The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-15

tnls. nave travelled far,
earning my bread and leading an out
door life. Noone has ever complained
OF my conduct, nor have / ever com.
mitred tho smallest otfense. On these
happier hours moved the dark shadows
! OF gloomy mystery.
Gentlemen, i'll these moments / am
possessed by most terrible su1Tsrings,
whom l realize that / shall soon
sink into q criminals grave
and send my poor mother with dis
honored gray hairs to her long home.
| cannot express my sorrow. leave
sorrowing relatives. Ny sorrow is
rendered keeper bv the grand tableau
of this worlds delights now spread
out before me, and which | shall so
soon leave behind. / cannot clearly
portray, even to myself, tho events of
the terrible 9th Of May, of this
present year. My mind refuses
to recall the blurred dream Of those
heated hours. 1t was tho hand of des.
tiny which dragged rue in its
iron clutch. had led
blameless life, but that ugly time
came around rue, with its plG0F 1scs K
end the strident yoke Of pas
sio1 was on my neck. Blinded,
shod fraternal blood.
Aldava had written some 20 turgid
pages. The above is fair sample Of
the general tenor of the whole,
r CHAvRRIN CRUEL CRIME.
or the other victim Of the laws
stern code but littlo is known here,
The border furnishes many strange
instance of crime and subsequent
retribution. Whom the murder was
committed Tor which Chavarria
was worked of, no one
believed its perpetrator would DO
identified ana apprehended. The
crime was startling IN its suddenness,
done in tho early morning in lonely
locality. The criminal made good
his escape, ana his personality was
! utterly unknown to the sur.
vivor OF the tragedy. lie
came upon them, did his
work and disappeared in the
direction o. Mexico-the rsfu.
| zee OF many OF his race
| wanted on this side IS.
deeds yet uneXplated. 1t was five years
ago and over that Marta Torres, prin,
cipal witness for the prosecution,
her child, her mother and her driver
named Antonio, started from Rio
Grando City for Laredo. Atthat day the
border was oven moro lawless thar
now. They Travelled without escort
In the dawn OF The morn
ing Of tho 9th Of May, 1879
when their camp was astir Chavarria
from the neighboring brush, opened
fire on them, H0 hal
stolen upon Them unperoeive5
attracted by the wealthy appearance,
[ Of hA uVstur -
shot thr ugh tho head and fell lifeless
Her mother was the next victim
lChavGrriB's fatal bullet crashin,
through her brain. Mrs, Torres sprani
10 save hcr child, but on essayin,
found that she was shot through tn
arm and pabl0 TO lift it. The muir
derer advanced TO tho camp, drew hi
gniie, cut the cords which bound thu
runk 10 the carriage, broke tn
lock with his gun, secured what h
liked, aud disappeared rapidly
toward the Rio GrGnde. LON
after, he was arreate,
and lodged in jail here, where Mrs
Torres saw him and instantly pointed
him out among q number OF Othe
MeXiCans. She was much anGc,o,
and her manner left ~
doubt Of lhe entire reiiabilit,
OF the Identification. 1t wa
her direct ana mistaken testimon,
IT. the trial that secured
his conviction. Tho prisoner wa
ably dAionded by Colonel J
S. c. Whitehead, who had BIZ
case reversed once, claiming
that 10 was almost impossible
FOR q woman under suCl
circumstances, wounded herself, ant
lOniy seeing tho murderer 20
q iaW moments, in tho gra,
dawn Of the early morning
TO identity him after such q lapse OF
time-Gvo years--the prisoner not be
ing more than 10 years OF ago at IN
time.