Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-27
TERROR TO HORSE THIEVES.
A Deputy Who Has Brought Many
Rustlers to Justice.

IehhOH ~ HOHSE thieves.
"A Deputy Who Has Brought Many
Rustlers to Justice.
Foe to the horse rustler, keen and
fearless almost to the point Of being
foolhardy, Deputy Sheriff Harry
Wright, Of Los Angeles county, and a
native of st. Louis. stands out as one
Of the unique figures in the border life
Of the southwest. His gift Of identi-
flying stolen horses from description
borders almost on the uncanny. He
has recognized horses three years af-
ter they have been reported to him as
stolen, never having seen the animals
previously.
TITS just born in me, / guess" Is
the way he describes It,
In three years he has brought to
justice more than 80 horse and cattle
rustlers in the southwest and has re-
covered nearly 700 head of stolen
stock. Gunplay has had place in his
activities, and his ability to draw"
quicker than the other fellow permits
this story to be written.
Some Of the most notorious rustlers
of the southwest are now in prison as
a result Of Wrights activity.
Bob Brown. alias George Mus
grave" train robber and horse thief;
Bill Westphal, alias Arizona Charley"
trick rider and outlaw, and Clay Nc
Gonigle, cattle rustler and once cham
pion steer roper, formed a notorious
gang that was broken up by Wright
with the aid Of his gun and Harvey
lied steel nerve.
Three years ago this gang raided
Bixby's Palo Verde rancho and stole
nineteen horses. Wright went on the
trail of one member Of the gang, West
phal, which led into the San Bernar-
dino desert He followed a zig-zag
track over the torrid waste, often
without food or water for nearly twen-
ty-four hours at stretch. The trail
led into the mountains Of Inyo county,
where Wright brought up three weeks
later.
Following the track Of the outlaws
horse into the foothills, he lost It Oh
the mesa, but finally picked 1t up
again on an abandoned sheep trail
leading up and along the steep. lone
ly mountain side.
He proceeded cautiously, and as he
neared the glow in the window Of an
old cabin on the steep hillside he
dropped down on his hands and knees
and worried his way to the window.
He arose without the cracking Of
twig and saw westphal, stretched out
on the floor, sleeping before rapidly
dying fire.
The rotten old window sash was
raised enough to permit his fingers to
slip under it. Bracing himself, Wright
gave the sash a mighty tug with his
left hand, and, as It was jerked away,
he showed his gun-hand, head and
shoulders into the aperture just as the
startled outlaw grabbed for his gun,
which was lying cooked on the floor
beside him.
Hands up, Bill! I've got you!" was
the sharp command that stayed West
phars hand. Keeping his man cover
ed, Wright climbed through the OPEN
ing, and two minutes later had the
outlaw handcuffed and harmless. In
the morning he took the prisoner down
the mountain, and next day landed him
in the Los Angeles Jail.
Three days later Wright showed his
revolver under Browns left arm at
Fourth and Broadway, Los Angeles,
and took him into custody. He was
taking no chances. McGonigle was
captured later in San Diego.
Wylie Hill, alias, wild Horse HILL"
formerly a fancy rider with Buffalo
Bills show, and who had a reputation
of being a gun fighter, is serving 10
years sentence as a result of Wright's
work. He knew Wright was after him
and Dragged that he would never be
arrested by the Los Angeles deputy.
Wright found Hill in a Long Beach
livery stable. Hill reached for his
gun, but Wright beat him to It," and
as a bullet whizzed past his ear, Hill
surrendered.
But Robert Perry was the slickest
ever had to deal with" continued
Wright with a smile. Perry lived at
the Y. M. C. A.. was a great worker in
the church and sang in the choir. He
also taught Sunday school class and
apparently was some Christian.
His game was to go away from
town, steal only fine driving horses,
hide them for time and then adver-
tise them for sale to private parties.
II finally got the goods on him and
arrested him. He was kept in a cell by
himself and every day for nearly a
week questioned him about the where
abouts of the animals he stole, but he
he would give me no information.
Then l decided to try another scheme.
Il figured he could not stick around
churches so close and not get little
real religion. ! went to a preacher
friend of mine and got him to mark
number of verses in the Bible calcu-
lated to make a sinner sit up and take
notice. l worked a bunch Of these off
on him for five days straight and they
were landing like solar-plexus thumps
on his conscience. Finally he came
through and told me all about his
deals."-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
No Money At Nine Cents.-Mr. w.
J. Moore, who Is somewhat of a cotton
forr,ar In that he haa nada tualva