San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-09-16
PRISONER OF WAR. o. wHAr2

| eXhaustlng chase by captain IaWtOn
and his devoted soldiers has been fol-
lowed by the public from day to day
until the country almost despaired OF
their success. so willy, subtle and untir-
ing was their Oe. At length, however,
he is captured, when the power OF re-
sistanCC could 90 no farther. His ammu-
milton gone. his ponies unable to carry
him another league and his provisions
exhausted, lie finds himself surrounded
in the mountains and surrenders; upon
what terms We know not, unless as first
announced Internationally. The meal
culabe damage done by this blood
| thirsty savage has kept all Arizona in a
state OF terror for years. He has been
falthless to every pledge given by him
and recreant to every oath sworn; he
has abused the confidence repOsed In
him, and taken advantage of every act
| OF kindness shown him. He has not
| earned or deserved one mark Of favor
| from his captOrs, and his h Indred-
| times forfeited life will be but small
consideration for the hundreds Ofhuman
| lives he has ruthlesSly sacrificed. and
| the deviIish Outrages he has prrpetrated
upon helpless women and innocent chill
dren. But he is captured at last Cap
tured by such devotion to duty, such I'M
| firing zeal. such aCknOw lodged cndur-
ance and such hardship patiently borne
as has seldom been equaled, never sur
passed. So great is the terror OF his
| name in Arizona, where his bloody trail
has been marked by streams OF innocent
blood, that a general cry goes up to re.
move him beyond the boundaries of the
territory Lest he escape to become again
their living scOurge. lie is brought to
this city, and how is he received? AS u
hoary headed murderer, who, having
terrorized state, laid waste q vast ter
ritOry, and wantonly murdered hun
dreds of innOCents should be received:
1t would hardly seem so. He is received
with distinction by the military of this
United States post: he is assured that
the prying eyes OF the curious shall be
kept respectful distance; he is pam
pered and fed with all the luxuries Of
the season, fresh fruit included, while
the boys in blue who perilled life in his
capture are relegated to their regular
bacon and hard tack. Bouquets have been
presented him by foOlishly sentimental
women, and he is treated as an hOnOra-
bic prisoner of war. His tent is pitched,
it is true, so as to prevent
his escape, but he is by no
means closely confined, and abund-
ance of fresh air Is enjoyed on the
beautiful campus where it is pitched.
This, however, is not enough. The ser
vices OF government carriage are at
his disposal, and escorted by captain
and lieutenant Of the regular army to do
the hOnOrs, he is shown the city and its
surroundings, like distinguished wish
tor whom the United States authorities
regarded as worthy Of all favor Was it
for this purpose that the United States
troops have been employed all these
months? That this scalp-taking, thiev-
ing, bloOd-thirsty, murderous Geronimo
and his band might be the recipients of
| fruits and flowers, be rendered the hos
| FATALITIES of military headquarters as
guests, and he made to feel in his saw
age Old soul that he had deserved well
| Of the government whose citizens he
had murdered in cold blood? Are the
| military authorities afraid TO mete ont
| justice to this barbarian, are they
| bound by conditions of surrender of
which us yet the country has no knOwl
edge? The comments made upon the
treatment he is receiving are not very
| complimentary, and the act of taking
him from his place of confinement and
| parading him around the city in car
riage has caused very grave remark up
on the proprlety and wisdom of such a
proceeding. If Geronimo is merely a
prisoner of war, having been treated
with and accepted by the government
as such, the gravamen of this offence
rests with the government and not with
|
generally accepted, he is a captured
murderer and thief, cOldblooded mis-
oreant awaiting sentence of death, the
enormity of whose crimes alone has
made him notorious, then there is just
cause for questioning the course of his
captOrs and jailors.
The Taylor brothers are running a
model campaign in Tennessee. The re-
publican Taylor is the better speaker
but his democratic brother is the best
fiddler. In al. probability Bob will
fiddle his way into the gubernatorial
chair.
A. NJ. COCHRAN, gubernatorial candi.
date on the republican ticket is making
himself heard and felt in Northern
Texas. He was at Fort Worth recently
and left an excellent impression on the