Early Tuesday morning Deputy Muse, ac-…

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the flight of the jail birds and capture of the guard had been dis- covered by Judge Lynch on making his round before going to bed, and he with Sheriff Lock- hart were awaiting the return of Mr. Crowe who came back about 4 o’clock in the morning cha- grined and disgusted. Early Tuesday morning Deputy Muse, ac- companied by George Parker to assist in trail- ing the runaways, took the trail and found where the two men had been furnished with horses and a friendly guide had shown them the way to the top of the divide and then re- turned to town. The trail was followed for thirty miles to the Gila and it is supposed they are over in Arizona. There are strong suspi- cions that members of a very respectable Silver City family are implicated in the rescue of the criminals. HAM! HAM! An amusing incident occurred recently at a minor American theatre. In a drama the heroine is supposed to be shot by the villain of the play. At the critical moment the weapon missed fire, but the actor was equal to the emergency, and exclaimed at once, “Die, then, the first victim of smokeless powder!” RUNAWAYS Saturday last was a day prolific of run- aways in our little city.