Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02

Weems over the head mercilessly with six
shooter, growing meanwhile:
MY names Charlie Hayes, and want you
to know me when you see me againP
Through Mr.. Weems the posse learned that
Black Jack and some of his band were believed
to be hiding on Deer Greek in the Las Animas
Mountains, and that they had been coming into
the Diamond A" horse-camp for meals.
The officers rode all night and reached the
Diamond A" camp at daylight. The first move
the three men made was to ring q large cow
bell used for the breakfast call. The deep-toned
vibrations brought every man In the camp
hurrying in. They lined up on the benches at
the dining table.
Through a crack in the partition between the
dining room and the kitchen the officers OBJ
served that all the regular employees were
present, and forthwith marched into the dining
room. Sheriff Higgins addressed the astonished
assembly. I'VE are officers and order you to
remain within the four walls Of this house until
you're released
Directly after sun-up the sheriff sighted four
horsemen approaching over the brow Of hill
q mile away The posse walked out . couple Of
hundred yards and lay behind an old earthen
tank to await their arrival. The oncoming
quartet seemed to be very cautious; they did not
all ride together, two remaining as sentinels on
the hill. The other pair came cantering on and
presently entered the watering corral beside the
tank where the officers wer conceald. Thy were
at once recognized as Black Jack himself and
Charlie Hayes. Sheriff Dow, gun In hand, rose
to his feet: I'VE are officers" he shouted land
you are under arrest"
BY way of answer the outlaws jerked out
their pistols and made splinters dy from the
fence around the tank. Quickly Dow aimed
and fired and Hayes tumbled from his horse.
Black Jacks pony, startled at the noise, started
bucking. Dow fired again, this time ct the
bucking horse, thinking that II Black Jack were
left afoot he would surrender. Down went the
outlaws mount.
Meanwhile from the hilltop where the re-
naming bandits had stopped an incessant
fusiade hailed down upon the posse. The
shooting was so good that the possemen were
driven to take cover.
When Black Jacks horse was shot under him
he grabbed the dead animal by the feet and
turned it over to get his rife, which was
fastened on the under side. The big bandit
then calmly walked away and vanished into q
box canyon.
Hayes lay out in the corral, Dow was behind
a post reloeding his pistol and Ballard was
sheltering in rear of sapling when Hayes sud-
denly rallied. raised himself, fired two quick
shots at the officers and then fell back-dead
One of the bullets entered the post behind which
Dow was standing and the other peeled the bark
from the little tree directly in front Of Ballard.
Hayes body was carried to Separ to be
identified by Postmaster Weems The old man
looked down at the desperadoIs face.
do know your" he said Yes you're
Charlie Hayes. You told me to remember you
next time we met"
It was ascertained that one Of the two bandits
who had fired on the posse from the summit Of
the hill was George Musgraves He was trailed
through the desert to the railroad station of
Gary. Here the railroad agent informed the
sheriffs that passenger whose description tall
lied with that of Musgraves had departed from
his Station with a ticket for Canada.
1t looked as though the murderer had got
clean away, but relentless pursuit was insti-
tuted For Is years of and on Ballard hunted
Musgraves through the Canadian wilds and
backward and forward across the United States.
Musgraves, however, always contrived to evade
capture, and finally all trace Of him was lost.