The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-11
A Mexican Story


horrible Cruelty to child.
The San Diego World tells story
ofhorrible barbarity that we have never
seen eQualled. It says:
The Pacific Sfnif Southern coast
steamer California put into San Diego
to conl. Little dreamed those who went
down to the whnrf OF tho Pacific Mail
Company OF the terrible story which
was told Of mere child OF eleven
years, who was on board, named Lola
Arrua.
On strptcher in the steerage lay n
girl who certainly WINS not twelve years
of ngo. As tho experience is with
Southern females, she was fur advanced
to womanhool, and the lines Of her
form indicated II sensuous and beautiful
physical development. 1t is well Ia
dwell upon such engaging chancteris.
tics Us the poor creature retained, for
the ruin which had been wrought upon
her is almost too fearful to detail, and
the storyof tile Rtrocity is such as could
hardly be parhlleled elsewhere on eRrtll
III this nineteenth century Lola must
have been n beautiful girl, for her form
retained grace and symmetry that M.
tlre must certainly have carried to com.
pletion in her face.
This child.womnn was q clarred ruin.
A tire.brand had been held TO her nose,
burning it almost completely of. The
blistere,l flesh was still angry and in
famed, giving an indescribably loath'
some and pitiable aspect to the pool
creature. Her cheeks were ono mass 81
chnrred flesh, pulpy and ernbescent
with the recent passage of hrebrand
Her eyebrows and lashes were burned
of, and her eyeballs were scared by th'
blasting flame. Liberal us is the en-
dowment OF the Mexican woman with
wavy masses of black hair, not n hail
was left upon Lola's head. Ono il
obliged TO recur to some OF the terrible
pictures of Dante or spenser to get NJ
idea Of the fearful and yet appealing do
formity OF this poor girl. The auto d'
70 was n merciless thing in the old days
but that was carried to n decent end ant
loft merely mass Of calcined rubbish
Here tho destruction was rs complete
but thevictim was allowed to live h
be an object Of horror during n life
time, instead Of a thing Of beauty ant
a Joy forever, rs nature intended her Il
be-.
The story OF Lola and her mother Il
incredible. They were taken on by tht
California at Mazatlan on the 4th o.
July. They had been living at the vii
lage OF Copala, about fifty miles from
AIazatlan. A word US to the mother may
not be amiss. She has noble features
n clear skin, and splendid masses ol
blue.black hair.
They lived on the outskirts OF Copala
On the 18th Of June, Antonio Murillo
one OF the lieutenants or under chieti
OF the rufIian Lozada, with n small force
came into the neighborhood Of Copala
The Arroa house was detached. The
husband, wife and Lola were its solt
inmates. They seized upon the mother
doubtless attracted by her persona
charms, and the child Lola. The hus
band Offering resistance, lie was sho
down and the house fred.
Hurrying swiftly from the scene o.
blood, mother and daughter were swep'
with the brigands, who were on horse
back, toward the mountains. Tie trage
dy was enacted about four o'clock in tht
afternoon. The brigands had beer
riding all day, and after going, as nenl
rs the mother could guess, twenty miles
from Copaln, they camped for the night
They were too tired to think Of aughl
butsleep that night /; and after dispatch
ing q hastily prepared meal and quaflinG
literally OF mescal they lay down {
sleep, binding the mother to one Of The
brutes and the child to another. The
mother watched her chance, and When
the ruflians were in the deep sleep ol
fatigue she succeeded in slipping the
withes which bound her and making hei
escape, arriving the next day ut CopalG
with bleeding feet.
She did not release Lola, because sht
was afraid Of arousing the ruffians, and
did not think the child could make til,
Journey. She thought, besides, tina
Lola's tender years would protect he,
from abuse. t
The brigands, on awaking next morn
ing and finding the mother gone, vented
their fury in blows upon poor Lola
They pursued their journey to til,
mountains, and from thence sent in
demand for u ransom for Lola. The,
madc it 20 large that II was beyond thl
mothers ability to pay 1t. A govern
inent force wns sent in pursuit one weel
from the day Of capture, on the Goth o
June. The ruflians not receiving TN
ransom demanded, took n frebrand mt
scared the child MS we have described
The object undoubtedly was to put lie
to lingering death by the most tiendisl
tortures, protracted from day to day
The government forces came upon Mu
rillo and his band in the night time
routed them and rescued the maimet
and ruined Lola
Mother and child left n country o
such atrocities and horror, and are nov
on their way to San Francisco on th
California. One rnay well exclaim
"Can such things be 2"