Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

and the pursuers found themselves in decidedly
bad shape. sheriff FAR died and 30 did
Deputy Love, while Rene and Smith were
wounded. OF the 1ive officers, Wilson Elliot
was the only man who escaped injury.
Two days after the battle in Turkey Canyon,
Rene was back In Cimarron. About midnight
q couple of ranchmen drilled in from Ute
Greek and reported that a wounded man had
been discovered lying in am old shed on their
ranch. Rene offered $500 to anybody who
would accompany him to arrest this man pro-
v1ded the stranger proved to be of the
train robbers. The mernery of the Turkey Can
yon fight however, was stin fresh in peoples
minds, and $500 proved no inducement to the
villagers of Cimarron to risk their lives. Final
" Rene offered the reward to the two ranchers,
who expressed their Willingness to take
chance.
rhat night, in light spring wagon, the
three men drove out to Ute Greek, Is miles
away, reaching the ranch just before daylight.
Rene entered the shed, found that the wounded
man was the bIack-bearded bandit and inn
mediately arrested him. The outlaw was taken
10 Springer and turned over to the United
States marshal, who In due course delivered
his prisoner to the penitentiary at Santa Fe.
The bandit was identified as Sam Ketchum.
Ketchlnn had developed severe blood-poisoning
from the wound received in the Turkey Can
yon engagement, and died 10 days afterward.
Thus the first member of the band was ac-
counted for.
On the night of August I6-just a month
.
tons fast express was again pulling out Of
Folsom. southbound Up in the locomotive, the
fireman drew from his locker q two-Week-od
ISSUE OF an II Paso paper. displaying photo
graph Of Sam Ketcalum taken after death. AS
the engine throhhed on through the night, the
engineer and the fireman studied Sam Ketch-
nms dead face staring uncannily at them from
the page. Suddenly the 6renaen happened 10
glance back over his shoulder.
"LodkI' he cried pointing shaky finger ut
che tender. "Ketchums ghost!"
In the glow from the 1irebox the two engine
men beheld towering black-bearded man
standing on the cOa1-boards, looking for al the
world like Sam Ketchum. His white teeth
showed in an evil grin
Hands up!" he shouted. Nov get to work.
Put the coal to her and shove the throttle
wide open"
With an effort the engineer pulled himself
together On into the inlky night raced the
engine and its string of coaches. For the third
time the luckless express had been seized by
bandits
Away in the distance, as before. a bonfire
flung up its glow beside the tracks, but on this
occasion the outlaw did not take the train up
to the signal fire. The engineer was ordered to
stop about two miles short of it.
The express having halted the engineer and
the expreSSman were commanded to uncouple
the express car and engine from the rest of the
coaches Here the bandit unknowfngly made
bad mistake; he had stopped the train on .
curve. AT that time the old fashioned Miller
hook" was In use on most American railways,
and on curve this coupler would bind" max
ing it next to impossible to unfasten it.
Under cover Of the bandits rifle, the three
members Of the train crew struggled frantically
with the Miller hook" but it stubbornly re-
fused to uncouple. The bandit was cursing the
men furiously, threatening to shoot them down,
when up from the rear coaches strobe Con-
ductor Harrington, this time armed with
double barreled shotgun.
THE robber caught sight Of the approaching
conductor and instantly swung his weapon
TO cover him, Harrington did not even attempt
to lift his shotgun to his shoulder: he just
pressed the trigger and fired from his hip.
Two. shots rang out and the bandit staggered,
while the conductor felt sharp pain in his
arm. A moment later the bandit crawled away
under the train and reeled of into the dark
ness on the other side, while the conductor
quickly ordered his men aboard once more The
express. unframed moved OF with Frank Har-
rington master Of the situation. His wound
proved to be slight.
Next morning passing section crew found
. pile OF dynamite sticks beside the ashes of
the burned-out signal IRE. It was presumed that
the bearded bandit intended cutting of the
express car and using the engine to pull it up
to the fire, two miles away, where he meant
to blow the safe in without the possibility of
interference from anybody aboard the train.
The outlaws cOnfederates, waiting for him at
the fire. must have deserted him on hearing
the shots, for that morning the crew of north
bound freight saw Keeling figure on the track.
One arm was held up as a signal of distress;
the other dangled useless. 1t was the black
bearded bandit, haggard and all but spent. He
quietly surrendered to Engineer Chris Waller.
Waller carried the robber into Folsom, where
doctor picked eleven buckshot out of his arm.
Special Agent Rene came down from Trinidad
70 Folsom to take the man into custody. He
iVNnaA he H.
by the name Of George Stevens. and that this
was his first attenant at crime nEllt kr,auu