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021 - An International Episode · Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881

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  Speaker 1: Chapter eighteen of Six Years with the Texas Rangers eighteen
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  Speaker 1: seventy five to eighteen eighty one. This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 1: All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more
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  Speaker 1: Years with the Texas Rangers eighteen seventy five to eighteen
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  Speaker 1: eighty one by James B. Gillette, an international episode. The
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  Speaker 1: American citizens of SoCoRo, New Mexico, during Christmas Week of
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  Speaker 1: eighteen eighty one, held a church festival. Mister A. M. Conklin,
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  Speaker 1: editor of the SoCoRo sum was conducting the exercises. Abrun
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  Speaker 1: And and Ophiobaka appeared at the church under the influence
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  Speaker 1: of liquor. Their talking actions so disturbed the entertainment that
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  Speaker 1: mister Conklin went to them and requested them to be
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  Speaker 1: more quiet, at the same time telling the offenders they
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  Speaker 1: were perfectly welcome in the church, but that they must
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  Speaker 1: behave The brothers, highly indignant, invited mister conklinan fight. Mister
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  Speaker 1: Conkland to kind and again assured the two that they
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  Speaker 1: were welcome, but must act as gentlemen. Abron and Enophio
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  Speaker 1: at once retired from the church after the social had ended,
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  Speaker 1: and as mister Conklin, with his wife at his side,
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  Speaker 1: passed out of the church door, Aubre and Bacha caught
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  Speaker 1: missus Conklin by one arm and jerked her away from
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  Speaker 1: her husband. At the same instant, Enafhel shot and killed
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  Speaker 1: the editor on the church steps. This foul murderer created
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  Speaker 1: no end of indignation in the little town of Scor.
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  Speaker 1: Scouting parties were sent in all directions to try and
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  Speaker 1: affect the capture of the murderers.
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  Speaker 2: However, the two.
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  Speaker 1: Baccas managed to elude their pursuers and made their way
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  Speaker 1: into the Republic of Mexico. The Governor of New Mexico
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  Speaker 1: at once issued a proclamation offering five hundred dollars for
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  Speaker 1: their capture, and the citizens of Sakoro offered a like
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  Speaker 1: amount for the murderers, dead or alive. The proclamation, with
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  Speaker 1: a minute description of the Bacca boys, was sent broadcast
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  Speaker 1: over the country, and and of course the rangers at
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  Speaker 1: Isletta received several of the circulars. In the spring of
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  Speaker 1: eighteen eighty one, the county judge of El Paso County
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  Speaker 1: was Jose Baca.
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  Speaker 2: And uncle of the two mers.
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  Speaker 1: He was also a merchant at Isletta, then the county
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  Speaker 1: seat of al Paso County. Captain Baylor's company of rangers
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  Speaker 1: was quartered in the west end of Isletta, about one
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  Speaker 1: half mile from the public square. On receiving the New
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  Speaker 1: Mexico proclamation, I set a watch over the home and
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  Speaker 1: store of Judge Baca, and kept it up for nearly
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  Speaker 1: a month, but without success. We finally concluded that the
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  Speaker 1: Bacca boys had not come our way and almost forgot
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  Speaker 1: the incident. However, one morning in the latter part of
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  Speaker 1: March eighteen eighty one, Jim Fitch, one of our most
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  Speaker 1: trustworthy rangers, hurried back to camp from Isletta and informed
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  Speaker 1: me that he had seen two well dressed Mexican boys
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  Speaker 1: strangers to him, sitting on the porch of Judge Bacha's home.
