Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

ever did such a thing when one carried
gun.
This whole trouble started back in
February when the authorities discov-
cred that gang Of MeXicans had an
organization and a most terrible oath
to kill all the male whites i'll this neck
Of the woods above 16 years of age.
The leader was arrested but the agita-
ton has been continued and for months
all the Mexicans have known the at
tempt was coming and some of them
even told us So But it seemed too
incredulous and no one paid any at
tention to it. First it was reported
that some saddle horses had been
taken from Mexican ranch southeast
of Lyford. Then they robbed coun-
try cross roads store at a Swedish COL
ony west Of Lyford. Then they sent
word on several occasions that they
were going to do terrible things to sew
eral distinguished citizens. All the
time the sheriffs force and the rangers
were, in pursuit and everybody thought
they would get them in little while.
Then the greasers rode leisurely into
Sebastian where there were two corn
shelter crews at work and the Austins,
father and son, were working at one
Smelling corn. No one had a gun SO
the. Mexicans displayed great bravery.
After robbing the store Of all its am
munition with the Austins and every
body else looking on they rode down
and got the Austins and took them to
their home couple of miles away and
made them get their firearms which
the Greasers took. Mrs. Austin was
of course frantic and couldn't under
stand what was going on and the men
couldn't explain. A little out of sight
of the house the Mexicans shot the
two men with a third neghbor boy
looking on. Then they rode away. Mrs.
Austin heard the shots and knew what
had happened. She ran to the scene
and had to remain nearly two hours
with the two dead men before assist
ance arrived.
Since then, petty depredations have
been committed in number of places
but every DAY sees more soldiers ar
irving so our war is likely to be of
short duration. l have walked around
here for a week with my rifle full Of
cartridges and my person adorned with
big belt full Of cartridges and one
extra cartridge in my pocket. I had
hoped Greatly hoped) for the oppor-
tunity to shoot the blamed gun off at
least once SOL could make an empty
place in my belt for that extra cart
ridge in my pocket but it looks doubt
full now whether / will get chance or
not. Everybody here present a most
formidable and warlike appearance.
We are all IT. a state Of preparedness
and on thorough war footing.
South Texas has made an enormous
drain on the hardware stores for rifles
and every man that has the price has a
rifle now and everybody else has a
shotgun. A man who hasn't got and
can't borrow a gun has to go home
and go to bed and that Is terrible
dishonor.
really believe that with all our lack
of training and mismatch blunder-
buses thai about a dozen good aver
age Americans, with little brush
mad, with one hand tied behind them.
south Texas.
The only trouble is the brush. With
the country heavily timbered catching
a flea. There would be little trouble in
This is already more than one
thousand words but editors have plen-
ty of blue pencils and plenty of time
and ought not close this without
tribute to the Texas ranger.
The Texas ranger Is the opposite ex-
IRENE in the scale of humanity from
a greaser. A Texas ranger fears
neither God, man nor the devil. It
would be dishonor that he could
never live down for Texas ranger to
arrest q greaser. Such q word as TAR
rest is never used in connection with
greasers. Most Of the time Of the
ranger is spent along the Mexican bor-
der. There are not great many
rangers. Rangers fight entirely differ
emily from soldiers. Their especial. fate
ant across cake of ice, after the ice
has been setting in the sun for twenty
four hours. A ranger knows by in
stinct whether he Is on the right trail
or not. If he is not on the right trail,
he drops everything, gets on horse
or into an automobile, or q Ford and
hits some Intersection. If they get the
scent when It is warm the greaser
might as well lay down and die. said
above that about forty or so greasers
had bit the dust. That is the number
that has heen shot out in the little
skirmishes with the rangers and SOL
diers that We know about" The
rangers have been busy night and day
and they rarely take time to eat or
sleep. Nobody knows what they have