soon gave it out that they had it in for a number…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

past few years. The Halls were soon joined by others as tough and hard as themselves, and they soon commenced to make life miserable for men engaged legitimately in the stock busi- ness in Grant and Graham counties. Not satis- fied with stealing stock by the wholesale, they soon gave it out that they had it in for a number of the most prominent citizens of that section, repeatedly threatening the lives of no less than eight or ten of the most prominent citizens of the two counties. As far back as two years ago quite a number of stockmen informed the writer that the Pine Cienega gang had threatened their lives and that they were fearful of being assassinated. About three years ago Tom Hall killed a man at Pine Cienega. The man was a stranger, hailing, it is said, from Texas. It was said that the killing occurred over a dispute at cards. Hall was not indicted by the grand jury as there was no evidence against him.