New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-30
MAN KILLED IN Los ANGILE>-TiRRIBLE In
CIItHIST


CITEMEST.
TIE Star Of tn 2Cth says. Du Saturday morning
it<t an attachment was issue from the justice Court
u uAletandtr Gibson. snd placed in the hsngs of VIM
! Jei kiDs @ deputy stable, for execution the
| property Of q Mexican named AntoLio RuI. This
cncun,r atcc simple il itself, led to events " ,ch
/ have kept the town in state OF alarm and excite
mel during the whole OF this veek-tbe COPS sqeoces
Of which may yet IN many casee lead to fatal results
On that morning, jenkins proceeded to e1-cu;e toe
WIT, al meo with sOme little obstruction 10 the
diC barge Of h outy, rashy pu led his pistol and fired
! the bal taking effect 10 the hcsst Of Antonio Rus
causing bis death ON the evening OF the following cay
! Sunday:
! Immediately after committing tie rash deed, Jsn-
biLs surrt noe ed himself TO Justice aud was adnt
teo 10 bail On the death Of Ruiz, warrant was
istuec fer his sppr heDsion, application by the Dis
tct A,orlt to Juoge Hayes, aud ne was com nitted
to the custody of the Cnoei Sheriff to await sXamins-
tion That officer did not think proper to place hun
in col fnenent but let him 60 at irge and to this
/ cncpmstarce, III our cpmop, Is manly attributable
tie excitement that followed, the Spanish pop iation
taking Ofen.e that one who had 10 thelf esilmatiOn
coinIttod a murder should be at large, and armed.
! Great excitement prevailed among them from the
time If the hoong til the funeral, which TOOK pace
the aiteruo On Of Monday, and was sad TO be the
Target procession Of the kina ever seen IN Los An
/ gets. The deceased was d quiet nofiensive man
( and was highly esteemed by nj. acquant .nces. Tne
fee ings OF Lis fends wele not expressed IN public IL
after the fm era when they held public mettiag in
the grav gard 20 con dcr bat should be done on the
tcCas ion.
An attack on The jail was fhrea.eIed bu, strong
guard placed 10 charge and none took place. On
Tue sday jenkins was brought mp for examination:
About suLdOwD, Iunois began to prevail OF meetngs
amorg the owest aDd most abandoned Sonorsnaus
and MexcaDs, and that they were to attack the town
al uigtt. These reports confirmed. Immediately
the City Marshal aid deputies w. Getman, W. Peter
son, and h. Smith, mounted their horses and patrolcd
the outkD of the city, Crowds were detected In sew
era suspicious aces and at last about nine clock all
had wnidrawn TO their rendezvous, bill behind the
church, fiOm which il was intended to march in attack
the jail, and sack the town. Th' plan had been deter.
mined ouIng the day and warning to that effect had
been sent 10 certain ctzeLs whom they Gid not wish
TO oveiwhelm IN the general dest uction.
The runor of an expected attack becoming verified,
the unost constt rnaton prevailed among the families
living in the outskirts OF the town. Some eft their
houses and came INTO the city and others coDgTegated
together for mutual protection.
Several gel ten rode up, from time to time, to the
hill where the insurgents were drawn up, TO rem)n-
srae with Il en- on tie madness OF their course; but
if they succeeded with part Of the crowd, their ef
forts Immediately counteracted by the captain,
Fnnchman, who ordered them to leave on their peril
Anon those gentlemen who eldcdyOred TO dlsperse
the mob we baye heard that Messrs Juan Padia, Pc
cIo Romo, Jose RubIo ana Tomas Sanchez were con-
spicuous.
RUMORs.
All kinds of rumors prevailed during the night;
hmstmen galcpiug up and down the streets, carrying
messages reconnOiteriDg on their own hook. AL
their movements fenced to keep up the excite ncn
but armed citizens kept at Their rendezvous quiet
ly awaiting the orders OF the Shcrrff. There 40
pIovocation of the mOb-their f)r their
Inene editated attack, but the people awaited quietly
tie of events not desous 10 be the sggressors
they resolved TO deal out terrible rctrlDu.on.
