Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-07

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able jury verdict or an easy sentence Il
not held out to them when Pat makes the
arrests. Somehow he avoids the necessity
for trials, for when he gets through with
his charges the coroner Is the only official
interested in subsequent proceedings.
There was time when Pat preferred Civ.
ing the courts a chance, and ne even re-
signed in favor of juries and judges But
that style seems not to be effective in New
Mexico, and now Pat goes about the bust
ness in away more satisfactory to the lead
ing citizens of the territory.
Cattle rustling has not been wholly sus-
pended since the days of the famous elm
coin county war;" but with the decline of
the range business and the disasters that
overcaine the cattlemen Of the west there
has been no wholesale stealing of cattle as
was known in the booming days of the
range, and what petty thievery was COM
mitted was not thought serious enough to
be noticed. In recent years, however, the
cattle business has been gradually picking
up, and with it has come a more notice
able increase in cattle stealing. The big
cattle companies of eastern New Mexico
last year banded together to run these
thieves down, and through the courts they
succeeded in sending q half dozen or more
cowboys to the penitentiary.
Since June q band of men has been
robbing postoffices, stagecoaches, ranches
and occasionally n passenger train. For q
time their identity was unknown, but it
has developed that these men are of the
band of cattle rustlers which moved out of
Donna Ana county when Pat Garrett
moved in. Two of them have since died
with bullets in their bodies one ia report-
~. .Ls Mouneeu, anu u Is hope0
.no es aInuer y, 1no oonu las Aeis
'no Io"n'iy peihhaneh'ly.
ever wade vas 1ha ar.al. W snas 1alle. 80.
To-. - e",.s;.u", VI no0eu out-
log 80 1901 p;,'.. az. .oAi.o Ilon'
40 of a. o., ',: .no N.u ""s uespela'
60, - o." a1,,n so , temper, pos.
horSs,rar ard my ,,n os q n,a ss
r;ee ~ ravoira. liz hns s ,,, Win eitne ,,
off incident ,r5 h;s 1921 g.. eS vi - Iut'
naver c,,r,on,,or;, - IL, se Suu
tho e,ti-a on,,r.r, $3.50. w. - "en nno~n Una.
hin, He old s:,..soar -, =. aoJ ..S iear %
inc dis,nrbed b, &c Sa..,a.. . T,.nus 70.
he rai5ed at vii, stoaI;nn -" .S"se'
tie. which be read;lv fonnd n 49,. .. q. :,
Tex,s or elseyboro Tn 80, -s"1
in secret no had ki,le,i on 49, - I .s
sides an nntnovn nrr,ts. - ISs,
His career from the tine ~, ,,-. ~ .s-
of ace. when be stabbed n NAV =, 80,
in Silver civ mill his death ~ 81. - =.
81 wasan nnbroLen s,,ccoss;or, 20 -. Is y.
from nettv tbnfts IN cold bIoodaa ,.,,,-.,.r
A, tho t;r,o % III, -. ,eII..N
whom his c,-eer as . s.Jar;aa Io,et LIE
been ended nv his numo-ons aso.r.Sc -
deliberate murie,s co,r,,,;,to,s a anu
come of tho feud bo,,roa,, IL -. 81 ouo
ave p,, C,rro,, ,r,s ,;,.;r :" =
near Roswell ON rho paoos 49,, r,.',n
and his followers were s,e,I;no ha-... .,,!
catt,e and eo,I;n, tber, 80 $500 - =;
NOT u.te o,oss ,,,,;r,- rs ,a -. t 80 Wv
in possession of the stoc,, ava .,ora,,,s
his money Iav;sb,v a. e,,oons T., ~ .'..,e
ments. where NO OFFICER of the law a, - 20
disturb him When eome off;c;aI Ell y.
zeal and TAINTED bv his assoc;a,as az. -
canizo , strono ,osse and 60, ~, 80 80 ~
t;on 20 uro,,n5 -, H. L-;a -, - -. -.
men,ble friends vbo aiwars nor, 'A h;',,
timely warning and who assis,ed h;r, ~" -
esc,ne un,iI tho rrrSn;t vr.s ah,rans
No ono c.red 20 b,yo tbo n, I'LL =. ~.
outlaw ard NAVY cnlt;v.te1 HE tr;o,,.,
sh;n .s -. =, -
-. Ia -
I-n;,.d S,.tas ,,,,-stai - a.. uepa.s
canture tb, K;d he 60, aho,,, :. 80. "