Robert Martin led a double life. In Arizona and New Mexico territories, he was known as an honest and important rancher. In Mexico, he (and pal Curly Bill Brocius) ran a thriving cattle rustling operation in the late 1870s—the source of his ranch livestock.
In November 1880, thieves stole cattle from a couple of Martin’s neighbors and he set out after the miscreants. Martin and the posse manag
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