The Shasta courier., 1853-11-19
NUMBER 81.
a Brave Boy.

i The following testimony, says the Los Aurs.
los Star, given before Judge Hays by Ev.
eret Everston, boy of fourteen years. in rela-
ton to a recent attack upon his mothers house
by band of Mexican cut-throats Few men
could have exhibited more coolness and de-
termined courage, and when it is recollected
that he was awaked from sleep, in dark night,
his heroic self possession exctes our adnra-
ton:
On Wednesday night, my mother. myself aud
sister went TO bed between and o'clock -
Between l and II o'clock | think, something
awoke me; and l saw, us lay the bed,
three Mexicans inside my Some more
got in and passed by my bed. AS lay still,
suppose they did not me. a. they kept
| straight forward. They opened the window To
get in. just as they We're going into the paror.
one OF them who was in front, small mau
scratched match the matchbox; he in
stanly held it up in his fingers, apparently to
see the way into my mothers room. We enter
my moihers room from the parlor. All at once
they rushed into her room, knocking ever tables
and chairs they went. Suddenly heard my
mother ard sister scream. When | heard my
mothers voice, was my feet, with my rifle
in my hands, and saw one of them outside OF nly
window, as though he were standing guard Tor
the others in the house. When they lighted the
match, that they were Mexicans, five in
number. | counted them. l shot out ot the
window at the one, supposed standing guard.
| fired to one side OF the window, as he stood
that way, but the ball struck the window frame.
and, passing through, struck a post beyond. The
ball found next morning lying on tho
ground, with a piece OF blue blanket attached.
and some of the men say piece OF red lining.
A er fired ran to the writing desk, where DIR.
Sturgess kept his holster pistols, aud got out
IL.
trance to my room | cooked the pistol. he
| stuck out his head, and snapped at him. The
pistol did not go Off He then entered and
rushed at me with knife, large machete l
struck him The head with the pistol. 1t did
not knock him down. | tried TO strike him
again but missed. | was dodsing blow af
his knife. could just get glimpse OF him.
the room being quite dark. He cut me again,
and l sprang backward, so as escape the
knife, which cut dash my right cheek,
about two inches in length, (Which the Magis-
trate examined and found to be as described
by witness.) fell over a table and under my
bed He Immediately jumped out of the will
dow The others had also jumped through the
window of my mothers room. | heard my
mother call for me, and | started to her. She
met me in the middle of the parlor. She had
no light. l was about loading my double bar
relied shot gun when | met her. | asked her
not to light candle, as they might shoot IN the
house at us. My mother told they had
choked and nearly strangled her. My mother
asked me if l was hurt. | told her no. My
mothers neck is very black. Her neck is
badly swollen. holoed ont the window, "niur-
der Nobody We kept still about an
hour, and hearing no noise of any kind, we
went over to Mr.. Mallard s'house. MIR. Mallarl
lives near our house. After being at his dooc
near a quarter Of an hour. he admitted Us. Mt.
Malard told us he was afraid We're pursued.
Myself mother and sister staid at Mr.. Mallard's
till day. The robbers did not carry away any
thing from the house. did not recognize any
of them, except Luis Molino, who is now here,
and do not wish 10 be too positive about him. i
thoug he was the man who lighted the match
| cannot swear positively that Luis MelIno Is
the man.