Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-07
BANDITS WHO WERE THOUGHT TO
BE SURROUNDED ESCAPE AND
MAY NOW Be ACROSS THE
RIVER IN MEXICO. d.
OFFICERS AND CITIZENS DIVIDE IN
TO TWO PARTIES THE BETTER
TO CONTINUE CHASE-U
CAvALRYMEN IN TOO.

DIVIDING INTO two bands thr better fn
pursue gang ut twenty IL thirty stock
thieves known % hr il,rlng iWard tho Ria
Grnndr from thr NirinHN WI l.yturI. ufil
crr~ III the law ARE ~tII securing through
the thick brush hrui ga oteriakinE thr
armed MrNiran- vhu urr known lu have
stolen stock from several ranches III the
Lyfurd vicinity. Aiding the posse 81 ufh-
GERS and armed citizens whose nunhrr hH-
~wclled I'D nearly fifty. i~ detachment ~
some thirty United State ravalrymvn irum
thr Twelfth Cavalry at Ilarlingrn. "A lrlr
phone message to sheriff W. r. NanE irum
l.. = Gill ~ Raympndyillc ihi- nurninH
ny crimes oi violence have hrcn dunr W,
the maraudcr~. TAR a- u known, aud w.
killings have thus tar resulted.
sheriff \ann w certain that tue trt..,.
at Thieves y headed for tie Rio Grana.
N an attcmpi at crossing under arm- N
made at amy paint along thr nvrr United
>tatr~ tayalrymru can arrest. aud u nrs-
c~-arN u-r ordnance department ly.ad fu
stop thr mariudrr- lurur-iun- wv armed
force from the other side ~ the river. ~
tir- bring thc utiru-r Within thr iurl-,lir
tiou pt ne troop~. sheriff Namn ~aV~. IInv
ever. persons familiar with the ri1rr huhl
uut little hope THAT IuN force short IVY
the rumhcr 81 mcu sufficient tu roa~truet
4 picket fence ul -rrlnrl- along the mile
ot hurdrr hrtwr,u tidr water uud kurna. ur
~till farther west. Wlll d. able t. prevent
thr band ir"m crossing thr nvrr nfH
crr~ ay that thr HarJudrr- Ar- utt-u aIA
cd by persons living ou thu side thr0uuh
"ut thc brush country vhu act n- luukuuf.
und refuse wv give auy information wv wv.
oitcer-.
Matters have nuv received lutn u stern
chase. which may hr " lolE one. ur ma,
be- only long enough to give the outlaw
time in make nu immediate ani swift rrt-
sing ut thr river into safety un thr utHr
side The miles aud miles of tnrtnn,,.
stream make Ii aI almost -ulrrhuuan ts L
IN prevent small forces. such u~ that nuv
~ light before the forces 81 the law. frnn,
crossing, especially at night The nninrr
sal custom along the border uf rarryIn-
rifle or carblue IN boot on the saddle. q
hn~ been pointed uut. would make it ra-.
for gang Ny thirty men M Zip acres ih
rlver separately. under arms. aud ,aal..-..
AZ some appointed rrudrvuu-.
Who the thievc- are that are being cha
cd across the northern end at The ,.nunf,
tbs sheriff department I- unable tu ...
uno does amy uur else knew whence th..,
came or what their intention wa. co.,
lecture make them soldiers wv unr wv WIN
other NJ the armies W. thr MrNlrau rr.u
luilon. bent on securing rcmnnni> t.l
their cyaynlry. Some think thr, nrr
gang VIZ tiiIhu~tcr- organized WV thu ,I,.
10 enter Mexico after fitting uui h, th,,.,
cry. Still other. fhink II " ease wv ar,ltrar,
banditry. of tN kind thar ha~ been ans.
thing but ordinary IN this section Tor th..
ih~I thirty years. since thr day- wv Currlnn
I'm unronlrmrd report hu~ " thar Ia,.
yesterday afternoon the camping f,lt.,. al
ihe maraudrr~ was discovered. ~irr,.ur,I
.rd and rushed. The camp wa rni,.i, wv
mi~takabie signs that twenty-five mri, hsl
passed the night and had r,nkrd rb-r..
were found, the report SAYS.
Besides the numerous live stock tb-tf.
i~ted Yesterday. thc theft at N saddle nnL
Tour horses from the Cavazos ranch ana
the taking Of a Winchester from a Mrxi
can who encountered part ut thr ran4
new theft~ have come 10 hight i...la,
Deputy Collector Of Customs J. A. Malft,
received advice- by letter yeStrr,la, ir.,ll,
ms foreman that On Friday night tuu
horses were stolen from his pasturr near
Sebastian. One of the animals rr Irrs...I
to the ranch Sunday dragging luu. rur-
from his fetlock. showing that ihy ANIMAL
had been staked out hy the thief