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  Speaker 1: I at once made a detail of four men. We
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  Speaker 1: settled our horses, rode to ten, rounded up the Bacca home,
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  Speaker 1: and captured the two strange Mexicans. I believed them to
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  Speaker 1: be the Bacca brothers, and left at once for New
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  Speaker 1: Mexico with my prisoners. Before we had reached Alpasso. On
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  Speaker 1: our journey, we were overtaken by Judge Baca, who had
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  Speaker 1: with him an interpreter. He asked me to please halt
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  Speaker 1: as he wished to talk with the prisoners. After a
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  Speaker 1: short conversation with the boys, the judge asked me what
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  Speaker 1: was the reward for the capture of Aberam Bacca. I replied,
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  Speaker 1: five hundred dollars. You will just let him step out
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  Speaker 1: in the bullska and get away, I will give you
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  Speaker 1: seven hundred dollars, Judge Bacca finally said, with some hesitation. Subsequently,
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  Speaker 1: the judge raised the bribe to one thousand dollars. I
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  Speaker 1: informed him there was not enough money and helped Paso
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  Speaker 1: County to buy me off. So he returned to Letta
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  Speaker 1: and I continued my journey to New Mexico, feeling assured
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  Speaker 1: I had at least captured one of the Conklin murderers,
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  Speaker 1: and arriving at Sacoro, I was at once informed that
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  Speaker 1: I had out run all right second prisoner, Massias Baca,
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  Speaker 1: a cousin of the murderers but not incriminated in the crime.
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  Speaker 1: I was treated royally by the citizens and officers of Scoro.
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  Speaker 1: They were delighted that one of the murderers had been
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  Speaker 1: captured and promptly counted out to me two hundred and
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  Speaker 1: fifty dollars as their part of the reward offered for
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  Speaker 1: the apprehension of one of the criminals. Colonel Eaton had
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  Speaker 1: deputy Sheriff of the county issued me a receipt for
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  Speaker 1: the body of Auburn Bacca delivered inside the jail of
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  Speaker 1: Corol County, New Mexico. This receipt, forwarded to the Governor
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  Speaker 1: of the territory, promptly brought me a draft for two
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fifty dollars and a letter of thanks from
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  Speaker 1: his excellency. Early in April, about one month after the
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  Speaker 1: capture of Auburn Baca, I learned from Santiago Cooper, a
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  Speaker 1: friend that lived in the Letta, that he had seen
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  Speaker 1: a man at Saragosa, Mexico, who, from the description he
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  Speaker 1: believed to be in a freal Bacca. Until Cooper would
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  Speaker 1: give him twenty five dollars if he would go back
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  Speaker 1: to Saragossa and find out to a certainty if the
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  Speaker 1: person he had seen was an a Frio Baca. A week later,
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  Speaker 1: Cooper came to me and said the man that Saragosa
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  Speaker 1: was Baca, and that the murderer was clerking in the
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  Speaker 1: one big store of the town. This store was along
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  Speaker 1: adobe building situated against a hill, with the front facing
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  Speaker 1: so that one riding up to the front of it
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  Speaker 1: would bring his saddleskirts almost on a level with the
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  Speaker 1: building because of the terraces in front of it, made
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  Speaker 1: necessary by the slope of the hill. And a Frio
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  Speaker 1: was of a florid complexion with dark red hair, which
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  Speaker 1: made it easy to identify him. I kept his information
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  Speaker 1: about the murderer to myself for nearly a week while
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  Speaker 1: I pondered over it. I was anxious to capture Bacca,
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  Speaker 1: yet I well knew from previous experience that if I
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  Speaker 1: caused him to be arrested in Mexico, the authorities there
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  Speaker 1: would turn him loose, especially when the influence of wealthy
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  Speaker 1: relatives was brought to bear. Knowing he would follow the
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  Speaker 1: law to the letter, I dare not take Captain Baylor
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  Speaker 1: into my confidence. Saragosa, a little town of about five
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  Speaker 1: hundred inhabitants, is situated about four miles well southwest of Isleta.
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  Speaker 1: While it is only about a mile from the Rio
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  Speaker 1: Grande as the crow flies, yet because of the many
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  Speaker 1: farms and big irrigation ditches. It was impossible to enter
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  Speaker 1: or leave the town only by following the public road
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  Speaker 1: between Isleta and Saragosa. It has always been the delay
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  Speaker 1: of border Mexicans to get behind an adobe wall or
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  Speaker 1: on top of adobe house and shoot the ribbons and
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  Speaker 1: he ate it gringo that might be, unfortunately caught on
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  Speaker 1: the Mexican.
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  Speaker 2: Side of the river.
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  Speaker 1: I knew only too well for my own experience that
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  Speaker 1: I cannot go into Saragosa attempt to arrest a Mexican,
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  Speaker 1: stay there five minutes and live. Yet I determined to
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  Speaker 1: take the law in my own hands and make the attempt.
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  Speaker 1: I took him to my confidence, just one man, George Lloyd.
