They made it so fast they couldn't even gamble the stuff away.

About a thousand times, I guess posses went out after Piotto, but they never came back with a trace of 'em; they never got within shootin' distance.

Finally Piotto got so confident that he started raidin' ranches and carryin' off members of well-off ranchers to hold for ransom.

That was the easiest way of makin' money; it was also pretty damned dangerous.
"One time they held up a stage and picked off of it two kids who was comin' out from the East to try their hands in the cattle business.

They was young, they looked like gentlemen, they was dressed nifty, and they packed big rolls.