The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-29
A PAIR OF BAD MEN.
JIM WHITE OF TEXAS AND SAM sAuN-
DERs OF NEW MEXICO.

dsrs Opened a Prayer Meeting.
1 think that Sheriff Jim White of El
Paso, Tex, was the best type OF the gen
uine bad man ever knew Ho was a gem
tleman, cultured and refined, n good con-
versationist and pleasant companion.
met him first in 1882, when he was an
inspector Of customs at FL Paso under Col
lector Abner Tibbetts, and to look at him
no one would have supposed that beneath
thut calm exterior beat as brave a heart
rs ever throbbed, that fear was unknown
to him and that he had frequently faced
death against fearful odds
Once, when John Kinney's gang Of cat
tie thieves or rustlers rode into FL Paso
and in pure wantonness of crimo began
shooting and killing on the principal street
OF the town, some one ran to summon
White, who was then acting as town mar
shnl. There was a delay in finding him,
and in tho meantime the business men
barricaded their doors and closed their
shutters.
One Xaptippe of a woman, Hannah
Burns by name. alone remained in the
open street, where she stood cursing the
rustiers, using vocabulary which mixed
Celtic, Castilian and Aztec explosives
with such rare skill that the rustlers re-
Trained from shooting her out of sheer ad-
miration for her ability us vituperative
artist. Three dead and wounded citizens
lay in the street.-the rustlers had found
shelter behind the cottonwood trees which
stood along the sidewalks. Hero and there
some venturesome householder or mer-
chant was endeavorins to pick the scoun-
drels of with his rifle from behind closed
shutters, but the town was practically in
possession of the dcsperadoes, having only
the opposition OF Mrs. Burns, who with
dishevelled hair raved up and down the
dusty street, cursing the air into blue va
por, as she poured out her wrath and ex-
ecration upon the sooundrels.
Then Jim White appeared. Alone with
IS caliber six shooter in each hand, he
sprang into the middle of the street shout
ing, "Jim White does the rest of the kill
ing todayr" This was boast, but he
made 1t good His first shot shattered
the head OF man who exposed 1t in an
attempt to bring White down with rifle.
With the other hand lie almost simultan-
eously sent n bullet into the shoulder OF
another rristler The remaining half dozen
desperadoes made dash from their hid
ing places down the street, in an effort Ia
reach the place where their horses were
tied. White never moved from his posi-
ton In the center of the street, and he sent
bullets after the fugitiyes as long as they
were in range. Four out of five of his
missives found their mark, and the rus.
tiers who escaped never returned to I'll Paso
again.
An entirely different and much more
numerous type of tho western bad man
could he found in Sam Saunders. first
met him in Deming, N. NJ A desperate
of the name of 'Docn Cane had Just kill
ed an inoffensive man, a railroad conduct.
or, named Richard Tabler, and Saunders
who was then in the government employ
as an inspector OF customs and engaged in
riding the Mexican boundary line west Of
the Tires IIermanna mountains south Of
Deming, was asked by the citizens to no
tify Cane that he must leave town. Saun
ders accepted the task without any hest
Triton, and walking up to Cane said &c
him; "Get out of here now. I'll blow G
hole through you IL you are in sight mort
| than three minutes" Cane looked into
the small black eyes Of the speaker AND
then, without word, started west along
the truck Of the Southern Pacific railroad
1 lie was heard Of next at n little ranch clos,
down to tho Mexican line, where the horst
thieves and cattle smugglers found suft
| hRrbor
Finally considerable number of stolcr
and smuggled horses were reported L
have been gathered at the ranch. Sauu
ders heard of it and rode Off alone to in
I yestigate. After an absence of five day!
he returned, bringing with him n dozer
horses which he had stolen" out of thu
smugglers corral Mt night The event 50
npr hfar Nt 10
it occurred that they sent word thai
Saunders would be made TO say his pray
ers il he ever rodo into that camp again. ;
When this reached Saunders cars, h
promptly saddled up and put out for th,
boundary line.
There's no necessity for your running
into danger there now" said the deputy
collector.
Yes, there Il, was Saunders reply
; "1f there's any camp along that line whlcl
| cannot ride into may as we'll throw III
my commission" He reached the CAM
: nhout dusk ono day, but Cane had go
wind of his coming, and the first thing MIR
Saunders knew he heard the command
Hands up!" and there in the sage brush
not 10 PAGES off, stood his old enemy
Doc'' Cane, with his bright eyes CLEAN
ing behind "a big IS a."
You've got me. I surrender sait
Saunders rs he dropped off his horse Will
his hands above his head.
snow, blank your blank eyes, am go
ing to give you lesson" said Cane
"Shnoting's too good for the likes of you
4 and the boys have decided to make an ex
, ample of you that won't he forgotten b.
i your blank tribe of customs officers TO
! awhile-come here, you long legged scoun
drel."
Saunders began to whine and to beg
He held his hands up and advanced trenl
; blinRly, apparently to surrender. Al
( this time his wits had been at work, how
: ever, and he saw that Cane was alone
: Tremblingly no Approached his captOi
? whining and almost crying for mercy
!. When he got close to Cane, that worthy
who was thrown considerably off his guar
by the apparent casa of the capture, pu
u ont his left hand to take SAUNDERS GU
4 from his belt. Like u flash one of Sauu
, ders' long legs shot upward, kicking th
=, pistol arm of Cane square upon the ''craz
u bone' the heavy As WIS discharged ms
: flew out OF the desperado's hand, but tn
[ bullet went wide of its mark, aud in on
q time and half II motion Saunders drew hi
own gun and fcled Cane to the earth wit
u 1t. 1T prayer meeting you want, ch
t Well, your friends can pray for you aftC
Il that blow, gness.n
Before riding oil Saunders fired half
y dozen shots from his revolver into the ri
i as a sort Of notification TO tho little camI
II not 500 yards distant, TINT "somethiu
was up" Cane was not killed; his friend
u found him 10 minutes after Saunders' d,
5 parturo and carried him into camp. Til
d breaking up of that smugglers' ranch wa
r not accomplished by regular legal meth
, DDS but rs the deputy collector said to IN
Q 1.-THE result was quite sat isfactory. Doc
d Canes crowd haven't done any SNUG
. CLING since Exchange.
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