The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-23

that the case had been transferred TO the dis
trict judge at Zaragosa, In Coahuila, to whom
application would have TO be made. second
nemand met with like refusal. Sheriff Oglesby
was then urged by the consul to make request
for Arresures's return, the proceedings to be
held until regular extradition proceedings could
be instituted This demand was also met by
positive refusal.
ION the next day, the 18th, and while the
consul was preparing to make application to
the district judge at Zaragosa, information was
received that Arresures had been taken from the
city Jail, at CT about the hour of l o'clock of the
night previous, carried about mile west of
the town OF Piedras Negras and there shot to
death by party Of Mondragon's troops. On the
succeeding day at the request of Arresuress
mother, | applied to several of the local
authorities, and finally obtained the consent
of Senior j. III. Cordenos, chief of police of this
district. for the taking mp of the body, in order
to inclose it in a coffin This was done, and
Arresures's arms were found pinioned to his
side. and towel. as bandage, over his eyes, In
which condition he had very evidently been shot
His body had been thrown into the grave in the
clothing he had on, without shroud or coffin or
further-ce-e or attention.
ron the evening previous to the shooting of
Arresures. Mondragon passed over to the Eagle
Pass side of the river and boarded the train for
San Antonio Tex, going thence to Saltillo,
Mexico. While awaiting at Eagle Pass, few
minutes before the leaving of the train, he re-
marked to Mr.. Francisco Lagrange, a worthy
road company at Eagle Pass. that he (Mondragon)
had left orders with the soldiers to take Arresures
from Jail and shoot him that night This state
ment, together. with the condition in which
Arresures body was found, and the further fact
thas the prisoner had from the first moment or
his arrest and delivery asserted that MondraRon
woald have him killed-which statement he re-
peated many times during the short time OF his
imprisoDment-goes TO disprove the charge that
Arresures was snot while attempting escape,
phrase so exceedingly handy for when the
prisoners lips have been sealed in death against
any contradiction.
81 have made thorough inquiries regarding the
cause Of this summary death of Arresures.
The officers concerned in it assert that Arresures
was bad man, against whom there were
charges Of horse stealing, while the dead mans
friends and relatives assert that q personal
difficulty of several years standing caused Mon
dragon, while having him In his power, to de-
stroy him. Arresures himself said that Mon
dragon would have him killed because Of per-
sonal difficulty between them. Mondragon. tits
currently reported here, has had several meu
shot quite as summarily.
'An examination of the records Of Maverick
county, Texas, shows that Arresures made decla-
ration to become citizen of the United States
In the year 1873 He presented to me certif-
cate Of the declaration, signed by the district
clerk of Maverick county. and there is no proof
that he has sworn allegiance any other gov
Ornment. His employer, MIR. Williamson, rep
resents him as being peaceable. industrious
hHu Soo6f man, WnIe many OF the DeSG
Mexican citizens in this town certify
60 his good character. It is GER
tain, however, that Mondragon will endeavor
to prove him horse-thief, which, with his plea
of attempt to escape is to be the justification
offered for the taking of the mans life. / be-
heve the killing of Arresures to have been a
brutal murder, perpetrated in defiance of law,
and without any iustifying cause. 1t was COM
nitted too when demand for his return to the
United States had been made by an officer fully
authorized by the government to make it This
brutal murder is, then, both a wrong done an
American citizen and an insult to our govern
ment"
There accompanies the report an article taken
from the San Antonio TEX Daily Express,
which claims that Mondragon in like manner,
shot, without trial, Juan Golindo, in April last;
also, two letters from Arresures to the consul
expressing fear of being murdered by Mondrag-
on, and urging the consul to take the necessary
steps and give Arresures time to present his doc
uments