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Sc hot before, however, revolver had been
L. snapped at him. At the tuybal he overlook
l. another detachment of the train under cb ,rye
e of Senior Jose Parodcs who, on learning the
1t particulars of the affair, in company with Mr..
: William Thompson, son of Gen. Thomp-
son OF New Orleans, who was on his return
home, and boy named Mcrcador. fastened
: back to the scene Of the robbery, where. pen,
etratng into the woods a few rods, they cam,
upon the robbers, who, firing upon them were
= IN turn fired upon, ana one ofthcn badly woun>
dcd by ball from Pare es' pistol. As AR. p
however, had his own detachment of mules TO
guard, and as his force was entirely too small
to allow of hope Of securing any Of the rob,
bers, until reinforced, he and his companions re-
10 ned their train and pushed on.
AT about o'clock at night, Mr.. Nelson and
ms party arrived on the ground from the city,
but 1t beng too late to effect any active opero,
tions, nothing further could be done thqn tn
station guards at three different passos, which
1t was thought would ellcctullly cut off the re-
treat OF the robbers, except by the way Of the
RIO Grandc. Capt. Garrison, with one or two
others then returne to the city, for the purp,sa
OF getting boat, and taking "A station ut tho
mouth of that river, where the party kept watch
that night but saw no suspicious. persons.
On IueSdIy morning at crack of dav Mr.
Nelson's party, helded by Mr.. Blltacar Omn-
H. Y
PLOTS are fully as wonderful as those Of I.eath.
er Stocking or any of Coopers heroes, started
Oh the trail. They had not gone far when the
found few cartridges, and then a knife. AMI
then letter, an sun Try other articles /: but af.
ter getting some Distance in the woods. tn,
greater dl'covery was made of Scuen of the box
eS of gold, strapped together! Holes ha. been
dug IN the ground near by, evidently with the
intention OF burying them, but the approach Of
pufsucrs had driven the robbers from their pur-
pose, and they were obliged to aban lon their
plundet!to save themselves from beng captured.
While sufficient guard was left with the rs
covered treasure, the balance of the plrty push
cd on in hot pursuit, and after toiling for hours
IN ascending the monntnns, and scramblny
through brlars ana brImbes, on reaching a
dense thlc';et they were ordered to halt by an
unknown voice.
Mr. Run Runnals and Mr.. Nelson immcdi.
atcly chlrgel III the ticket, followe by their
party, when they were greeted by volley from
the robbers, which was rctu ned at ran loin AS
ovln9' o the den>i o the I'M lcrgrowth but t
tie precision Of aim could be obtlined The
pursuing plrty boldly pushed on, and after ex-
chlnglng one or more voeys, the robbar find.
in5 themselves in tight pllcc, took to flight.
leaving what they had with them Of their i'll.
gotten Glns on the ground. On coming to this
spot the pursuors discovered traces Of blood.
AM following the trail, they presently came up
on Il powerful negro fellow, whose thirh had
b,en compl tey sh ttered by music Ill. He
was immediately recognized as a fellow who
arrived here from Lima on the recent trip of the
steamship Chl About this spot were found
nine clnIstcrS of the gold dust Leaving u
strong guard wit the cgro and with orders to
shoot hin if any rescue we're atte npted. Mr.,
Nelson's party started to return to Guyabal.
On rclcHln! the Gulyabal it was found that
Senor Arias, who had two soldiers with him.
d who Ind returned in advance of tn, main
party, had discovered h4lt a mule load, consis-
ting OF three boxes u! gold, buried noar small
brook.
After sending back hammock in which to
convey the wounded prisoner to town, the ex.
petition again set out in search of more roll
and robbers. Near to where Scnor Arlas had
discovered the half mule load the balance WAS
found sunk in Il pool of muddy water.
detachment of the soldiers, under com.
nanI Of apt. Bully, accompanied by Mr. Nc
Whitney continued the search until night, when
they cncampei in the woods. Next morning
reSu.ilng thcr explorations, they came to
ranch where they stopped to procure Il cup of
coftde, while waiting for which, Mr.. McNit ithov
discovered two men in the bushes Instantly
giving the alarm, h conmln led the two men
to stand, and as his orders were seconded by the
ncn with ,bn;, lnnJoa nI toI',if .c Two
hrd No ",'l' 'e,' ,il''sNe'' tcy
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