Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-13
EORsE LAW U tnIz9NA.
sclsH!ous stealing and asa-s.sary
 Trading.
EaaFuacissoCa.i.

aal Tulci-so Call.
 ID various parts of Arizona tl- lO-s.
 thieves are very bold, and the peopl,
 generally deal sumuarlg vlth then
 when caught. SeIf-appointgd commit
 tees run them Co earth, and uau-, s.iuO or, in case of outrage and murder, ever burn them Go death, ]. Is said One La5
 e Mexican horse berler ia charge O.
 some horses lelon ing Co al 4mcric-f
 raucLa1, was shot dead, robbed uI I
 and c--aa H. t.1 horses .ael Tue criminal Uas H1 Au-r.eaa t-tlarer- ! be s3.d .W0 ot Che hlaez. and -ae lsE
 day the owner clMs ll arch. As sar.
 eral slaIar tLCits had recently been
 committed, it was considered uecessart
 to take steps Go stop this species of in- dustry ln chat region Tine man whU
 lost tba horses was himself p-e.l.oCd
 from following the thief by ile illness
 of himself and wife and the imperative
 demands or his business. \ fE md cd
 mine offered tJ take hand in t.c chase lf tNo more men would aceo-lH1ly y him. "I,H go, Jack, and find tle rope sail a big, burly pro pCctor, who l-a recently
 made a strike cf a few thousand C1llals. Next ' volunteered. being ierH-s 1i seeing hoy they u1l 7--o'i e- ..--l- tons. "Weiii said 1 iaak Aisassp- ! plan, "ef 7uci a little i-.llr as For .iU l go so kin I' "Whals tls re-e
 asked
 A LITTLE et---,-Ei -lo- -.. Who was known tolealia oI1rpe | horses himself occasionally, but Waa Goo ] sly Co get caught. -Gcil' Co run iaI-.- ] they call Quicksilver for staall uH.sr- ! and cutting a Nexicau'a throat" AruHy | replied Jack. "Never kill man sile | stealing horses; better let tEe horses ru ] lusi,' observed the IeEau. IM5 Na5 probably hIs motto, atd the reason Ie | could never be caught. "llI -u. l- continued, "bacauss be killed tEa- poor l devil of Mexican, but as Ear as tLa horses IS concerned, Watkins ou-at .u stand the loss Of one, considering le has about 3JJ head We didn't " 1- Lis company, but mot caring Co refuse sei4 | ''all right 4 strong young fellow from l Kansas next volunteered, and soon, Wf.H veil-tilled cartridge heit- some dried meat, toruLas ltniu flour ca-esf lI' l. cautoen ol water apiece, NC mounted our horses and started Iu pursuit Oi "QUicksilyer,' whose nickname 7ls due to his having been similarly chased many times before, but never caught. 4 few miles from Florence, Cu the road | to Tucson, he had stopped all night UisL some teamsters, and vas only few miles ahead. His ho.se. We learned. was shod on the.iora feet and uo. ou the hind feet. We readily traced this track
 ou the road, until 1t suddenly turned of on a trail tO the left We followed it ou C. . .I..f about eighteen miles from Florence. IL was now nearly dark. Soon afterwards, at some springs where e. station had just been started, We learned that Le had passed about I@C hours before sIui1vu. and that hIs horse was very lame. We h d blen there Gbou. three hours when man came lu with very lame horse, and informed the keeper or tle st-titl that about ten miles back a q -l ion -- haired plausible cLan had stopped L b. o- the road and forced him Co
 TRADE Eos-Ea slrl A =-.- -lcIl
 Under his nose. Ll. L-1se ras rac--- ulzad as ole.Ci -.a alI.-s stolen. ai fine Iag- ra1g, Ee pushed el E- fresh horses. rl.lilr, uE morning - store and s-ltol a- G.. LgC-a e. tl- San Pedro rig--. Here H, had iFD -Uass before la=spaI horse .-- u- -la c.-al and started Tor .l1 Globe mines. Changing G-rsr-, VIC pushed ol over Che uILs, but our horses being tll { and two oi them lame, l stluFad an i.l- -.i .- man coming down vI.h two good pack horses and asked him 60 trade. "ilt be Jlow9d ll LI Do,' be rrried, U | l.r.- upon l emphasized tl. demand Hr N..- sgltIuE p.a-.. "pr- ..r- revolver Lur, le remarked, "alI 4 can whip ylu, you ll stel l-tl1 wlrru
 That just the reason w-r ..F.
 l replied "I can NLll any ... .-
 horse thieves, lt ToU turn me that tLlng away le.cr-lH z Go l-. i..#.... "E0 one ls lo-LnE yJu, observe. l.. -.lssIsSl lpTllu. "Let go lt that ua roargd ca the little Texan, who Ds Le sad, "DJu aWg.., u-. man. .I --va you a better one. "t won .s. Leave lt alone then, my 4..E sue you for damages. "n ere a- poor .- crows, replied a y1UtI from hl-- As Jack began Co uugIrta his saddle % sad: "N hat are yOu going to do with my property? Are you '0rss thieves: Jack explained that we were chasing 1 one, and in spite Ol the man pro,a=t.- ! tons, oatls and VOWS of leaving ,Ie l blasted country, the trade was col- ! pl-ted. Soon afterwards sharp turn | was made by the track of the horse l thief for the San Pedro river. We made | other horse trades and followed tLetrac. ! up the uyer. Attwo o'clock we reached 1 ths camp of a settler who had given | Quicksilver his dinner and aG traded ! horses with LIm c0mpu.s1rIly. Alter l ."H . |. the settler, but had Go leave some money 1 wltn him as guarantee against loss, as | lt was neither our policy nor inclination l to get into any difficulty with sttIgla. ] Now tluicksIlver's trail le.t tIe river, | and the ground being rocky and luslg | 1t was hard to trace. We met a yguu- reservation Apache who was hunting, ! and who Tor five dollars agreed to
 TRACE THE TRAIL
 For two days and away We went. Places | where l could see no sign 0t l horse | track, the Indian unerrug.y led Us. With bis head forward, his eyes to Che ground, now and then stopping -o oZ- anime a twig or the grass, be ran along on foot as fast as We desired to go on Just as the sun touched tLe horizon, he said: "Ihere is the man. and away over the hills on a gallop we could see him. Then the IudIau pointed Go a scarcely perceptibl9 smoke, and said in Spanish, "Ihe fire 0f his camp Going to his camp we fo-lI au Irish man m perfect fury over the loss Cf one of his four horses by our gentleman ot the turf. When ve traded the res; he fairly gasF6d for breath. "EC -or-r. rintleu-en. l can whip any one of ye B, il you only put up them uE uia...s. And as we laughed and gir.Eul our saddles, he jumped uD and down il L-F excitement.
 "Och, ye dirty blaglsrds. stand UT ! like gentlemen and i0IELt; why don't l ve's.' Heap fool, no sarcy much. observed the Indian. We werc W a hurry, and pushed forward Co take CgT man. Hardly had We gorea mile bC,a-, We saw prospectOr who was laughing st having had to trade horses vlth tac ! rascal ahead. as the Irisiusus Eu.ae