Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-10-27
THE MYSTERIOUS
HORSEWOMAN
OF PLAINS
And she Is Said 20 BE Roam
Ing Around Punching Cows
In Southern New Mexico.

Ing Around Punching COWS
In Southern New Mexico.
A pace writer u She Chigaso sm-
day rrIlunie. October 90 hna Inia io
relate ol an nllcgld mysterious nor o.
woman li New Mexico
Now Mexico hes n mystery. one ot
fHe FifunrOat and sn0minaly most im
possible mysteries that ever puzzled l
tCH unity The mystery De- girl
lomr hand umr fearless. au ekHelt
rider Who muunicd 0u his bay
horse. rides hy nighi enid by lay. up-
ptlfe ai U0infs dozens OF miles apart,
erd Who oannot De- located. aud ci
WAuu uu Trace except when she app
pears suddenly before SOME surprised
cos nuncncr can boz found
According to the q scriptions given
uy those Who have seen ner. tnc girl
s tlll. slender. Drowned hy the sun
and desert winds laden with alkRi.
She % ihc most beautiful woman ever
seen in q land where nll OF ,hp women
arc handsome making up iu heauty
what They lack .n numbers she is
tari oft the country. where nll me wo-
men are gracesu riders
She o. TAIL dark. yot n0i OF che
spanish tyre. with brown 6nlr and
perfect features Hlr horse rs as per.
feet physically as she. for Bee BEST
range hurses in lhn territory Cannot
cftch hor when she Hess
The COW punchlfs speak Uf hcr in
.N"HIIH. u" |H
Ian. and fearing nothing. they vow
chat cvon set they wln cafeh bef and
discover whether aat a NUEh and
blood of spirit Toe minors along he
Black range ana $40 in fho 8urrus vow
fhUF Wiil iran her ynf whom she cross
ca tne naasos OF De mountains.
No Trace Of Her HabItatop Can Be
found.
The facts AS presented ly the per
sons sho allege that they have sctu
ihis beautiful womln of mystery. are
simple enough. There are Ia the
MimhrCa river region scarcely a thons
and women. and outside of tho cltios
% Silver Ciiy and Deming women
are few and far between. a few livc
with heir husbands on the isolated
ranches and q ia safe Ga Say that
every COW man and COW punchor as
we'll a. miner in the regiun from
Conka To Doming, from Santa Rlta to
Silver City and from nayard to DEM
ing knows, ne least hy slght. every
woman who resides In ihat region
iint not one Of them eyeg has seen
any woman oven resembling bic va
man of mystery nor can thcy find
any trace of beg hab!iatiOn.
Tho hrsf appearance of ihe womau
ui mystery. en FAR aa can be learned
was in May oi this year. ON that
day Ptto Blanca. Mexican COW
punchcr, wac riding along the old
SuAtn Fe iraii llo had been across
De- pass over tho north side ol Cook
roah iO tine uoadomOun milne iu se,
mitchell. ODE foreman about netliug ID
iub nnd was riding back ic bad
reached ile point whore ihp uf1H
drops down lnin the Mimhroa vHIiuy
at "Old Town which used 400 Del
MOwrpy where foa duhe h0us
and e row of trees mark tho bed OF
me stream ana The ancient crossing
place ile Uas hiding along cnrelcssly
when ardd niv hu saW the gin mount
n or the nOrsO. cfnicr.ng alons dow
NN NNMNNa NHNH|A NN NNNNN NNWfNNN NNNN|
thrulgh a little grove ul cOtiunWoads
She VAS wearing "a Wide foli hat q
khaki rul0red riding suit aud pa'onI
leather houia. while 0n hes heels sil
yer spurs cllnhcd
She Disappeared From Pete Blanca
Pete rode nn. BE- Hnw the elrl dis
mount. drink from little rpvulct
team on her horse. and cantor on the
a aHl
lOr'e ranch. Re rode after hrr and
perhaps WAS q half mile behind her
Pete rode 40 lu lhp TAYLOR ranch
where Dan WAS busy dsing q saddle
and inquired i0klnely when Dan had
hoen married. Dan paid little heed
Unl Pete ASKED who iho woman was
Tsra D., told Pete h. Nas cary tui
the lacA uf SENSE. that there was nt
woman nearer fhau Cooke Dee ever
declared nu woman bod passed n ihBl
direction
The argument sol rather Ngrnt ant
finally Pete took Dan back down Or,
trail and showed him tho hooi marks
ANA fhey followed ihem up 20 4 point
feW hundreds of yards below M,
3 ranch house. where thoy disappeared
ihe rider evidently having turned uI
the hillside into "a gully
THE neNf seen of Der was iusi a
tft odre of santa Rita. a Wooh later
Td futile WHs r.img into tho mlnlu.
Town wh PEE caught np with Rnl
raHaod the he1uiful girl She nalt
Sea attention iu him. aaf scented ID
nciica hlm 10 an although he raised
hia Fnmhroru aa he rode past iiel
hrHuiY attracted hfm and when hf gD
trfu fun.n Hs InuufsnI IA Ia N.f fHnn