Sentence:  The sheriff and District Attorney Mills hastily swore out a number of warrants against <WSD>men</WSD> who had been riding about armed , according to signed statements by Chavez and Dr. I. P. George , and ordered Deputy Barney Clark of Raton to rescue the posseman . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)