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Ten years ago just after the Santa Fe railroad had invaded WesternKansas a train was ‘‘held up” near Kinsley and robbed of everything in value that it contained. A detective named Hudgens got after the gang and soon had them all in the Leaven*L worth penitent inry,, wt|^:^i;:.iBXce|»tion ot Dave Kudebaugh, who turned State’s ovidonee. After that Dave became a desperado and was finally outlawed at Las Vegas for numerous other crimes. In 1880 he became aere dot suiSUVThtuiee«blepiteat fa Irivfromember ot the famous Billy the Kid gang, which eventually got him intojail. He escaped the jail at Las Vegas and flued to Old Mexico, where twHid*Ult;talhe became,.,.. .1 vss;|w,Winterests in Chihuahua of the govern- an or thereof. Dave continued to be a gu desperado, however, and now wo pr read in the papers that he bus been qu killed at the old town of Perral,;saiwhile engaged in a difficulty in a i tnaswtwlt;t hla1meat market. He fatally shot two persons before the buzzing bull caught him in a vital spot and ended his life.The natives of Perral got np a street procession in honor of the event and Dave’s head, which had been severed j pr from his body, was carried on a pole qu snd exhibited about the streets. I he j thideceased was well known around j thDod;/H Oiiy Kan., and in .'few V.vHo,lt;**
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Las Cruces Rio Grande Republican
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Sat, Jan 30, 1886
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