So such a bandido as this Kitchell, he could take horses, good, trained horses maybe from the army and he would run them south.
In the south he could sell the horses for a good profit. 
mnli hypothesis: In the south he could sell the horses for a good profit.  premise: So such a bandido as this Kitchell, he could take horses, good, trained horses maybe from the army and he would run them south.