January 1st. 1886 Tom C Hall, Chief U.S. Marshal for the Territory of New Mexico appointed the first woman Deputy U.S. Marshal, twenty-two-year-old Betty McCabe. Her job for the most part was to work under cover getting information on the Territorial Senator, Samuel Drake and Armand Roybal, the largest banker in the New Mexico Territory. Old Spanish land grant deeds were now in the Senator’s and Roybal family names. The families of those land grants were either dead or so scared they wouldn’t talk to the law. For most of a year in an unknown location, several of the very best marshals trained Betty McCabe. Some of those taught her how to use her fist, knee or even a head butt. One of those was U.S. Marshal M D (Shorty) Thompson, who taught her how to use firearms. When her training was complete, she was sharp eyed with a rifle and few men could come close to her speed and accuracy with a forty-five. The undercover name she was given was Connie Blake.