The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-04-11
A. SPANISH HEROINE. /
GIRL OF THIRTEEN CAPTURES HALE 4
DOZEN ROBBERS. ~

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| GIRL OF THIRTEEN CAPTURES HALE a
DOZEN ROBBERS.
A whole band OF robbers was very
neatly trapped in La Carolina, Spain,
by tue bravery ola girl ofl3, who has
become the heroine of lier neighbos-
hood. She is the daughter Of a farm
er named Fueras, and is called Cara
mita. The family consists Of the
husband and wife and daugliterA The
farmer sold come cattle for $1,000,
and had the money in'the hoasesAA
band of robbers knew Of the sale and
the money and laid their plans to rob
the house. After the farmer had
gone out with his work people, q
couple of strangers approached, Che
house--a man travel stained, sup
porting woman who seemed unable
to walk any further, The man told
tile farmers wife that he was going
to distant village with his wife, and
sue, being ILL.,, had broken down on
the way. He hsked permission > for
the sick woman toenter the house
and rest while lie went to find con-
veyance to enable them to continue
their journey. Permission was grant
ed, the woman taken in and the man
left. The sick woman phrtook Of
some refreshments, and the mother
and daughter went on with their
work. Very soon Caramita discover
ed that their guest had on q pair, Of
pantaloons under the gown. She
communicated the fact to her mother
unobserved by the visitor, and3the
two managed 10 slip into another
room, close and lock the door.IaT The
visitor, left alone and knowing that
his character had been discovered,
threw of his disguise and ordered the
women to open the door or die. ! he
door was not opened, and the irobber
began to cut through it with knife.
At length he hacked n hole. big
enough for his body, and begRn,to
crawl through it. The woman tainted
and fell on the floor. The brave girl
seized her fathers gun, which Yass in
the room heavily charged with buck
shot, placed, the qmpzzle against the
side of the,man, now halfiwayahrppgh
the hole, and unable quickly torget
either backward or forward, and pull
ed the trigger. There was anlinstant-
ly dead man and o loud report. oIha
other robber, lurking iln the,neiglihor-
hood, heard the shot md, returnedIlto
the house to find his .comrade' ,hody
plugging the hole in the door and
hanging there. Before he could re-
move the bodyn.I which was, held in
the opening by The girl, and enter the
: room where the mother and daughter
. we're, the father came with q force
sufficient to capture the other robber.
Then they sent for some police to
take charge Of the living robber, apd
the corpse. On the person OF The
dead robber the police found two pis-
tolls, poniard and whistle. The
whistle was e treasure now, as there
were doubtless more robbers within
It's cal. The police sounded the
whistle and concealed themselves, in
the house 10 await results. The
shrill call brought four. more men
into the house, where they were Gagged
and ironed, and al. five were marched
to Jail in good order, and the dead
robber was buried. Little black-eyed
Caramita saved her own and her
mothers life and her fathers money,
made six robbers fewer in Spain and
herself tho heroine of La Carolina.
Wholesale Kissing. I'nil
, A Cincinnati Enquirer reporter,