El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25
Bloody Chapters In the Early History
of Silver City and Her Pioneer People

goddess or liberty and the orator OF
the day 20 hold the fort
After the smoke Of the battle had
died away in the saloon and the cas-
usIties were summed mp. 10 was found
that one Johnnie HouEh had shot Ed
Stanley through and through. tearing
away a piece Of his lunE. and tlat
Stanley had plugged Hough through
the thigh and arm After that the
crowd was bigger around the speak
ers' stand. especially when the IS col
ouies and their patriotic guard were
rounded up. Then again the proceed
inES proceeded with all the pomp ana
glory BETTING the occasion
bullion Robbers Plentiful.
The mines had been producing thou
sands Of tons OF rich silver ore. the
mills were pounding away puverlZlnE
it, therefore the retOrts turned out
many bars Of silver bullion. IL was
long way from Silver city 70 the
L. s. mint or TO other bullion markets
and that way was frausht with many
dangers. The stage had been held up
several times in the past and bullion
in TOO pound bars had been stolen,
so in order 20 put the burden Of theft
still heavier upon the thieves the
mill owners decided to mold the bull
lion in 200 pound bars Even this did
not stop these bold highWaymen. for
they held up the stage one DAY down
By the Rio Grande. They had pack
lion on the mules and got away with
IT, one OF the gang. caught afterward
declared that his comrades hacEe ed
the bars into chips with axes and
divided the chips The fellow who did
the most work got the most chips
The mill owners accordingly con-
cluded they would try 800 pound bars
which they did, and only once after
wards were they moiested, even then
the robbers found that II was too much
% "a
highway and for fear Of being caught
they left IL by the roadside
Spends S2o,00O At Wedding.
There was one more item OF inter
this Martin W Bremen. owner Of the
IS mine and the richest mine in the
country at that time. concluded TO
get married His fiance lived i'm
Santa Fe- Bremen was no piker. on
the contrary he was royal speuder.
II ever there was one. and on this
particular occasion he went the limit
and then some He bought q med ium
sized Balm wagon. he put IN silver
bullion bars 10 the amount Of 500
COO. built a false bottom over this so
as 10 allay all suspicion OF the load
and 90 this was hitched "a four mule
team driven by his trusty driver. Nor
rts CiooneE- and young companion.
Albert Stevens. Then he sent them
on The road 20 santa Fe. They were
not molested along the entire route.
for no one ever dreamed OF the con-
tents or the wagon outside Of the
ones mentioned ft was not known
even IN Silver CITY The outfit
reached Santa Fe in time for the
wedding and after the ceremonies
were over. Bremen spent and gave
away the entire 100000 upon his we'd
ding night The money was well
spent for the celebration. as Mrs Bre-
men was one Of the most amiable and
gentle women at that time in the
territory.
Great Chiefs a. Prisoners.
In the fall Of 1875 the government
moved from the Mesca1ero Indian
agency three OF the most notorious
Indian chiefs IN the country 10 the
san Carlos Indian reservation
I'm Arizona. Among them were
Victoria Loco and Mana also
Young Cochise- son OF the rreat
chieftain. who died two years pre-
vious in Washington n. O. Accom-
pauyinE them We're 30 or so other
Indians or the Ghiricahua tribe The
whole escort was under the charge OF
Tom Bow chicf scout and his de-
tachment OF soldiers This was the
cruelest blow TO those naughty chiefs
that could ever have been inflicted
upon them. not only 20 be taken from
their original home TO san Carlos
but 20 20 there bound fin chains