Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-11
ASSASSINATION.
. o.,, s,ooded Butchery on New Years
v;snt-rhe Perpetrator Of the Decd in
Custody.
From the Esm aralda Mlner.I

rr,om the Esm sralda Miner.l
of those heartless butchcr'es
u"I VIZ o,xo TO these be rders of civilian
whNI ,hS odi,,m of crime, and retard the
1,,ross ''n Of development by Keeping
n'3,., .,nnse men who are willing to invest
.n";r uu. money in new districts, but who
"o ."o NOT wiling to place tier lives in
;'on,rJy in the accumulation OF wealth,
y,i,,r,oj in columbus on Thursday
";rbt last. The perpetiator or the
'rardlv assassination 10 which we
wisb to call public attention, is one
W;,,or Noncaro. who has been ASSUME
;nr the name of Ramon Casliiio since
his advent in Columbus. Ills reputa-
| t;on hos been none of the best here, lie
having been engaged in numerous
ou,rrcls and one shooting scrape PRIOR
~ This last unfortunate affair. This
man is said to be Il Mexican guerrilla.
and if is ais, stated by those who
,l,im to know him best, that he is the
man who murdered Il man and boy in
San Luis Obispo county some time
since. and for vl.om reward OF S2,o00
* offered. We will briefly as possible
de ail the leading events of the Thurs
J,v NIGHTS assassination: Mr.. HOl-
Land cave New Years party in the
,lininr-roo = of his hotel. Among the
guests there assembled was Antonio
and fam.lv. Rivera is an old resi- lent
Cf Columbus. and bears the reputation
of an eXcellcn. citizen and cOmpan
ionable gentleman. Another guest
was we will call him by his alias
| Ramon Castillo. In ar angemcntS for
instrument 10 supply those who fur
nSh music for the dance. Il guitar was
borrowed from Mrs. Lila guno. The
gHiar bad been previously loaned to
| laS. o, and was at Mr.. Rivera's
house. At the ball Castillo demanded
tha. the iiar should be given up to
him, claiming To be in possession
by ri-. t of having borrowed it
from Mrs. LIa-lIno. This demand was
refused. as Mrs. Llaguno had given
permission to have ii used at the dance.
a Mexican Indian named Juan Ruiz
quarrelea with Castillo about the
guitar, ard Castillo was abusing him
in the street and a tempted to kill him.
Mr.. livera inerceded for Ruiz, who
is a small man and not at all the equal
Of the brawEy Castillo. The result is
tha. Castillo struck Mr.. Rivera across
The face with lar2e bowie knife, and
then tabled him in the back, some
Where II" wecn the second and third
ibis with the knife. The wound in the
lie is very painful. and by those who
a. III tt 'ndancc. considered danger
o1': h ta| there is no physician now
IN olulnbuS. it is impossible to tell
whether or not it il fatal. The stab
hing occurred between ten and eleven
O'Clock, in front of Mrs. Barrv'S
h"arin- house. .\f,cr the assault
some Mexican friends carried Mr.. Ri
/ Ver! 10 his house. where his family
ana trends gave him every possible
care. The hunt for the criminal was
kept up from that time until morning.
Scouting PARTIES were sent out in every
ulrec ION, and AT last Switzerland and
Ita"er. TWO OF the pnr>uerS. found that
one Mexican man" had passed an
lniian camp near Columbus. The
lfa.i was found and an Indian helped
70 ioilow il to the foothills. when the
,haian m returned. VIM. Phillippay.
i nTnn'y Sheriff. met the party at this
p INT and continued the pursuit, ac-
''mpanicd by Jack Walker. After
travelling about two miles further they
'''iie upon Castillo between the Benton
S,'Se y, road and the Mexican wood road.
! nii,aplaN covered Castillo with his
,eNolver and demanded "throw up"
1Sllilo surrendered aud is now in the
."iullhlls calaboose, from whence he
", "i,i u, ne taken to Aurora. The conduct
w 'iiS Villain is cool and selt-poSSc>S-
n ;n. ana II is TO he hoped that now, hav-
W., S hccome fairly enangled in the
,"esiles OF the law, he will have an OPP