The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-11-25
FROM DESPERATE TO TAMALE MAN.

Years ago nobody rode better horses,
could ride harder. dance longer, shoot
faster than Ramon Ruis. He was the
beau ideal OF a fandango dandy, and
( travelled a pace SO fast with such an
utter reckless disregard for the pro-
pfieties. even i.fe, that not even his
best fifends-numerous. too--predicted
1 iof MN an ending more tranquil than
one with his boots ON on possibly the
closing forever OF his eyes In the cell
OF penitentiary Instead, however.
ne passed quietly away recently in
NaiaVeras county. the result OF a cold
contracted while selling tamal,s on he
street at night. The powerful consti-
.uuoh which had laughed AT bullets
al'u nnIIe wounds had permitted a cold
so "oNeiop INTO consumption, and in
Just 30 days Ramon was a dead man
ne was born In this state 60 years
aSo' says The Sonora Union Democrat,
ahu IN his teens developed remarkable
ap'ity as "A bronco rider and dexterty
lit phe use Of n six shooter. Thus IL
ION became known 70 the officers of
TIE law mat one of the most danger
Gus combinations they had tn deal with
'onHlst"d or Ramon. n good mustang
ana pair OF skies uc confined
ms operations almost exclusively 10
Ndaleras, san Joaquin, Stan.slaus
ana MERGED counties, though occasion
ally he was known 10 do a trick i'm
other sections Tuolumne he claimed
as nome. ami frequently returned.
lhough generally on the run with
sheflI1s, detectives or posses in hot
pursuit. Once In The hills OF home"
ne managed to escape. He did one
term IN san Quentin for stage robbery.
ihsnMayman ot several other hold-ups
IN which the sufferer was Wells. Far
so q Co
Ihese operations. together with ac-
curing some OF the best horses the
state could produce without going
through the formality OF consulting
lhe owners kept Ramon very busy
keeping out OF Jail. But as his ill-got-
ten gains came, so they went-easy.
lie spent mis- money like "a prince AMI
gave a great zeal 10 people who har-
bored or showed him any Kindness. He
HsVef i0rgot a friend nor forgave an
enemy. That was his religion He
gave his promise To the officers OF this
county that he wculd commit no crime
within its boundaries and lived up To
IL. some II years ago or so the etate
got too small 10 hold n IN. and az his
old enemies. the officers Of the law
were closing in on him from all sides.
tAN ,ap-nNL Ahf IipuIkdlllS, nut mad
hardly reached Hot Springs Mono
county when he got into trouble with
"A Piute Indian and killed him. Ten
years ago he worked his way To Lower
California and opened butcher bust
ness He id a brisk business from the
start. ard, though he trusted indis-
criminately never tried To make his
army of debtors settle up. The reason
Of this was that Ic got cattle cheaper
than anybody else could. At length
The stock rasers got tired of Ramon's
mode of getting beef cattle. organized
a mob and started 10 hang him. In the
fight that ensued Ramon was shot
twice. but succeeded in killing one man
and woumding three others. He stag
gered to ms horse amid n rain of bull
let's. mounted and fed.
fle came directly 10 this county and
settled down The old spirit of brava
do had died out and the man who loved
adventure for the sake Of the danger
that went with Ii settled down 10 the
unromantic life OF tamale vender.a and
as such he passed away