Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-22
A FILIBUSYER'S LETTER.
An ES-Texas Ranger Writes to an
Old Ccmrade on the Proposed
Mexican Coup d'Etut
The Rio tlrande Border Full Of TUughs
who Would be- clad 10 Got
Chance az the 6reasers.
MANY M Cowboys In Southwest Texas
who are Daring, DespcrAte and
Up 60 ANY New nevlltry,

special to tho Gazette.
DALLAS, Tax, Nov. al,--Your CORE
spondent was to-ulght shown the follow
ing letter received to-day by an ex.Texag
ranger, who served nearly three years ON
the Rio Grande border, from an old com.
rade In the pame command, now sojourn-
ing at Garlic Springs, county seat OF
Dimmitt county,
"CARRIEo SPRINGS, Tx, Nov. i5.---
DEAR oLp FnKNp Joni received your
letter sent by --,----, few days ago.
met him over at Catulla. lie Is red hot
on the Mexican raidlng scheme
-hllbusterlnR, think they
call II In the newspapers. l
am glad you are on tho inside aud will
have good place whom the time comes.
| Yes, you bet your last cent, I'm In for it.
You can count on mo hunting up all tho
old boys that can. They'll all bo glad
to get change know Of about thirty
OF ihem scattered between Laredo and
Eagle Pass, and, probably, there might ba
100 corralled, all told Az regatds
Wlnchoaters aud pistols and cartridges,
they'll be easy TO get. In fact most OF
the boys are heclod already, Most OF
them are out OF a Job since the stngy ----.
| old governor and other state ollloors have
cut the rangers duwh to almost nothing.
You can iind pretty good squad In the
upper country, close TO Dallas For In.
stance, and , who were with rs
six years ago over OF San Saba,
are IN Fort Worth. They arc
all grit, aud could shoot
! gionter aud smile OVERT - Is down
az Waco. lie would ibo a dandy. Heig
/ al ~ t.si.. a
ing greuHets, and would sooner cut nne'g
throat than eat roast side meat or drink
hot coffee after hard day's ride --.
! IL at sulphur Springs aud .---- and
- are either at Sherman or Donispu.
| am sure you can get big lot OF tho
old gang II you write to three or
four aud got them TO hunt MP the others.
We can't lose anything by tho rnldlng,
and may make stake at least / sup
pose you Will rank up asa captain, and
hope you VIII. That did slick duck
Cutting seems 10 be wording TO have an
easy thing Of II. Bet you no won't do any
Of he lighting. He'll want to get lots Of
credit and notQrlety, but he
Will keep out 0t danger.
He may be left all around.
The head men OF the scheme may nro him
out entirely after they get The use OF All
pointers in the lotters he IL receiving aud
writing at III Paso. Well, III stop for
the present. Lot me hear fromyou soon,
and we VIII Keep zach other posted.
Signed, Your OLD FRIEND FROM -, 49,
Your correspondent asked tho recipient
OF the letter what sort Of force he nn-
tcipatod could he raised among tho kind
OF men OF which his friend was sample.
Wen, the rangers from the time they
were first organized after tho war up 20
this time must have had Gt least l00G DIFF
ferent men in tnem, There never wOro
more than 800 Of them ~ any ouu time,
andnow don't suppose there are over
nftyi all told, employed by the state, so
you SEQ there must be good many OF
them scattered around IN Texas aud on
tho border further west. Some OF them
dislike the gfeHsers aud would be glad
10 get chance az them, but tho biggest
number Of men that could De got up IN
Texas fora llibnstofipg expedition would
bn old cowboys. You know thero ara
lois OF them out Of work now The big
cattle ranches don't employ many cow
boyej there are 80 many wire fences That
there's no molc work for most
" them You can htd them ~ almost
aDy West or SouthWeat Toxas town.
They'd 10 IN for anything from r0bblng
stgRes 10 invading Mexico. think Texas
could furnish a couple Of thonsaHd tough
men, well armed, but from what know
nf the flibustOnng plans they VIII bo only
Tho least IN the affair. Tho big business
when IL starts, which ! think viii be In
slde 81 two months, will be done
by rich lGtn, who have their
eyes on ranches, 1i0cs aDd land schemes
ia Chihuahua. They CONT on F6Cutipg
the Md Of local Mexican leaders ID con-
troll the poems They may have 20 spend
100000 IA bride money 20 secure those
leaders, He Vices, but they can adotd to
ply that much considering what they are
after, and when TRAY get lhe lead.
ers on their side, the common
Mexicsug Will follow with the idea
that II Is Mexican revolution 10 estab.
llsh rev government by Mexlcans IN
Sonora and durango Whom
the revolution N over, n II ever ~. then
u Will be time enough for Americans
10 tx things 10 suit them, which they can
30 by showing The Mexican element that
II The new republic goes 10 pieces and old
Mexico Te.establishsa n government
over the country n VIII 20 mighty hard
with the reyoluti0Bists.
The names 10 the letter are withheld,
and blanks supplied At The rcceiyer's re-
quest, az he Knows their publication
would LEAD 10 The arrest Of the parties by
United States officials.
United States Marshal Caboll u the
Northern district Of Texas has received
from Attorney General Gar
aud 20 exercise the greatest vigilance 50
prevent the organization Of such nDlswful
Dedieg 81 men, aud arrest everyone
lnowu 10 DO directly or indirectly con-
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