Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-04
THE ARREsUREs MURDER.
Butchered in Cold Blood by Mexican
Captain Who Owed Him % Grudge.

Butchered in Cold Blood by Mexican
Captain Who Owed Him % Grudge.
AUSTIN, Tex, July 31.-Gov. Ireland
having been advised Of the surrender
and execution of Francisco Arresures,
telegraphed to Mr.. E. D. Linn, the
American consul at Piedras Negras,
for particulars and has received the
following response:
EAGLE PASS, July 80, 1886.-Your tele-
gram just received. Francisco Arresures
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Diaz, at
Eagle Pass, by order OF Sheriff Oglesby, on
the night of 26th INST. He was handcuffed
and IN fifteen minutes was delivered to
Mexican officers across the Rio Grande
River. Sheriff Ogesby claimed that he
acted on warrant OF County Judge Hoff-
stetter, who says that Sheriff Oglesby per-
suaded him to sign the order for Arresures'
arrest and delivery. There were no papers
for his arrest from Mexico, except
letter from Mondragon, captain OF the
state rangers in Coahuila, who made gen.
eral charge of borse-stealing against Ares
ures. A protest against being delivered to
the Mexican officers was strongly made by
Arresures, who insisted that he would be
killed by Mondragon, his personal enemy.
he appealed to me for protection on the
morning OF July 81, and / at once de-
manded his return to Texas on the ground
OF his being kidnapped, and also had Ogles-
by to demand the prisoners return on the
same grounds. Both demands were re-
fused by Mondragon. At / o'clock at
night Arresures was taken from Jail
and brutally murdered by three Of
Mondragon's troops. In 1878 Arresures
made declaration OF citizenship in Nav
erick County. He lived with his family in
Eagle Pass at the time Of his arrest and he
was an omnibus diver. The best citizens
in Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras testify to
his good character. Sheriff Oglesby says he
he'd a private understanding with Mon
dragon by which an escaped murderer from
Texas, for whom large reward had been
offered, was to be delivered to Oglesby in
exchange for Arresures. NATURALIZATION
is very great on both eides of the river
over this affair. e. D. LINN,
United States Consul.
Gov. Ireland has written to IT. T.
Bayard, United States secretary of
state, as follows:
have the honor to endorse the copy OF O.
telegram Just received from e. D. Linn
American consul at Piedras Negras. This
man Francisco Arresures has been most
foully murdered by the Mexican authori-
ties, and it is but a repetition of the in
suits and outrages committed upon Amer
lean citizens by the people and the
authorities on the right bank of the
Rio Grande. While no possible excuse can
be given for the part taken by the
Texas officer in the illegal arrest and de.
livery to the Mexican authorities, still
nothing in palliation of the foul murder has
or can be offered by the Mexican author
tiles. The persons, whoever they are, who
were engaged in the illegal arrest will be
prosecuted and examined in the name of
the state and it's people, that this wrong by
Mexico be atoned for and punished. If
this state and her people must depend up
on themselves for protection, the necessary
redress can and will be obtained. l am,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN IRELAND,
Governor of Texas.
The governor has revoked the COM
mission OF Joseph Hoffstetter as ex-
tradition agent. The affair causes a
great deal of excitement among the
authorities and citizens of Austin.
Gov. Ireland says that if the Federal
government does not do something,
Texas will act in the matter