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first opportunity to discharge him on my arrival at El 
Paso. Craig was a cook in the main body of the Com- 
mission, and a Scotchman by birth. Butler was an 
American. He joined the train under Col. McClellan, 
after it had left San Antonio, in some menial capacity, 
and was discharged on arriving at Socorro. He was 
accused of having murdered a Mexican near Eagle 
Pass, and was fleeing when he met the train of the 
Commission. 
Socorro now resum^ed its previous quiet and good 
order ; for the authorities had directed all persons who 
were unconnected with the Commission, and were 
without any employment, to leave the place within 
twenty -four hours. This, however, was hardly neces- 
sary : for the guilty and vagabond throng had already 
begun to depart, and before the close of another day 
all had left. But there was one other, and he the 
principal actor in all the scenes I have related, who 
was yet to be apprehended and made to pay the 
penalty of his great crimes, before the demands of 
justice were answered. 
Four hundred dollars were subscribed by the 
members of the Commission, and offered as a reward 
for the apprehension of Alexander Young, the ring- 
leader of the gang of desperadoes, and his delivery at 
Socorro. Yolunteer parties set out in all directions, 
tempted by the prospect of gaining the large sum 
offered, and at length word was brought that he had 
been arrested at Guadalupe. Thus another unpleasant 
duty immediately presented itself ; but it was impossible 
to avoid it. 
The prisoner arrived in the evening, and was placed 
