Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-04-14
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Horrible Atrocitiss.-Major Bartlett,
Of the boundary commission,
arrived lately at New Orleans, and COM
municated to the Picaynns ihs following
fearful narrative: "a
"Major BIS party, hen about 224 miles
this side Of 81 Paso, discovered a.smoke at
some distance. They sent out a party TO
reconnoitre, and discovered negro man
and woman in the act of cooking food, and,
on further search, the head of negro was 9
found in the fire. They said they had been
compelled to kill one Of their companions
for food. They had been nine days out,
their gun had burst, and they were in q
state Of starvation. The account tbey gave
Of themselves was this: They were all
slaves Of man named Owens, near Holly
Springs, Mississippi, and had run away to-
gether las. complaining, making for Mex
leo. The boy killed was about nineteen
years Of age, namrd Arthur; the other is =
black, aged from 81 to 80, calling himself
Henry; the girl, a brig hit mulatto, about a,
named Matilda. an ,.E.EeSz "a :.
"Tbese last two were taken 10 San Anto-
nio, and left in custody Of one Antonio Ma.
vano. 5-3 ..l 20 .s4ssxs- .5ic4 s5xszg7ssssg
@Major Bartlett brings accounts If some
horrible scenes Of disorder, riot, murderand
execution, which took place at Socorro about
the closing days of January. 1t seems that
bands of armed ruffains- discharged team
sters and soldiers, and frontier desperadoes,
had been overawing the quiet Inhabitants
of Socorro. by parading The streets armed,
and committing all manner oflawless acts.
They robbed and killed openly W iihout any
provocation or remorse Instances are piI-
en- Of their seizing an unofTending man, ia-
king away bis gun, and killing him with
it. without the shadow Of cause, and bru-
tally y!beating the women. Throughths 2Sth
and 29th Of January, they ranged like Wild
beasts, committing all sorts Of crimes, when
a party Of the citizens sent an express 10
the United States troops at San Elezario,
about six miles off, asking for pfotecfiss,
which was declined, and the apPlicanb re-
ferred to the civil power. - h -
'On the night Of the 29th most snda-
cious outrage was committed. The robber
band, seeking man named Clarke, (E C..
Clarke, said to be the son Of Nv. Clarke,
United States Senator from Rhode Island,9
went to fandango or dancing party here
he was, and maltreated the whole party Of
males and females. They placed sentinels
at the entrance, fired off pistols at the can
dies, and otherwise terrified tie women,
threatening death to man or woman who
should stir; and finally the leader, one Al
exander Young, assisted BY three Others
John Wade, Marcus Butler and William
Craig fell upon Clarke and gave him nine
or ten mortal wounds. Another man, nam
ed Charles Gates, was badly shot, Next
morning some members of the. boundary
commission, who were present in town, re-
solved TO arrest the murderers at all haz-
ards, and sent an express TO the main body
Of the commission at San Elezalio for help.
In three hours large party IF Americans
and Mexicans arrived, in such fores as 10 I,
be enabled to search for and seize eight or
ten of the worst, including Wade Butlsr
and Craig Young, the ringleader essa-
ped. -
"fhese men were brought before Jadge
Bertbold on the 30th January; examined
and committed; and the next day they
were tried by jury, sentenced 10 DO hung
within one hour; and, notwithstanding The
threats and preparation Of their assoeia-
ton, the sentence was enforced, and ihey
were hung up to the branches Of a tree on
Friday morning. The bodies Of the mur-
derers were buried, and at ? p. NJ, tha: Of
the mu rdered Clark was also buried. Qt'@7
"a large reward ($4n0) was offered for
the arrest of Young. He was arrested on
the 10Th and brought to Soecorra !. on the
llth. He made full confession Of his
crime, but was nevertheless put on trial on
the 12th. His own written confession,
which he repeated and signed. was added
to the other testimony. He was found
guilty, condemned, and executed on the
same tree where his companions had been
hung.
Major Bartlett repeats that since These
examples Socorro has been perfectly iquitt
and orderly" ~