Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-26
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TRAGIC DEATH OF An INDIAN.
a Desperate Hand 10 Hand En-
counter.

a Desperate Hand TO- Hand En-.
counter.
The special correspondent Of the San
Diego (Cal) Union. at Campo, under
date Of September 4th, sends Us an in
teresting account Of the tragic death OF
Pachone, the Indian who recently muir
dered Mr.. j. G.. Speck, at Milquaiay.
Last Monday, the LIST inst, Alcalde-Am-
brozio Gonzales deputized two men to
take Pachone down TO the authorities at
San Rafael. that he might be punished
according to his just deserts. The guard
started on horseback, the murderer be-
ing afoot. The latter was secured TO a
rope, securely tied around his waist, the
other end being held by one OF the
guards. Pachone protested against be-
ing taken TO San Rafael, but to no pur-
pose.
On the way he stopped and told the
guard he wanted a cigar, and they gave
it to him. As soon as they started on
be was seen to extinguish the fire on the
cigar, and soon afterward he stopped
and asked for another light. The guard
kept careful watch of him, as they
thought he was only trying to consume
time with the hope that favorable OPP
portunity would present itself for es-
cape After relighting his cigar, Pa
chone said he was tired and wanted to
rest They told him they had no time
to lose, as they had to reach certain
rancho that night. The murderer
declared that he could not make
it, but that ne would try, would
trot, if they would remove the rope
which impeded his locomotion. This
they refused to do and he was ordered
to 90 ahead as be was. He complied
with reluctance, but before he had gone
far, he turned and asked for another
light for his cigar They told him he
was smoking too much and consuming
too much time. He had proceeded but
a few steps when, with desperate bound,
Le succeeded in jerking the rope from
the guard, and with the heetness OF a
quarter-horse he made for the brush.
The guards called out and told him il
he did not stop they would shoot him.
He refused to halt and they were COM
PEELED to shoot him to prevent escape.
They both blazed away, MORALLY wound
Ing IaCnOLe, WHO luluDlcu ueduiOub w
the ground. Both of the men dismount.
ed, and while they we're in the act of
loading their guns the Indian jumped to
his feet, and Selling large stone he
turned upon them and said he was not
dead yet; that he now stood on equal
footing with them. He made a motion
as if to throw the stone at one of the
guards, who lodged, and before he could
recover, the Indian did throw, and with
such precision that he hit him on the
head and laid him out senselesS upon thu
ground. The other guard started fol
Pachone, who made for the brush, and
an exciting chase ensued. He was over
hauled after running about one hun
dred yards, and then came desperate
hand-to hand struggle, in which fists
sticks and stones were freely used by
both. 1t is thought by the guard tina
the Indian, MORALLY wounded as he was
would eventually have killed his captor
if his companion, who had recovered
his senses, had not come to the rescue.
Pachone refused to surrender, aud con
tinuing to fight desperately, they dis
patched him for the happy hunting
ground, from whence no bad Indian ever
came back.