The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-28
PAIR OF BAD MEN
,,rr OF TEXAS AND SAM
NsarSpERs OF MENlCo.
..n,r,s Daring Challenge to a
y p,stlers- Jim White poos
b,s. nsst o. tn. Kuine Today"
~ Something OF snundors'

.L that Sheriff Jim White Of El
4 'p nv was the best type Of the gen
W, "a nan ever knew. He was q gen
u ~ cnltured and refined, good con
u,lin,st and u pleasant companion
'''. .l,,, arst ia 1882 when he was an
ru n'.' n customs Mt FL Paso under Col
tner Tibbetts, and 60 look at him
~ ,,onld have supposed that beneath
.Im exterior beat as bravo % heart
,vsr lhrobbed, that fear was unknown
/ A., and that he had frequently faced
N against fearful odds.
~ when John Kinney's gang OF cat
VIl,vea or rustlers rode into El Paso
rrre wantouuess of crime began
.,iaeepd killing on the principal street
w Town. some one ran 10 summon
~ who was then acting IA town mar
There was delay in finding him,
~, the meantime tho business men
s,sded their doors and closed their
~ Xaptippe Of u woman, Hannah
nd bv name, alone remained in the
street. where she stood cursing the
.i,rs usinp a vocabulary which mixed
ssE Castliau and Aztec eNpletiyes
an such rare skill that the rustlers re
s,s5 from shooting her out of sheer nd
,,,ion for her ability MS a vituperative
M, Three dead and wounded citizens
h IN tbe street.-the rustlers had found
II il,r behind the cottonwood trees which
. IA along the sidewalks. Here and there
z ~ yentiresomo householder or mer-
a.. was endeavoring to pick the scouu-
4 n, oT with his rifle from behind closed
Iste-s. but the town was practically in
..,s.sion of the dcsperadoes, having only
4, opposition Of Mrs. Burns, who with
#is,svelled hair raved up and down the
Il I'M street, cursing the air into blue va
I, ss she poured out her wrath and eN-
s,tion upon the scouudrels.
Then Jim White appeared, Alone with
rs aliber six shooter in each hand, he
+ rIng into themiddle OF the street shout
I, 6Jlm White does the rest Of the kill
today" This was a boast, bnt he
n N Il good. Ilis first shot shattered
N i head OF q man who exposed it in an
n e.npt to bring White down with u rife.
m the other hand he almost simultan-
I'm sent bullet into the shoulder of
= AMER rustler. The remaining half dozen
n ,rendoes made dash from their hid
p I, places down the street, in an effort to
. stS the place where their horses were
III White never moved from his posi-
in thecentcro of tho street, and he sent
Il shts after the fugiliycs as long US rhey
3 rre In range Four ont of five Of his
rslyes found their mark, and the rus
7ftsnHho escaped never returned to I'll Paso
(, lain
4 An entirely different and much more
4 mmgOus type Of the western hod man
a null BE- found in Sam Saunders. first
A Mt him in DemiDg, N. NJ. A Desperate
j 4 The name of Doc" Cane had just kill
4 dan inoifensivc man, n railroad conduct
4 G, named Richard Taber, and Saunders,
n yAowas then IN the government employ
san Inspector oil customs and engaged in
Il tang the Mexican boundary line west Of
"A d. Tires Hauuaunp mountains south Of
Il lzing, was asked by the citizens 20 no.
d ~ Cane that ha must leave town. Saun-
n accepted the task without any hest
~ rn, ard walking up to Cane said TO
Z. "Get ont Of here now III blow a
kihrough you If you are in sight moro
4 Il, three Tiuutesu Cane looked into
/ i snail b.acI. ewes Of the speaker and
IA. without n word. started west along
II 4, .,ark Of tbe Southern Paciic railroad.
n s,Has heard M neyt Ala litrle ranch close
II srn to the Aic,icau line where tue horse
4 aisss and cgtiIe s1pupplers found safe
n Aipr.
q finally n considerable number Of stolen
4 nd smngrIal horses we're reported TO
ht @,