The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-01
FATE OF A MURDERER.
Hanged TO n Telegraph Pole by the Light Of
the Moon.

From n, Ha,osno Independent
The large building formerly occupied by
McIIolland Jester, in HucrlanO, Col having
been improyiscd into court room for the occa,
sion wns dnnsey packed with mixed crowd OF
Americans and Mcxicans last Monday. long be-
fore the time set for the preliminary examine
ton Of Marcos Gonzalez. charged with the muir
der OF the Browns at ranch about two and
half miles below La Ncta on the evening Of the
Goth day of last November. The testimony
proved the prisoner 10 be guilty beyond doubt;
Mrs. NJ. v. Rice, daughter OF the murdered
couple. identified the Prisoner as the murderer.
voice that was distinctly hcnri i'm tho rcnutest
corner of the room, You are the man who
Killed my iaiher and mother. and attempted to
XIII me-; AT the conclusion of Mrs. Ricc's testi.
the court adjourned until Tuesday morning.
81 ne eNctrn' NJ was intense; ana many feared
he removed. but no Il demonstrations were made,
ana he was safely removed 10 the jail and placed
under strong guard. During the day the
town was filed with people attracted by the in
t"frst which the examination had awakened,
hut uln,u the adjournment Of court the crowd
quietly dispersed. and at So'clock in the cvcning
the streets wore almost entirely deserted, and a
silence, which proved ominous in ~ very still
until about ii i VI, when ihe sharp report OF a
pistol fired ia the vicinity of the Jail, one two,
three times in rapid succession. and followed
closely 10y two rinc shots and un"arthly yoils oi
dc- pair. told too plainly that the man who hud
given no quarter To his dcicncclcss victims was
IN the hands OF an ,xnsucraird mob.
What trnu-rlr'l after the prisoner was taken
from the iail ,an host bee described 10y the tcsti-
muiyuf Frank H. AciIpllund, one of the guards
a. given before the toroncr's jury ns follows:
" noticed body of men coming up from the
southwest side Of the Jail. | then ran To- the
utl40 side and discovered another crowd COM
ina. from the southeast side. Tho Deputy
sheriff Mr. Lewis. and myself consulted. and
party amt | the other As they approached !
stepped on, about twenty feet from the Jai l. and
Whom they rnmc within loo feet the Jail told
them To halt. They lid 50. and | then said,
Who nrc yuuf They answered, Friends
told them to send one man forward. which
they dld-onc man coming forward with u
Horny rifle. 1 asked what he wanted. and he
2ale2. the murderer OF the Brown family.
wanted Gonzalez. HIS answer was. by the au-
tncriiy of thn Noircot the people told him
that wouldn't do-thcy'oul not have him. He
imin lini.!y turned arouni and called out,
Forward" And then both parties rushed
toward NE lail waS surrounded by armed
FOOLS I'm IS: We ara going To- have the pris-
onrr Twoof them took holl of me-one on
each arm. They asked me for the keys of the
lail. | told them did not have them. and re-
ferrcd them to MIR. LOWS. | was then taken
away from the door and told 10 keep still In a
few minutes saw party Of men coming out
of the lul with the prisoner. ! wa- then told |
would have to go along. and was taken byboth
nrms-n man being on cacl4 slde OF mo with Il
pistol telling me at times that had better make
no trouble. but ~ quietly.
After. leaving the Jail. having travelled Nifty
or one hundred yards. heard the prisoner ask
the pariy IN charge in spanish Where arc
You going z | did not hear the reply. | saw
The dccoas' I'll throw his head back and struggle
to got loose. aud heard him scream. | heard
several Shots fired. and WAS soon again toldto
move On. WIS brought down TO the old rail-
road depot at the Plan, whore myself aud
Deputy sheriff Lewis and one Of the other
guards were placed under a strong and WELL
armed guard. | was here again told TO keep
quiet. rs there WIS little fun going on. | saw
"A party of men gather around a telegraph pole,
and presently saw body run w the pole.
was then released and told | could go home
1t il estimated that about seventy-nve men
participated in tho hnchug. and it is thought
that they came from the mountains and ranches
near town, as most Of our home male population
could have been seen gathered in knots upon
the streets during the time the stirring scene
WA being enacted. The hanging took place in
the Plaza square the moon WAS shining at the
time. and tie body of the poor wretch. a. h" WIS
drawn NJ "a telegraph pole. was plainly seen by
ctilsns who Were watching from a DISTANCE
strong guard having been thrown out 10y the
NIs liautts who. with presented guns, warned
all parties to stand hack. There was no loud
nois. or bolster Iu- talking. but calm and d.
terminel men did tho work with the greatest
deliheraiion.
Al ia,lieht Tuesday morning DR.. Rothc the
County Coroner, empgncllcl a Jury. which Jury,
nfier examining several witnesses. returned a
verdict that Marcos Gon2al' 'amc To- his death
~ hanging 10y III. neck, py some persons un-
known 10 the Jury.