Army Letters From An Officer's Wife, 1871-1888, By Frances M.A. Roe

















































































































































 -  It may have been brave, but it was a dreadful thing
for the trooper to do, for he so easily - Page 137
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It May Have Been Brave, But It Was A Dreadful Thing For The Trooper To Do, For He So Easily Could Have Been Murdered In The Darkness, And Faye And The Soldiers Never Have Known What Had Become Of Him.

Colonel Bissell declares that the man shall be made a corporal upon the first vacancy.

The man Oliver was in the jail at Las Animas last summer for stealing horses. The old jail was very shaky, and while it was being made more secure, he and another man - a wife murderer - were brought to the guardhouse at this post. They finally took them back, and Oliver promptly made his escape, and the sheriff had actually been afraid to re-arrest him. We have all begged Faye to get out a warrant for the man, but he says it would simply be a farce, that the sheriff would pay no attention to it. The whole left side of Faye's face is badly swollen and very painful, and the wound in his ankle compels him to use a cane. Just how the man managed to shoot Faye in the ankle no one seems to understand.

Granada must be a terrible place! The very afternoon Faye was there a Mexican was murdered in the main street, but not the slightest attention was paid to the shooting - everything went right on as though it was an everyday occurrence. The few respectable people are afraid even to try to keep order.

Dodge City used to be that way and there was a reign of terror in the town, until finally the twelve organized vigilantes became desperate and took affairs in their own hands.

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