The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-16
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LYNCHED JUST FOR LYING.
Russian Bill Told the Truth at Last.
But II Was TOO Lnte.
From the New York sun.

From the New York Sun.
Il don't care what you say, gentlemen"
and the young Texan looked around in
triumph on the little group. Il never
heard or knew of a man ynched but for
crime, and crime of which any jury would
have found him guilty, and don't you for
get it."
Il once knew of a man who was lynched
down in my territory for lying" quietly
broke in the eX-sherin from New Mexico
IAN that's not much of a crime, anyway
The neckde party came off in Grant coun-
ty when / was deputy under Harvey II.
whitehall.
1T happened in this wise. II was in 50.
an ell the people in the southwestern part
of the territory were In an ugly temper.
The Lincoln county war, that left hun
dreds of honest settlers without the homes
that they had lawfully taken up in the
Pecos valley, had ended in the killing Of
Billy the Kid by Sheriff Pat Garrett,
but the rustlers were stil in possession
of the San Simon valley and were stealing
the stock of the people on both sides of
the line an reapin' a rich harvest. They
would steal horses an mules an run 'em
over to the Mexican side into Chihuahau
and Sonora, an then steal Mexican cattle
anA run EN- over TO our side There was
a fine market for stock on our side with
the government contractors for the San
Carlos and Musalero Indian agencies not
to speak of the military posts. On the
other hand, the MeXicans never looked the
gift American horse too close in the mouth
or were particular in the matter of a bill
of sale. The rustlers had powerful friends
in two Mexican states and two United
States territories, so a man that didn't
want his hide filled too fun of bullets to
skin lowed that he had better lay low
"'Curly' Bill was the leader of the San
Simon gang and his lieutenant was john
ny Price, johnny Overt the Fence Then
there was Cactus Bill, an a kid of 1G
Johnny Hughes, known along the ella
valley as The Kid of the San Simon
There was ebout twenty in all in the gang
but the others didn't have any record to
bow on any more than Jim Carroll had
when he threw whisky in Jack Frambo's
eyes, knitted him while the poor devil was
wiping them an then boosted that he had
killed his man. They were these cowardly
cayuses that want to be bad men, but
don't know how, an there wasn't a deputy
sheriff in Grant county from little Billy
McClennand up that would be afraid to
tackle the best of them if he once had
them away from the gang. The leaders
I've mentioned were clear grit an would
as soon fight as east, but the others was
mean.
1.-The town of Shakespeare-why it was
ever called Shakespeare 1 never could
make out except that It was a little hamlet
lis within easy reach of the San Simon
andeit was to il the gang came at inter
walls to blow themselves i'm an paint the
town red They raised hades an spent
their stuff freely enough round the sa-
lpons but they never left without paying
visit to o. r. Smyth's or some of the other
big cornals an running off more stock
than they had left the value Of behind
"About this time Bill Tetterburn turned
up at Shakespeare. He was a fine look