The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-02-05
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BANDIT
OF FAR SOUTH
Body Found in Lodging
House; Dying Woman
Lying Nearby
ny BRYANT POWERS

a. Wlttu lttS~ NiHli I~pifeaiuhu'H
HUENOS AIRES tBy mail to the
United I'rcssl. In q cheerless room
Of u ihIrd rate lodpinr house. there
WIS found recently thr Bat Master
SON ut Argentina. lying with out
stretched arms aud u bullet hoie
through his head Beside him was "a
woman. not young but sim prett,. az
the point of death. To the officer
wuo tuund the coUplr following the
discharge Of two shots the crime was
apparent
What they aid not know Tor several
weeks, however. was that The man,
who had evidently taken pains To CON
ceal bis identity was Mateo Gebhard
famous u Few years q Tor his eN-
plots lu pursuing bandits in far away
Patagonia, where In 1910 he was made
chief Of the government forces for
the purpose of running down a sang
Of outlaws as picturesque as any that
oyerruu Oklahoma. Texas or Kansas
in the period between the b~ank-loOt,ng
uf th" James boys and the train-roh-
hing OF the Jennings gang, As "a
matter Of fact the strongest gang with
which Gehhard had - deal were
Americans who may have hern badly
wanted hy the authorlties 10 several
part- of tine United States.
Prey ON settlers.
NN NfNAE . HNN"'AfNfH ~
some places is ns desert ns the sage
covered upland plains Of NcyHdn. ..nd
in others AS rough ana lnpcnetrahlr
as the had Lama OF Dakota or jack
SON Hole. has been thr stamping
ground Tor motley crowds 81 outcaSiS
1ruUI all thr world Peaceful nduf-
t.iaua SETTLERS were their regular prey
There" was no one who could take
charr" ~ the public forces and run
them Geo "urth Things reached thplr
climuN, however. when the American
Hanl one uf who's members va, 70
woman. began 10 spread terror
Throughout q larE" section of q re-
riru ds bis as Texas
The rapidly Of their movements
was amazing Mounted on fast
horse ana wei armed with Wiuchos-
tiers. the Norte Amoricunos carried
Trims or in true "t~'offevviile' stylc.
descending suddenly upon "a peaceful
Villas" holding up the cashier OF the
local bank. and making of before
their opponents could recover from
then astonishmout. Who these out
lnws were in reality IL would be dif-
ncnlt 60 tell but II seems probable
that they were the mnan of a
gang that had found LIE too warm In
the American west and euIgrdted.
ThcN Hd"pied the native Argentine
dress. But while they adopted Ar
genuine of"th"S' h"lN'N ana saddles
they Kept their own style OF firhting
ans Tor q long I'm" carried ihtngs
their own way.
IN the end however Gerhard "a bo-
h"ihihn 'nN"n'nrtf stepped from
aiming the row Of unsuccessful man
hunters ana TOOK charp" Of a crew
OF hr"hN"l' lean iishters men OF a
'ldNs ihHi Tor urelessnrsF and bravery
wvfr NOT 7urpasse d even by the Amer
icau '""hoy IN Ngilnnie days.
flfsl' q ms new leader he
OFFICERS set ont AFTER e ~nondescrtpt
gang OF outlaws IN tho Territory OF
'huhu' me liEhiinI was without
phoritr on either Sidc. and IN spite
"i lhr hnniner ana desperation Of the
"", l"W drhhard : men finally drove
rntrc mana 10 a place IN the Andes
HountaihH picturespuely named the
valley OF thunder lt"re q pitched
hnitie was touhht ~ Which p chief
Nhled "nh me territory was made
ELaH.