The age-herald., 1901-06-23
GREGORIA CORTEz HAS BEEN CAUGHT He Was Surprised and Offered
 No Resistance ARMED WITH TWO PISTOLS He Was Making for Mexico and Was Near the Rio erande-officers
 Are Sure He Is the
 Right Man.
ARMED WITH TWO PISTOLS

San Antonio, Texas, June 22.-A special to the Express from Colombia, Mexico, says:
 Capt. J. H. Rogers posse of the Texas Rangers, stationed at Laredo and Merri- am's mounted custom guard of the Lare- 6o district, with a trailer from Jose Bena- vide's ranch, Felix Dinda, ran upon man supposed to be the Mexican outlaw Gregoria Cortez at Bereda, between the Sause ranch and Pala Fox in Webb county, on the sheep camp of Abram Delargesa today. Captain Rogers story follows:
 Just before reaching camp Jesus Con zales, a cowboy for D. D. Davis of the Camel Coal Camp, came along. I made inquiries of him and described Cortez. He replied, Come on, will show him to you seven hundred yards ahead" We galloped down and Merriam and I jump ed off our horses about forty yards from the house. went to the front and Mar riam to the back with Winchesters. Sev- eral men were present. I called to them to surrender. They said they did not un- derstand. Except the prisoner the men were all excited.
 Jesus Gonzales rode into the yard and pointed out our man. told him he was my prisoner, and put on the handcuffs He seemed cool and composed. An hour after we made the capture, Assistant City Marshal Ambrosio Gomez of Laredo and posse came along and doubtless would have caught him had we not pre- ceded them. The prisoner had only been at the ranch twenty minutes when we ar- rived. He was making for Pala Fox to cross to Mexico, thirty miles above La redo. The country was full of city and federal officers scouting for the man. I was acting on information sent by Sheriff Avant at Atasco County. who was trail- ing him south of Twohig last night. We left Aguilares at D. m. on Friday. I got a fresh horse at Laredo and continued from there. I wired Agent Mimms at Co., tulla and received the following reply:
 Captain J. H. Rogers. Laredo-Avant and Kinsell posses with our men are on the right trail south of Twohig He is afoot going. in a southerly direction. His horse captured near here yesterday
 Upon receipt of this telegram I left for Laredo, and securing a fresh horse rode with Inspectors Jose Benavides, K. Merriam and Deputy Marshal Hanson to Jose Benavides' ranch near Las Tiendas. There we secured the services of the trailer Martiano Arce and started. We caught our man at noon. We was taken completely by surprise and was unable to offer resistance, as we had the house covered with Winchesters both in front and back He had two pistols. One I sup-' pose to be the. pistol of Sheriff Morris. If Is blue barrel Colts 45, short rubber handle, half worn. the other is A Colts nickel-plated, white handle, with old blood on the barrel. The man I have Is feet Il inches in height, thin. hollow breasted, stoop-shouldered, medium com plexion, two or three weeks growth of beard. He is sullen and dogged, and will not give any account of himself He wears a black hat. At the Sause ranch he bought new clothes and threw away his torn ones. He also changed s10 of Ameri- can money for Mexican and said he was going to Mexico. I will wire to Karnes County tomorrow for Identification.
 "I have not wired the public because scouting officers may be called in, but am sure I have the right man"