County Sheriff M. F. Shaw, Undersheriff Charles A. Shibell, W. G. Whorf, and four experienced Papago trackers. Shaw and Whorf left the posse after several days. The rest of the posse continued to Janos, Chihuahua, the customs house closest to the trail they were following. In Janos, Meade requested Mexican authorities continue the pursuit and offered to pay expenses and associated duties. The Mexican authorities instead arrested Meade and his associates. The resulting two week imprisonment created a small international incident. While Meade was being held, Southern Pacific Railroad detective Bob Paul obtained permission from Mexican authorities to pursue the train robbers, capturing them near Cusihuiriachi. Following his initial appointment, Meade had advocated a policy of tolerance with the territory's Mormon population and hired several Mormon deputies. Any resulting goodwill evaporated in May 1889 after the Wham Paymaster Robbery resulted in the arrest of seven prominent members of the Mormon community. A reward of $500 had been offered for each arrest and Meade was accused of making the arrests in an attempt to collect the reward. When the suspects were acquitted at trail, Meade received the majority of the blame for the failed prosecution. Meade left his position as U.S. marshal on March 4, 1890. Meade remained active in politics after leaving office. He made an unsuccessful run to become a delegate to Arizona's 1891 constitutional convention. He was appointed Superintendent for Prisons on April 24, 1893 but the 17th Arizona Territorial Legislature refused to confirm his appointment. By this time, Grover Cleveland had returned to the White House and Meade was reappointed U.S. marshal on May 8, 1893. His second time in office allowed his to achieve partial vindication for the results of the Wham trial when he arrested a relative of one of the trial defendants in connection to a January 6, 1894 train robbery. Meade resigned as U.S. marshal on June 15, 1897. After leaving the marshal's office, Meade went to Alaska where he engaged in some mining interests. He then moved back to Tombstone a short time later. During his final years, Meade served on the Cochise county draft board. Meade died in his home in Tombstone on March 14, 1918. Footnotes References 1851 births 1918 deaths United States Marshals Members of the Arizona Territorial Legislature Arizona Democrats People from Clarke County, Virginia People from Florence, Arizona People from Tombstone, Arizona 19th-century American politicians