The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-13
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CUBAN campaign ntter captain MCv
Clntock was wounded at Las Quasi
mas. 1t has always been Mossman's
policy to keep the rustlers and des-
peradoes on the jump and TO arrest
suspects on general principles. Ryn-
ming is quieter, though not less effect
i've. Mossman was for years foreman
Of the Aztec Cattle Company. owning
10000 head of cattle near Holbroob,
Ariz.
Mossman's early experiences In tho
cattle business have made him an eN-
pert rider and roper. and his feats With
the revolver are the talk of the south
west. AS a man hunter he is relent-
less. and on the trail he knows no
such thing as fatigue. To see the man
in Phoenix or Bisbee dressed in what
he terms his store clothes" and with
flower in his lapel, one would never
pick him out as an individual to strike
terror to the heart of n desperate.
But it is fact. nevertheless, that thi.
man, both through his own prowess
and through his wonderfully effective
organization of the rangers. is held in
more dread than any man since the
active days OF Pat Garrett, the captor
of BILLY the Kid"
President Diaz of Mexico has CO.
operated with the governor of Arizona
in stamping out the reign OF outlawry
on the border. Colonel KOsterlisky
and his famous company OF rurales
have patroled the border on the Mex
ican side with Il vigor ana skill that is
second only to the work of the Arizona
rangers Americans and Mexicans fire.
quently pitch their tents together while
on scouting duty. Several times de-
tails of rangers have crossed the line
in hot pursuit of criminals fleeing for
Mexico. Colonel Kosterlisky and his
troop once invaded the United States
in Il similar manner. but no questions
have ever been asked and no red tap9
formalities have ever been demanded.
The difficulty of operating against
these southwestern outlaws may be-
imagined when it is known how thor
oughly organized the desperadoes have
been in recent years. The gangs have
spies in mining and cattle camps who
keep them well posted on the move
ultnlS VI llt w men
alarm is given the bandits retire Ia
rendezvous in the most inaccessible
parts of the mountains. Some of these
hiding places are veritabe fortresses
which are well stocked with arms
and provisions. Until the rangers were
organized the desperadoes practically
| ruled Arizona, as they could not be
successfully hunted down after their
raids. But the work of Mossman and
| Rynn.ng and their men has completely
batfled the desperadoes. The bad
men" never know where the rangers
may be scouting. as it is the policy OF
this remarkable organization to traveI
singly or by twos, unless some emer-
gency calls them together. The rangers
| are always on the move, and they are
likely to turn up in any part of tho
country at any time. They are always
surprising lawbreakers red-handed
and their long record of arrests OF des-
perate characters shows how thorough
ly they are accomplishing the work OF
ridding Arizona of the lawless.
Governor BrOdie, who takes great
pride in the work of the rangers. is
himself an old-time Indian fighter and
well acquainted with the yiles of the
southwestern bad men" Brode has
given every encouragement to the
rangers, and it 'Tould no doubt afford
him keen delight to be able to partici.
pate in their active work. He has made
many suggestions that have resulted
in clearing certain districts of crimin.
ais, and as long as he is in the COVER.
nor's chair Arizona will continue ~
make rapid headway against its law
less element. Certainly the work OF
the rangers, since their organization
unde" Ex-Governor Murphy, has been
little short of marvellous. and the nov,
elist who Is looking for thrilling Incl,
dents for romance could do no bettep
than follow the record of these rough,
riding police of the southwest.-Denvev
Republican.