The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-07-18

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xas any TO DO done. A Woman d some
personal charms when appropriately
dressed, abe was . 0snd when about hel
business OF murder and pillags WHOM
very few cared 70 encounter. Hermale
assistants were many and dev3utsd.
Ono Of her schsmeA u has been
learned, was TO tide her time In some
town until she found some one or two
men Of means who were going BY the
diligence 70 some distant point and
then to take passage with them. Il l.
suspected that ON moro than one COCA.
sion she took the driver into her conf
dence, bnt whom this could not be done
she readily. deceived or quoted him
with q bullet. A perfect mistress Of the
art Of dissimulation; and possessing q
soft and insinuating manner, she had no
difficulty in working herself into the
good graces Of travellers who did not
look for Mexicaa bandit, under her
attractive guise. In this way she easily
detected who had money and valuables
and who had not. II abe found MIN
Who appeared to boot some consequence
but who did not have much money, she
betrayed him into the hands Of her con.
federates, who held him tor . ransom.
II her victim proved to Do we'll supplied
with cash he usually met violent death
within twenty -four hours.
Leaving town before daybreak in
company With two travellers whom she
had marked for robbery, she would coy
" accept the customary innocent 1T
tention at their hands, and perhaps in
dulge In little conversation with them.
An hour later, when we'll on their jour-
ney. watching her opportunity, she
would draw the revolvers, and, before
thsy could detect her movement. lodge
bullet in the back Of each Of them.
The driver, busy with his team, and
perhaps paid not to be too attentive g
what was going on behind him, would
mos disturb her. With her booty 60
cured, abe would take her own time
About leaving the stage, always waiting
until . point convenient to the fastness
OF some OF her contederates was reached.
y was known thst the highways were
infested by robbers, and it was not
Thought strange that IN occasional muir
81 vas perpetfatsds but the similarity
between several cases soon attracted ate
tsntton, and various experiments led TO
the, discovery that . woman, operating
firss ON one road and then on another,
Wa Of the bottom OF them. The plaus-
ible stories told BY the drivers served to
mystify the oeacers more than anything
else. They always asserted that high
vAymen had done the work, and II In.
curry was made ct one end of the route
Tor the woman who started, 1t was al
ways said that she arrived ct her destin-
alton unmolested. The absence Of tele-
graphs, and Of any regular means OF
Communication made it possible to keep
up this deception for long time.
When the woman found that she was
suspected she abandoned this plan Of
operations and, remained with the rob
Der band to which she was attached,
devoted the greater part Of her time to
the abduction OF wealthy sgriculturists.
Her plan In these cases was very much
the same q in stage robbery enterprises.
First winning the confidence Of her In
tended victim and getting him involved
~ some intrigue. She would betray
him at the proper time into the hands
OF her associates, who would spirit him
away and presently open negotiations
for his return. While these were in
progress she would be busy setting her
net for fresh victim hundred miles
away.
La Carambodas latest exploit was
unsuccessful. She was lowering about
the San Juanico hacienda with the In
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