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Herring was disarmed but then the pris-…

📅 1891newspaper📜 public-domainid: s_herring-was-disarmed-but-then-the-pris_bfa349📄 TEI

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Herring was disarmed but then the pris- oners made an attempt to escape by running from the officers whom they had stuck close to until Herring was disarmed, but Muse got one side and Baca on the other and commanded them to halt or they would shoot them. They were taking no chances on death or danger, while they might ruin and disgrace young un- sophisticated children without jeopardizing their worthless lives they were in their element, but they would take no chances. The father, now that the villains were safe from his ven- geance in the clutches of the law, sought for means of punishing them legally. It was found that the U. S. laws would not reach them with more than a $100 fine and it is very doubtful that our territorial laws will inflict any ade- quate punishment.

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