Show PROMINENT BANKE no stranger story hag ever come out of the west than that of john eiland founder and president 0 tho bank ot portland now mexico that banker eiland is alive today Is to the strategy be employed in extricating himself recently from a band tot desperate brigande brigands bri gands who un der moat exciting circumstances captured and held bici for ransom in the mountains of new mexico for a period of nearly four weeks during which lime he was tortured and nearly star to death while on a business trip in the state of sonora eiland was on horseback horse back and alons from magdalona to arizoca Ari zoaa having left a friend george reese behind to took after other important matters eiland had traveled about three fourths of the distance when on the evening ot october C he was surrounded by a band of bandits and robbed of his money watch and other valuables the thieves tied their victim securely with one end of a loag rope attaching the other end to the saddle of the leader a pompous descendant of the who could speak broken english this wretch rode Ei lands horse and gave his almost worthless animal to another member of his band when his unfortunate follower showed signs of displeasure and suffering the bravo would twit him a good american in spanish they traveled a short distance in an easterly direction the first evening and then camped it was evidently their intention at first to take ano victim to ther rendezvous in tho mountains southeast of copula but they changed their plans this eiland learned from their conversation as he understood some spanish eiland was given little water to drink and practically nothing fit to eat during the twenty four days of his captivity when be murmured and begged for food or water they would whip him throw at him and even spit on hiim the r had an object in this and thai ws to torture their captive to the last degree of endurance anil thereby compel him to write a beuer asking tor a large ransom it was probably about the time they first carped near that they compelled biland to write a letter to his wife at portales Poi tales demanding random for his release several letters were outlined by eiland with tho of rifles pointed at him but it was written to please the fastidious leader of the band of thugs under tars threat that be would b instantly hilled eiland starved worn and almost crazed by their insults labored away at the message which lie little hope would bring about his release but finally succeeded in producing the following which was accepted T my dear mrs rlland your husband has been captured and is now bield for ransom of in gold ou must draw from the bank and send by a trusty messenger he buist be some friend upon whom QU fan depend tell him to leave the monc at the ruins of an old bouse in the main trail about two miles west of instruct him to cover it up in the southeast corner of the house with you had better not interfere with these plans or try to rescue him in any way as those who have him in charge are dangerous and desperate men and unless both of you strictly obey instructions you may never see him again GEORGE reebe to this letter he WAS compelled to sign the name of hia friend george reese and misspell it the letter was posted at and was duly by mrs ellaan the outlaws changed positions each day after the letter was mailed but evidently fayed near enough to tho old house for on of their number to visit it each day usually the leader would leae and he gone several hours but he would always return to camp during the night at times he would come back well under the influence of mescal whiskey and was cruel to every one despite his evil habits he was a dandy wearing gorgeous sombrero and dressing in the gaudy colors common among mexicans he noted his men in military fashion and bad aai dhority and control they obeyed every order from him no matter how fevere the task without a murmur or complaint it was on the night of october 30 that the leader returned more intoci cat cd than usual and in rage the money bad not arrived and he was furious eiland believed that his time had come and they would kill him before morning they cuffed and beat hilmore hi severely than usual he was as they perhaps thought more securely than ever this night being bound a rope which was fastened to a tree permitting him to lie on the ground the men vere all under the influence of liquor and were abusive and insulting in their language even among themselves they gambled and drank until about midnight and left as usual one of the number on watch whilo the resart slept liquor was the boon to eiland the bem fem at his yost and tho prisoner obtained a sharp edged stone with which he sawed the rope that bald him it was perhaps after hours of tedious labor that he succeed adin freetag himself he wandered away almost dazed into tho night ha started west using as his guide the polar star and traveled until bawn theu bild lild in the underbrush he adopt osic of the day and trav n part offic next night he waa four dagg wandering westward hop inato In sto reach the railroad and make hla he lived on berries seeds binds and anything he boum anil 10 sustain arfe finally reaching iho railroad tra cling sixty alloa abla ho follow eto small station where he a freight train ami cicat his way to douglas an and f rap there cokl paso rowed money efroin a friend finally ro aching home anew RAILROAD COMPANY of incorporation were nley jtb abo county clerk by the now copper gulch lake railroads rail roady ali incorporators aro aadu acl New bouso lafayette al arod J bettles maurice M johnson and henry L iraln the company will run a railroad from newhouse to a point in copper gulch thence northeasterly northeast eily through beaver county to devler lake in millard county the road will bo twenty niles long and the estimated cost la a mile the capital stock Is divided into shares ot which air newhouse so holds and the other four subscribers each one |