The Daily Tombstone., 1886-02-20
Some EHacts.
TuBAc, Arizona, Feb. 15, 1886.

!
 ently refers to the killing of vaq de-
 TO named Manuel, on or near the
 ranch of Don Chonioo Elias. This
 man was not killed by Apaches but
 by those who are worse than Apaches,
 from the fact that they pretend to be
 civilized, and pretending to be our
 friends are toierated in our midst, be-
 ing given all the liberties and privel-
 eges that we have ourselves. I refer
 to Mexican thieves and bandits that infest our borders. These men are all
 known to the Mexican authorities at
 Nogales, and Santa Cruz, and at other
 places along our border. Their late
 headquarters WIS a. canyon in the
 San JQse mountains, within fYe miles of Noggles and about the same dist
 ance of Buena Vista, where some Of
 them live, (Buena Vista is on the
 Santa Cruz river at the line). These
 men robbed this valley of oyer thirty
 head of horses last month, took them
 to the vicinity of the town of Santa Cruz in winch town they spent three days drinking. etc. Although every 
 one was knoYn to the author!ties of the town and that they rode horses and mules known to have been stolen, no effort was made to arrest them or recover the stolen property, These devils have been proving upon us for gears and occasionally killing our people; and although the fact has been known to the Mexican author ities, no effort has been made to stop them. Apache atrocities are bad, very bad, but how much worse is this last act of those civilized Mexicans. As they were passing through Don Chon- ices' ranch, this Manuel saw one Of his masters horses in the band; he asked the rabbers to give it up to him they refused and ordered him away. IT,. valieHtly, to save his masters property, rode jTto the herd and la>soed the horse; the robbers in turn lassocd higI and dragged him along the ground until g his brains were dashed out, they then left him where he was founl sAnrlly after; he ia also reported to hayG been shot. "Give dog a b9G name and hang him." Is the old saying, and now that the Apa- ches have made 3 bad name for them selves, every crime is aScrihed to them, but let our people not sleep in security thinking that because GeToRimo and his ignorant savage band have been captured all our enemies are placed where they can do no more harm fer that fancied security has been a loss to us of thogsands on thousands of dollars, and more American lives than the Apaches have taken in the last ten years. The Apache is c"lled the white mans natural foe. The MeXi- can is the Americans natural foe and | never looses an opportunity to iniure ! him if he can: Robbing or killing a d-d "gringo" is TO crime in Mexico. and were it not for their natural l cowardice, but fey Americans would | return from their country. 1 saw the l murderer of Adams and Finley in the | jail in Magdalena, feasted and clothed | like a king, because he had made away with Ca couple of d-d gringos." | He was set scot free the morning | after I left, although he boasted be- fore me of having committed the crime. Let MexicQ bring claim against the United States for depre- dations committed by Apachea and we wiil put in claims that will double discount theirs, committed on us by | their own people. This may seem | like exaggeration, but it is not, and all . can and will be proven should the | time and place arrive. These thieves | and murderers are the more danger qus, because we permit them to live and abide with us, taking and b, liey- ing them to be friends, whereas their | depFcdations in the end amount to more tban those of the Apaches. The 1 4 A,,,ol,o- ,,;,o 4r r,;J ,,I 4b, ,uorIJ iC 1