The Desperado and the Puritan; About the year 1851 the most influential mah m San Antonia was an alleged desperado named Bob Augustine. Bob came to San Antonio with a fearful record. He enjoyed the; reputation of having killed a dozen or so of men, and was respected accordingly. While he was m San Antonia he did not reduce the census at all, but that was not iiis fault. He had a seductive way of drawing ljia eighteen-inoh Arkansas toothpich and examining it critically with a sinister smile while jhumbly requesting the temporary loan of $5. Thus was it that Bob went about
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 252, 20 September 1884, Page 5 (Supplement)
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103Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 252, 20 September 1884, Page 5 (Supplement)
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