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  Speaker 1: If ever there was an ace in the Rangers service,
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  Speaker 1: he was one. I unfolded my plans to him. I
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  Speaker 1: did not have to point out the danger to him,
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  Speaker 1: for he had lived on the Rio Grande ten times.
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  Speaker 1: As long as I, Sergeant, that is an awful, dangerous
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  Speaker 1: and risky piece. There's a business, and I will have
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  Speaker 1: to have a little time in which to think it over,
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  Speaker 1: he said. When I talked with him. The next day,
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  Speaker 1: Lloyd came to me and said, Sergeant, I will go
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  Speaker 1: anywhere in the world with you willing to accompany me.
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  Speaker 1: I could tell he doubted our ability to execute the capture.
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  Speaker 1: I planned to attempt to capture of Bacca the next
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  Speaker 1: morning and send Cooper back to Saragosa to look over
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  Speaker 1: the situation there once more. He informed me on his
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  Speaker 1: return that Bacca was still clerking in the store, and
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  Speaker 1: I told Lloyd to keep our horses up when the
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  Speaker 1: animals were turned out to greeze next morning. This move
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  Speaker 1: caused no special thought or a comment, but the men
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  Speaker 1: frequently would keep their horses to ride downtown. As soon
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  Speaker 1: as we had crossed the Rio Gande into Mexico, I
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  Speaker 1: planned to quit the public road, traveled through the Bosquays
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  Speaker 1: pass around on the west side of Saragosa, ride quickly
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  Speaker 1: up to the store which our man was working. Lloyd
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  Speaker 1: was to hold the horses while I was to dismount,
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  Speaker 1: entered the store and make the arrest, and if possible,
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  Speaker 1: I was to mount Bacca behind Lloyd make a quick getaway.
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  Speaker 1: Our plans were carried out almost.
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  Speaker 2: To the letter.
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  Speaker 1: We reached Saragosa safely, and while Lloyd held my horse
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  Speaker 1: in front of the store, I entered and discovered Bacca
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  Speaker 1: measuring some goods for an old Mexico woman. I stepped
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  Speaker 1: up to him, caught him in the collar, and with
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  Speaker 1: a drawn pistol, ordered him to come with me. The
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  Speaker 1: customer promptly fainted, fell on the floor to other people
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  Speaker 1: ran from the buildings, screaming at the top of their voices.
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  Speaker 1: Bacca hesitated about going with me, and in broken English,
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  Speaker 1: asked me where he was to be taken. I informed him,
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  Speaker 1: and to Passo del norte. I shoved my pistol right
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  Speaker 1: up against his head and ordered him to step lively.
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  Speaker 1: When we reached our horses, I made baccam out behind Lloyd.
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  Speaker 1: I then jumped into my saddle, and waving my pistol
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  Speaker 1: over my head, we left Saragos on a dead run.
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  Speaker 1: Our sudden appearance in the town and our more sudden
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  Speaker 1: leaving bewildered the people for a few minutes. They took
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  Speaker 1: in the situation quickly, however, began ringing the old church
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  Speaker 1: bell rapidly, and this aroused the whole population as other Saragoza.
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  Speaker 1: I saw men getting their horses together, and knew that
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  Speaker 1: in a few minutes of posse would be following us.
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  Speaker 1: When we had gone two miles, almost at top speed.
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  Speaker 1: I saw that Lloyd's horse was failing, and we lost
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  Speaker 1: a little time changing back out of my mouth. We
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  Speaker 1: had yet two miles to go, and through deep sand most.
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  Speaker 2: Of the way.
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  Speaker 1: I could see a cloud of dust, and shortly a
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  Speaker 1: body amounted manhove in view. It was a tense moment.
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  Speaker 1: LOI thought it was all off with us, but we
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  Speaker 1: still had a long lead and our horses were running easily.
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  Speaker 1: As our pursuers made a bend in the road, we
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  Speaker 1: discovered nine men in pursuit. As soon as they had
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  Speaker 1: drawn up within six hundred yards, they began firing on us.
