Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-27
KLEBERG WOULD CLEAR
BANK OF RIO GRANDE OF BRUSH
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fhoever buvs their bosses.

swear out warrants. he Rangers were
called in. The Texas Rangers form a
sort of State police. numbering about
forty-five in all. The law permits re
c~ruiting up to go. They consist of three
companies Of L. men each, commanded
by captains. and under the general com
mand of the adiutant general. The or
ganization is descended from those gal
liant gun fighters. famed in song and
story. who cleaned out the bad men.
When the Rangers came into the
Brownsville rountry. the old timers
cleared their decks for trouble. The
ranger went forth to get evidence or
serve warrants and they nearly always
found their men. hut a large number re
sisted arrest and were killed on the spot
How many MexicanS they killed. ! don't
know. but the MeXicanS fear nothing
under heaven rs they do the Rangers.
There has been no trouble in Zapata
somt. and very little in Starr. Both
these counties are almost unanimouSl,
Mexican. Down the river folks believe
that a sort of gcntlemen'S agreement eN-
lists between the bandits and the citi
zenS not to depreiatc there.
"Duausc Al me, cNcI nave a rand vi
there, me rangers Mnn 80 IA. Ana Al Ia,
rangers ever 80 "a tncrr, every oouy els
VIA nave 10 - out, Il citIzcn explains.
Inc rangers are a. capdDIe iUOnin-
men as 4 nave ever seen. Inry wear "a,
UNIFORM, uut uSuany me nIgn, soft wnI,c
cowboy nat, hlgn Doots ahd knakl
pants. They rae g0od horses aud carr,
- .,.x a..Aa.. -. t.tf xtnr..n -
flied with carriages. Inc preference
seems to he tor the SiN >nOOter rather
than for the automatic. Under the right
stirrup leather = a repeating rifle. us
ually of the army pattern, and on ser
wee, III the saddle. or IN dangerous
country tand almost every county J.
dangerous 10 the ranger the bandolier
or rifle cartridges IL over on shoulder
and under the other arm.
They are lean. wiry men. and usually
between 80 and 10 years of age. They
seem a serious. thoughtful lot. The Tex
an has implicit confidence in the ranger.
and, with the exception of his hair-trig
ger methods the ranger iuStifies il.
/ pinned down "A foxy old rancher
whose place is guarded we'll by Some 20
soldiers, a. To what he thought of the
soldiers compared with the rangers.
Finally he said:
These are all nice boys and | like
'em, bat" tbehind his hand I'D ruthcr
have two rangers"
Ii seems doubtful ii any governor Of
Texas ever will nave the nerve 10 ask
the federal government To establish mar
tial law in the Brownsville district
The ignorant MeXicanS. who are great
"joinerS'' have a habit of making muster
rolls of their lodges. company and
bands. Mai. Carter. now at Rio Grandc
City, came To this country first - years
ago. a gay young lieutenant Ia assist III
putting down GarZa'S rebellion. CARA
was organizing an attack on the Diaz
government and was working on this
side of the river. Carter SAYS that every
time thew would rush = ann they would
find after the men had fled among "a
pers left. u list Of the members of the
company. Then the soldiers only had
to pick MP these men. They sent $50 Ia
prison fer violation of the neutrality
laws.
Ii is said that bad" McNicans have
taken advantage of this AT times in
this way: They prepare a list of persons
NHbfi INV Mdii liNl ~ ~ III Inv wiz. anu
then. when there has been Il bandit ont
break. hurry to the spot. pretend to
find the paper and give il Ia the officers
A proposition has been made Ia put
the Brownsville district under state
martial law, with the rangers i'll com
mand No one doubts that this would
settle the question and clean mp the ter
ritory, but the more peaceful SAY il
III ....lt -. FIT, a lI.I f..
which the region never world recover.
Some few persons helic,c coalitions
will right themselves if allowed To- pro
coed aS II present and. while this j.
likely 10 be the pl followed. il has lit
tie To commend il. After the CarranZa
government is established and i'll i ~
siticn to aid III" Americans. il such y
disposition i shown there would no
longer h. the sanctuary south nf the
river which i found there now ~ III
bandits. Between the americans On the
north and their ~ longer hrrthcren on
the south. the bandits would be cap
tmrcd killed or wou'l diShani Once
these bands were broken up. the pea re-
able Mex6.anS would retr~r 10 work AMI
the others would bc quickly awcd into
submission.
The Judge of the district court mas
called off the fall session at Brownsville
So far ~ iuIN eases or contested eases
are concerned. This. he said, was Ga
prevent the bringing from their homes
men who would be better al their abote>.
on guard or protecting their property.
The movement was generally applaudel
but some of the rcformer> point ont that
the iailS are full of MeXicanS. guilty and
innocent. charged with all the crimes III
the calendar. who should he tried. These
prisoners are American citizens. al