The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-01-11
MURDEROUS MEXICANS.
The Recent Siege of san EIizario-The De-
tense by the dangers Capture by the
Mexicans, and the Shooting of Three
Texans

The Recent Siege of san EIizario-The De-
tense by the dangers Capture by the
Mexicans, and the Shooting of Three
Texans.
Houston (Texas) Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.l
The official report of Lieut.. Tays, com
mandipg the Rangers Mt the El Paso
massacre, is just in. He gives graphic
account. Letters from other parties mt Ell
Paso are also received. The following is
the substance of the accounts OF the san
Elizario siege:
The Rangers occupied a one-story adobe
house, with the windows and doors barri-
caded, aud portfolios cut in the walls.
The Mexican besiegers occupied the
neighboring houses. fortifying the win
dows, and dug trench around the Rang
ers building, which they also mined. On
the first day, says Lieut.. Tays, the Mexi-
cans charged upon the building, but
they were repulsed. On the last day of
the lighting he put up flag, i'll order to
let the Sheriff Of Pecos county go ont.
The besiegers let him go without moles-
tatlon, and sent word to Tays that they
wanted to talk with him. He went cut,
and truce was agreed upon till next
morning, the Mexicans agreeing not to
fire during the night, and they kept their
word. During the night, however, they
continued to fo-tify and dig rife-pits.
Tays then met them in the morning,
and the Mexicans told him unless he
surrendered up Judge Howard, they
would blow up the Rangers building,
as they already had gunpowder under it.
They promised that ii Howard would
come down to the mob and relinquish
all claims to the salt lakes, the original
cause of the whole difficulty, they would
not hurt him. lays told this to How
ard, who replied, 81 will go, as it is the
only chance to save your lives; but they
will kill me-" Tays went down with
Howard, after telling him publicly he
did not want to do so, and that ii he
would remain with the Rar gers he
would protect him. Judge Howard an
swered: 1t is useless TO attempt to
stand them of any longer. This is our
only chance OF escape"
Howard then babe the Rangers good
by, gave his valuables to his friend, Nc
Bride, and walked out with lays TO the
mob. John Atkinson was taken along as
interpreter. Tosave his own life Atkinson,
by agreement with the Mexicans, re-
turned TO the Rangers and falsely told
them lays had ordered them TO surren-
der. The Rangers did so and were dis
armed. The mob then held meeting
and determined on the death OF Howard,
Atkinson and Mcbride. The minority
of the mob were for killing all the
Rangers, but were dissuoded by one of
their leaders, Chico Balrillo.
The mob yelled fiercely, and the three
doomed men were led out 100 yards and
shot, standing at the heads OF their own
graves. Howard acted with great cool
ness, and after the first fire, was quite
dead. He stood with his hands in his
pockets. The shooting was done 10y
MexicaDs from Mexico, and it was with
difficulty the Texas Mexicans prevented
those from the other side of the river
from slaughtering the entire American
population of FL Paso. Two leaders
from Mexico appealed to the mob to
massacre not only the Rangers but all
the Americans III that county.