A short history of the Halls, including the…

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all gang of Pine Cienega, who came to this county about four years ago, since which time they have formed an alliance with people of their own class in various parts of the southwest, until today the gang of rustlers and outlaws is ex- ceedingly strong, bold and dangerous. A short history of the Halls, including the old man and four sons, since their arrival might prove of interest to the people of the county. As before stated they arrived here about four years ago, and were first heard of as a disturb- ing element on the Mimbres. When they arrived at John Brockman’s place they turned their cattle into his field and camped in one of his houses. Mr. Brockman protested, but was given to understand that they were a hard crowd and that he had better let them alone. Between Hudson’s and King’s place they met a Chinaman whom King had sent to the postoffice for the mail, and without the slightest provocation beat the poor fellow almost to death with their pis- tols. They drove off some of Colonel Carpen- ter’s finest cattle, and it was months before he recovered them. Their advent at Pine Cienega was the beginning of the thieving era which has flourished in that section so extensively for the past few years. The Halls were soon joined by others as tough and hard as themselves, and they soon commenced to make life miserable for men engaged legitimately in the stock busi- ness in Grant and Graham counties. Not satis- fied with stealing stock by the wholesale, they