The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-02-15
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!, party Of abou, twenty BrigAnds, who
larled ou, as il by magic from the rocky
recesses on either side Of the ravine.
Ia spite Of the shrieks Of his wife and
children Senor L---was in no way dis
concerted. He beheld without the less'
emotion the robbers laying hands on
MS baggage: and when they seized ,hr
r,unk he cooIIy presented the key. But
me Of the robbers, with a significant
gesture, drew oui long knife, and
oserling it be,yeen The sides and The
bottom oil the trunk, he very dex'erously
detached the fat piece of wood which
lVermonrs Ingenuity, had devised loT
Iconcealment The merchant for lew
moments siood moiionless with as,onlsh-
nent,a and then gave u'terance 10 violent
Expressions of rage. The bandit held
ip The blight blade Of his knife, and
.aid in calm and subdued tone-'A
tempt no useless resistance, Senior, il
YOU value your lif'' Then turning to
VI dame l., who, pale with terror,
was .illingup in The palanquin holding
her Two children in her arms--'Be no
,lsrmrd, Senora,' said he, we are
cubaNeroS and know The respect which
Is due to ladies'
Casing aside all objects of 'rivi Il worth,
he robbers collected the money and
Madame LIS jewels; among tn,
after were some magnificent black
pearls Of California, Of grea, value.
| Senior L--made the bes' of his wsy
back to Mexico, aud there deposed be-
fore the F seal The particulars Of The ex
raordinary robbery of which he haG
been the victim. 1t was eviden, tina:
the attack had been premedialed. Ther,
were only two persons besides Senor
'lL--who knew the existence Of the
ouble bottom to the trunk these per
4ons were General Santa Anna and Yer
mont, The ssddler. The latter was con
rau.nlly arrested, bul on his examina
Iton he gave so clear and satisfactory &C
,oun, of himself That all possibility o
,nspicion averted from hIm. He hs,
ong borne an excellen, ch,fscter, ant
eslmory of his neighbors proved tha
We had not Quilted Mexico either OF
the day of the robbery or on severs
d ,ys preced NJ il. In short. The in
roceuce Of Vermont was unqueslionabl
s,abhshed, and he was speedily liberai
ID; but every effort 10 trace out The res
criminals proved Intellectual.
The excitement occasioned by ,hi
vent was scarcely BEGINNING to sub
sid in Mexico, when a report becsm
,u1ren ,ha, murder had been CON
: mi,,ed in open day 10 the house of IN
Swiss Consul, Nj. Maigrel.-Tne Con
sui resided in The Gale San Cosme, no
far from the residence of the former
elVlceroy, The Count de Galvez. A
l6rs, the report gained little credit, 70
Gale San Cosme is one of the most fre
+" ouented streets in Mexico, ,and is crosse
by an squeduc,, which abuls on the del
cIous promenade, the Alameda.
Nevertheless, the story was but 10
true. The assassin having entered a
IMagrel's house by the street door, a.
'acked and murdered his Indian servsr
{ Hearing disturbance, NJ Msigret rush
( ed out 10 the corridor, and thus take
ecIbv surprise was overcome by his assai
u ant. 1t appeared, however, that he ha
+" made powerful resistance. A dreadf'
&c confusion was visible on his temples, or
> of his arms were broken, and there wei
wo deep and fatal slabs on his left sid
In the clenched hand Of The murdert
70 man, there was found brass butte
'e with fragment of blue cloth altache
10 it,.
= An active investigation was immed
~ ately set on foot, with the view of di
ly covering the perpetrators Of the Grim
+, Suspicion lighted on dragoon of Il
= 4lh regiment, who from condition
n poverty, that is to cay, from subsisten
!, on his pay, had suddenly acquired
h, bundance of money, which he scatter
ss away in profit igate.extravsgancc ;'hism
!. whose name was Antonio, could give
re Satisfactory account of The way in VIII:
~ his money was obtained. Search ha
ing been secretly made in his place
abode, suspicion was converted in
certainty; by the discovery Of a bl
=, coat, from which button had been tor
LAND, on comparison The buttons of Il
~" coat were found 10 correspond exact
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