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counted upon, were now firing as rapidly as possible. But they had been so much discon- certed by the fusillade which their command to halt had brought forth that their aim was bad. Not so, however, with the Boyle Brothers, as one of them shot a hole in Windy Dick’s hat. The young gentlemen then proceeded on their way to Pinos Altos ; having emptied their pistols they could not reload as they were without car- tridges, but Richard had presence of mind to keep his empty pistol pointed at the robbers while his brother drove along and thus deterred the robbers from pursuit. When they had re- loaded their guns, after reaching Pinos Altos, they immediately telephoned the sheriff and officers at Silver City and in a few minutes the sheriff and several deputies were in the saddle, some for Pinos Altos, some for the scene of the robbery and others to head off Windy Dick from places known to be his old haunts. These precautions were all useless however, as about 7 :30 in the evening Huber and his pals returned to Pinos Altos, thinking they were not and could not be recognized on account of their masks and disguises. The officers, however, made no effort to arrest them, as they had as yet no posi- tive evidence against them, but they were kept under surveillance unknown to them.

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rned to Pinos Altos, thinking they were not and could not be recognized on account of their masks and disguises. The officers, however, made no effort to arrest them, as they had as yet no posi- tive evidence against them, but they were kept under surveillance unknown to them. About two hours after the attempted robbery an Enterprise reporter passing one of the principal dry goods stores in Silver was called in by the proprietor and asked if he had learned anything new in re- gard to the hold up? He replied that he knew the names of the parties to it, when a member of the demi-monde spoke up and said, “I know them, you bet! I know them, they told me they were going to do it but I did not believe they had the sand.” The newspaper representative then asked who they were but she refused to state their names but said they often rode through town recently and that they had been in town that morning. After some farther talk between the storekeeper and reporter the young woman asked the reporter if he thought they would be arrested, to which he replied ; “cer- tainly; you know one of them is so notorious that everybody knows him and he cannot es- cape.

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en in town that morning. After some farther talk between the storekeeper and reporter the young woman asked the reporter if he thought they would be arrested, to which he replied ; “cer- tainly; you know one of them is so notorious that everybody knows him and he cannot es- cape.” She said, “That is so,” and added, “nor the other one either, as his family and people all live in Pinos Altos and everybody there knows him,” thus corroborating what was al- most a certainty before that Windy Dick and George Robins were the guilty parties.