The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-12-10

~ tai. place, accompanied him A. interpret
~. CA his rculrn. 70 -nndry guerics "
mine b. answered a. follow:
FIoIATIoNs ga THK TREtrY.
SAN ASToNio. Juiy5. i-75.-,.rnerai y. o. q.
Orb ulisai ~ilts- Army Commanding Depart
inrnt = Texas -'irneIai ia compliance with
yuur relnc-t. have the honor % reply 10 your
Inquiries IN reference b anAirs on tlc Rio Grln,c
llprier. s,riarsa
4. Have you any reason for believing that Gen
srai C.Fiinl j. eth 10 he MeNican serviceS
liis Question IT. settled. General Inrtlna has
i.een sent under arrest 10 the city ~ Mexico
''fUr disQtsslteace ~ Oricrs." Was informed
Ia NltAm0ra-. Mexico. that 1ortina wa- a Brig
adler General ~ the Mexican Army. but. a. he
wa- not in active aerFce. was receiving half
pay
INK cattle, beef, etc o parties supplying the
spanish Government
During my visit "a brownsville. TcVAs. met
,',,, g,so s Ss1 I'm 1919 ssnIp ~.T,
iagunp TOLD me be- had come D. Texas 20 buy eat
tie O. lake o. Havana. Cuba- senior iaeuno sail
o. me 80 went some hlty miles into Texas with
the Intention ~ purchasing beeves from some "
the his cattle men ~ Texas. but ! found out
could ID better il Matamcras Mexico, and
returned there AMI bought the oatse ! desired
from Cheno-" I asket who Cheno was. He
replied. "Cheno Cortina Juan >epomuceno Cor
tina
senior Yaguno toll me h. had contracted with
CurtiEa for 800 head u cattle. u consist OF
.gso beeves and .l.Ji mixed cattle. that he
was % pay Ell per head. delivered at Bagdad
Mc1ico.
the iioca lei Rio, waiting for the arst cargo Of
cattle The name % The steamer. believe. was
Irene 81 Nine.
3 Did yOu learn how be furnished the cattle
AMI u bose they were
More GhAn t.so- lhirsI- II not all the cattle fur
ni-het we're Texas cattle Cortina made the fret
delivery - cattle at Bagiai Mexico. Sergeant
Hall. " Captain L. II. McNaIy's company state
troops, an intelligent and most trustworthy man,
wAs sent. disguised Ia inspect the cattle al Bag
tiAd ami on the lighters that were loading the
steamer lie reyrts-i that ths-moet Of the cattle
shipped hal American brancs-branded with
Captain ". hinge, Of santa Jertrudes, Nueces
Ceunty; Capt keuneiy's, Judge PArkers, and
other branls = citizens ~ Texas.
a. Were any II his employees kiliet while driy-
INK across recently 10 Mexico. II 30, how many.
i'-Iieve All the men killed by McNaiiy's com
pany ~ rangers on the 18th day Of June, ISIS,
were employ zee Of General COrtina.
An lDspector u Customs Of ar port ~ Crowns
vile Ma aboard the LIGHTER whilst taxing cattle
On TIE Mexican hank - RIO Bravo. and be made
All ,ayit NAlch believe IN the hands Of
AdIut1ui tsener1l william steel. az Austin, Tex
a. q the eject that he saw General CortinA
superlntenl la person Tie delivery u cattle az
BagdAd. Mexico. ant that ie recognized one
Pancho Lopez. one Guadalupe Espino-a. aui
Jose Maria AlEuin. alias Abula. who we're with
C0rtina Il the time.
Ths deal bo-tie- u Pancho -.0peI. Guadalupe.
Espinosa ami others were recognized among
lAaf~E AA4rNA flthF. anu
q was vel known ulat Alguin. alias Abula. ar
rived az Matamoras severe y wounded he be-
ing The Only one Of the cattle thieves who es-
capped
These raiders were taking abou, go head Of
fine i-eeves o. make un the hest load for Havana.
