Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1863-06-20

GLORIOUS sEwsl


Our correspondent "Dornick" sends US tho fol-
lowing cheering intelligence; oi4 su3 81
CASoS CRY, May TO-
| write few hurried lines this morning 10
communicate the intelligence that the great niys
tery which has heretofore enshrouded the bloody
murders Of this county andthe South Park his
been cleared up by the capture oil the chief actor
in the plot. 81. 3
Il patty Of tho California Gulch boys who have
been tracking the murdecrs for ten or twelve
days past, came into this place yesterday evening,
saying they had at last oyertaken the outlaws and
meted out Just reward to one Of them The
murderers are two Mexicans, and they have com-
mlted the whole Of the bloody crimes. The party
came upon their camp on Friday morning, about
lSmies from here, in canon up -Four Mile
Creek, above the Oil Springs, and shot down the
large one, just Os he was intho act Of unfolding
their horses, preparatory to starting.
| The other Mexican, the smaller one, escaped
but is still pursued. A tenn and wagon was pro
cured at the Oil Spring and brought in the trips
and whole Quilt last night The plumber was lad
uul iVr eAal'liiI.'on VI ,a'su ouuu'uS ",vi "u"
a large ana exclled crowd gatnereu rouhu ailu eA'
amined it till a late houp Articles Of clothing,
trinkets and personal effects stripped from tho
dead were idoUtided lis baying belonged 10 every
one Of the murdered men, Bruce, Harkins, Ade-
man, BinkleJ, Shdap, Carter, lehman and Sige
land the coats and panaoons OF two other men
who are known by lne lallIoInIa ooysas wv len
from mat uuIcll VINO started LOT pehVer aIov'
about the time Of BinRiey ana ohoup' anu faVe
not been heard OF SINCE and are unfouDtediy anr'
dered, Their names are Henry ClafR ana le'ef
Nnndormullltr. The clothing Oh two or tnree
Others are among tho plunder not yet ldentlned, SO
that It is certain these demons have murdered al
least twelve persons since, starting IN with Mr.
Bruce here OIL tue Arkansas. al9 tqaJ
1 A memorandum,book was found, evidently taken
from Mr.. Lehman in which arc several pages
sritico bv the Meyieans in Spanlsh and so lar 'as
we have becn obeto translate up to this morning
witbont tbo oiJ of SPANISH books, seems to DO an
address 10 tho Governor Of Colorado in yndiCatou
ol their murderous outlawry. The address is dated
sPlaza do Coneios, 1863 aud alludes to reward
being offered for their heads by the authorities O
Colorado Territory about the 2Uth oil Unnlfhry
, and states that they are sworn to exIermlnat,
! Americans that they cannot live longer IN Nov
Mexico and intend 10 kill Americans while the,
live that they have killed many in the Soutl
, Park and are going down on tho Plains to xii
more A reference to the names Of .Espinosa
, leaves little doubt that these Mexicans arc III,
, two brothers BY thona of Espnosa who lei
(oppios in the winter as outlaws, and for the head
q Of whom Marshal Hunt offered reward, III
ono who was shot died cursing the Americans =
; lie was alarge athletic man, about % years ok
dead shot, had double bareled rifle and tw
\ revolyers, and was the most brutal and dendis
human in expression of countenance and shape q
/ head that was ever seen. There Is nearly q COZ
, load Of traps which they had taken from thos
I they killed, Of every description, even to oil
pocket hair combs and the espectaelcs Of old MI
4 Hawkins. The coat, bat and boots Of Lehma
we're found, and clothing from nearly every on
q Of tho others known 10 be killed, besides those
{ four or five others whose bodies have never bee