The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-05-14
TIE ARIzOMf OUTLAWs.
iRcnians uvhD Rre More Feared than the In
dians7r.iviuE - Life OF Unondina Violence
How they Occasionally Capture ~ Town.

dians-I,iviug y Life or Unendine Violence .
How they Occasionally Capture ~ Town.
SANTA FE, N. NJ. May 2.-Tho outlaws OF,
Arizona. who have been tho subject Of u proc
lamation by President Arthur. ore known as /
rustlcrs. Thoy arc the same breed. how
over. as tho cowboys Of Colorado and Texas.
Being further away from civilization. and
in country slneuarly we'll adapted
to business such as theirs. they have
become habitually vicious. Wherever the
cowboy may be put and under what
ever circumstances he may DO met. he will,
be found TO DO tho same animal. lazy foul
mouthed, desperate incorporate. full Of swag-
gor and bravado. and careless as vol OF his own
life aud property as of those Of others. Ho
wears a buckskin suit. with hat having n rim
wide enough to cover his ears and neck and
tuck In at tho collar band. In his leath-l
or belt hang two largo and 1no re-
volvers genorally solf-cockcrs and In one
boot log. held in place by two Sits in the
leather. rests a knife Of murdcrous pattern.
Tho cowboys range in age from IL to 80. Tho
life which they lead Ia not conducive to lon
goyity. and ii is therefore very rare that u
genuine cowboy more than 30 years Of age is
found II one succeeds In dolgng the bullets
OF deputy shcriffs and tho gibbot Of Judge
Lynch until that period is passed. he generally
abandons that trade and takes to train and stuge
robbing as II profession. The cowboys are al .
most invariably American born. and about
many of them there is just n lingo of romance.
In thoir motley ranks will DO found young men
from almost every Eastern State. The causes
which impellcd them to the border and into
their Wild and dangerous life arc as diversified
AZ inc whin1S ana impulses of the human mind.
The cowboys. who make their appearance
occasionally vt frontier towns in Nebraska.
Kansas, and Colorado. devote the greater part
In la kgl Nfl yN..aE
nloyed to hord aud. in the shipping scnson,
drive them 70 tho nearest desirable railroad
nottunty to indulge their iawlcss prolcnsitios.
IN mney literally T., Iiyg among Their catsH faring
are hired to guard inc little Cooking King: whicS
is necessary thoy do themselves. They
are their own tailors and doctors. and
once or twice II year when near II fine stream.
II the weather is not too cool. their solitary
shirt is washed after Q fashion. When the
begun. the cowboys life begins to take n
different aspect. The drive is often long. and
away d9nEer@ns and borious; The boys
dies being with tho exception ofthrir revolvcrs.
The poSsGsepnI in which they take the most
risk of being ,rampIcd to death, and ut night
GilG,Gp on the ground When the herd has been
frontier whiskcy. the trouble begins. II there
Is dance house near NJ hand they head for it,
A!nd sisnal:ze their presence by attempting to
may br. A a rule. thcy are not disturbed in
pnsttncS such nS this.
If they conclude before morning 10 " take the
town, then war is declared and somebody will
and an indtgnity such as an arrest, offered to
an" Of their number usually results in an at
tempt on the part of his comrades to release
him. If they are successful in this. tho men
who were responsible" for the Interference with
their pleasure are compelled - pay for their
folly. sometimes with their lives, and some
times with property or money.
Taking the town. means Il grcnt deal There
may b" from fifteen to ilfty wrl-armcd and
they soc and yelling and swearing ut the top of
their voices. i there is a store door large
enough. they ride through il aud help them
selves to such OF the contents Of the store rs
sGit thsir ia, sast The ringing Of their horses
The signal for the retreat 81 ,h" lawful occu.
pants through the roar windows In rare in
osnizs and dijyc the ruiIians out Of Town. ;ss
Wa done in Caldwell. Kansas. not long ago:
BIT generally the bows 20 q tlrcir own motion
on" has in lirtrd an injury on tlicm which
must must b, rndresrcd. they will not return.
cowboys on an rnondins spree. HEY aro wild Will
men. No Apache that ever lived had less re-
some attention to cattle. but as that industry
in Ar'Ionn Is not yet "A lnrg" one. there is not
patton is pilIase aud murder, They travel in
small p4rtt"S and rob everybody they meet.
Thy will Kin man whenever they think best.
expert horse thieves. In fact. nothing that is
por'ah'" ana ctn De- made to serve their pur-
posr is SAFE when They are around The reign
of terror which they have inauguratrd is equal
T. any over CAUSED in this section 10y the In
dlnn>. Their crimes mr." SO humorous and the
t"rrnrinm which they exercise over the settlers
Is so complete. that not one in nifty of their
d"rrc 'ations is eyer, known outside Of II"
n"iShb )rhood in which il is pcrpatratcd. To
speak 81 them disrespcctfully or to call their
crinr' by their right names in a newspaper.
for the exceeding tenderness shown them by
most OF the frontier editors. Murder is II hard
any better thnn some man killers nearer the
""ntr' OF civilization. II Is "a word seldom re-
sorted to, therefore in IN" Territorial prrss.
deliberate homici'i" is usually dism,-rd with
two on three lines rening something lik" this:
h!foo TO-, s,n %, N, irog on Jim Brown IN rs.ey.
nobody els VIA, hurt
Tho rustlnr always has a stop-on-my.coat-if-
ynu.dnrr air about him. A request on an in
tha T"rr tory he s'1 aSc oi' III '' etiquette o.
TAX" II drink :" said ono of them in a saloon
80, don't want anything. Vas the reply.
s"lf;eoekins revolver had spoken sinul,ain"S",
The other day a cowboy entered little eot.
Element and purchased II can Of corn"d be"l.
h. sat down IN the knG and or"n"d tho ,g,n.
When everything WAS ready he called tot man,
II stranger, Standing in 'front.' tn" store, 10
hungry. You've got Ia eat. came tine COM
mnani. afic%Hmmnir,,i by m2yenremi Of II"
hand, which r"at"i on 4 revolver The ~trir-
ger advanced slowly and paltook ri tin, nrni
evidently III nm unhappy fran" OF mind bur his
host seemed to enjoy the r"pn~t and the -ocirty
of his newly mad" acquaintance not "a little.
\ cowboy entered Il hotel dining room sat
down OPPOSITE" "A young man whom he adj
dressed ~ "A t"ndrrfoot and hcgnn to throw the
dishes aud their contents on the floor The
young man "nIcnnyoma 10 g. rrmpo}nstr9te with
trncc he was pierced by huilr, from tn" do--
porHdo', revolver. Events like the above ar, of
traveller one meets has u fund Of such ancc-
dotes 10 relate. tn Territorial authorities
have proved wofuly INADEQUATE to cope with
the ruStirrs. They take towns stampede
stock, rob stages and wayay pruspcrtors with
impunity. a few towns and camps hay"
we're that they will not be troubled again per
hapS The movement against them has of late
been more vigorous than AZ any time before in
years, and 1t is reported that u number OF them
have worked their way northwHrl into Utah