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Show NEW MEXICO AUTHORITIES ARE DEFIED BY OUTLAWS I It llRiinn foimcrlv of Kankakee 111, now Inspeitor cf the traviimnent forest reservations In rltona ant New Mexico, tells In a tv ent lethr shout a gang of outlaws In New Mexh o that cannot be dislodged by the authorities Mr, Iliinna writes 'A bund of nbout Iwentv desperate outlaws, Hint cant lie driven from Its fastness bv the government, has Itn letideavcus nt White Hocks within the. (llln river forest reservation, In south-western south-western Nvv Mexico about ten miles northwest of Alma and flvo miles east of the Arlron.1 line The localltj do-rlvea do-rlvea Its name from the number of white roika that overhang the rnvea tlie inn lo seen for mnnv miles The caves nre situated In the last lange of the San Vranclsco mountains To ap-I ap-I roach them one must rllmh n steni Incline In-cline from the east stde for several miles It Is practically Impossible lo arrive within shooting dlstnnce without with-out being observed lis those within In conversation with an o! . timer, who has on various occasions rendered them some service I learn that an out-law out-law with a field glass Is constantly on guard lie enn scan Ihe country for miles nround, and by reason of the high elevation ean at oneo detect an approiehlng person Ihe unlives, therefore, avoid going In too close prox-Imltv prox-Imltv to tho tohbers' lair. Ihe open area In front of the caves nfrords no shelter, nnd consuvionlly It Is well not to bo too Inquisitive Up to n vetir ago this band vvns much In evidence nnd quite bold nn Cnpt Trench nn I olhrs can testify Theli rnshness however, wns disastrous disas-trous to several ns It losulted In the death of Heel Weaver nnl a few- of his pals Tho duel between Weaver nnd Ilolllmiin must have been u thrilling sight Imagine two men less than 100 feet npirt. ndvam Ing toward each other oth-er shooting nt every step Weaver wis known ns the best shot In thn countrs, set under the excitement of tho moment his shots flew wide of tho mark whereas llolllman shot to kill Ilolliman still remnina In that part of the countrj with his brothers In the cattle business, but Is never far nway from his trusty rifle. ' The leader of tho gang Is Tim Lowe, n flno looking, gentlemanly fellow, well educated and presumabls from a good family. He looks more Ilka a preacher Ihan a ran .1 I owe hns been absent from hi-, old hint Is ln.e the holdup of th. Noithem I'm llli rnllroid In Mi titan i list stimmei It Is generills rupposed Ihat he was the levder and plimneel the lubber), und Is now In hid ing Most of the outlaws were originally eowboss As a ni'e this become prod .lent with shooting Irons The riding of bronchos has a tendency to nuke them leelelets and enieless of their lives Fjpertneas with rifle nnd plsl 1 makes them hold and heedless 1 ven litally Hies become thel of pun hlng cons foi !3ft n mouth and their clunk and drift Into the mule lusiness with out cnpltnl 1 his Is called mstllng In Ihe last some have bevn quit, sue, ess rul but if the rustlers are e aught It is llkels to go haul wllh them It his been stated In ins heirltic that 23 per cent of the Inmates .r the pinltnnllnrs In New Mexico have been convicted of ritsHltig The apprenticeship of the eowboy makes him proficient In roping nnd branding slot k It Is Iherefote eas for him to ac.iulre the habit of lustllng for himself A lustier Is one tint burns the brands nn nthcr peoples stock and Ilncea thereon his Individual brand The king of Ihe tustleis wns killed n seir ago not bs nrildenl It wns reported at that lime that thero were about 2e) head of cattle honing his brand on the ringe vnlued nt JtntWI l.es than ten smrs berore his death he was n cow bus earning J10 n month In ii mnjorltj of eases where n rustler Is taught nnd esiapos-tlils fre nuently happens bs the dentil of the ofilcer miking tho arrest he becomes nn outlaw, nnd In time he dies wllh his boots on Theie ate however, al-vvavs al-vvavs plent) of reerults to nil up the ranks The geneinl opinion of Iho oeo-ple oeo-ple here Is that W hlte ltock s Rang hns iiveraged about twent for the list twents eirs It mas beMvnndeiod whs tho ofllcers dont nriest them nnd hreik up the gang This has been frequently nt-tcmpled nt-tcmpled h) the authorities Scores of men on both sides have lost their lives In these bnttles Hut the outlaws nre still thero nnd nre llkels to be for rnme time for thev run not he exterminated by a fiw officers Alnm Is ordinarily a quiet place, composed of n countrj store with a postoftlco and siloon attached at-tached a few dwellings nnd a corral On several occasions, however, the res lelents thought Hint nn enrthqunke was upon them when the nillrers nnd outlaws out-laws happened to enm together The robbers have nlwnjs been nsslstel by young sjinpathlzers, so they have seldom sel-dom lieen caught univvnrrs nnd In time these same joung fellows become members mem-bers of the. Rang nnd die befoio their time ' frt' ' r CJ--A.V IU - ry "You sa Jones made his barrel In a get-rlch-qulck scheme?" 'Yes. ho married old notrox'u daughter." |