The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-04-17

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Fw several gpwa m. l.H tpWuof
spyonp, DHlIal county, Iwna, and
yidn,Iy uus been noted ns 70 place NJ
Inalusnu., Grim. wI disorder as
well ~ 70 place NJ resort l0r horse
thieves, do-pomlocg aud other had
certain parties having
located themselves here ~ n place Of
rendezvous for such characters, thus /.
giving aid and comfort to thlcylngand
muraudIug bands lnlcsting all parts Of
the state. Here IL the home of the |
widow and family Of james Reed, the
Snn Antonio mail robber his widow
being no less celebrated in such eX-
ploits than her notorious paramour.
Here the robber and outlaw himself
made his home and soughtrelug while
resting from his daring and infamous
rObberics and murders. Here Porter
and the Younger brothers, whose
names have since become synonymous
of iniamy throughout the length and
breadth of the land, for time rested
secure. Here was murdered Colonel
Nichols, deputy sheriff ofthis county,
and Mr.. Mcmahon, one Of his posse,
while attempting to arrest Porter and
John Younger. Here, for II time, was
the headquarters of the notorious des-
perado Hays, alias Parker, who shot of
Judge Harris arm, and murdered in
cold blood James Loving, II peaceable
citizen of Dallas county. Here the rob-
Der and desperate, Wilder, who now
lies in prison ut Fort Smith, rested
while he concOcted his infamous plans.
For such characters the latch string
of the home OF this family has ever
hung ont and us courier, and if need
be coworker Of the band, she Mrs.
/ Reed has done them good service.
Downing often male attire, she has
ridden hundreds of miles to apprse
them of pending danger.
Quite recently she has threatened to
burn out any one who proposed to in
tertere with her nelarious plans, and
states, in Il threatening letter to one Of
our citizens, that she has twenty-five
men who will do her bidding and an
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Thus have they conducted them
selves until they have become terror
to the citizens of the county mt large,
aud the citizens of Scyene have been
driven to the necessity of organizing
and banding themselves together to
aid each other in protecting their lives
and property, and to aid the officers Of
the law in arresting and bringing to
oil of
and bv their vigilance to obtain and
convey to the proper authorities all in
fractions of the law, rs well as to coll
lect and present the evidence in such
cases, thus aiding to bring to the bar
Of justice the parties who have so long
preyed upon us.
la doing this, the citizens are desir-
Gus OF being assured that they are do
ing nothing contrary to the laws
of the state, and that they have
the sympathy of the officials of the
state in what they consider laudable
, undertaking.
With this view we, the undersigned,
have been selected As II committee to
confer with yOur cXcellency and ask
your aid and advice. We have been
led to adopt this course from feeling
StIlSc vi llIt lCHlpVilSib!li'J iNS'ihS wynn
us rs good citizens and law-aOiding
men, having in view not only the good
of the county, but of the whole state.
In your eXcellency's message to the
fourteenth Legislature, on pages fifteen
to eighteen inclusive, we have noticed
stain recommendations in regard to
such means as you deem most eXpedi-
ent to preserve the peace and quietude
rs well as the dignity Of our state,
which meets with our hearty approba-
ton. Aud, while we do not ask either
pay or subsistence from the state, eX-
cept in such actual expenditures US
may be incurred in pursuing thieves
and desperadocs for their capture and
arrest, we desire the appreciation of the
executive of the state in our proceed
ings.
We propose 10 act only as law-abid-
ing men and good citizens, and 20 go
only where the laws of the land will
7 protect Us, ana IN no wise TO take The
law into our own hands.
Since our organization we have az
rested and turned over to the proper
authorities some half dozen or more
offenders, two of whom are charged
with horse stealing.
We forward you herewith the certfi-
cate of our county officials, certifying
to our standing us citizens of Dallas
county, and ask that you take the mat
ter into consideration and give us an
early answer.
/ Very TesnnctfullY