The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-02-11
4 Terrible aInshacrc.

..' b. 4 Terrible AInsAacrc.
The following detailed account of tho
horrible scenes enacted at Cali. Central
America. is given in the Panama papers
Of the 10Th ultiino: '.
Gen. Pcna, who commanded the
Liberals, was drunk, anl gave his
drunken soldiers live hours freedom,
during which they gave themselves up
to every excess, nni neither age nor sex
WAS spared. Many Conservatives were
dragged from their hiding places nnd
killed before the eyes of their wives
and daughters, who met worse fntc
before hring killed III turn. Eighty.
seven houses in the center OF the city
were plundcred, aud churches were
robbed. The murders number several
hundred. Foreigners lost $500 to
5000, 900 in Cali alone. In the sub
urbs. these scenes We're kept up for
several days and the country is nearly
ruined. .... ..r.. ."....
Pnlmira escaped the fate OF Cali by
paying 500, 900 ransom. The house OF
tho Italian Consul md mn American
merchant named MacCune was plnnd-
cred. Fears are entertained TINT the
civil wnr will degenerate into war of
races. and foreigners nro fleeing "
Tho letter detailing the inassncre,
continues: 4 crowd OF furics, in the
shnpo OF women of the lowest classcs,
III mnny cascS with their offspring nt
their heels, swarincd in tho streets,
bounding OH TIC excited mob TO break
down all door not Immediately thrown
open. All houses wcro bcdiZencd by
rcd rags, shawls, hnndkerchicfs, table
covers, pctticOats, and everything hear
ing the distinctive colors OF the invnd-
ers. All trusted to the broken reed for
safely. At midday most of the stores
were cleared Of their contents; many
women AMI children were staggering in
every direction under the burden Of
their srOils, and were in turn mnltrcnted
Knocked 1own, and sometimes oven
killed Gnd deprived by their fellow
Thieves Of the proceeds of their rob
berries. Vino and spirits were TUNED
into tho streets, and sights of drunk-
cNness began that never. will Ic for
gotten by those who have had the mis-
fortune to Witness tho dcplorablc scenes.
After tbs first rush on the stores Ind
procured them an abundance of drink
bands OF frenzied men patroIcd the
town, firing nnd hacking every living
creature, but uns0tintcd with slaughter
i'll tho streets, They poured into the
houses Of the Liberals and C0nserva.
tivcs alike, mostly, though, the latter,
nId continued the work Of murder mud
distinction. all the Conservatives were
rnthlcssly killed, nad mary Liberals
who tried to arrest the barbnriaus in
their progress, or TO shield their iTicndg
or rel"tivcsi and pcr6ons suspected Of
sympGtlli@inG with tho Conservatives.
or having no decided opinion in politics
shared the aninu fate. Bnt all tho hnr.
rors 0Tu rs nothing compared with tho
still moro friSh;ful excuses perpctrntcd
III tho suburbs and on the csinlcs in
the surrounding country. There, mur.
ders. lust, robbery, and inccndinr-
ism llavo continued unchecked for
days together. All snail shop keepers
have been deprived Of house md
homo. nll estates ravagcd, cattle
driven away or Slot. hedges torn
down. cauciiclda banned, and even
machinery destroyed, SO MS to render il
useless to iIs Ownurs. The Govern
ncnt ct BaGOin lIns condemned The Gcla
oi General Pcna, but owing TO his pop
nlarity aud iniiuouce in that region il
was found impracticablo to remove him
from his command. There wcro no
Foreigners killed. but their property has
been confiscRtcd in most Shameless
manner.