The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-08

the RIO Grande Could tho latter
picket frontier line three hundred
miles Ia lenglh2 Without such q
guard, what ID there ~ prevent bands
Of Mexican robbers aud aaaasslns nom
passing into Texas, committing their
crimes, aud returning unmelested ?
That they have committed Their deeds
Of OuilaWry with impnnily within the
last half dozen years, the official ra-
cords show, The United States oO,.i-
mission appointed IN 1872 10 Invests
gate the alleged Dlilrlges Oii The west
ern frOnller al Texas reported that they
found indubilable evidence that eKpe-
diiiOns for the purpose VI cattle steal
Ing la Texas were organized on the
right bank Of the Rio drande, la the
states Of l'nmaullpas aud Csahullai
that these bands, mounted, armed,
prOyiHioned for several days' absence,
found no difficulty IN crossing the RIO
Grandp aud penetrating unmOlested 10
distances of one hundred aud one hun.
bred aud nifty miles Into tho NueGes
country that they have returned with
herd Il numbering sometimes sixteen
hundred been met NJ tho Mexican
line 10y cOnfodGrnles with deGOy cattle,
boats, etc, and the herds disposed OF
10 the Mexican army, ~ the butchers
Of Matamorla, Mier aud Camargo, aud
even sold In open market for the ben
eft Oi the thieves, or, after having
been robmndud, used 10 stock the
ranches on the Mexican frontier That
II has been easy for these organized
bands Of Mexican robbers 10 carry on
their operations viii be the more easily
cOmprehended when II IN known TINT
about eighty per cent Of the pOpula-
tlon of the western Texas frontier Ia
composed OF MeSleana,
The pretended resident Of the Nuecea
country, who IN quoted by the WASH
Ingt0n correspondent, Processes 10 bo.
lleyo tlint II would DO impossible for
Mex lcans 10 penetrate To the Nnecoa
cattle ranges aud commit the alleged
crimes. John Fitch, one Of the Wit
nesses before the United States COM
mission, testified that in April, 1872,
he saw armed Mexican cattle thieves
gather n herd OF stolen cattle In the
NueGes stock range, near CaudelOrlO
ranch, eighty miles from the river
Charles j, Murphy, cattle aud hide III
speClor under the laws Of Texas, tesll-
fled that he saw stolen hides (the prop
erty OF Captain Richard King, OF Tan
oho Santa Gcrtrudes, Nueces county,
Texas imported from Nalamoras,
Deputy Inspector Rock testified that
In about one year, ending In August,
1872, no had recorded US sto-
len AS hides shipped from
Matamoras, Mexico, hearing the brands
Of llfty different stock ralsers In ives.
tern Texas, the largest number In Nue.
ces county. As far back w 1850 Colo
mel II. II. Lee, then OF the United
States army, and commanding the de-
partmont OF Texas, was ordered to no.
tily the Mexican authorities on the
Rio Grande frontier that they must
break up the bands of Mexican bandit
ii, and chat they would he held respon-
sible for the faithful performance Of
this plain duty. Richard King, Of
Nueces county, Texas, testified that
General Don Pedro Hnoiosa (then
first AlcNldc of Matamoras), called on
him (king) and offered sum OF mon
ey TO buy the right of legal ownership
In all cattle of Kings brands, then on
the Mexican side Of the river, in the
hands of thieves or their receivers.
With such facts M these, the pretended
Washington gentleman from the Tex
as frontier had better tell his tales ito
the marines !" He IL probably In
spired by the Mexican Jesuits, who at
, tempted in all FERNS To tllwart the Of
forts Of the United States commissions
ers In 1928 to unearth the crimes of
the Mexican freebooters, and who now
know that in the event of the cession
of Mexican territory TO the United
States, their power In that region
would be overthrown.