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lasti ofJOIISSTORY OFfirstI*brea»onsas fandart.will«hot iMUSGRAVEstrutAfto hii ingrlt;PartCol-prim1, asthebill-K)V’SgotGAINED A TERRIBLE AND BLOODY\YownCol-1. Ithot.Ing.RECORD IN CHAVES COUNTYAND EASTERN NEWengasix-sMEXICO.► US.I Ilf Kill INGPARKERdon’form u iXuioneeriffA1whorofbvofShot Down in Cold Blood in Cow* rra vdearanda \va»odvto tCamp.— Musgrave a Member of theAsBlack Jack Gang, Holding Up Stages honwasand Robbing Banks and Stores.sk\v,Story of the Chase After Him.andwithmana i i lt;ri i a nwellThe news i:i last night’s Recordtli.n George .Musgrave, m**mlor of theold “Black Jack” gang had been captured near Fairbanks, close to Tombstone Arizona, brought a flood of me-JCE.tomis.of alightpo-ith amories to the older citizens of Roswell. all of whom well remember Mus*'i 'A*' ■*• *grave and the -whirlwind exciting events in which lie lefts con:eleven years ago this fall. He startedhis outlaw career by joining a band of»robbers who he Id up and robbed rightII igiDowposV,1bateof It. i eheathet b e v1 h eor hosrestA rto avna-caseand left and clinched his title of*s-perado bv killing George Barker, awe ll known citizea of t’nis county.From that time he was husv in gettingout of this part of the country.Adostd t(ieorir«* Musgrave came to Roswell’)NS.from Texas with his parents when ai banicedi.?c re-mu-()c-118118hiun*very small ihv. He went to sclnintliis town and afterward went to workTh«aheldt herpassof arrs a cow puncher in ibis locality. . Hesecured some stock of his own andran a few horses on the range. Aboutthe year 1 hin, he was indicted for hH^^iiealing and it was said at thetime, and is so reported now by, manytimers that George Parker was ins inAthebrmt \n? 4,1stasfeeti n ifuntilstrumenial in having the indictment he h4 •it ionrough!\t least Musgrave thought eth*Musgrave was then about 21 or urrigenl2 years old. O. VY. Haynes was slier- hobiff tuem Musgrave in some way heard [a h• ■ .J ■ Iindictment and kept out of the thareach*iff Haynes and his de- joklt;ILL.* . . . piities and it was while he was “.onjr I uca ntin* dodge’’ that he got into Hie wrong JpkU]crowd and went to tlie bad.ea nr *k out-was in the fall of 1 s**t that Alus findv. • . fgrave joined what was afterward call- Septhe “Black Jack’’ gang, composed wht. 2kfivje desperadoes, all of whom had bedi un-beesi peaceable and law-abiding cow-1 anddinpunchers in and around Roswell -and mihFair-1 w« re \s *known ht re. They beganmeri-1 operations at Nogal, where they heldOUTip tinba i vk.hold-up was fe-[ the I listedthe gang v\ as drivena a nfrom I * ithoutsecuring anylt;yFrom Xogal Jhe\to Rio Puerco and held up a train on the Santa latteIt o g-Again they were given battle | charest andriven awav without anythere wasUnited tSates marshalhe train named Loomis andi; i a nhadshort shotgun, with whichtho^D.longsucceeded in killing one of Th*» gang,better known in RoswellbutTomarris,aft*as Bob Cole. From Rio Puerco ohe re leftgaining four came to the vicinityfivlt;tingsWhite Oaks and help up themalt;I a rethat run into that town. They robbedHie mail sacks and secured whateverwasseparated into two pairs. George MasNDS. j grave andHays came in the di-ITha» *lsion j rection ofand the other two amId ing waited for them in the country to the£\ the south of \\'|iitc Oak^.doesMusgrave land Hays went to a roundist S.upwagon and camp of the Diamond livewhite a ranch, 35 miles southwest of Ros-that well on the Felix, going there for thepass-purposethat ker who was running the wagon. Botheads. Mu sera vrears, to the boys in camp and were wellact. Miked as congenial cow-punchers. Xo-fivewas known, of course, ofts on j depredations to The west and north-ulgat- west of the camp. The visitors were. Ther»e-ofwelcomedup anda ccord i nSamV. ,off the Among the cow-punchers in camp•eeksFranklat- Juan Perea, still with the Diamond**re-snalVO'whthaTp-offeckA outfit, was working abourelhelping Butler.m Ju-When ParkCi came in with a bunchof horses at about eleven o’clock intne morning,Musgraved we I ed each other cordially by their firstr fall! names, but somethose who wereall! present thought they were speakingHidistrustedMusgrave is said to have walked towardni£th*♦expectedilihis hand to shake hands, toenhave said. “Parker, I have come allthe way from Mexicothe wav you have got me in troubleftI\lOOtf:as he talked, is said to have pull- coed his gun and shot three times. The4b
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Roswell Daily Record
Roswell, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jul 26, 1907
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