, 1896-11-16
hExiCO'S
D S"st Of Police Force. Somewhat similar
to .hr Texas Hangers.

to .hr Texas Hangers.
We heard wailing and sohhiDg from
women as the train left Taponna the
other day, and, poking IL heads out Of
the window. we saw half "a dozen poems
weeping as i: their hearts were broken.
Tn" conductor told us that they We're the
wives and daughters of IA desperate ban
dit who had been captured and placed
on the train i'll charge of %ruralcs, to be
taken to the adjoining state of Chihua-
hua and impressed into the army, where
his excessive interest in other folks af-
fairs could b" us"fully applied to Indian
fighting. Just as like rs not, he said,
the prisoner would never reach Chihua-
hua. The ~ruralcs who had him in charge
would give him a chance to escape and
then shoot him as he ran. Such Incl
dents were continually occurring, al
though they were less frequent of late
than formerly because of the energy OF
Alberto NclUnzuela, chief of the rurales
in the state of Durango, who became
our fellow passenger at the next station
and proved II very entertaining one. for,
like other famous men. Captain Nclen-
Sh'ltA ma MS E'Nlhl lahtblt L
Opcd.
The ruralcs of Mexico are a sort of
military police, like the famous Texas
rangers, who work entirely in the coun-
try and We're originally organized to
protect ~ranChmcn, miners, stage COM
panics and the travelling public general
ly against the highwaymen, cattle
thieves and guorrillas that terrified
Mexico for many years. They are rough
riders, these r~uralcs, and do their work
thoroughly, and their captain. like
Judge Lynch, tries, condemns and exc
cutcs his prisoners and saves the regular
courts u great deal of trouble and *
pcnsc. In the mountains OF MCAicO,
where prisons and courts are few, the
captain of the ruralcs is prosecuting at
torncy, judge and jury all i'll one, and
he tries every case as soon AS it reaches
him according to a code of his own.
These extraordinary people have done
extraordinary work, and today Mexico
is much the more safe and peaceful for
their interference.
Our friend, Captain V%olcnzucla, is
said to hav" been II bandit i'll his young +
days, and n very successful one, but be-
coming tired Of the business surrender
ed himself to the authorities, obtained a
pardon and enlisted in the ruralcs of
Durango, where his nerve, energy and
shrewdncss soon brought him to the
front and ultimately put him at the
head of the force. He isn't IL handsome
man, this ex-highwayman, but he dress
90, ,...I :. ..-,l 1arI IS .-- n, -rl,1,
most McXicans, is neat about his person.
His jacket was Of the finest linen lawn,
spotless from the laundry, Over II white
satin vest, and IA handsome watch chain
danglcd from his pocket. He wore u big
revolver and II belt of cartridges care
lcSsly, his trousers and his shoes were
very tight, according to the fashion OF
we'll dressed men down here, and he
posed patiently for his portrait, which
nounced mo bueno,' which mean "no
good
The prisoner was a picturesque per.
son, with an abundance of bright col.
ored flags, and looked fer all tho world
az if he had just made up for a comic
opera. His nonchalance was impressive.
He sat in the third class Car. opposite
%ruralc, with "a big rifle oyer his arm,
and smoked cigarettes calmly as curl
Gus people stood around and stared al
him. There was Il padre on the train
who drew up close to his side and wits
pered n few words in his ear, but he re
ccived them with Indifference and didn't
seem concerned for the welfare of hi.
soul.
At other stations farther on more
prisoners were placed on the train. Sc
that Our bandit had company, and they
were as desperate u lot of villains as one
would wish 20 meet in the mountains
with II full pocket. Some of them had
robbed ranches, some had stolen cattle
and sheep and horses, while the rest
had committed similar crimes, and as q
penalty they were banishcd to the Sierra
Madre mountains to fight Indians fol-
four years, which is u good deal bette,
than shooting the robbers. -Chicagt
Record.
TO CUNE a COED IN ONEDAY
Take Laxative Bromo QuInine Tablets
All druggists refund the money II i
fails to cure. 25c.
Excuse me-" observed the man il
s]pectacles, but | an a surgeon. ant
that is not where the liver is" "Neve,
you mind where his liver is" retortet
the other. IF it was in his big toe o
his left ear DeWitt's Little Early Ris
ers would reach it and shake it for him
On that you can bet your gig-lamps.
Chas. n. Settele.
STAGE LINE FROM LARAMIE tt
COOPER HILL.
Leaves Laramie Tuesdays and Fri
days at 7 o'clock from Fox's store
Starts Tuesday, June I'd.
243tf EROSION & SCHNEIDER.
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