| Show TRAIN ROBBER BLACK BLACKJACK JACK HANOS HANCS I Rope Broke but His Head lend Was Vas Jerked Off Of Wrote Letter to o President Saying Certain Men len Are Ate Innocent Innocent Clayton N M U 1 April II l alias Ilal hulack Jack tho thu train mimi robber was wal hanged banned at 1121 p nt iii I today The rim fh ropo broke but lib his hii head Jerked oft off of The fhe execution took place Inside a u stockade built buit for tor the tho occasion The This i ulO was WaR crowded 10 spectators having beut admitted When mounted tho Ito plat list foi m at 1 1 17 lila his face tuC was very yen vcr pale but hula his hll eye tye swept out over the tue crowd coldly cohly and boldly a 1 as It If lie he 11 hind had no fear foar A priest stood at nt his side stile as the Ito rope rOIe was put ut around hits hit hil neck Met The rho con eon condemned condemned man filth 1111 html had hal to 10 this at atthe Attie atlie the lie tie last moment declined to o make mako u n speech before bouru the thu tl noose was put U t around his hilts hi neck He lie muttered Good Goodbye I bye iye then thell said sull dig dh my coy grave very ver deep deel amid finally Inal All Al right hur hun hurry hurI hunI ry I up Un hum l legs trembled but he ho kept his nerve nerl When the body bOd dropped through tIm the trap the this rope mope severed the tie lie head nil as IK cleanly as al If It a Il knife had hind cut It 1 Tim Tho body pitched forward with wih blood spurting from remit the headless trunk The heath head heur remained lit in 11 the lie black laek sack ark timid and 1111 Hew flew lw down own lute Into the pit lit lil Some omo men groaned crooned and others otherl untied turned away to the sight sl ht For Fora Jor JorI a IL I few tew ow seconds leeone the tim body hod was allowed to tolie tole tolIe lie le titer then unit halt doubled up on ott its IH right light side wih with the blood issuing In nn an in intermittent In stream from troll rout the severed neck nee as the heart henrt kept on omi 01 with wih Its I mechanical beating Then with wih cries of ot If consternation the tho officers rushed down trots from the lie scaffold anti Int lifted the tha hotly body front from the ground U It I was wal only then apparent exactly what hat happened The rh drop Mop of ot the lie body was WS seven font and the lie noose wits was 80 BO it I slipped easily Ketchum was waa Wi a heavy heny mun und amid the lie til weight of It tho thin body boil bod with wih the this easy tasy running mattIng noose the tho rope ropa to cut cult time the oft off oi Dr I Slack pronounced life Itt extinct In II a n little over oer Jive five lve minutes from rain thi th time the body i dropped through brought tim tho ho trap Iru It I Is stated too much luch of oC a drop droll WAS ns given for Cor MO so II IIi i heavy hen a moan man Sheriff Garcia superintended th hi execution and amid him him himself Hei self elf let the lie trap trait drop Thomas homaH K I 1 Ketchum I olla alias Block lolk Jock Jack 1 the lie most float Mt noted te desperado of ot the lie t Although he iii h was wan wal credited with wih having taken tak n the lives live I of nr some sortie of ot his hiM fellow clo lwIn yet yit t ho ly Iy paid the th forfeit t with wih hl own lIfe uto for tor an 11 train robbers in 11 which nobody wua wl killed I This crime was wn near FoU Fol nm New N v Mexico I August 10 IG 1 9 Single handed Black Jack hold held up a R Colorado Southern train He is e ordered the tho engineer e and arni fireman to uncouple the tho engine and leave leno the train trin The Time conductor anti and mall mail nl agent aK nt opened lire fire on him which he hue promptly returned He lie le received tin contents content of or 1 51 In iii his hil right firm Mm but limit quickly changing the rifle to III Wt loft he hI succeeded In Iii II wounding both conductor and amid mull mall agent He lie then escaped In the dunk daik ness but hut was 18 captured the lie next day ilay tay He lie Jt was tried for assault aRul upon a 1 United mall mail agent and anti w l to ti tIl ten n years In the lie penitentiary Then In II September 1900 1000 he 11 Wl tried on the tho the more moore mor serious curious charge of sit assault upon a I railroad train with wih Intent to 10 commit I ft felon He lie WAS also convicted on this thU charge cliare was sentenced to tl be hI hanged han In November last laRt Time The execution was stayed taye until March Math by an n appeal to this the territorial supreme court urt which af rut affirmed f firmed the finding of or the tho lower court nod In March a