TIL ATTACH.
About twelve O'clock the moon being then up, w.
c. Getmep, the Marshal and his deputy, Vim. Peter
sen, rCd de toward the hill where the Insurgents
drawn up, accompanied by five or Fix armed citizens,
for the purpose OF asceftanng the potion anu force
of the no1. TheIe were then supposed 10 be from
two to three hundred persons, all AIMED; Il large
number mounted. While this party were re-
counoeriDg, the mob were put ia motion towiri he
town. Getnan directed his party to retire tue fOomcn
first, Peterson and Himself protecting them from a.
tack by the crowd. 1t appears he stopped too far be-
bind 40 the scouts from the insurgent, came in sight
OF bin, recognized him and fired. He retained the
fire, dscha' ging two shots when the horsemen came
I'D with him. and he had to retreat. The party
on foot oiscbaiged their arms, an1 also rereated.
Gttnan and Pctereon still keeping behind to protect
SHOOTING OF THE MAnsH,L.
From this cause. Getman fell behind his party when
four moupted Mexcaps rode up and fired one bal
taking effect in bis head, which caused him to fal
hom bis horse, which was also wounded. While on
the ground these rufars rode past bm, each firing at
him and then fed towards their crowd which by this
time had reached the Plaza. About fifteen shots were
ARRIVAL OF THE MILITARY.
The alarm being thus given, the military company
On duty at the jail, having fist removed the prisoner
marched up to the Plaza, but too much tine had been
lost ard when they arrived the other party had
marched Off to the sbIil notes of hie. IL was re-
The military company remained on duy till day:
light, paoliig the city and suburbs but no trace Of
them could be obtained.
ARREST OF PRISONERS.
On Wednesday morning number OF prisoners were
arrested and Cged in the jail. Judge Hayes exam.
med them in the evening, and d5cha ged them all but
two.
ARRIVAL OF ASSISTANCE.
This (Wedn, sdsy) morning, about 10 o'clock
raity of citizens from the Monte mounted and armed
L. Al, .l.t. fN,h tnt
were received with loud cheers. They reported them
selves TO the authorities and awaited in readiness TO
discL arge whatever duty might be required OF them
PUELIC MEETING.
At An early hour in the morning bandblls were cir
cuate6 calling public meeting of the cze ns in front
of the Montgomery House. At 10 o'clock the meeting
was organized.
ORGANIZATIONS OF MILITARY COMPANIES
The afterr oon was spent in organizing military COM
pspies IN ADDITION 10 the Rangers ano City Guards
JUG ge Norton took command of the Guards, }. q. A.
Stanley led the Rangers, and DIR. Griffin the Citizens
Company. The various arranged nents being COM
pleted The military quietly moved of to the perform
aIce OF their several duties. Strict watch was Kept
Nrou ghout the night.
MOUNTED cALITORSIASs.
Don Al dres Pico at the head of g party OF twenty
CaIloluiaus well srmed aud mounted, started out 70
the hills aud iavines, and retlrne1 on lhursday
evening, b,ingiug IN prsoner-a ffenchhan-ohe OF
those IL comtEaLd OF the hsuIgentS lie was .en
on the ad the Mission and immeGlatey TOOK 10
fight. He was pursued and arrested III house IN
which be had taken refuge. Don Andres ana parry
had most hsrassing duty, having hidden iuly sew
enty mic during their search.
Ar1IMPT TO Kill.
Anos audacious attempt TO kill Que OF our citizens
WIS made on Wednesday evening by couple oi
mounted NJ xicans. They were passing down Com
me rcisl street about O'clock and observDg Two men
iossipe the street of the Indros fired theih
the ba, striking ore Of the the ear they then
rut suurs TO thsiI hOrses ana swept out OF town.
Wednesday night passed over without any occur