Show LAST OF NEW MEXICO'S DESPERADOES BEING HUNTED BUT IS lIKELY SAFE I coo t 0 Story o of How ow Henry Hawkins Hawkins Haw Haw- kins an and His is Gang Held e Up Ft Sumner Told by byOne One ne o of the e Participants ar ici an s LAS VEGAS N. N M. M Nov r Henry Henr 27 Henry Ha Hawkins alias Dill Daniels Danels Is one of or orthe the most notorious outlaws that New r-ew Mexico that land of or daredevils ever eyer harbored within her borders The reward offered fo of capture will need be In Increased man told before beCore an any man will attempt his capture forno forno for forno no one will venture to bring brine such a n desperate character o 0 o Justice or to kill I him which h Is the most most- ost probable a way of I his being taken for or the the- small mall sum of so offered b by the authorities of Fort Sumner Fort Tort Sumner Is n a typical little New r-ew Mexico town made up up of ot a It few stores and and a n number of adobe houses The Is Js located d on an oasis surrounded for tor miles around b by rolling rolling- barren mesa It Is a long distance from an any railroad and can be reached only b by stage Fort Port Sumner's Boast The Pecos Mercantile company conwan managed b by a genial l German Jew v Is the principal store of that hat town and contains the which was held up It had been the boast of or the r residents residents resi resi- sl- sl dents of oC this town that th they could not be held up and the tho boast had come to the ears of or Bill Dill gang sanS The outcome of or It jt all was that Dill Bill with six bold hold followers one da day of or January Januar last held up the store stOle an and l relieved re- re re relieved Jle man many of or their guns suns and valuables valuables ables and murdered Felipe Beaubien Beau- Beau blen bien a lad of or IS 16 18 and the thc last in the male line of on one of or New Mexico's old Mexican l families at on one time Immensely Immensely Im Im- menLey wealthy and the owners originally originally origl- origl nally of ot the famous Maxwell land grant which Is now worth man many millions millions millions mil mil- lions of or dollar dollars Besides their leader In the gang an v which did the daring work were George GeorgeR 31 R Massagee George Cook AVItt Witt Nell Neil Frank Isbell John Smith alias Sam Bass Base and nna Potter alias Pat Murphy Murph Smith is 16 a married man his wife re residing residing re- re siding In ht Stonewall county Tex He is 23 25 years rt-ars of ot age weighs ICO and is handy with rille rifle and pistol Potter Is 33 years cars old and ana a tough specimen A Desperate Man I George Cook alias Trailer frailer is one of ot the most quiet but desperate ones of ot the lot Jot He is taciturn has a pained desperate look upon his face race and is is inS inS' in S' S general a bad man hailing from the Indian Territory Wilt s Itt Neil alias Short Shorty t Daniels was one of or tho ringleaders He is s 2 25 years Jears of or age on only only 11 5 Ii feet 6 Inches talland tall talland talland and weighs only Short Shorty has light lightbrown brown hair halt has been a cowboy smokes cigarettes as does the entire gang wears ars a smooth face and has a sharp chin Frank lubell Isbell alias aUas The Kid Ild was brought up on a farm arm In Jack count county Texas Ho Ito has worked In the thc copper coppel Q at Clifton Ariz and hens has little education The Kid Is a tIne line shot with witha a pistol as well us as a rifle and alwa always s 's carries a Ii six shooter hand handy bandy for tor emer emer- s. s He Is la 21 24 years of oC age laughs like a girl girl- r with th his feminine YO voice lee docs does not drink nor gamble and has no bad habits Massagers Massager's First Job George Georgre n Jc Riley Massagee is nothing but buta a n. n big bier good natured boy He lIe has evl l evi dently accidentally fallen in with th theother the other outlaws and has been led to the wrong He lie Is only 19 years ears of age Is fair fall complexioned has red led hair hall and und smiles most of or the time He lie also diso docs does not drink The Fort Sumner Sumuel Job was evidently his first big work as an outlaw out out- law Jaw and h he has been accused by bj some of ot those In the store stOIC as the one who really shot th the bo boy in the rear of or the store The Thc following Is th the stor story of or the Fort Sumner postoffice robbery and anti the events that led up to It Jt as told by Massagee himself Story of the Hold It was arranged to go Into the Fort Sumner store two by br two and ana for one man to hold the horses Hawkins said The first man to make mak a break we will kill kill then and und there and ana then we will only on-ly have to kill one or two vo then men Ve We started for oi Sum Sumner net about It Ii was dark dari then We drove until about two miles from rom the town when Haw kins and Cook paired us Uti up the wa way the they wanted us to ride Into town and our Instructions were to go Into the store the wa way o we were rl riding First were Hawkins and Potter Next were Cook and Smith and find fono