Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1888-01-13
source date: 1888
availability: public-domain

Red Pugh, a cowboy who was in the employ of Jack Fleming in the Burros some years ago, but who is now with Buffalo Bill’s wild west show, created a terrific hubbub in London re- cently. Red went into a restaurant and ordered a rare beef steak. The waiter brought him one so rare that it jerked around on the plate. Red drew his gun and fired three or four shots through the steak, “to kill it,” as he explained, when everyone in the establishment joined in a general stampede. After killing the steak Red sat down to eat his meal, but was interrupted in a few minutes by the arrival of about fifty police, who told him that it was against the laws of her majesty Queen Vic to make such John Branch plays in Hengland. He was ar- rested and fined. The particulars were cabled over to the American papers. Grant County boys can always be relied upon for an item when away from home. ( 1 ) From ihe January 20, 1888, Issue of The Enierprise Charley Small Captured He Is the Leader of a Band of Mexican Central Train Robbers That Were Captured

cabled over to the American papers. Grant County boys can always be relied upon for an item when away from home. ( 1 ) From ihe January 20, 1888, Issue of The Enierprise Charley Small Captured He Is the Leader of a Band of Mexican Central Train Robbers That Were Captured News was received here last Sunday of the robbery of an express train on the Mexican Central road near Chihuahua, and that Charley Small was the leader of the gang that committed the robbery. It took place at a small station 14 miles below Chihuahua named Mapula. There were five men in the job. Doc Hines, one of the men captured, makes this statement:

ican Central road near Chihuahua, and that Charley Small was the leader of the gang that committed the robbery. It took place at a small station 14 miles below Chihuahua named Mapula. There were five men in the job. Doc Hines, one of the men captured, makes this statement: I was in this robbery. The leader of the band was Charles Small. There were five of us in the robbery. Besides Small and myself there was a man named Charles Hudson or Hutchinson and two others whose names I did not learn. They were with us only a day or two before the robbery. They came down from Ari- zona. For the last 15 or 20 days before the robbery we had our headquarters at Captain J. C. Beatty’s Biecho ranch, 45 miles nearly south from Chihuahua. The night of the robbery we reached Mapula about three-quarters of an hour before the train was due. We opened the side switch. When the section hands came in they ran in on the switch. The negro foreman of the section hands started to throw the switch back. Charley Hutchinson told him not to touch it. “That’s what I am here for, boss,” said the negro. “If you touch that switch, I’ll blow your head off!” said Hutchinson. The negro stepped back. The two robbers whom I don’t know were left to take care of the section men, Hutchinson held up the engineer and fireman, and Small and I went into the express car. I got for my share of the money $100 in Mexican silver and $50 in Mexican gold. When I was arrested I had the gold in my boot leg, and it was not found when I was searched. “How much of a haul did you make?” Hines was asked. “I won’t tell that.”

into the express car. I got for my share of the money $100 in Mexican silver and $50 in Mexican gold. When I was arrested I had the gold in my boot leg, and it was not found when I was searched. “How much of a haul did you make?” Hines was asked. “I won’t tell that.” Yesterday Buck Galbraith, jailer here, re- ceived a letter from Von Heine, the ex-soldier who was in jail here with Charley Small, stating that it is none other than that notorious and dangerous individual who led the robbers in their bold undertaking. Hutchinson, a cripple, is supposed to be another companion of Small’s that hung around in the Burros a long time during the early part of the fall and winter. Johnny Bell, who left this section of the country for Mexico with Small, is thought to be another of the gang. This country is well rid of a very hard gang of desperadoes in this trio, and there seems to be no doubt in the minds of the officers that they are the men. Von Heine writes that they will all be shot within a month, as the Mexican laws make it a death penalty to rob a train in that country. So this settles Charley Small and his villainous gang forever.