Show THE ROBBERS HERE Bush Arrives With a Couple of Men i Tow THE STORIES OF THE PRISONERS A Claim that It i a Clear Case ofllistaken Identity Their Escape and Snbse quent Capture Jo Bush Alfred Taylor and others arrived ar-rived from the south yesterday morning having custody a coupleof cowboys whom they had arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the recent holdup of the Bio Grande Western train at Thompsons Springs The names of the prisoners wero Curtis and Hummel the same who had escaped from the custody of the officers last week The news quickly spread tha the supposed robbers were in tow and for a couple of hours or more the marshals office of-fice and the hallway leading to it was packed with curious people anxious t get a peep at the bold bad men who had pep created such a reign of terror among the Rio Grandes passengers Both took the inspection yery coolly and did not seem to bo at a annoyed over the affair with Bush Alfred Taylor who was out ontho last hunt was seen by THE HERALD and from him it was learned that Curtis and Rummel were captured first over a week ago on the Navajo reservation in ArzonaTmy THEY SHOWED Ficnr at first but afterwards submitted quietly and told the officers they need not apprehend appre-hend any trouble that they would go along peaceably > A couple of days after that however while riding along in a wagon they managed to get rid of the chain which had been bolted to them and jumped from the wagon disappearing in the darkness Bush followed quickly firing a couple of shots The noiso frightened the horses and they ran away leaving the party com Earatively helpless Search was at once instituted for them but without success until last Monday when Curtis anti Rummel were discovered about four miles from Juab by aman named Jim Lester and a party of Ute Indians who wero a couple of miles in advance of Bush and his posse The Indians Hrst got sight of the men who were lying in a dry wash and the red men fired several shots over their heads to frighten them Lester then rode up and ordered them to come out which they did making no show of resistance The party reached Thompsons Springs on Tuesday evening and arrived here yesterday yester-day morning having been delayed several hours in Price cafion owing t some accident acci-dent to a freight the nature of which was not learned THEY ARE IDENTIFIED The engineer and other members of the crew of the train which brought the prisoners to this city were or the train that was held up and they identified Curtis as one of the men who had relieved the passengers of their valuables HOT THET BOTH leERY IT The full names of the men are Charles Curtis and Jim Rummel Curtis is much the larger of the two has a very good countenance and is quite intelligent in his manner ot talking When approached on the subject of his arrest by THE HKRALD ho smiled and said All I want is time to get my witnesses here and this will take about ten days Then you deny all connection with the holdup1 I Most certainly at the time the holdup is sad to have occurred I was two hundred hun-dred or three hundred miles away from Thompsons Springs > e w r t I innocent asjpuclaim why did you escape why didnlt ytiu come quietly with the officers and stand your chances at the trialWell Well interrupted Kummel we did come quietly We were with Bush a couple of days before wo got away from I him and were mounted on good horses We were unshackled then and could have escaped many a time had we wanted toe to-e told Bush that wo did not want to make him trouble and he promised that he would not iron us Later however how-ever he tied us up with a logchain and it was then we resolved 0 escape if we could couldWhy Why Well as much for meanness as anything else said Curtis I he had not chained us we would nevereven have made an attempt at-tempt to get away For myself I can say that I havent the least fears as to the outcome out-come and I believe Jim is of the same opinion so far as he is concerned Jim noddedapprovingly How long have you been in Utah I About two years Where did you come from J was asked Curtis I a I native of Texas What has been your occupation latelyl I have been working for the Carlisle Cattle company the big English firm that hasits ranges in theSan Juan country I herded for that firm in April last but was hunting for horses when I was captured How long was it between your escape and second capture About five days and during that time we traveled not over four or five miles I was with Franks anBush when they first reached that country and I cannot understand under-stand why they did not put me under arrest ar-rest then and there if they had suspicion that I was concerned in the hold up That is something I cannot see through and lie gave a hearty laugh But it is said that the train hands recognized recog-nized you as being one of the gang of robbers rob-bers that held up the train How about thatWell yes I believe one did say something some-thing about me having my partners shirt on or something like that But that does not amount 0 anything There can be no doubt but that all on the train were badly excitedI know I should have been and there are very few under those circumstances circum-stances who would be able to positively identify a man whom they had never seen before I say I have no fear a to the result here re-sult providing I can get my witnesses hereWhere Where are yourwitncsses J Down in the San Juan country about one hundred and fifty miles from the railroad rail-road in that section somewhere There I were about twenty men in the party I was II I with at the time the train is said to have been held upon the Cth or 7th There are I also a number of others who saw mo nearly i every day Well if you wero two hundred or three I hundred miles away from Thompsons Springs on the night in question you certainly cer-tainly could have had no hand in the robbery rob-bery Well hardly said Curtis with a satisfied it satis-fied smile and we shall be able to prove WHAT TORT LOOK LIKE WIT Curtis is a rather heavy set young man of about twenty or twent one years He is a blonde with a short growth of hair on his face He is keen and bright and uses good language in conversation Dressed Iood langae conversaton inthe garments of civilization he would be quite goodlooking His countenance is anything but that ofa tough Rummel is a smaller man and is not so intelligent although his answers were such as t indicate that he had received a fair education He too is of the blonde type and appears to be several years older than his companion He is more reserved indisposition in-disposition and has a foxy air about i him himBoth seem inclined to look upon the arrest I ar-rest a a huge joke and have nothing but promo for the treatment received since their capture the second time In the language of Rummel Bush is certainly a white man so far as his treatment of prisoners oner goes AX EXPENSIVE OUT The chase after the outlaws has been a It is under hard and an expensive one stood that the Navajo Indians who made the first capture received 5400 for their I services They were nine in number The Indians who gathered the boys in the sec J ond time were four in number and were paid 23 each THE HEWAUD NOT YET PAID The offer of 1000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the criminals is not yet paidand will not bo the chancesare uiltil a conviction has been had Around the marshals office there seems no doubt but that the right men have been captured others there are however who entertain an entirely different opinion DID T1IET STEAL HORSES One member of the force expressed himself him-self to the effect that It was certain a charge of horse stealing could be made to stick even though there should be no ev dence to convict Curtis and Rumel of the crime of holding up the Rio Grande Western West-ern Both men were taken out to the pen later in the day |