Sentence:  The sheriff and District Attorney Mills hastily swore out a <WSD>number</WSD> of warrants against men 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:  the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals