 Silvas and Martinez were weak from their experience of trying to shake off their tirelesS pur suers for four and one half days and five nights. They were not handcuffed when found although they carried handcuff bracelets around the wrists of the arms which had been handcuffed to gether.
 Immediately after they were captured the murderers were placed in an automobile, which was standing within 100 yards of the scene of the capture, and brought to Nogales where a thousand or more people saw them locked up in the county jail.
 There was no demonstration as the automobiles containing the prisoners, Sheriff Saxon and members of the posses, rolled up in front of the jail. Just a curious crowd of lawabiding 'citi zens who were glad the murder CTS had been captured.
 On August .27th, Silvas will again be tried for the murder of Mrs. Pearson. This will be the fourth trial of Silvas in connec- tion with the Ruby murders.
 In the first trial of Silvas for the murder of Frank J. Pearson, the jury disagreed, the vote standing II for acquittal and one | for conviction. The second trial | resulted in Silvas being found | guilty of the murder of Pearson | and he was sentenced to life i'm prisonment. In the recent trial | of Silvas for the murder of Mrs. Myrtle Pearson,, the jury dis agreed, the ballot standing Il for conviction and one for ac quittal.
 En route to Nogales the pris- oners told the officers that wreck of the car in which they were riding with Sheriff White, was caused by the car being driven too fast. Silvas stated that his neck was injured when the car turned over. Martinez escaped injury.
 Sivas and Martinez, in their effort to escape into Mexico, travelled at night, and slept in the daytime. They had covered many miles since their escape, but when found were only about nineteen miles from the scene of the automobile wreck.
 Among members of the posse who were working close to the scene of the capture at the time that Saxon first got a glimpse of the pair hiding in cave, were Chief of Police Jay Lowe, ,Quince w. S. Mcknight, Bun Mcknight, Tom Fraser, Bird Yoas, Clyde Shields. Ole Oleson, O. H. Walker. Lon Parker, Tom Rynning, superintendent of the Arizona State Prison; Dink Par ker, Shorty Holcomb. Allen Smith, Bob Varges, Cameron, ; and Charley Jones