Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-19
Alleged Slayer
Is Jailed After
Hazardous Trip
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Vicente river feeling certain that
they were ON the right trail. Every
canyon and possible hiding place
was searched for a trace of the
fugitive. At O'Clock in the after
noon the officers sighted the smoke
of Il camp fire and succeeded in
closing in on it, without arousing
the suspicious of the occupants.
The camp was occupied by Calhoun
and Mexican. The. former was
armed with 4 rifle, and recognized
the sheriff as the party closed in
on him. He offered no resistance,
and though he seemed considerably
ehagrined that his hiding place had
been found, he expressed Il feeling
of relief that his days and nights
of watching had ended.
The officers disarmed him and
he was placed in the custody of the
Mexican inspectors, as the sheriff
and his deputy were without author
ity in Mexico. The return trip to
Mexicali was made without incident
Calhoun was kept handcuffed
throughout the journey, and Satur-
day night the weary party pulled
into Nexicali.
When the line was reached at
Calexico, the Mexican inspectors
turned Calhoun over. to Gillett and
Oswalt, and the last leg of the
journey to FL Centre was started.
Calhoun was lodged in the Jail
shortly after ! o'clock Saturday
night.
On the return trip, Calhoun told
the officers that he believed he
would have been able to remain in
hiding, had he been able to talk
Spanish. Immediately following the
shooting of Hudson, he walked to
Heber, and there hired a Mexican
to drive him TO Mexicali. He cross
ed the line at point near the Pa
laeio of the governor, and came into
the city proper. Arrangements
were made for 4 ride to Ensenada
and when he arrived in that city
he took q guide and struck out into
the hills. When the officers met
up with him he was unshaven and
showed the effects of the hardships
he had undergone during the past
three weeks.
Each Man Lauds the Other
In discussing the trip yesterday,
the sheriff gave all credit for its
success TO Oswalt's S ability to talk
in which he is as proficient
as native, and to the cooperation
of the Mexican officials. Every
courtesy was shown them by federal
Officers and customs men, Gillett
said, and the inhabitants of the
country were most hospitable in
sharing their meagre supplies of
food.
Oswalt on the other hand, stated
it was the sheriff's bulldog spirit
that pulled them through the jour
ney. On several occasions, he said,
he was so cold that he would have
liked to quit but Gillet refused to
consider cold, rain or any other i'm
pediment. feeling certain that they
were on the right trail.
The shooting Of Hudson by Cal
houn occurred as the climax of bad
feeling between the two men which
had existed for several years. Each
had been the leader of faction in
the colored colony on the cast side.
and resented each others political
ii is said.
On the night of the Goth, Calhoun
went to Hudson's house, and as the
latter sat at his table, eating sup
per, Calhoun opened fire on him
through the window with n double
barrel shotgun. Several shots
struck Hudson. inflicting wounds
from which he died at the FL Centre
hospital the next day. Calhoun dis
appeared Immediately after the
shooting, and although the trail was
taken up short time afterwards,
no trace of him was found until last
week.
Calhoun was taken in custody by
the Mexican Officers under the Mex
lean law which provides for the de-
portation of undesirable aliens and
which formed the basis of Il "gen-
tleman's agreement" between the
pence officers of Lower California
and California. for the capture and
arrest of criminals ON either side of
the international line.