Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-06-21
REIGN OF TERROR.
Nine Men Slaughtered Near the
Howry Ranch,
n PAT GARRETT STORY.

John n iIowry, manager OF thu "
6 W Cattle company. with his Denver
of "a at G3j Scycutccntl street rH.
On ned YESTERDAY from the funeral OF
ni father az Kansas city. SAYS the
Denver News MT Howry is greatly
shocked al Tho stories tclegrdphol
from Kansas CITY, claiming that tho
cldcr IioWrys death was caused by
troubles win his son As father and
son were said Co nave lived In the az.
most ia mOuy and the family relations
tbDnShuut wcr' perfectly amiCahlc.
Mr HOwry cannot imagin, why tho
murCpr were made
lis Howly rs manager OF one OF 'he
bti known Cattl, ranches OF New
MC1tcu. ana is widely known through
OF tie west as a successful manager.
Tuc II. O W. ranch $50 miles east of
Las Vegas n NJ. has recently been
I'll, center of numerous shooting trays.
dru las attracted a great deal of attou-
tio- since the first of January on az.
C0ut of the murderuus gangs infest
ihb thc vicinity.
since the opening of the year sid
NJ HoWry nine mon hav, been killed
or not almost into pieces In the region
where our ranch is located. When the
u, Rock land railroad made it,, nd.
vclt Ina the country 4 vas preceded Nv
some of the most desperate criminals
oi tho west. These mon stole cattle
and horses, looted stores. shot unof.
Tending citizens ana tcrrorizcd the en-
tire community until the Law abiding
element could stand 1t no longer The
governor of the territory gave his as
sistarCe 10 the determination OF the
gang. and he United States govern
ment sent its deputies To carry on The
good work All the men on our ravch
were enrolled as deputy sherifis ana
every man carried a rifle ana was
Obliged % be on the lookout when
abroad Two of the freehootCrs came
40 the ranch with the aVowcd inten-
ton Of killing myself, Johnson, the
local manager of the ranch. and one of
our men named Logan. To-day all the
meml ors of the gang have been killed
ar imprisoned except one, and he was
the leader Where he is nobody can
tell, hut II Is reported that he is Turk
ing around in the region of his former
stamping ground Until that man is
found and placed where he will 90 no
further harm. there will be uneasiuess
throughout the district
Ny Howry says the outlaws name
is 'ienry Hawkins. lie is acknowl.
odEvd To hc one of the bad citizens of
Ne Mexico. and Cattlemon will never
rest until his retreat is ferrcted out. as
lila Vkins Is fine shot ana IS fully able
10 take care OF himself under any or
binary circumstances.
Mr.. Howry tells a story about the
noted New Mexico sheriff Pat Garrett.
which has not been printed Garrett,
according TO common Interpretation.
has never bowed his head TO "A cattle
rustlcr or asked any favor of an ad-
Versary ON one of ms expeditions in
quest of cattle rustlers. he found him
self In close range with leader, who
was known To he "A good shot and a
man OF nerve The battle commenced,
ana Garrett coon was seeking cover.
Hc reached a water tank. and then the
outlaw changed his tactics. He began
loading with steel bullets, and the bull
lets went straight through the tank.
Garrett saw Cat his end was near un-
less prompt measures were taken.
Hello. there cried he without
daring 70 put his head out from behind
the tank Lets call II a draw
A bullet flew In close proximity to
the head OF Garrett and he raised his
voice sim higher. The cattle rustler
replied that as Garrett had made the
proposition he accepted II.
"Will you promise not TO shoot me in
the back as / am walking away" in
quircd Garrett
The rustler promised and the next
moment the doughty sheriff started
and disappeared over a knoll without
turning his head. The act required all
the scif-possession Garrett could sum
mon hat II saved his life Garrett is
nov q government officer on the line
tctwecu New Mexico and Old Mexico.