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  Speaker 1: This was at long range and did no damage. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: I believed they were trying to frighten rather in wound us,
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  Speaker 1: as they were just as likely to hit Bacca as
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  Speaker 1: either of us. We were at last at the Rio Grande,
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  Speaker 1: and while it was almost one hundred yards wide, it
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  Speaker 1: was flat and shallow. At the ford, I hit the
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  Speaker 1: water running and as I mounted the bead on good
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  Speaker 1: old Texan soil, I felt like one who has made
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  Speaker 1: a home run in a World Series baseball game. Our
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  Speaker 1: pursuers haulted at the river, so I pulled off my hat,
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  Speaker 1: waved to them, and disappeared up the road. We lost
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  Speaker 1: no time in reaching camp, and our appearance there with
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  Speaker 1: a prisoner and two run down horses caused all the
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  Speaker 1: boys and quarters to turn out. Captain Baylor noticed the
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  Speaker 1: gathering and hurried over to camp. Sergeant, who's this prisoner
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  Speaker 1: you have? He asked, walking straight up to me. I
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  Speaker 1: replied it was then a freal Baca, the man that
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  Speaker 1: had murdered mister Conklin. Captain looked at the run down horses,
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  Speaker 1: wet with sweat, and asked me where I had captured him?
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  Speaker 1: Down the river, I replied, trying to evade him. From
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  Speaker 1: the looks of your horse, I would think you had
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  Speaker 1: just run out of a fight. Where down the river
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  Speaker 1: did you capture this man? I saw the Captain was
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  Speaker 1: going to corner me, and I thought I might as
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  Speaker 1: well fess up. I told him I had arrested Baca
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  Speaker 1: at Saragosa and kidnapped him out of Mexico. Captain Bailey
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  Speaker 1: eyes at once bulged it twice their natural size.
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  Speaker 2: Sergeant, that is the most imbrutan act you have ever
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  Speaker 2: committed in your life. Don't you know that it is
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  Speaker 2: a flagrant violation of the law and insured to cause
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  Speaker 2: a breach of an international comedy that might cause the
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  Speaker 2: Governor of Texas to disband the whole company. A Not
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  Speaker 2: only this, but it was the most hazardous undertaking. And
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  Speaker 2: it is a wonder to me that the Mexicans did
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  Speaker 2: not shoot you and Lloyd into doll rags. Iptain Baylor
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  Speaker 2: was plainly out of patience with me. You know what,
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  Speaker 2: you have less sense than I thought you had, he
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  Speaker 2: declared headily. If you have any explanation to make, I
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  Speaker 2: would like to have it. I reminded the Captain of
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  Speaker 2: the tragic fate of Morgan and Brown, and how the
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  Speaker 2: authorities that Guadalupe had turned their murderers Skevel and Molina loose.
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  Speaker 2: I declared that had I had baccar rusted in Mexico,
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  Speaker 2: he would have gone scott free, with his rich and
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  Speaker 2: influential friends to help him. Baylor declared that two wrongs
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  Speaker 2: did not make one right, and said I should have
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  Speaker 2: consulted him. I finally told the Captain frankly, that I
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  Speaker 2: had been in the Rangers service six years, had risen
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  Speaker 2: from the ranks to be orderly sergeant at a salary
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  Speaker 2: of only fifty dollars a month. I pointed out that
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  Speaker 2: this was the highest position I could hope to get
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  Speaker 2: without a commission, and while one had been promised to
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  Speaker 2: me at the first vacancy, yet I could see no
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  Speaker 2: early hope of obtaining it, as every captain in the
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  Speaker 2: battalion was freezing to his job. This remark seemed to
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  Speaker 2: amuse Captain Baylor and somewhat eased his anger. I went
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  Speaker 2: on to say that I only wanted the five hundred
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  Speaker 2: dollar reward offers for Bacca when I wanted the notoriety
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  Speaker 2: I would get if I could kidnap the murderer out
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  Speaker 2: of Mexico without being killed in the attempt, where I
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  Speaker 2: believe the notoriety would lead to something better than a
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  Speaker 2: ranger sergeancy. And this is what really happened when I
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  Speaker 2: subsequently became first Assistant Marshal of El Paso under Dallas
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  Speaker 2: Statamayer at a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars
