Show Daring O Outlaw Son t o of Wealthy Wealtny Parents ts he great Napoleon once sail said If It you O scratch a nUs Russian lan you ou will find Arid n a Tartar artar beneath tIll the sl skin ln It might L wi with vI h more inore Justice id perhaps be said I 1 you ou scratch the thc most highly 11 bd specimen of or mankind a t. 4 I win vII be discovered ered under his skin savage I It t. t Is In inore nore than probable If Jr the history l of most notorious desperadoes 8 who nourished Jo on both borders bOlder of or tho the Rio Orande from 1836 1826 until 1880 isso were kl ii wn It would be found that the tilo I olly of oC them them were reared In iii tile the nik L refined homes and tl that In early nH Y yoth th they were the pious care calo o of re- re 1 and I pure minded mothers says i New Orleans Picayune i 7 t In Ill We tile c 3 year ear 1850 a a. young Mexican i. i ranchero farmer armer or or oung stock raiser named Juan Cortina was the owner wa Of la a ranch situated some dis- dis ta co from rom tho the town of Camargo on th till Rio Hlo Grande Granle l lio Tho ho young w noted for fOl his Ills amiability oung even en temI tem lean I Pei erf and Particularly for fot his deep dep re reIg re- re Ig ou sentiments 11 ills His aged mother also was equally equall famed tamed for the austerity aus aus- relly O of her hel conduct and her widespread wide wide- spread charl charity Indeed throughout hout houtIn In extended area aren she was known as La La Sanita the lie little saint Ills Ils mother his recently wedded wife a sister of or the latter and two t of or his own formed the tho happy happ household of or this thip exemplary young oung ranchero S. S One Ono day he ho drove e a a small smal herd of or cattle to Camargo to sell sel at a n fair ai 1 was held at that place During l hi bli Ii brief als absence nce from roan home n a band hand of cC pe enteen seventeen desperadoes crossed from American side of oC the Rio Grand Grande iliad lul took tool temporary possession of his n They treated his aged mother his wife and the other three young women In a most outrageous and In- In manner After securing nul all al the t little valuables In the house the they s set it It Ii on fire They then lien rounded up all al t the tile cattle catle and hore horses the they could gather gath gath- er er upon UIn ii such a short notice started on oil their thel back hack track crossed the tho river divided their boot booty and anti then dis tiis- persed But Bait before the left the they lee scene cone of their cowardly depredations they Inflicted several seral se knife wounds upon of or the unfortunate women and t. t left lef them weltering In their blood J Terrible Revenge When Cortina returned to the of his former fonner home his mother though rapidly dying re- re tamed sufficIent strength to recount the lie details of the outrage When at d length lace her life le ebbed awa away he ho burled her herand and lice her he unfortunate children and andl l then thou set t out on his career of oC ofen veni en ven- i lie le had land hitherto worn wOIn an nn beard heard and long hair He lie had his lais hair hall cut short and anti his face shaved 1 H ond then Mien chan changing hl his clothes S and assuming the time appearance of a ar r lu peon Icon co crossed river and entered entered entered en- en the time service of one of the mur- mur The Time latter later In a mom moment nt of drunken confidence related the tIme circumstances of tho the raid Ild as he her V. V r- r 11 i jf I to 1 comrades of a similar to himself Ho lie even gave O the names of his murderous cOI Cortina Cortna heard the stor story and treasured tho the different names In his his memory The rhe next morning the theman man maJI was found an 1 murdered on Jils bed time the next three years fars the time in- in l J of ot murderers with wih the untiring untim-Ing patience pati pati- 11 once ence of oC a n bloodhound Ho lIe killed each ono one of thor with wih his own hand One ot or them ha had eluded his search sarh but buton on outs morning when he lie Il and atad two others were cre bathing In the Rio rilo Grande CorUna Corinn Cortina Cor Cor- tina inn crept up ill to where their thol arms arums and deliberately anal clothes were lying lIng 5 ably h shot all al three As the river was high at tho the time he undressed tied led his hil clothes In a bundle fastened th them m mon nn on his 11 head nd and swam swain over ovel to the t l Mexican side she He lie le never nevel trod American Amen Ameri can soil soi again Ills His Ils last deed was wit wit- Hese b by t two 0 shepherds who reported report report- ed cd the circumstances to the time F tics A reward was offered for his capture nn and as aM he defiantly sent ent word to the thc mayor maym of or Brownsville that he lie had killed hilled the murderers of his fam- fam I fly lly 17 Warrants C for as man many murders wore vero flying about Texas for his ap ap- ap- ap I His Ills subsequent career Is a 3 matter mater of border border history He became a famous famous fam fain ous smuggler and a notorious ban bandit lt When the French Invaded Mexico he lie of ot commissioned himself general ce and Ulel lid did dil admirable service I IJ the five years jears the tho war lasted lie J Ie died not long since Inee in the tho City of II Mexico