Show BOLD DEEDS Of BORDER GANGS L Desperate Fight Near the Old F Mexico Line STOICAL COURAGE OF ONE OF THE OUTLAWS I II I Deserted By Comrades He Fought I the Officers Singlehanded This Was Franco Phallard the Last ol the Sam Bass Gang of Robbers Who Cleaned Out Custer City Atrocious Murder In Mississippi Woman and Fivs Children Pound Weltering In Their Blood Denver Colo Dec 9News has just been received here of a desperate fight that occurred near the border of Arizona Ari-zona and old Mexico Three guards of the Mexican service and one desperado were killed The latter was Franco Phallard one uf Black Jacks gang and an outlaw from Texas whose two brothers were killed while members of r Billy the Kids gang A few days ago the border guards learned of a raid that was designed by Black Jack to loot a town across the river A start was made from Leander i Springs and the guards had no difficulty diffi-culty in finding them MEET FACE TO FACE The two forces met face to face at a turn in the road There were eight outlaws against three officers but the latter opened the attack with orders of Hards up Two of the outlaws turned their horses for the hills but Thallard dismounted and drawing his Winchester Win-chester opened fire and killed the three officers before he fell with a wound in his side which proved fatal LAST OF TRAIN HOLDUPS In his pocket was a letter from Miss Edith Curningham of Las Vegas stating stat-ing that her brother had just been shot i and killed by Dick Manley at Red River N M Phallard is the last of the Sam Bass gang of train robbers who r cleaned out Custer City many years t ago His two brothers were killed in the ers Panhandle s of Texas by state rang |