Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-11-03
Eom Inc 81. Louis Restilies
Interesting Narrative. 3 sn9a.
Mericdn Murderers Their: coirardiee-
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The Maiamo,as Flag Of the 23d Sept. $,
contains narrative of the expedition un- -
der Col. Cooke, to punish . party Of Mex Z
ican robbers, who hid attacked ! few Tex. ). :
ans on their way from Camargo to, Mats. -. 80
moros, killing one and desperately woun- s,
ding another: s, go. -, 49, ,sse.,..s
They secured wide extent ST country
and visited all the Ranches wSere they ~
we're likely to be found. =, - -,
e They first proceeded to the Rancho dc
los Animos, where the celebrated mur-
defer and bandit, Juan Antonio Byeps;
resides. Every precaution was taken 70 N
capture him, by suddenly surrounding the
houses, but unfortunately he vas in:the
field, and this fact was not discovered M
til twas too late. He made his escape 3
into = dense chapparal without injury o.. ri,
~ one shut having been fired - him. sls4
The Flag, after describing the move.eas
ments ofthe party aad their efforts to bring
. body of marauding Mexicans who hung
on their fanks TO an open fight goes on lgass
say: - ,Yss.s -s.-.ss
The command next proceeded to the 81
the scene oithe perfidious attack upounes
Capt. Dayis's party, in which he WAS se-,s.s.
4
gerously wounded that he could not be se-S
movell i.y his friends. He had been eOns M
cealed By his comrades in 2 dense thick.sssp
Ct inihe hope that they could send out ~ y
sufficient force to suceor him before he sz.ll;s
PRED; but succor arrived too late. His bsl
body was found in the place where he had ,ou
been left, but the murderers had searched a.
him out; his head had been severed from !.
his body, and thrown into tho ekepparal =.
some distance etE--his clothes hid been
stripped from him, his body horFibl, mus
tilated,. ann every article .lisft With bin
carried oft. His remains were in such &, ,..s,
Edeploraple condition that Il was found I'M 81
possible to perform the rites Of burial, "A al
quantity of timber was collected and ipls.
ced over the body, so rs to preserve Il
from the wolves, and the party moved from
the melancholy spot. A short distance
from this place, and previous 70 getting ID
il, the party had becn smbnscaded, bGt =
wiIfal delays and circuitS1s routes, the :
ambassadors were deceived, and .eoneIils
ded tho party had takcn smother route, as =
ffutn Tie signs, they could mot have been Z.
gone more than twenty tninutss. Ailof :
leaving the body, the commend bad noe 81
proceedeT more than four hundred yards
before they discovered party Of lezican6 pa
m the chappa1aI, dddenIess those WHO tad isI
been ambuscading the road short Dis. 20
lance back. fta or 1sih ssstssRss 9'a - g
An attempt was made 10 surround snd :, :
surprise them. For ibis purpose ons=kaI J, 7
ofthe men, under Mr.. Filghman, werS 4
sent "a direction 90 6t to cut irfetgeut. s
but before be had s6eeseded ID making
asis way through the ehappsrsl, one Of tks i
robbers liseosefed Col. and IS he Ha3 i
stopping TO pickup his rifle, the Cox fred
a ball and three buck shot, which brought
him down The others s1ccseded IN n.as
king their escape into The thiekes. he (.
man shot was identified 40 one 6fthb rob sa'
Ibef. who attacked Capt. Davis: Tn1
Icomuna1d then proceeded 10 Rancho SUI: =
esia, where they captured two Msxicant: 8
One Was ike falhef fong Of che fttotfs
who had been killed lsw dAys previous !.
Ein the feht wAh CAPS. Davis qksmsn =