Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-06-06
JUDGE LYNCH.
His beings with Ei GOrdO. the Monte
Desperado-Justice Melted Out with.
out Expense to State or County
Letter from the " Monte BOy.."

A report was in circulation yester-
day that the hiding place of Ell Gordo
had been ascertained, and that large
party had started from the Monte in
pursuit of the assassin and robber. 1t
was also stated that a reward had been
offered for the recovery of the fugitive
and his delivery at the Monte. This
seemed to look like business in which
Judge Lynch had something to do, and
we were not greatly surprised to find
that such was the case from the con-
tents of the following letter, which
was received later in the day:
Ell MONTE, June 5th.
EDITOR HERALD: About 8 o'clock
this morning we received information
concerning the whereabouts of the
Mexican who attempted to kill Mr..
Turner and his wife last Tuesday night
and robbed the store at Puente ranch.
the news spread
LIKE wILD-FIRE
Through the town, and all hands raj"
lied, every man who could procure
horse being on hand. A party con-
sisting of thirty men started out. Ar
irving at the junction of the Puente
creek with the San Gabriel river,
where we had been informed that Ell
Gordo was concealed, we surrounded
the place and instituted close search.
After looking around about twenty
minutes, Mr.. DodsOn, one of the
party, while passing along the bank of
the river, among the bushes and
grape vines, noticed a thick mass of
bushes where tree had fallen into
the stream. He poked his gun into
the rubbish by way of investigation,
and
A MAN JUMPED OUT,
Revolver in hand. D0dsOn being an
old Confederate soldier and not to be
surprised in such matters, saluted the
man with a double-barreled shotgun
loaded with buck-shot. Not being Sc
riously wounded, the fellow made an
attempt to cross the river where there
was a thick underground of willows.
Dodson then fired on him again, when
he dropped on his knees, threw up his
hands and asked for mercy. All
hands We're on the spot in an instant.
The mar who proved to be
Ell GoRDO
Confessed his crime, and showed us
where he had the stolen money buried,
all of which we recovered except
about $3.50. Afterwards he went with
us to the house where the crime was
committed, and was identified by
Turner and his wife. He said That he
committed the deed for the money
and besides this had no confession to
make. BY this time he was becoii9sas-
ing quite weak from the two loads of
buckshot which he received, and we
think it doubtful if he could have
lived more than twenty-foar hours
longer. Constable b. S. Bryant
took him in charge and start
ed for Los Angeles Shortly
after leaving the place, the
Constable was overtaken by several
masked men who took possession Of
the prisoner and wagon. The party
drove beneath large oak.tre and
while passing under, the prisoners
NECK-TIE CAUGHT UPON A LIMB
And he was choked severely. IN. B.
He still hangs there The scene of
the accident is near Mr.. Workman's
mill, about three miles east of Mr..
Temples residence. No cost to the
State or county. MONTE BOYS.
We learn through Of. J. II. Mckee
that Mr.. r. Turner and his wife were
yesterday evening doing well. Their
wounds are healing rapidly, while
Mrs. Turner's condition otherwise re-
mains unchanged. Her excellent con-
stitution and wonderful nerve seem to
have sustained her through the trying
ordeal far beyond the expectations Of
both her physicians and friends.