The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-30
Serious Disturbances In Calaveros
Summary EXECrTION OF HORSE TuIEXEs-CHIII l


AND CHINESE DIFFICULTIES, ETC.
From the San Francisco Herald Sept 20l
Our paper to-day, says the 0alaveros Chronicle con-
tans little else than series of outrages. MURDERS
cuons. robbeiies &c. Seldom a week passes that i'm
portaIt mining other intelligence Is crowded
to make room for items coming under either of these
captions
The Chronicle details at length the numerous ourages
committed by the Spanish American population in that
country The following account Of horse theft and the
summar execution OF the thieves by the people, we take
from tLrt paper
anmsls ana bsiieyiqg them to be stolen Immediately
started in search of the thieves They went directly to
and desrned that they had been in the possession of
two MexcaDs going towards Clinton They rode to Cln
ton and informed several of the citizens in regard to the
animals requesting them to be upon the lookout. On
Monday O Mexican arrived in the town aud offered
animal for sale which he said he had bought at short
distance and asked $500 for it, The gentleman suppos
ing it to be of those at lone Valley told him he
didn't wish to buy, but he had one he would exchange
ard give him fair to boot if he would bring il into
town Shortly after the Mexican arrived in town upon
the animal he had offered for SALE and 1t was
Immediately recognized to be of those stolen He
seized and party sent in search Of bis accompco,
whom they found hid in the shrubbery with the other
horse They both taken to Jackson and the
Of the animals sent for The deputy sheriff took charge
of the prisoners and when the arrived from lone
valley, be deputized them to conduct the thieves
to Moquelumne hill They bound the captiyes to their
horses instead of taking the road the hill went
full palop toward lone valley AT the latter place the
citizens assembled in large numbers Wednesday and
decreed that the prisoners should expate their offence by
hanging.
This sentence carried into execution Wednes-
day evening The unfortunate Mcxicaps, whose nsmes
Jesus Bisaro and Antonio Duartes, manifested d.
gree Of 1eckessness and apparent unconcern while upon
the galows, worthy honorable fate Their last
breath spent in curses upon the Americans and do
riding their tareness ind inexperience In consummatng
their execution.
The Ch,onicie gives the following particulars of das-
tardly Outrage committed by Chilean on a Ubipsmen-
claim which was being worked 10y company of Chi.
at Willow Bar, was encroached upon by party of
Chileans, who demonstrated with by the former
q attention TO
Chinese and they laid their grievances before the Amet
miners to settle, The decision being against the
Chlesns they thrsted for revenge which Of them
contaminated in the most vicous manner. While one
Of the Chinese cooking az the foot OF the abruptmoun
tain vhich borders the river this point Chilean
cended TO its top, and pushed ponderous rock weighing
two three hunored pounds that it rolled in the d
rection Of the upsuspectng Chnaman. His attention
being called by comrade to the avalanche he fled to
avoid 1t; ana suppong hmselt out of danger remained
at distance from its direct course Contrary to his
pectation however the stone split in twain of the
pieces striking with tremendous force the leg Of the
fortunate ChnamaD fracturing II in such that
1t was smputated 10y Drs Teal, Lind and Warrington
In consequence of this outrage, the Americans deter
miped TO exuel the Cbiieans from the Willow Bar Ac-
cordngy the Chronicle says, some twelve of them went
to eencampmen of the latter but were met by some
twenty or thirty Of the eggressos who were armed with
knives cutlasfes ETC. They demanded the person who
there but they not able to take him The Amari-
having mostly unarmed did not feel prepared
to attack go formidable force and returned for their
after having given the Cheans one hour either TO
band their hesrtless corade, or leave the camp
When The Americans returned they found that their
tseonisls had chosen the latter course.
ANOTHER ATRoCIouS MURDER
most atrocous murder committed in this city
the 2lst Of September before daylight The victim
DR. McGreger, native OF scotland aged sixty five
years. lie was found dead in aleyway. known Hos
Iis street. which leads TO quarter Of city inhabited
ty Mexicans ard other Spanish American foreigners lie
had received but one wound, which In the right
breast and was apparently inflicted by long and sharp
dirk knife pen knife with the blade open was found
in his right hand the blade directed towards the wound
IL however
prod and found to be inch deeper than the blade Of
the pen knife and Therefore the general opinion H. that
the pen knife placed in his hand by the assassin,
after the murder was committed Sonora Herald.