reprieve wo WM granted until April Apri 20 26 Black Jack Jaek was 8 slid said S t to have been ba the leader of or a 1 band baad of ot outlaws who I committed many train robberies anti other raids In Toxin New N w MoI awl amid This band has hal been ben scattered since stine Iloe hl hil hip a n t Seven of ul eight tight havo havoen been en killed klet three art IN In Jail and tho thu mountain have havo 1 n thriven driven Into tho thu TuB THU IU JAIL JAI Clayton N M 11 April 11 ril armed deputies were wore on 01 guard nil all 11 night at nt the lie J Jail ll here In anticipation of nn na attempt to Thomas u E Ketchum the lie trail robber under sentence to bu hanged today but hut If I any In friends of or lie tho here h re they hay th made no demon demonstration dOlon Hundreds of ot men inca mOi many lalY ot f them row hoys from the country thronged thai thu streets today Ketchum I received the lie ministrations of oC a priest t this flits He lie le ate a n henrt breakfast took a both bath antI said Bald ho was waH ready teady to lie die II at any 11 hour At 11 13 1130 SO a m mu 1 he lie called CIUl for music A violin and n a 1 guitar wore tiers sent for tor I talked tilted for tor over an hour with wih visitors to today day in 10 cooler than hiatt any an alt who met mimet hint him hll He lie II ret to Imprison Imprisonment Imprisonment ment ment Ketchum told of ot robberies In which lie Ito was wan wal concerned but declared declare that hat he lie had hiatt never killed a man and only Oi emil shot hol three Ho lie le said sal that hint he was riot not lack Jock Jack and that lint that bandit bandi still lived IY d refused to give names of ot friends Men s still sti at liberty giving n a full tul account of ot the tho Steens Taw Pass laH robbery exonerating the tho thumen men mca who whit wept convicted of ot that crime Ketchum said that Hud Upshaw UI haw was WI Innocent of ot the Ito murder murde of ot A t P Powers In Imi Texas of or which he Is accused This Thil i killing was wan IS the tho result I of or a conspiracy to which he was 1101 party IG LYM TO Y Denver Cole Cola April 2 A special to the tIme Denver Post from fro iota I Clayton N M MI stays says I R that Thomas E Ketchum Who Is in Isto Isto into to be 15 hanged there thoro today mailed the letter leter to President this him morning N M H I April 26 20 To His Hs President of tho the Washington D I C CSir Sir Using now at lit It the lon latin own of Clay Olay Clayton ton N M awaiting my m execution w which Is set for tor this day tilt Ia and realIzing teul the Importune to the time liberty of other men and until the time duty which I conceive to tobe len his be Incumbent upon myself standing In tho Ito presence of where no human did can reach me toe I desire to cn I rate to you nl by b means of ot this letter leter would bo In hoor Inor some facts which I deem or of Interest to the people through their Ile and nd too 11 the tho meano of at I liberating hIbi Innocent men There Thero are nr I WHY mime three men awn In BC ta Fe je J penitentiary nay ary serving sentences tar for to tho the robbery of or the lie United States State moll mail mul at t nH lass J R Ai II iz In viz 11 Leonard I Al AI Alberton berton Walter Huffman and amid Hill Bill UI Wt Hufman and amid Ind thov thies are urt Innocent of ot tim the crime as nn an unborn babe The Tim names of oC tim the U men who committed tho tIm crime aro am Dave ave Atkins Ed Will Wi Car Carver Carver ver wr Sam Ketchum mil Bill nl und antI I 1 hive have given to my attorney In tn IY Clayton Claton means menns by b which articles taken In 11 salt said robbery may muy be found where we ue huh hid them item cud and 11 also the he names nameR of oC tf witnesses who live Ile In that lint vicinity who will wili testify that thaI and Ind Rand gaM were In that neighborhood nel both Imme Immediately Immediately immediately l and after ater the robbery The rhio fact tact that these the men omen are Innocent and are Buffering Impels Impell me to make mak this confusion While you cannot help me Inc and while I 1 realize that alt all ni efforts corts ID to secure to me ste a commutation of ot my ray m sentence have ha ve signally failed ailed I wish wih to todo todo todo do this much In the Interest of ot the thel tt Innocent men inca who so PO far tar ns as 19 I know never n ver committed a crime In their heir lives I this statement fully tuly that thai my end li is 11 fast tast approaching anti and that lint I must very vey soon soomi me meet t my Maker Very Vary respectfully your servant T B E KETCHUM |