The brief history of ot his S. S career creer as here recorded was Imparted to me h by himself one omme night at the at his headquarters during tho time siege of Henry the frontier un- un When serving on tier leI General Mariano Escobedo In 1877 against the then tie do facto gov- gov o eminent of oC General Diax a young oung man manS Into my lodgings at Colonel Bei Be- Be S camo H lodging In Laredo and ald offered to i Join ol our r forces with wih twenty Ave f mounted men He lie gave ga his name as a Fish and his age 22 YC years lS Ho lie 10 was wa a a. n tall tal handsome fellow with wih light ht hair hah anti and eyes oyes and a n faco Cuco that lint l truly trimly childlike and amid bland I 1 was WM anc presented him hint to General Escobado who accepted his services and when ho Joined us we vc crossed the frontier with two thirty-two men anon who Informed me mo that the they were each half man nian half hal The were horse and half hail all alligator ator They we certainly most gallant galant fighters and nOI the unfortunate week six campaign cam cam- during lurnS under lire were welo constantly When the lie end came caine when after a as soldiers could get mp ili as we were wen driven across tho time frontier rest Fish and his eleven Ien I en men lucia for fol the time rest ha had bad been killed In hi battle batlo e escorted cortel rt oth other several I J myself and o ce 1 lt ranking Mexican 1 nome distance Into Irto f Texas xa Hero Here the they 1010 border the and amid bOIdO left us a 11 rounded up some cattle booty boot sold It to several se with their I honest thel Texas cattlemen and dispersed his son an and self myself reached Now New Ol Orleans ns safe safely b where and c eventually the General planned ant tho the follow following 1 I executed a campaign for fO I learned to my Meanwhile 11 ing leg year car astonishment that Captain utmost tho the gallant soldier with Henry Fish galant whom Jy I had fought messed and en encamped en- en of utmost t spirit camped with the tho friendship wih and amid comradeship was nono none tho notorious notations cattle raider other than hail and desperado term term to use a n gentle gende Fisher murderer l King lo met a amore I J never ho lie was va with us us' While wih courteous waO gentlemanly sympathetic more JOIe obedient aud aul dutiful Calt Captain Cap Cal handsome same that ole S unto nate than thamm Fish So when I he heard rd t thin tain ln Hel Henry confess that really was I must confes he who that I 1 was compelled to acknowledge went vent for nothing It Itis I 8 often appearances oren he prot pro- pro needless to sa say that lint when is hi campaign of oC off Join us In lit our t 1 4 posed to 10 refused to have an any f I 1878 Escobedo him with more to do j vV Son Soil SOI of Wealthy Parents I s 1 1 y notorious young desperado was wn hl wealthy lads Ind the tIme son o of a moderately fault at lon Is not Caul 1 YI of If IC my memory was noted for or 11 hem hei She Sho A Austin extreme m ln Tex reX but unostentatious piety fW and andI J I I above all ni for Cor her unwearied efforts to Instill Into the tho mind of or her young oung and und promising son the time highest principles prin o of Christian Christan manhood To all al appearances she had hae succeeded for fO fOunt he lie reached th time the age of IS 18 years th time the young oung man was r regarded as one of the most roost exemplary youths of oC hl his little social circle But his fate was close upon him One night he lie entered a billiard sa sa- sa s- s loon where a party of oC Texan Texan- were ivere watching two of or their companIons compan compan- ions play playa a game One of the players knocked a ball bail bal 0 off the tho table tahle It I rolled to where Fish was standing He lie bent to pick It I up when the tho Mexican or or- tiered dered him him In an Insolent tone to I I 1 hand him the ball 1111 Fish straightened himself up and anti told the time Mexican to pick It J up UI himself The Time latter later struck him over the ho head hena with wih a cue That Flint for uncalled for blow aroused all al tho time In In- In savagery s agery In the time boys boy's nature He lie snatched a revolver from fm a by- by anti and anc shot the tJ Mexican down The rhe letters letter's companions fired a fusil tush- fusi- fusi lade at him him which he lie returned with wih the time remaining five f e shots In the pistol lie He 1 led two and anal wounded pistol three more and then thou fought his wa way to the door and escaped As the time Mexicans belonged to powerful and arid influential families the time hue and er cry was Wn raised a warrant for or willful murder murdel was Is Issued Issued issued Is- Is sued an and he lie was forced to n sly lly to the tIme frontier From that moment he Ime swore eternal vengeance against the entire Mexican race The rhe young oung tiger had I tasted blood and ammI within five fi years Mrs twenty-six twenty omen men nineteen of whom hom were ivere Mexicans fell fel before lefore his unerring pistol pistol When hen I returned to the frontier in the time spring of oC 1878 I put pint up as usual at Colonel Bonavida's In Laredo The Time morning af after r m my arrival Fish visited me mime few a moments' moments conversa ers con Ion tion he lie observed I 1 met amiet mft General Escobedo Just