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Las Vegas Daily GazetteSunhry April 4, 1880.FLEEING FOR LIFE.A Dick Turpin RMe—A fk^klosa bv' not Courteous.Drive Ktidebaugh and .lack Allen mad-good their escape i'i day night. The second partv that start#*;! alter made a good ctl'mu but never overlook Mm fugitives, ‘-i* got in ^ifrhtThey took tins La i'inta mad ami j after irlt;*tIiurr out two or three mile.** iIgnacio Sena, who was after them o/i j lior»f?bsn k caught u; near enough to shoot. 11#* tired : uivcrai almt* at tho| hack one hall •riiujr 11.roil :\\ the upper part. The hack wa«* stopped and one of the inon pot out ami returned the lire. Sena not having much ammunition then returned for a nov, supply. The fugitives niter this rn-eoiintre continued their journey with increased speed. About 1 ^ miles out they came upon some herders with Middle horses. These they immediate-Iv appropriated to tlieir own use taking tie* pistols from llif hoys ami also meat. and other pro\ isious. Thus freshly mounted, they distanced all pursuers. Tim herders, we under-stand, were in the employ of AntonioMontova. Thev reside at. San (iero-• •uinm and one of their name* is Ato-nio (Ion/ale-. TIic Sheri II was no! in town and the deputy appeared tlt; be totally unprepared to do anythin? effectually uml promptly. In this emergency a number of citizens saddled their hordes, hunted up their guns and started in pursuit. Among these were Hilario Komero, Col. Lockhart, Peter Simpson and several other good men whose names we did not leurn. They pressed Toward as rapidlv as possible, riding some JJ/i miles before night closed down and remlere I further pursuit hopeless. Their horses bv this time were tired out and the night being «o dark that’O'.nothing; could he seen they were forced to turn hack and arrived home yesterday morning. They brought hack the ha«-k which had boon leftwith the herders. Allen and Itude-bnttgh left two of the guns iti the hack, likely considering that’ with fresh horses thoy would have no use Tor long range arm*.It was a bold and desperate attempt ’ to liberal* Wchb which failed on' account of lack of nerve and cou*ur» on the part of the projectors. V/lp-nthev had shot the jailor and obtainedthe keys, they threw them into Webb's cell, telling him that there were the keys that thev must go. How did they imagine (hat he should get out and escape on foot without arms. It was ail ill advised plan for their objectand nervelessly executed. They madea good escape, however, am! luckilyfor them mo* the mounted herder4-*,otherwise the chamcs are Unit tin* Ttoimro and Lockhart party would have overhaulc 1 them, in which ca c, it would he a dead ‘'lire thing thevn %would have h reti captured.
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Las Vegas Daily Gazette
Las Vegas, New Mexico, US
Sun, Apr 04, 1880
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Kokomo-Howard C.
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