dressed  only  in  their  night 
clothes,  they  tried  to  kill  a miner  there  await- 
ing the  train  and  inaugurated  a reign  of  terror 
at  the  depot,  much  to  the  annoyance  of  the 
lady  operator,  who  during  all  this  time  had 
been  wiring  dispatch  after  dispatch  to  Lords- 
burg for  aid.  Sheriff  Whitehill  and  Robert 
Black,  who  happened  to  be  in  Lordsburg,  took 
the  first  train  for  Separ  and  found  every  one 
hid  out  except  the  desperadoes  who  were  sound 
asleep  in  bed.  They  awakened  to  look  into  the 
muzzle  of  two  shot  guns  in  the  hands  of  the 
officers.  Broncho  Bill  tried  to  draw  his  revolver 
which  was  in  bed  alongside  of  him,  but  had  slid 
out  of  his  reach.  He  reviled  the  officers  saying 
they  had  taken  a sneaking  advantage  of  them 
and  could  not  have  arrested  him  in  any  other 
way.  

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deserts.  Brutes  who  will  terrorize  defenseless 
women  and  children,  destroying  their  furniture 
and  home  belongings,  deserve  the  severest  pen- 
alty within  bounds  of  law.

Fine  grades  of  playing  cards,  Monte  and 
Faro  cards  at  Luke  Bros.

Murder  And  Suicide

The  Sad  Termination  of  Two  Rash  PeopleThe  startling  information  was  flashed  over 
the  wires  from  El  Paso  to  the  Marshal  of  Silver 
City  that  Chas.  Baine,  better  known  as 
“Frenchy”,  who  had  been  the  gardener  at  Hud- 
son’s for  the  past  year,  had  killed  Lucy  Croenne 
and  then  suicided  at  the  St.  Charles  Hotel.  Mrs.