The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-21
GI|RNERED BY A POSSE
MEXICAN MURDERER OF TEXAS
SHERIFF. is SURROUNDED IN
CHAPPARAL THICIxET
BLOODHoUNDs ON THE TRAIL
FINISH OF THE DEsPERADO WILL
BE BRIEF IF THE RANGERS
GET HIM
FIERCE WARFARE ON BORDER

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June pa
special to the Express from Cotulla saws:
Gregor1o Cortez, the alleged SLAYER Of
Sherlfrs Morris and Glover Is now with
IN a few miles of Cotulla, but has not
yet been captured. Tuesday Afternoon
information reached here that the Mext-
can outlaw was headed this way irom
Campbellton. That evening Sheriff Vann.
OF Kerr county, with his posse on q
special train. arrived here and was joinad
py Sheriff Hill and his posse. They Went
to Twohig and from there down the rIver
to cut off Cortezs escape Lash niRnt
Sherln kinsel wired Deputy MaltzbeIgeI
that his posse was on hot trail near
M1Ilett, and that Cortez had been seen
but had escaped. Maltzberger and w. L.
campbell struck his trail about FIVE
miles from Cotulla this morning and
found where he had cut several wire
fences. Blood stains showed the Cortez
morse was about exhausted and was un-
able to jump. About 10 o'clock the pur-
suing party found the little brown mara
that Cortez had been riding She was
badly tagged. Cortez' trail then led into
a dense thtcket covering hundreds OF
acres. No trail was found leading from
there and the bandit IS supposed to be
hiding in the thicket A large posse.
headed by Sheriffs Avant Kinsel and
Others, arrived here this afternoon by
train and left for this thicket Strong
hopes are entertained for the speedy cap
ture OF the CorteZ. The horse found IS
undoubtedly the one ridden by Cortez.
who came near Tilden through the Dull.
irwin, O'Connor, Lane and the johnson
ranches, cutting fences as he fled. The
posse was in sight of him once Just be-
fore dark, but he escaped. His clothing
Is In tatters and he has thrown away
his rifle retaining mic
HISTOBY OF THE TROUBLE.
An additional posse Of twenty men left
this city for Cotulla by special train to-
night to aid in searching the thicket in
which Cortez, the Mexican bandit is
thought to be. The party goes heavily
armed and is accompanied with blood
hounds, which IL proposed to send in the
thicket; Cotulla is ninety miles distant
from San Antonio and fifty miles from
the Mexican border. The dogs were taken
IN response to an urgent message from
that point
Since the present serious condition OF
ana1rS in Southwestern Texas between
bandits and the authorities began. six
men have been killed-three American Of
ficers and three Mexicans-six wounded.
all Mexicans, one being woman, and
nine captured.
The casualties have been as follows:
June 12-Sheriff W. T. Morris, Of Carnes
county, in attempting to arrest Mexicans
charged with horse stealing, was killed.
and one Of his assailants wounded.
June 14-1n attempting to arrest the al
legged slayers Of Sheriff Morris. in Con-
zales county. Sheriff r. NJ. Glover and
Constable Henry Schnabel were killed and
three MeXicans wounded. one being an
aged woman. who was shot through both
hips. The other two were men and are
shot through the legs. These three are
now in the San Antonio Jail and stub
bornly refuse to talk.
June 15-At Ottine one Mexican was
Killed while resisting arrest
June ia Mexican was killed at Bel
mont and another wounded while resist
ing arrest.
June ia party Of rangers, under
Lieut.. Saunders, near Benavides, in a
running fight, killed one Mexican, wound
ed another and captured a third.