81 Hos many 81 = lower or more desperate
Meyicans could Cor1ina muster % aid him in a
raid. Ani lil o. learn Il a large party crossed
recentiy intending % attack towns ami villages.
II -. why dit the attack fail. etc
Prom al could Ascertain Cortina could easily
~aaa. 49, aaaf a. .aYHu AL "A
The raiders that Deprecated on the Nueces
River came from the Republic - Mexico. This
l. not even drnicsl b. Mexican citizens In Mata-
mnr4- ami Cauargo. Mexlco-
"a VAS a positive inva-iou - Texas. Tie raid
was o. have been morr extensive. as graf
many more raiders than those VINO eventually
came o. the Nne-es River cros-ei the Rio srande
River anil met 30 . rendezvous iu the interior ~
Texas. but lucsily. IN Consequence - a disagree
meni among themselves AZ towho should assume
command u TIE expedition, the party broke up,
AMI most ~ the raiders returned q Mexico, bat
one % Tire rhisfS ~ party % follow him. and
made the succe-.ful rail. having. within Eve
miles % C0rpu- Christi. stolen money, watches
clotaiux. s's~i-, arms and h..r>es. and totally
DESTROYED hv rrr the sto-e q Mr.. >o-Ses.
Mr. Naakr- wvun.iesi one ~ the raiders nam
ei Ipiina. whp aas hung az Corpus Christi
IT, ratifr. wo1nlel a cltlLen namel smith az
N,ake-' store
was informed ~ a Mexican gentleman. a
lawyer Nui man ~ standing in Matamsras Mex
Bro. that ~ knew THAI 1rtnl had organizes. and
encouraged the rad IA Texas El-ht " he
raiiers. On their return frofn Texas TN their
bp0tv usr- arr.-stei IN 4 af1arru AMI Afier Mex
ico. Every one ~ them was mounted on horses
l-lrin2 American brands. a. reported by Mr..
AVER The Uulte,i states commercial agent ~
Carlarxp. Mexico.
The ral'lers. fron al aacounfs. came princi- /
gaally from Los ,aevas. l.eynosa, La Bolsa and
MAtsmoras. Mexic1.
In conclusion. would say that gathered the
above information turInx tour " inspection
anil ul-ervlfi In conjunction with General
William sterile. tn Atfutant- General % Texas
under s.fhciA. instructions u his kNcellency Oen
have the honor 70 i.e. General. very respect
>lxneii JosErH p. DwiER
BANDITS n ,oMMtNp 90 GOVERNMENT (
"a ARDS.
Major pwyer s. one u the mot reliable !
men ~ thi- rify. and was urged by me a. ~
with General steele. heeau-. h. was friend |
Ia disposed towards Mexican citizens gener-
ally. and had expressed the belief that the
reports ~ raiding We're much exaggerated.
and Thought the Ameficau~ a. much 10
hame ~ the Nsxiran~.
have learned from , gentleman - rclia-
hilits that the present commander II the
'u>fem-hou-e gtmrsi~. n Mier. Mexico. J. >
Notorious bandit. and led the parfv thai
numbered Mr.. Lowell. ia Nav lat. and
plundrred the United states Cusiom-housc
AZ Garlic. have received letter from or
conX cr-ed with nearly every United state. I
and >tafc official from Brownsville 20 Rio
5rande city. and without exception they
cDrruiorlfe the statements which / have
given. The Catholic Bishop 81 that district.
who la visited. ! suppose. every ranch
from the Braxf - Mier. and who doubtless
has the Interest ~ native Mexican. AZ heart
and AZ one time Thought the Americans %
blame. assured me f.iaf IN hi opinion there
w0uld be ~ T.sace in that country for our
citizens until the Sierra Msdre should ~
made the boundary line.
hclfrve the uIied ~,sfe- j. able o. pre-
serve the integrity ~ anl enforce proper
regard Tor IT, own soil without extending
w. limits.
,NIGuRots ,Np ,cCRr~>iNE rOfICl' ETc-
pMME NDrp.