The Sentinel is mistaken, as usual…
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

about the premises, it was certainly the work of an incendiary. No punishment can be too severe for such a miscreant and no doubt if those firebugs are discovered, the citizens of Pinos Altos will not await the law’s delays. From the April 18, 1890, Issue of The Enterprise The Sentinel is mistaken, as usual. It states that Perfecto Rodriguez drew his revolver when attempting to make an arrest recently in this city, and when resistance was offered clubbed the fellow, knocking him down. While making the arrest the officer was assaulted and some- how the belligerent got the officer’s front finger on his right hand in his mouth, biting it to the bone. It was then that the constable drew his pistol, and knocked his opponent down. He was entirely justified, and still has a very sore finger. Frank Lewis Rae, alias Kid Lewis, who killed Wm. Fitzgerald, Dec. 7, at Carlisle, N. M., was acquitted at Las Cruces last week. The courts and jurors of New Mexico, it seems, have forgotten the word “justice” in their dealings with criminals. Their decisions, fortunately, are not approved by the press, or the law-abiding element of the territory. — Clarion. Attempted Hold-Up! John and Richard Boyle Make It Lively For The Robbers. About Twenty Shots Exchanged. Dick Huber, A1 Mayfield and George Robins Under Arrest