New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
Rounding Vp CosffbroafS

life was quick and prompt action. Leay-
ing his prisoner upon the horse. the lat
ter being tied to tree. Captain Hughes
made sudden dash toward the group VI
Mexicans, demanding in Spanish that every
one Of them surrender. This unexpected
onslaught caused all Of the MeXicsns OK
cept the man who was mounted 10 scatter
into the bushes like 80 mary quail The
horseman answered Captain Hughes de-
mand by firing on him with pistol Ihe
captain returned the hre, ami his h'st sh't
struck the Mexican i'm the head. tie TOP
pied from his horse dead one quick
glance told Captain Hughes that the deao
man was a notorious bandit leader, Nho
had long been giving the pcaceable settlers
of the territory bordering on the Big Bend
much trouble The career OF the man had
been long and bloody.
Fastening back TO the spot where ne had
left his prisoner. Captain Hughes took
charge OF the horse and started north WIN
Linn at breakneck speed I'm order 10 avoid
or lessen tho possibility Of bcins smbushed
he quit tho trail as soon as night came ana
struck out across the barron waste. head
ing FOR the Chisos Mountains. All night
long he rode. leading the horse with his
prisoner behind him. Fortv-eight hours OF
constant riding brought him and his pri'-
oner 10 Maria, the railroad town The
Mexican was i'm such state Of exhaustion
| that il was thought for a time that ne
could not survive the terrible experience
/ through which he had been forced 10 90.
ON another occasion Captain Hughes
chased a band Of Mexican cattle thieves
for three hundred miles and finally rounded
them up in the little town Of Ojinags. on
the Mexico side Of the Rio Grande. nearly
| opposite Preside del Nort@ He forced
/ them az the point Of his pistol 70 mount
I their horses and cross to this side Of the
/ international boundary stream, where hA
enlisted the aid of an American river guard
1 In binding the thieves and escorting them
/ TO Alpine. where they were turned over 10
! the Sheriff. He traicd train robbers and
stage hold-up men into the bloody region
and usually captured the fugitives. In
/ Vulnerable attempts were made TO XIII Cap
tain Hughes by border outlaws, but they
never succeeded
II Is stated by Americans arriving here
| from Preside del Norte and other places
along the river that the so-called revOu-
/ tionary bands that are now operating In
/ that region are composed chiefly OF the Old
outlaw element which gave Captain Hughes
and other peacy officers so much trouble IN
former years. The bare fact that captain
/ Hughes is down there TO hunt them down
Is expected 20 cause a scattering ~ these
bands of men. or at least cause them "
! keep close 10 the Mexican side.
Il was dangerous until few years ago
for travellers TO penetrate far into the sls
Bend The Southern Pacific Railroad OWNS
large areas of land In the desert region
and when surveyors were sent down tne''
10 mark the boundaries OF the different sec.
tions they were protected with arme'
guards When night came II was eus'
tomary for the engineering party to ied'o
the trail secretly and establish camp !"
some remote spot In order To lessen '"s
possibility of an attack by outlaws Tne''
camps were changed nightly.