El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-03

/ was pronounced. While conveying his
prisoners to Yuma, the Indians, assist
ed by some Mexican prisoners, over
powered and killed Sheriff Reynolds
and deputy, and from that moment
; his warfare was begun in earnest.
That was in 1883.
| For the next seven years he left a
trail of blood through eastern Arizona,
! southwestern New Mexico and north
ern chihuahua in the republic. It was
simply murder after murder. One day
a family would be reported killed in
, a rizona, the next a lone rancher found
dead in New Mexico and the reXt u
wholesale butchery in GA Mexico
| Treaty stipulations were entered into
| between the two governments by which
troops from either country could cross
the international line at will in pur-
suit of the renegade. Sold ers were in
the field almoss continuously, but the
Kid scarcely pa id any attention to them
When pressed by the chase in tie
United States he would seek hiding
place in the Sierra Madres. When
the Mexican troops became trouble
some, he would cross into the United
States. Many incidents are told of his
daring when the soldiers were in pur
suit.
SOLDIERS OUTWITTED.
It was nothing unusual for him to
hide in ambush and watch the troops
pass by. Upon One occasion he ap-
peared in the point of a high bluff
within a short distance of TIN, place
where a detail OF cavalry was encamp-
ed and applied his extended fingers to
his nose in derision. This Was Just a
little too much for the soldiers, and
they started for the point where he
had been seen. When they got back
to camp, half an hour later, they dis
covered that AL their camp supplies
and provisions hal been stolen.
His victims can be mum ered by the
hundred, and the value of the stock
which he has stolen would amount to
fortune. He always took particular
delight in frightfully mutilating his
victims, and spared neither women nor
children. Cowboys and ranchers were
his most numerous victims. although
prospectors in the mountains aud
travellers could be counted By the
scores. Two years ago he approached
within the limits of the little Mormon
colony OF Pacheco, in Mexico, and Kill
led an entire family by the name of
Thompson. Two days later two cow
boys were killed in the vicinity of
Morenci, Ariz By this time the SOL
diers were in hot pursuit, aud while
they were in the Las Animas Valley.
In the southwestern corner OF New
Mexico, he came within half mile of
their camp and shot another cowboy
In his Expectations he was always
accompanied by small band of bucks,
numbering from four to twelve. They
would leave the reservation for few
days and return without being discov-
cred, never remaining with him for
any length of time. He never failed
to provide them with the latest Win
chesters, which he would obtain from
the bodies of his victims, and they rode
the best horses that could be found on
the ranges. They secured their food
by theft and by killing stock. 1t was a
very frequent occurrence for the In
dians to enter the cabin of rancher
Or cowboy durip g his absence and car
ry away everything in the line of
edibles which could be found. No par
ticular as was selected for their
I ds TLey did not choose the spring,
a= is usual, out were just as likely to
appear on Christmas day as on the
Fourth of July.
Rewards aggregating $1,000 have
been placed on the head of the Kid,
but he DID not mind, and no one ever
earned it.