In the summer of ’83, soon after the estab-…

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In the summer of ’83, soon after the estab- lishment of this great religious weekly, and when the paper was struggling with four or five other papers of this city for supremacy and “grub.” the writer visited Carlisle, Duncan and Clifton. That section was then noted as the home of the rustler, and it was considered almost impossible for a stranger to get in or out of Clifton without being “held up.” An Enterprise man had nothing to risk however, he proceeded to make the trip, and arrived in Carlisle to find the camp under arms. The rustlers had pre- viously sent word to Wm. Farrish that they would be over in a few days and clean up his camp because he had employed Chinamen to do the surface work of building roads, and run- ning an open cut on the mine. Bill Farrish did not see how the Chinese interfered with the business of the rustlers, and with characteristic energy of the western miner, he had prepared to give the boys an interesting reception, but they never arrived, and from that time on they seemed to have a good deal of respect for the camp. They drifted in occasionally, but always kept themselves within reasonable bounds, only killing people of their own class. From Duncan to Clifton the country was literally alive with rustlers, all well mounted and armed to the teeth.

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to have a good deal of respect for the camp. They drifted in occasionally, but always kept themselves within reasonable bounds, only killing people of their own class. From Duncan to Clifton the country was literally alive with rustlers, all well mounted and armed to the teeth. Chief among this gang of desperate out- laws might be mentioned the names of Big Dan, Curley Bill, Doc Baker, (formerly of the James gang), Big Dave, Kid Lewis, Red Samples, Billy Delaney, Texas Harwood, Kid Vance, Two-Belt Johnny, Mormon Bill, Mexican Johnny, Shoot- em-up Dick, Ike Clanton, Cherokee Kid, Sisto Garcia, and Pilar, who afterwards killed Deputy Sheriff Hall near this city. These with their pals, in all numbering from seventy-five to one hundred men, held the country in a state of abject terror, and it was worth a man’s life to dispute their lordly sway in the slightest degree.