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heir friends continued to guard them until after dark, when the judge rendered his decision and they were liberated. Horses were in waiting for them, and they lost no time in getting to the railroad where an engine conveyed them to Lordsburg. Another railroad man had testi- ( 78 ) fied that he overheard the rustlers say that they would hold the men up. At the time the Enterprise man arrived in Clifton the camp was really in its glory as the headquarters of the outlaws. They paraded the streets in gangs, and defied the law-abiding element of the community. They had repeatedl: held up the Morenci company’s store, at one time unhitching a span of mules from the ore team and packing them with supplies. At an- other time they kept their guns on the clerks until the manager returned from Clifton to un- lock the safe. As it happened, there was only $20 in the safe, at which the rustlers cursed roundly, and informed the manager if he ever allowed his cash to run so short again, his life would pay the penalty.