Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-13
GANG WHICH ROBBED STORE KIDNAP
MEXICAN AND FORCE HIM TO
ACCOMPANY THEM UNTIL he
EFFECTED ESCAPE.
CAMERON AND HIDALGO POSSES ARE
STILL UNABLE TO OvERTAKE
GANG WHO COMMITTED
MANY DEPREDATIONS.

Kidnapping mounted Mexican a
mile and u half from the store near Iy-
ford which they had Just robbed and for
cng him 10 guide them toward the north
west. eleven armed maraudcrs sped
ava yovcr the Hidalgo county line sun
day, and outstripped and baflied the
peace officers chasing them. Al night
fall the unwilling guide slipped away
from his captors. Dismoumting in the
dense underground he stripped the sad
die from his horse. and after frightening
ii with "A heavy stick. struck il a fina
humping blow, and released il. The
gang pursued the horse. which they
heard crashing through the brush and
left the kidnapped man to make his way
back 10 his home at the San Martin
ranch, where they had attached him
AfoOt, the man WAS found bv a motor
load of pursuing officers an hour later.
He Was utterly terrorized and almost
unclothed from fighting his way through
the thorny cactus. He was allowed to
continue toward home after al the story
he could be- induced 10 tell had been ex-
tracted from him The officers. including
Sheriff Nann and Deputies Nonahan
and LongOria. lost the trail of the rob
berS soon after this. when they had
chased the band northwest through San
Martin ranch across the line Of Ilidal-
90 county and L. miles into the county.
Sheriff Nann who returned last night
thinks the eleven are part IF the gang
thought 10 have been chased across the
RIO Grande near Santa Maria on Friday
after they had robbed ranches in the
north end Of the county on SUNDAY and
Monday last of eleven horses and various
small articles. After 1Dllowing the
traIi Of eight or nine miles south 10 the
river. where ii led To the Mexican side
Deputies Monahan and Longoria on
Saturday afternoon returned To Browns
vile. On Sunday a telephone message
from Lvford t1ld the SheriffS departments
that eleven men mounted and armed had
appeared at the store Of Nils Peterson.
four miles south of Lyford. al seven
o'clock SUNDAY morning and had robbed
the store of provisions
The Sheriff and Deputies Monahan
and Longoria rushed 10 Lvford bv mo.
Tor Arriving they found that eleve.
Mexlcans with drawn weapons had
forced Peters N To unlock his store
killing the shelves. they loaded their
horses lightly with canned goods. crack
ers and bacon-cnough To last two DAYS.
took twelve boxes Of $3.50 cartridges
six dozen buckshot shells. filled spare
pockets with tobacco and rode away
northwest. The sheriff's party. aided bv
armed citizens took up the ch. So i'm
mediateiv. Al niehtfaIl in Hidalgo
county they came upon the Meyican
afoct who had been forced Ia accompany
re band from San Martin. only "A half
mile from the store. 10 point near
where the sheriff found him. shortly
after this the pursuing party in the
darkness lost the trail of the fleeing 81
even
Sheriff Baker of Hidalgo county with
posse Joined the chase Monday morn
ING. Sheriff Vann returned U Browns
vile Monday night. reaching here at
midnight. Deputies M0nahan and Lon.
gcria are still on teh trail The officers
are finding the same difficulty in track
ing Sundays marauders as they did last
week The country for miles around
he scene Of the robbery is covered with
brush impossible for man or horse ex
cepi along the trails beaten by cattle
and goats. No word can be expected
from the pose for several davs unless
they are successful or give up the chase
sooner. rs they are out OF c0mmunico
tion with publicity agents.
Squadron Adiutant 1t H. B. johnson
nj Fort Brown this morning character
lied as rank nonsense the report that
soldiers who We're sent from Harlingep
70 Lvford had engaged in a brush with
four Mexicans and that running fight Of
several hours had taken place" SUP
posed to have been brought in bv n
passenger on a south bound train.
Hostlities between troops and outlaws
would he reported by wire to headquar-
ters at Fort Brown within a few hours
after the occurrence No such report has
been received.