Texas cowboys on New Mexico crime spree

  • Texas History By Bartee Haile
    Texas History By Bartee Haile
All the High Fives Gang had to show on Aug. 6, 1896 for the comedy of errors they had the nerve to call a bank robbery was a posse hot on their heels. A century or more ago, little boys dreamed of running away from home to join the circus, and big boys fancied themselves footloose highwaymen living off the fat of the land. Sick and tired of roping and branding for starvation wages, five cowboys…

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