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  Speaker 2: per month, and in less than a year after my
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  Speaker 2: arrest of enterfra Obaca, I was made Chief of Police
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  Speaker 2: of that city at a salary then enabled me to
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  Speaker 2: get a nice start in the cattle business. Sergeant, you
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  Speaker 2: can go with your man, Captain Baylor finally said, but
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  Speaker 2: it is against my best judgment. I ought to escort
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  Speaker 2: him across the Rio Randez and set him free. I
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  Speaker 2: lost no time in sending a ranger to the stage
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  Speaker 2: office at Esletta with instructions by two tickets to Messia,
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  Speaker 2: New Mexico and one to al Paso. The stage was
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  Speaker 2: due to pass our quarters about twelve o'clock, so I
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  Speaker 2: did not have long to wait. I took Lloyd as
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  Speaker 2: a guard as far as ol Paso, and there turned
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  Speaker 2: him back, making the remainder of the journey to Ca Carro,
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  Speaker 2: New Mexico. Alone with the prisoner, I reached the old
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  Speaker 2: town of Messia, New Mexico at dark after a rather
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  Speaker 2: exciting day. I was afraid to put back in jail
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  Speaker 2: at that place, as I had no warrant nor extradition
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  Speaker 2: papers upon which to hold him, in fear the prison
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  Speaker 2: authorities might not read deliver bacca to me. Next morning,
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  Speaker 2: the stage coach from Messia to ringconn did not run
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  Speaker 2: a night, so I secured a room at the hotel,
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  Speaker 2: and chaining the prisoner to me, we slept together. On
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  Speaker 2: the following day, we reached Rincoln, the terminus of the
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  Speaker 2: Santa Fe railroad. At that time, I wired the officers
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  Speaker 2: of the Corps in New Mexico from El Paso that
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  Speaker 2: I had captured Bacca and was on my way to
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  Speaker 2: New Mexico with him. Bacca's friends had also been informed
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  Speaker 2: of his arrest and lost no time asking the Governor
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  Speaker 2: of New Mexico to have me bring the prisoner to
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  Speaker 2: Santa Fe, as they feared bob violence at Scorol. When
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  Speaker 2: I reached San Marcial, I was handed the telegram from
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  Speaker 2: the governor ordering me to bring Bacca to Santa Fe
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  Speaker 2: and on no account to stop with him in Scorol.
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  Speaker 2: Because of the delay on the railroad, I did not
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  Speaker 2: reach Scoro until late at night. The minute the train
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  Speaker 2: stopped at that town, it was boarded by twenty five
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  Speaker 2: or thirty armed men, headed by Deputy share of Eden.
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  Speaker 2: I showed eating the governor's telegram, but he declared Bacca
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  Speaker 2: was wanted at Zecoro and that was where he was going.
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  Speaker 2: I remonstrated with him and declared I was going on
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  Speaker 2: to Santa Fe with the prisoner. By this time a
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  Speaker 2: dozen armed men had gathered around me and declared not much.
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  Speaker 2: Will you take him to Santa Fe. I was furious,
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  Speaker 2: but I was practically under arrest and powerless to help myself.
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  Speaker 2: Bacha and I were transferred from the train to a
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  Speaker 2: big bus that was in waiting. The jailer enteredversed and
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  Speaker 2: Bacca was seated next to him, and I sat next
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  Speaker 2: to the door with my Winchester.
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  Speaker 1: In my hand. The driver was ordered to drive to
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  Speaker 1: the jail. He was a very moonlight night and we
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  Speaker 1: had not traveled far up the street before I looked
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  Speaker 1: out and saw at least one hundred armed men. They
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  Speaker 1: came from every directions. Did you ever encounter a mob?
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  Speaker 1: I assure you was far from a pleasant feeling when
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  Speaker 1: you face one. The men swarmed around the bus. Three
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  Speaker 1: or four of them grabbed the horses by the bridle
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  Speaker 1: reins and held them, while others tried to force the
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  Speaker 1: bus doors. I asked the jailer if I could depend
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  Speaker 1: on him to help me stand the mob off, and
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  Speaker 1: he replied it would do no good. I was now
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  Speaker 1: madder never, and for the first time of my life,
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  Speaker 1: I ripped out an oath, saying, gee, dag them, I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to stand them off. As the doors were forced.
