Santiago Montez (Jim Kirk), Notorious Horse Thief

For some time, a band of Mexican horse thieves under the leadership of the notorious Santiago Montez, alias Jim Kirk, infested the Big Hatchet mountains ^[1]. On Wednesday of last week, the deputy sheriff at Hachita, accompanied by Andy Price, succeeded in capturing Montez, who was riding around town drunk and flourishing a pistol ^[1]. Montez was arrested for horse theft and being drunk and flourishing a pistol ^[1]. He told the officers he would lead them to the rendezvous of the band, which was composed of four or five Mexicans and one American ^[1]. Under one pretext or another, he deferred going until near nightfall, when they started for the camp of the outlaws, accompanied by a detail of soldiers scouting for Indians ^[1]. Montez watched his opportunity, put spurs to his mustang, and got away from the party ^[1]. The officers fired several shots at close range but missed him, and the soldiers joined in the fusillade but did no better shooting, allowing the fugitive to escape ^[1].