Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-17
ARIZONA OUTLAWS
The Cow seys sf.tha usst and
- Now NAsy Live.
Description Of the Class at Whom tSs
Presidents Proclamation was Aimed
and Which Reused Such Ia
dignatioe There Tta ?
THE PROCESS OF rAKlNs A TOWN.

SANTA FL, n. NJ, May ls.-The outlaws
of Arizona, who have been the ssbject Of
proclamation by President Arthur, are
known as rustlers. They are de- sams
breed. however, Is the cowboys OF CSlora-
do and Texas. Being further away frsG
civilization, and in . country sinSularly
adapted to business such as theirs, they
have become hsbitually vicious. Whsr.
ever the cowboy may be put, and
under whatever circumstances he
may be met, he will be found TO-
BE- the same animsl-lszy, foul.mouthed.
desperate. intenperate, fullof
sHaggsP and DraSsAs.
and careless as we'll OF his own life sad
buckskin suit, with . hat having . rim
wide enough to cover his ears and neck
and tuck In at the cellar and band. In his
leather belt hang two large and 6ne revolv.
ers, generally self.cockers, and in oas boos
leg, held In place by two sits In The
leather, rests knife Of murderous pattern.
The cowboys range In age from Is g ~ The
life which they lead is not conducive loo-
eevity, and II Is therefore very rare that Q
genuine cowboy more than Nyears OF -
Is found. II he succeeds In lodging he
bullets OF deputy sheriffs and the sibbet a
Judge Lynch until that period Is paSed.
he generally abandons that trade and takes
to train and stage robbing
A. PrsfesAisa.
The cowboys are Almost invariably Amer
lean horn. and about many Of them there
is just tinge OF romance. In their motley
ranks may be found young men FROM
almost every Eastern State. The causes
which impelled them TO the border and
into their Wild and dangerous LIE are d..
yersified as the whims and impulses OF the
human mind. The cowboys, who made
their appearance occasionally st frontier
towns in Nebraska, kansas and
Colorado, devote the greater part
of.their time TO the cattle which they are
employed to herd, and in the shipping
season drive them 10 the nearest desirable
railroad station. On the great ranches
they lind no opportunity TO indulge their
among their cattle. faring but little better
than the brutcs which they are hired 10
guard. The little cooking which 10 neces-
sary they do themselves. They are their
own tailors and doctors, and once or twice
a wear. when near Q fine stream, II the
weather Is not too cool. their solitary shirt
is washed after fashion. When
The Rsand.Cps OeesP
and the great cattle drive 10 begun, the
cowboys life begins 10 take on different
aspect. The drive Is often long. and a.
ways dangerous and laborious The boys
are splendidly mounted, their horse, and
saddles being, with the exception OF their
| rcvolvers, the possessions in which they
take the most pride. They ride among the
cattle at imminent risk Of being tramPled
| 10 death, and at night sleep on the ground.
| When the herd has been delivered and the
boys have partaken freely Of frontier
whisky, the trouble begins. II there 10
dance near at hand they head for 10, and
| signalizc their presence by attempting 70
| case may he. As rdle, they arc not dis
| turbed In pastimes such as this.
II they conclude before morning TO
| Take the TsWa,"
then war is declared and somebody will bs
| killed. The boys are loyal to each other,
and an indgnity. such a. an arrest Offered
| 10 one of their number, usually results In
an attempt on the part OF his comrades 70
release him. II they are successful In this.
| the men who were responsible for the In
reference with their pleasures are ooH-
PEELED TO pay for their folly sometimes
| with their lives. and sometimes with prop
| erty or money. Taking the town" means
q great deal. There may be from fitecn
! TO fifty well-armed and hnely
| mounted desperadoes riding up and
down the streets firing at every humss
head they seen and
YeIIiug ana NWear1oS
| at the top Of their voices. IL there 10 Q
store door large enough, they ride through
| Il and help themselves 10 such II the con.
| tents OF the store A. suit their taste. The
Il A. 4 L. Al kaIA
| Of store or saloon In this signal Tor the 70
treat Of the lawful occupants through the
rear windows. In rare Instances the peo-
pie, after their frat staiapeJs, organise snt
/ drive the ruffians out Of town, as WAS done
| In Caldwell Kansas, not long ago; but gen
orally the boys 20 of their own motion
| when the frenzy wears OF; and, unless some
one has inflicted an injury on them which
/ must lie redressed. they will not return.
The AFtssns Rostlsss
are simply northern cowboys on IN uncnd'
ing spree. They are Wild men. N,
| Apache that ever lived had less regard for
lifc than they. They pretend 70 pay souse
attention to cattle, but A. that Industry In
Ariz1ra 10 not yet q lsrgs one, there ls NOT
much in that line for them 10 do. Thsir
| occupation " pilIsge and murder. They
travel in small parties. and rob everybody
they meet They will Kill . man whom
| ever they think Dest. bfsioes thsb o'psT
accomplishments they are expert hores
ibieye,. In fsct, nothing thst II portable
and can be made 10 serve their DufpDse 10
! safe when they are around.
The Retgn sSfevVe1
which they have iDsuguuted u equal 10
any ever caused In this section by the In.
dsns Their crimes are % numerous, and
the terrorism which they exercise over thd
sattlers IL 20 complete, that not one 10 Gfty
Of their depredstfons Is ever known outside
Of the neishborhood In which Il n perpe.
trated. To speak Of them disFesPecfully
or to call their crimes by their right nance
in a newspaper, means desth 70 the OF
fender. This accounts for the sxcssdins
tenderness shown than By most OF chs
frontier editors. Murder h hard ~oed
and the cowboys OF Arizona do ...ot llis I
any better than some ms Killers pesse,
the center Of eiyib .Ssioa. u iss zoe
;eldoIn resor'ec 20. thsssiose. In ths Terri