The New York herald., 1875-07-17

| Texas was maze TO the Secretary of STATE and
1 lald before Congress- new and startling Ontrases
| nave been perpetrated, which We now proceea 10
/ nOtice:-
First-During the months OF March and April,
/ 1873 Alberto Cara, q notorious Outlaw rom
| Guerrero Mexico, with party oi cattle thleVes,
| crossed 70 thus sloe OF the no Grande ana
/ county. IN the neigkh0rhoCd OF which there are
| dense tmcKets. anordiug means OF concealment
killing and sGiunlng cattle. on the l9th Of April
| he onered 200 hides iOr sale at Piedras P1ntas
! thar had just been taken from the cattle on the
range; and 1t was not until the owners OF the
cattle collected Ia iorce that ne retreated TO
! mexico.
Secoad-On the sth day OF June. 1878. the United
| States Custom House, or Deputy Collectors once,
at Carrlzo. IN Zapata county, was roDred py
Third-on Ine etn Of July, 1873 DR.. J. 9. orockerr
| WAS murdered and robbed by organized band
! OF Mexlcans, about fifteen miles west OF Captain
Kings rancn. IN Nneees county
| F0wtt-On the 7th OF November, 1873 the store
! OF r. Schubert, merchant at Conception, In
! Duval county, was entered by party Of twenty
or thirty armed Mexlcans. who overpowered
| taking between 81, 500 and $4,000 in money,
besides arms, goods, &c, with whics they re-
| in the lower edge OF Starr county.
Firt-on November 80, 1873 henry Grey, son
| OF Z. n. Grey, OF Conception, DuVal county was was
Killed by party ot Indians and MexicaHs The
same party killed In all their raid twenty-lour
men ana wounded fifteen Mexican herdsmen IN
| Duval and Webb counties, and stole between 10
and 100 head OF horses and scattered the sheep
stock OF the country SO that the owners suffered
great loss. G. w. Sank. recently Killed IN tns
Corpus Christi raid by another party OF Mexicahs,
was wounded by TINS party. Don Hypolito Mendl-
Ola was killed at his ranch near Laredo. This
party was pursued by Captain ReIugio BenaVldes,
! OF Webb county; ana one OF them, an old Mexican,
was wounaed aud captured. Inc rest ned and
found refuge IN Mexico, rom whence tney came
Sirth-on May s, 1874 a young man by the name
OF watson, travelling with two companions, was
tied up with his companions ano roD0ed oy party
OF armed MexIcans, about twenty-five miles from
corpus Christi, Nueces county.
Seoenth-John AlOertson, travelling from
..xrtila un~r A hrta
sd OF February, is /, tied up with the me mbers OF
his FAMILY ana roDDed In the upper part OF Came
! ron county by party OF armed AeXtcans, ana uls
| vile was subjected to the most horrible outrage
10y members OF this band OF ROBBERS.
Martinet was tIed and robbed OF about 1880 by u
party Of armed Mexlcans between o,mlto ana
| Lampasitos ranches, aoous seyenty-nve miles
| southwest OF Corpus Christi
Ninth on Nav o. 1874, party OF twenty-five TO
Penesca. near the line OF Nueces and Cameron
counties, and not very lar distant rom the scene
OF the preceding case. No. s. where they attacked
MichAei Morton, 7. Il. NJ. Coakley and Herman
! Tigrer, ana roeoed their store OF It's contents;
| One 81 these raiders was Afterwards caught, tried
and nung at Corpus Christi. From his confession
several parties became known, and lt was esrab-
| llsned tGat taey Were all Mexicans from Mexico.
| Te2tth-On the IJH OF June. 1874 party OF five
| armea MeXlcaas attacked the house OF MI. rnad-
| deus swift, OF Reluglo county and brutaly mur-
| dered mr. swift and his wife. both OF them being
cut TO pieces ana horribly mutilated with KNIVES.
the object beng robbery. For the terrible oe-
tails OF this tragedy we refer 10 the annexed enl
| aavlt OF Mr. f. nj. Swift. Three OF the assasslns
| were hunted down and hung by the outraged
nelpnbors TWO OF them escaped to Mexico. One
OF Inese Juan Juares or Juan Flores, as he
caled himself rhis man mad claimed 10 be an
American citizen ana had registered himself as a
voter. lie Was arrested IN Guerrero MEXICO, and
trea1v With Mexico. He confessed ms guilt
! VItn cold assurance but Gained 10 be u
Me xican citizen and not subject 10 rendition His
/ case was transferred 10 the Mexcan FEDERAL Court
! at Matamoras where, upon his eXamnation. he
again confessed his guilt. he has been haally de-
! aufn N w
! the treaty, but upon the payment OF large re-
ward tor bribe) paid IN money by the relatives
| ana friends OF the muroered swift family.
