The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-17

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From the Denver News.
big stockman. with grizzled beard,
,.ir bleached by the SHOWS of many win
,srs and the general appearance of
nan of varied Western experiences, in
time when it required men of nerve to
,,,intain their position on the border, paid
bic hill at the Brown hotel last night and
NJ, for his home The stockman limped
=. ba crossed the rotunda of the hotel,
and his tall form gave the evidences of
,rivations such as are unknown at the
present time
o7-he history of that man." remarked
.,iond of the stranger would make one
If The most interesting volumes ever pub
r.bed perhaps you have heard of the
@,,5s of Kentucky You have heard OF
,to vendettas of Sicily, but l doubt IF
,.,o have ever heard of the troubles in
southwestern Texas. 1 was born IN tnae
reoon. and from my earliest recollections
the scenes and incidents have been I'M
crossed upon my mind. Two or three
ro,rties of Southwestern Texas were set
.,.5 IN an early day by Dutch immigrants
1oter accessions came from tennessee
- 1yent,1ckv and other Southern states
rixed population grew up which
a,iained a type peculiar to the west.
4 Ira,-er men never lived, and II those PEG
Ia rad any religion, it was TO stahd py
FIo+iv,es and friends in times OF danger
ISiat s, tte civil war the country contain
sn,anv cattle, but settlers paid little at
-, 10 cattle as they were worth nctE-
w. Gent for food for the family Inc
4 eS3+hwest had no cattle market. lot
4 eign syndicate came along, estaDisneu d
~ II exnorta ton on the Gulf cattle DC
rsme worth So to 81 apiece ana setueIS
4 SS''-o,ared that a brand was Valuaoie; SO
u.s. hepan TO brand cattle on the raEse'
ua+baring the different brands at such
st,ae as they were best adapted for the
market ao,,o,orad aft
erwards known as the Iayior anu 49,
Gangs The man who just lett the nolel
s,as leader in the Sutton gang Each
,i5e in the controversy claimed certain
9,ItIic ranges and finally the dispute broke
out in open warfare. o.~uo.. 10
THE war started and is in progress TO-
dav although in a comparatively HllIu
,,;sa In the course of the troubles more
go, zno mon lost their lives A person
travelling by night in any one OF TWO OF
tbraa counties of Texas even at the pres
ont riue would not dare to knock at the
door Of a farmer or ranchman. he Would
he answered by a shot from inside anu the
nrobabiities are that there would be
quiet burial in the cactus the neAI Jay
4 XIV advice to belated travellers in South
western Texas is to go into camp ana call
n at the farm house the next morning.
..Tbis habit of shooting people who are
nrovling about in the dark grew up from
seif-preservation. The feeling between
the two gangs was so intense that When
two men of opposite sympathies met there
of r
ties of twenty-five or fifty and meeting
partv of equal size belonging to the op-
posite sentiment, a pitched battle was us
ualIy the result. Every man went armed
and among the combatantS were some OF
the finest shots in the world. could give
a score of thrilling incidents. Here rs one:
Greed Taylor had two sons, Doboy ana
HAYES. Hayes Taylor had the reputation
Of killing more men than any other of the
TAYLOR gang. He was absolutely without
fear and was a dead shot He began by
killing a soldier with bake oven Inc
e oven was made of sheet iron and one blow
on the head sent the soldier into eternity.
Hayes then shot another soldier with the
gun of his first victim and escaped in the
bush He was a terror for years, took
desperate chances in every kind OF a
scrimmage, was an acknowledged leader,
E and one day he sent word to the sheriff
Il at Helena that he would visit the town,
HI
in advance. The sheriff, a Sutton man,
prepared for his reception. He had the
town barricaded, placed men on the roofs
Of the houses and behind breastworks.
The Taylor party rode into the place
at full speed shouting and firing revolv-
ers The sheriff and his friends opened
fire. The battle waged for six hours and
when it was over upwards of seventy men
lay dead The attacking party escaped
after battle which was really draw.
Both the Taylor boys were wounded, but
a they got away.
In the course of the fight, an incident
occurred which shows the foolhardiness
Of youth. A boy 16 years of age was with
the Taylor crowd. The boy carried Win
chester and a revolver. He wounded one
o., the Sutton gang in the arm, and, see
ing that his adversary was without means
Of protecting himself, he dismounted from
his horse threw his six-shooter to the
IA prostrate enemy and stopped to pick Up
his gun, which had fallen to the ground.
Inc Sutton man proved too quick. He
snot The boy dead with his own revolver.
FL The Taylor boys committed so many
s'lS Of violence that the country grew too
aot for them. They decided to leave for
MEXICO, either to remain away for good
81 ot TO recuperate for new encounters with
lher sworn foes. BY this time the SUIT
tons had possession of the legal machinery
ana called the Taylors outlaws. The two
uyyS started for the border line and camp
gl one night near their fathers house.
me question was whether they should call
al the house and bid the old man good
"a by.
"A Doboy,' said Hayes in the morning as
uey were preparing to travel, / think 1t
would be best to let father alone
What is the matter? asked Doboy.
had dream last night was the re-
itE and thought they were hanging ia
.aer up 1t was a warning for us to keen
~" from the house
bppoy laughed at the supersutious
mars Of his brother, and declared he was
oA- % bid his father good-by at all haz-
'5 The brother rode toward the house
trough a narrow lane leading between
"o cornfelds As they approached the
n.'se they noticed a crowd of men in the
s''l' The men, about forty in number,
M''' engaged in the occupation Of hanging
der Taylor by a rope over the limb
Tree letting him drop to the ground
-m time to time with the hope that he
would confess where the two sons were
'"aealed. The two figures fingered only
o-s enough to tighten their belts and eX-
|l'.oe their revolvers and then they put
plrs to their horses and plunged into
's ray. The appearance of the two men