The boys who followed and captured the…
source date: 1888
availability: public-domain

from one of the pursuers soon brought him to a halt. The thieves have been going by the names of Joe Phillips and Levi Harkey, and have heretofore borne good reputations, but their hard riding and mountain craftiness would indicate that they are not novices at the business. The boys who followed and captured the thieves deserve great credit. The distance covered by them from 8 :30 to 7 o’clock was about 80 miles, a considerable portion of which was through the mountains, the pursuers fol- lowing the trail. Deputy Sheriff Parks left with his prison- ers for Arizona early yesterday morning. When taken from the jail the thieves displayed the usual insolent braggadocia characteristic of such characters. One of them said: “What, you ain’t going to take us back in that old hack, are you? I want that white horse of mine. He’s a daggoned good one.” A bystander re- marked that a little hemp would suit the young man pretty well. The thieves are sure of a long term in the penitentiary at Yuma. The country would be better off if more such captures were made. John Marino, who escaped from the Georgetown lock-up Tuesday night, was arrest- ed for the burning of John Menard’s residence on the Mimbres. He is supposed to belong to a band of Mexican outlaws who have been