Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28
ii PAIR OF BAD MEN.
~ WHITE or TExss sNo SAM sAuN-
psRS or nay MExico.


ne Forner's Daring Challenge to hand
Of Russlers--sJsisa Waite Does the Rest
az the Ks,..as -aesay Hs~ San Sam
dsrs op~a~.i = Prayer .isstin<-
tAissk thas Sisefid Jim White of Fl
Paso, Tex. Mas the bSst tyie OF the geu-
uine bad man esar knew lia-was a gen
tiesuan. cultured snsl rrtiResi. good con
yer~stianiSt sslei !. pleasant eonas=snion
l llses him first in issss. when he WAS an
inspector cf eastanlssss III lssse under Co.'S
ieetor Ahser n1brtis. and tn lcek at him
10 one would have supp,easi that beneath
that cain, exterior beat Ms brave i heart
as ever thrubasea. that fgs,F WIS unknown
20 him and that he had Frequently faced
death against fearful Cslds
Ouce, when JOHN Kinney ; gang of cat
tie thieves or riStlsrs rode into III Paso
and in pure wsntonness Of crime began
shooting and killing on the principal street
of the owa, sssnie one ran To summon
White, who was then getting q, town mar
shall. There WIS a ,lciay ia finding him,
and In the meantime the business men
barrieatied their doors and closed their
shutters,
Burns by name, alone reuaiusd in the
open street. where she >io'i Snrsing the
rustler,, using :, vocabulary which mixed
Celtic. Castilian and Aztec eNpletives
with such rare skin that the sustiers re
Trained from shooting her out of sheer adj
miration for her ability as a vituperative
artist Three dead and wounded eltiZels
lay in the street.-The rustleg' bad fon'Fd
shelter behind the cottonwood trees Viii b
stood along the sidewalks. licre and taers
some veu;Gresame Household or lner
chant was epdeayGriDg tn pio~ '' s-uun
drels off with Ais = from b,hil. ioet-d
shutters. blss the town was practically ia
possession Ut the tiespTadoe'. having oniS
the opposition Of Mr.. burns. who with
,lisheyclivd hair raved up and down the
dusty street. c1lrsini. the air into blue W
por, az She poured ont her wrath and eN
ecratiou upon the scouu.irf'
Then .Tim White appcavl Alone with
"A II caIibcr six shooter - essch haud. he
sprang into tine middle Of the >.rct', Shuut-
ing, Jim x hite does the rest OF the kill
ing to-day" This WIS iot-t. hut he
made it good. His first shot shattered
the head oi 81 maa who exposed IL in an
attempt 80 bring White down with a rifle,
With the ether hand he almost simutan-
eou~ly sent u bullet info the shoulder of
another RIA. irr THE remaiuiut Galf dozen
desperado;9 made a dash from their hid
ing places DOWN the street, i'll uIi effort 10
reach the place where their horses were
tied, White never moved from his posi-
iion in the centerof the street, and he sent
bullets after the ffgitives rs long as they
were in range. Four out Of five of his
missives found their mark, and the rus
tiers tho escaped never returned 80 FL Pas,'
again.
An entirely different aud much more
numerous type of the western bad man
could be found in sam Saunders, first
met him in Demiug, \. NJ. \ desperate
of the name of Doc Cane had just kilt
ed an inoifeusive man. n railroad conduct
or. named Richard Tabier, aud saunders,
who was then in the government employ
us an iuspec' or OF customs and engaged in
riding the Mexican boundary line west OF
the Thres Herlnanut mountains south OF
Demiag, was nskcd by the citizens 10 no
tify Cane THAT he must leaVetp0n. Saun.
ders accepted the task without any hest
tation and walking mp to Cane said to
him: "Get ont of here now Ill blow n
hole through you II you are in sight more
than three minutes Cane looked into
the small Hack ewes of the speaker and
then without Il word, started west al0ag
the track Of he Southern Pacific railroad,
He was heard Of uest8' Il litilr ranch close
tloTn 60 thr Mexican lnie, ~ here he horse
thieves ard cattle smtIgglefS found safe
hs rssor
Finally IL considerable number of st lien
and smu44Iel horses were reported to
have been gathered at the !Inrh. S,antI-
ders heard nf it and rode off alrur TEA in
veStigatc Aft.r an absence Of five days
lie returned bringing with him dozen
horses which be had stolen ont of the
smugglers' corral AT ni-ht. The event SO
cnragrd the people at the little camp wiicre
it occurred that they sent word that
Saunders .vnrid hc ri:;dc to say his pray
ers if he ever rode into mat camp again, "
When this reached Saunders ears, he
promptly Fadol'ed mp and lllt ont fer the
boundary line.
There's NJ necessity for Your running
into danger there uow," said the deputy
collector
"Ycs, there is. " was Saunders reply
''if there's any camp along that line which
cannot ride into may as we'll throw up
Wy - ',i.
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When he got close to Cane, that worthy,
who was thrown considerably OIL his guard
10y the apparent ease of the capture, pnt