following follow follow- ing inS them came Nell Neil and Isbell I bringing bring bring- ing up the tho rear Not over ten steps from the store 0 dismounted I held Hawkins's s 's horse and the thc other oilier six men went vent Into the store I tort I could partly see what was goIng gong go- go o- o Ing Sn ng on Inside as they the left the door open Held Them All All All' AllUp Up and nd Potter threw their guns puns on tho those In the store and theother theother the theother other boys bon followed In two at a time with their Winchesters inCle Several everal men nten who lived In ln th the place went Into the store while I was holding the hor horses es end and as ag fast Cast as the they would come In our bO boys fI would hold them up There was Just one orie one shot fired Ored In the store Just as ns the boys bos went In 1 heard beard says sas Hands up at the nine mine time covering cO the men on the left with his gun sun Potter doing doing- likewise on the other side I saw Potter tell his men twice to throw up their hands and then make one Jump and he was out of ot m my sight I then heard the gun fire This was wa not over or a minute and anda a half after the toys boys went Inside and this was the shot which killed the man In Sn the rear of oC the store Divided the Booty About half halt Sumner S a n. mile from we sat cat down n in a u hunch and HaWkins Hn kins and Cook took the cartridges th they had lint and anti threw them on the ground We e each euch took more than thun a u hundred apiece then mounted and rod rode about eight miles m southeast In a fast tast trot when we topped stopped and ate some Rome canned goods we had and fed our horses hordes Then we went vent wenton wenton venton on to an old abandoned d abode house and there divided erl the money got t from the robbery robber Hawkins hawking Potter and Cook doing the dividing Thi They gave Nell Neil 24 I was lying on my blanket and did not have bare anything to do with the monc money and did tic not ask for tor an any I 1 only saw W about in all nil anyway und anti Hawkins and Potter sot got ot the most of ot It It ft Tho The clothing was ILS ul ulfo ubo o divided there I get get- getting getting Retting ting a shirt pair of ot pants overcoat six shooter token taken from some man mart In the store boots Navajo Nn blanket et and fX come pome mc other trinkets Posse Fosse Afraid of Them The only effort at nt capture soon after the robbery robber was UJ when we Wc were about two miles from Moores Moore's camp While riding over O a n ridge Potter r. r saw nw a 0 posse coming toward us Hawkins who wa was still Ull till with us UK then said We e would wait walt until the posse came nearer It was yeas w coo 0 Q S HAWKINS A TYPICAL WESTERN 1 BANDIT S o oo o o oo o c o Henry Ha Hawkins alias Bill DIU Daniels was the l leader leader a er of or the last gang ans e 0 eo Q o of desperadoes in n. n Ness r-cw Mexico and Is Is Isas as nervy as Iron In his veins 0 runs white and Cherokee Cherok c Indian blood a had bad composition at the best e 0 ee to e He s Is about 35 15 years ars old has haH dark brown hair which he wears ears short 0 0 is 5 6 j feet reet S 8 Inches tall and wel weighs hs about in pounds Bill is addicted addicted- to 0 Q e cigarettes occasionally smokes n a pipe Is 18 an aft adept at profanity but e 0 0 never nc gambles s or of drinks liquor He came to New Mexico l 1 tcO from Greer e 0 eo o 0 T countr-T Texas Texas xa about bout live five years ago agu and has been engaged c. c sg d as cowboy e 0 ee e 0 at arl various u ranches He is married go goes s always armed ed and is an 0 p e n shot r e 0 j about an hour later when nen one man came up on one side of ot the canyon andone and andone one on the other Ve We recognized d the these two men as Alex Street and una Frank Freeland of or Tucumcari who belonged to the po posse se which started after our gang One man than got within 50 30 yards ards of us and the other only about from us One of or th the fellows stood and sized up tH the situation a while and then thel went went- back evidently e not liking th the outlook for a n light with odds so against him Hawkins then said ald Ill I'll Just drop a bullet In front of or him to see how he moves referring to the fellow who re remained remained re- re still Hawkins tired Cook Nell and Potter doing likewise about r fifteen shots in all being hired fired when both men took to their h heels els and disappeared disappeared dis dis- appeared vv with their thell companions ns Two Outlaws at Large All An of or the bo boys boys' boys are s are alC now under arrest ar ar- arrest rest except the l leader ader Un Hawkins and Isbell Nell and Cook were wen taken In down in Arizona and ana the thc chances arc are that Hawkins will Ill be within the tolls toils before very cry long I Iguess guess our OUI game gume is about played and with the dose we will get set for robbing the tho Is added the chance that some of or us will swing for the Fort Sumner murder Well Veil my race has been short but hut I guess I can stand the benediction |