side of or San Anton a few days ago I offered d him him m. m my services ser but ho he refused re 10 re- re fused to accept them What has Imas lie he got against flit me I I ans answered ered him as lS follows Captain General Escobedo Is Esobedo en engaged en- en In a cause wo all al look Jook upon a as sacred cred He lie cannot stain that CaU cause caus I by the time of men nien with the tho ter ter- VillO reputation you 01 are alo burdene H with 1 We e are are arc patriots and cannot as as- or 01 hold communion with wih ban- ban tilts and murderers and you OU sir Ir mire art generally re regarded as belonging to tc both hoth these classes of criminals The Fhe desperados desperado's os o's face flushed and hi his hlF hand nervously ner fingered the tho stock of 01 his pistol After ACter a moment he said sid You are mc hard hm-d on me General Ial but hut I r am mn sure sur If Ie you ou antI and unc Escobedo m lii my real luster history you wouldn't be so 01 seI se se- se- se I vei vere IC e. e in Iii the time beginning I was ivas Wa more mor sinned against than harm sinning sinning How How- ever If It YOU you don't dont don't want me time I shall not hot beg to go with you 01 to get killed You will wJ catch It I worse this year ear than you OU did last for fOl the lie they are prepared for you YOL Ol Olon on the time other side of nf the time river rl I an ani not angry with you ou and amid Escobedo for what you ou have hav saul said but lint I warn yoi yot both to keep keel out of ot m my way when I J am ana drunk This afternoon Swedish Pete Handed Half Toe Joe anti and myself ar arf nrc going to paint Laredo In tho the most lived colors ft It I has ever e yet et borne io most o 0 J I I advIs you ou to shut hut yourself up In lam your room and not show your our nose out of door until tomorrow morning It I Is II needles needless to say FY that hint I thor thor- appreciated his warning About hout 2 o'clock that hint day clay after londIng load lond- ing up wih whisky the they began began their artistIc performance rhe They mounted their horses and amid rode roi about tho time town firing 0 ofT off their pl pistols tol anti and nd howling like wild beasts The rhe were soon goon Joined by hy a moldy crowd of mounted half breeds ds and motel would b be IJ o I cowboy had baLl men The Time half breed and amid the time latter later varied the tho performance b by firing filing at time the the closed cloSEd shutters of the ta houses houss and thus killed two women and wounded several others othe-I's and some som children Lar Laredo do was vas a perfect hade hac that night aught until ela daybreak breal when the three desperadoes followed I by th their theli I admiring admiring maIn rode rodo out of oC town on the tIme trail trai for Eagle Lagle Pass Pas When hen hen about aboul a ml mile anile out omit of or lou to to ton n mm King hIng l Fisher reined up map his horse anti and turning toward hl hi following calmly remarked Bo los BoS s. s we had lots of fun fumi last nl night ht and painted Laredo redder than it I ha has ever er been tinged before Now I not only like ill a a little Inno Innocent ent amusement myself but like to see my friends also enjoy themselves But Bui boys I 1 draw drw the line at shooting at closed I window shutters and amid 1 killing hilling women and anti children It I gives us Innocent ones a n bail bad name You boys bOS have done doneall doneaU all aU that so I propose to send a few Cew of oC you OU down below so that the time rest of or you ou will wi know how bow to behave e yourselves yourselves your your- our selves In the future When he lie ceased his remonstrance the outlaw drew his pistol anti and opened fire lire upon his dismayed following Iii HI Ih two companions followed suit and before before be be- fore the time rabble could scatter they ha had killed and anti wounded eight of oC them The rhe three thre then lieu galloped 0 oft off In the direction of or Eagle Jagle Pass Pas Cleaning Up UI the limo Gan i About this time the off far tar tar-of count county of Uvalde had hal become the locale of ofa ofa ofa a band of or the lie most bloodthirsty an and brutal outlaws which had lint ever r yet et held high carnival alln In Texas lexas Time The state government go almost despaired of getting getting get get- ting rid of them Eventually a brilliant bril lant idea Jea unshed Hashed across the mind orthe of or the then governor rnO JO On the tIme ba basis s of oC setting a n thief to catch a u thie thief he lie concluded to confront the lie Uvalde U outlaws outi out mat i laws with others of or the time same stripe stipe He lie sent word to King Fisher that lint If h he Ime would raise a band of or worthies of his own kidney and proceed to Uvalde U anti and wipe out the lie outlaws there he lie would pardon him and his gang gung for their vast Fisher accepted the time offer ofer and gathered I 12 of tho the worst bat bad bai men in iii the commonwealth With tho time commission of sheriff of or the time COUlt county In his pocket the time King started on his perilous adventure He Ho first how however ver sent a polite polie message to the time leader of oC the time Uvalde outlaws that he was coming coniing to kill dJ him and wipe out hl his mis band baird The latter later sent soot word back that hint he lie was |