Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-19
HANGING A WOMAN.
Recoilections of "A California TRACED
the Long Ago.

heCOllectfOns OF ~ ChnIOfnsa 81
the Long Ago.
Special Cores pondence. In a
copy of the Avalanche of February I'd
lynching of u Spanish woman in
article is not exactly correct. / has
eacollecton of the sad and terribly
is as follows: In the first place Downie-
was not i'm the Bodie district, but was
the county site of Sierra county, one
of the richest mining counties in the
state. The Spanish woman, IneZ
Paria, was the keeper oflwhae called
dancehouse and she had aqOuta dozen
other Spanish woman as inmates, and
as there was no stch an article as II
dsceut woman i'll the town, her house
was tilled.with men of all classes
nightly. The yong man she killed
waas "a popular young man, said to be
perfect gentleman when sober, but
a demon and terror when drunk.
He was on big spree; rode his mule
in her house and cleaned it out gener-
ally friends finally got him out and
the poor woman begged them not to
let him return. She closed the doors.
but he sood returned on foot, forced
thedoors open and methis death. The
womansas standing beside the door
with dagger in hand. AS he came
in, she saising her dagger high in the
air stabbed him TO the heart, striking
him behind the left ehoulder, entering
his herat, causing instant deth. The
excitement was great that night,
but nothing compared TO what
il was the next day. The
town was filled with thou
sands of excited men. The idea OF
nice young American being murdered
by a Spanish woman, and woman of
that kind, and in such a place, was
more than the rough miners could
stand. Some one proposed to hang
her and most of the great crowd agreed.
Some kindhearted man got up to make
a speech. He said it was nothing but
right but that the poor woman should
have fair trial. The farce of trial
was gone through. One hundred of
the oldest men were selected, and n
iury of II was drawn from them by
lot. A young lawyer, of bright ana
brilliant mind, volunteered to defend
the moor woman. He worked with all
the skill of "A learned lawyer. His
whole soul seemed wrapped In his case.
With all his eloquence he strove hard
to save the life of the poor, friendiess
woman; but alas! nothing could save
her. The prosecuting lawyer was one
of the brightest young men OF the state.
ii was said he volunteered to prosecute
the woman. Whether that Is SO or
not cannot say; but that he did, and
with such terrible force, that the
moor woman was doomed. The jury
found her guilty. Near the lower end
of the town was very fine long bridge
across the Yuba river. In the center
were two large posts, across the TOP a
heavy beam, making an excellent
pailows about IS feet high. TO TINS
the unfortunate woman was taken ana
hung. without mercy, Now marx the
fate OF those that took such an active
part In that sad tragedy. The young
LAWYER that prosecuted died in ditch
in less than two years, and 1t 10 SAID
That the Jury to The last man came 70
had end. 1t was the common talk ior
wears after, and is yet, no DOUBT
there are any OF the old settlers lei, 10
talk of old times. Such Is my recollec.
ton of some of the events that l say
thirty years ago in the mines Oh Sai'
fornia. IL a. 0iiS-"