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  Speaker 1: I poked my Winchester out and ordered to mobs stand
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  Speaker 1: back or I would shoot. The men paid no more
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  Speaker 1: attention to my gun than if it had been a
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  Speaker 1: brown stick man standing beside the bus door, seized the
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  Speaker 1: muzzle of my rifle and with a quick jerk to
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  Speaker 1: one side, caused it to fly out of my hand
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  Speaker 1: and out upon the ground. By this time another of
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  Speaker 1: them mob grabbed me in the collar and proceeded to
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  Speaker 1: pull me out of the bus. Spread my legs and
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  Speaker 1: tried to brace myself, but another hard and quick jerk,
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  Speaker 1: landing me out on the ground or one of the
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  Speaker 1: men kicked me. I was tame now made no offer
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  Speaker 1: to draw my pistol. One of the crowds said to me,
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  Speaker 1: what the age do you mean? We did not wish
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  Speaker 1: to hurt you. Where We're gonna hang that darn Mexican
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: right now. And informed the mob by the nature of
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: Bacca's arrest, and told him that the hanging of the
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: prisoner would place me in an awkward position, and to
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: the reward offered by the Territory of New Mexico was
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: for the delivery of the murder inside the jail doors.
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: Osakoro County The leaders of the crowd consold them for
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: a few minutes and then concluded I was right. They
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: ordered me back into the bus, gave me my winchester,
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: and we all started for the jail. As soon as
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: Bacca had been placed in prison, Deputy Sheriff Eden sat
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: down and wrote me a receipt for the delivery of
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: Bacca inside the jail doors. By this time, day was
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: just beginning to break, and I tried to stay the
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: hanging by making another talk. The mob interpreted my motive
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: and invited me to step down a block to their
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: community room, where they would talk with me. I started
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: with them, and we had gone only a hundred yards
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: before the whole mob broke back to the jail. I
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: started to go with them, but two men help me,
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: saying it's no use, They're going to hang him. The
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: men took Baka to a nearby corral and hanged him
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: to a big beam of the gate. The next morning,
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: Bacca's relatives came to me at the hotel with hats
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: in their hands asked me for the keys with which
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: to remove the shackles from the dead man's legs. As
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: I handed them the keys, I felt both mortified and ashamed.
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: A committee of citizens at the correl waited on me
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: just before I took the train for home, counted out
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: to me two hundred fifty dollars as they were part
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: of the reward, and thanked me for capturing the two murderer.
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: Committee assured me that it stood ready to help me
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: financially or otherwise should I get involved in the federal
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: government over the capture and kidnapping of an Efreeobacca. I
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: presume the relatives of young Bacca reported his kidnapping to
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: our government. For a few weeks after his capture, mister
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: Blaine's Secretary of State wrote a long letter to Governor
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: Roberts regarding breach of international company. Governor Roberts wrote Captain
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: Baylor for a full explanation of the matter. Captain Baylor,
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: while never countenancing a wrongdoing in his company, would stand
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: by his men to the last ditch when they were
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: once in trouble. He was a fluent writer, and no
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: man in Texas understood better than he eat him any
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: foul and outrageous murders that had been committed long to
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: Rio Grande, the perpetrators of which he had evaded punishment
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: and arrest by crossing over into Mexico. Baylor wrote so well,
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: and so to the point that nothing further was said
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: about the matter. Only in order came to Captain Baylor,
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: admonishing him never again to allow his men to follow
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: fugitives into Mexico. Soon afterward, the Safety Committee of Sequoro,
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: New Mexico wrote to Captain Baylor, saying, we are informed
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: by a reliable party that will say Bacca of Vesletta,
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: Texas As hired a Mexican to kill Sergeant Gillette. Steps
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: have been taken to prevent this, However, he would do
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: well to be on the lookout Byler at once went
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: to Judge Baco with his letter, but the jurists denied,
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: in the most emphatic terms any knowledge of the reported plot. Also,
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: there was a report current in both the Sletta and
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: the Alpaso that a reward of fifteen hundred dollars had
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: been offered for the delivery of Sergeant Gillette's body to
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: the Mexican authorities at al Paso del Norte. Upon investigation,
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: I found that no such offer had ever been made.
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: Much for safety's sake, I kept out of Mexico for
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: several years The kidnapping of Bacca aroused much comment and
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: gave me a deal of notoriety, And as I had anticipated,
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: it was not long in bearing the fruit I desired,
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: promotion into larger and more remunerative fields of work. End
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: of Chapter eighteen.