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Work of flange Avawt-TV Capita* cerr* a pendent of tfa« Santa Fc New under date ofAugust 2£lb, gtrea Hw following *lt;-couat of (ha *lt;irk of Lafayette Areot of lb* territorial ranger*;Thu criminal population of tbU (fan-coitM county rocelrod » shuck Ihla week from which they will not aoonOne man dead, ivu Id jail md l wo missing Is Urn record of tbt* »clt;-k a- a result of flitt efforts of cut*man. Territorial Hanker UfnycUeAvanI.laui Tuesday evening Ranger A vent (Uncovered icur men in the act or kilt Inir n cow to the An eng VVoutRt. lie had previously found the cow tjod down in a patch of wetxta anil hail citatnmed falmnHf Id a jmaltloiito Uwp (h« animal to sight ami await deU'lapaaoot!, Jtlwrut aundown four tarn with a wagon drove up to a polh'Bear where* the cow was tied am) lrav-lag their least, they approached thecoat on foot.Avent in the rum nil me had dropped Into a k .lly and, under Its. cover, a pKWchii] to frlthin a few yard* of where Dm party wuk now eniigcd In skinning the cow. By ihla time If was arowing dark and tin ranger at once leaped cun of the gritty and commanded Die iiitunlshdd href eaters to Hiirren-d'T. Only oni* of them w*a Inclined todo Ihla, homier, otul Hi* othet*. or rather two of them, aptm-d lire orx the ofti’er, who returned II with Interest.owing to the darkwci. and Dm f»« tihnl thf high weed* hid the partita from flew, nose of the shot* took effect. Aland thirty phot* were n i hanged. und In the meli-v. hctlnp thatIhe rangtf was alwrm. the whole partyescaped.
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The Clayton Enterprise

Clayton, New Mexico, US

Fri, Sep 08, 1905

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