Eieuenth-On August =, 1874, an attempt was
made by "a party OF narauders to murder Mr.
! lsoacn, living ABOUT tulrty-hve miles from san
| Diego IN Duval county and 10 roo his store, but,
being prepared tor the danger, he made success
TsceJta-on November 3. 1874 the store of Mr.
George Il. Blaine, at tne Los OmoS Ranch, near
robbed oy large party OF armed MeXicans the ioss
being 5000 to 5000 In money aud about s26vO IN
gooas. No iives were lost o. TINS occasion, Blame
| making no resistance to the Robbery,
| THE CORPUS CHRIsTI RAID
| ThiTtee1ttla-Tne success That had attended the
robberies OF stores III the scattered out settle
! menLs emboldened The ROBBERS 10 make Il more
daring attempt and a more general pnlage, and
| a!ly called ..the Corpus Christi raid" from the
| lact that 1t was supposed tnat an attempt would
| be MADE by the raiders to SACK corpus Christi.
Tue raiders, having sacked the country IN the
nelghbor mood OF corpus ChrlSu, turned their
! course toward the RIO Grande. ON the night OF
| April tney surrounded the town OF Roma, Ill
| Starr county, on the Rio Grandc, and were pre-
| nared 10 sack that town aud / OBJ the Gus tom
| uouse, deputy collector OF customs being To-
| Gated there, but were prevented iron dolng so by
the presence OF u company OF United states troops
! stationed at the place, They then withdrew from
before tie place ana crossed the river INTO Mex
leo. IN the immediate vicinity. These iacts are
! SHOWN by the Deputy COLLECTOR OIL customs mere
| with attached.
Tnls raid having attracted universal attention
| on Lnis frontier, the Mexican authorities OF Mler
! and Camargo, in WHICH jurisdictions the raiders
crossed IuIo Mexico, took action III the case and
ers were started Tor MaIamoras, ami the
! Judge OF the District Court OF lsls
Sted States Sons" at and aa
vsed To be prepared oy the time OF The arrival or
the prisoners at Malamoras. Judge Dougherty
! Immediately teegrapned to Corpus Unrlstl TO pro-
cure witnesses TO identity the CRIMINALS, and was
! answered that plenty OF witnesses would De ready
~ attend at Ma amoras. But while The prisoners
were en- route to Matanoras an order was IeceIved
! from General EscoDedo from san Luis, Mexico,
that the prisoners should be sent to Monterey,
auout 200 miles IN the interior, and not to Matz-
| IL IS claimed that this order OF Escobedo was
issued In good faith III oroer TO keep the prisoners
| from being subject tnelr Arrival al MatamOra5
! 10 tine lunuence OF CortIna, ana TO keep them be-
| yond h!s protection. Bat 1T appears TO US that
this Is u nlmsy pretext To send them where there
would be no possibility oil their being confronted
with the necessary testimony to c. nvlct. Ine
allegation, however, although IL may prove the
Punlc Ialtn or the Mexican authorities also proves
the character OF CVrtlna with his own govern
ment.
During this raid Miss Lizzie Joy arrived at Cor
pus Christi from LAREDO, anu maze amdaVlJ lnat
soc had left Laredo on the 2Oth, and on the 26tn
saw the dead b0des OF two Americans near the
ROADSIDE, hacked To pieces villa knives, ana tkelr
horses hItcAed near and In a famlshing condlIlOn.
Miss Joy travelling with train vi carts, and
tue cartmen buried tho dead bodies. The next
day TWO Otner Do5ies were discovered hanging
near the roadside; tneso latter bodies were Mex
leans. AS there was 10 other party out except
the Mexican raiders upon corpus Christi these
Iour additional deaths TO those already recounted
are attributable 10 tuen.
FouTteent1--Un the 10th day of March, 1874,
Vidal Ia Halle, Frenchnan, travelling from Cor
pus christi to this place, was Killed ana rOboed
by Ricardo Flores ana party Of armed MeXIcans
III this county, near UmUS, the llue between TINS
and Nueces county. Flores Is a registered voter
OF this county. lie was arrested, anu upon IN
vestlgaLlOn before magistrate, wax committed
10 jal 10 answer for the murder before the Dis
trIct Court, but broke jail and 1ed 70 MexicO lie
Is now IN MatamoraS. MeXlco where he has been
since mis- escape. requislton nas been made
under the treaty with Mexico for his readlton,
Dut without success, Flores beng under the all.
powerful protection OF General Cortin2.
FVtseath-On tue 2Ttn day of February 1S15