Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-18
MENICO.S WOMAN RANDIT.
Shot Dead After an Extraordinary
Career of Crime.

Career Oh Criines
HER PLANS OF NUMBERING FELLOW STAGE PAS
sENGERS AND HOLDING WEALTHY MEN PRIS-
oNEHs FOR RANsoM-HER FOLLOWERS FIGHT
DESPERATELY FOa HER AFTER HER CAPTURE.
From the Eevy York sun.
QJEEETARO. June S.-Ia CarambOda. the
woman br.gaGd. long terror to travellers in
this region. is dead at last with bullet in her
heart. Her operations extended over q number
OF years and were OF the most daring dcscrip-
ton. Fer 4 long time the authorities found il
very difficult to trace or even to explain the
crimes which she committed, for no one sus-
pccted that woman was the guilty person. No
two of her rObbpries were committed In the
same manner Sometimes she was q passenger
and at other times she was with the bandits,
and took part in the shooting if any was TO
he done A woman of some personal charms
when appropriately dressed, she was fiend
when about her business OF murder and pillage
whom very few cared to encounter. Her male
assistants were many and devoted.
one of her schemes. It has been learned was
To hide her time in some town until she found
one or two men OF means who We're going by the
diligence 10 some distant point. and then to take
passage with them. 1t is suspected that on
more than one occasion she took the driver int O
her confidence, bat Tnea this could not be done
she readily deceived him or quoted him with a
bullet. \ perfect mistress OF the art OF dsSm-
uiation ard possessing a soft and hlsinuatng
manner. she hai no difficulty in working herself
into the good graces OF travellers who did not
LOOK for a Mexican bandit un,ier her attractive
gu!Se. In this way she easily discovered who
had money and yaluables and who had not. II
she found q man who appeared to be of some
consequence. but who did not have much Monty
she betrayed! him into the hands Of her cunfei-
crates. who hclt: him for Il ransom. If her victim
proved to be we'll supplied with cash. he usually
met violent death within 81 hours.
Leaving town before daybreak in company
with two travellers whom she had marked for
robbery. she would cOyly accept the customary
innocent attentions at their hands and perhaps
indulge in q little conversation with them. An
hour later. when well on their journey watching
her opportunity, she would draw two reyolvers
and, before they could detect her movement
lodge q bullet in the lack of each of them. The
driver. busy with his team and pcrhaps pad
not to be too attentive to what was going on
behind him, would not disturb her. With her
booty secure she would take her own time
about leaving the stage. always waiting until a
point convenient to the faStness of some of her
confederatcs was reached.
1t was known that the highways were in
tested by robbers. and it was not thought strange
that an occasional murder was perpetrated but
the similarity between several cases soon at
tracted attention and various experiments led
to the discovery that q woman operating first
on one road and then on another was at the
bottom of them. The plausible stories told by
the drivers served to mystify the officers more
than anything else They always asserted that
highwaymen had done the work and If in
quiry was made at one end Of the route for the
woman who started it was always said that she
arrived at her destination unmOlested The
absence of teiegraphs and Of any regular means
OF communication made it possible to keep I'D
this deception for long time
When the woman found that she was sus-
pecte6 she abandoned this plan of operations
and, remaining with the rObber band to which
She was attached. devoted the greater part of
her time to the abduction of wealthy agricutu-
fists. Her plan in these cases was very much
the same as in her stage robbery enterprises
First winning the confidence of her intended
victim and getting him involved in some in
trigue, she would betray him at the proper time
into the hands of her associates. who would
spirit MIN away and presently open negotiations
for his return. While these were in progress
she would be busy setting her net for fresh
victim a hundred miles away.
La Caramboda's latest exploit was unsuc-
cessful- She lowering about the San
Juanlco hacienda with the intention of securing
the abduction of Don Civelo VaSqueZ or one of
his sons. when fellow. who had long served i'm
Her train. deserted. and communicated her secret
tn the authorities They made elaborate prep
arations to capture her entire party. but. fail
Inc in this they made sure of her. and soon had
her in irons. Hearing Of her fate. her followers
determined on a rescue. They pursued the
officers for twenty miles. and Overtakin9 them
at tOnnindad, opened fire at once. The troops
returned tie shots and a lively engagement
ensued, in the course of which three of the
bandits were killed and the others put to flight.
When the troops approached their prisoner
after the fight they found her dead. presumably
from bullet fired by her own friends The
chains were removed from her limbs. and she
was buried by the roadside. One of her captors
describes her as q beautiful woman not more
than thirty years old. with clear complexion
and long and abundant hair. but with a wicked
eye ana q cruel-iOching mouth when in repose
EEer Rev Shoes.