St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-30
(siven Short shrift.


GALVESTON. Tex, July 29.-Francisco
Rasures, the naturalized American citizen
who was arrested and surrendered night
before last without hearing by County
Judge Hoffstetter upon the demand of
Chief of Police Mondragon of Piedsas
Negras, Mexico, that he was
horse thief, was taken from
the Mexican prison eight hours
after his incarceration carried two miles
below Piedras Negras with his hands tied
behind him and brutally shot AID buried,
at the command of Mondragon. The MUIR
dered man had taken out papers of citizen
ship on Aug. 10. 1873, and prominent men
in Eagle Pass and Piedras NegraS bear tes-
tImony that RasureS was an honorable, up
right man. The secret underlying this in
famous outrage is that RaSures had won
the affections of a woman OF whom Chief
Mondragon was enamored. Mondragon,
swearing vengeance. detailed two of
his trusted lieutenants one night
to murder his rival. Rasules badly
disabled his assailants and escaped to Eagle
Pass Mondragon, however, trumped up
charge of horse theft against him and had
him
EXTRADITED AND SHOT.
The night that Rasures was delivered to
the Mexican authorities Mondragan left for
Saltella, not, however, before having de-
livered orders to his lieutenants to execute
the prisoner. The victim in pathetic let
tor appealed to United States Consul Lynn
to save him, saying he was an Ameri-
can citizen and that Mondragon had
him arrested to crafty his vengeance.
This letter was delivered to Consul Lynn
ten hours after its author had been baSely
shot. Prior to receiving the communica-
ton Consul Lynn had already appeared be-
lore the proper authorities of Piedras
Negras and demanded, inasmuch as Rasures
was an American citizen and had been
illegally eXtradited, that he be forth with
released. Mondragon said that Rasures was
out of their hands, his case having
been transferred to the higher court at
Saltlllo. Subsequent events prove this as
sertion false. Consul Lynn has tele-
graphed the facts of the case to Secretary
Bayard, at the same time informing the
state department that the reported outrageS
to American citizens on the Rio Grande and
in Mexico were not exaggerated but true,
and suggesting vigorous action on the part
OF The general government for their protec-
ton. The excitement here over this terri
Die outrage is at dangerous pitch and the
county officials who were party to it are
roundly denounced and will be summarily
removed from office.
THEY GOT AWAY.
ST. LOUIS, July ga New Laredo,
Mexico, correspondent telegraphs that all
commanders have received orders to arrest
Gen. Trevino on sight, but the probability
is that the general is in the United States
at some point safe from government hands.
Narajo is doubtless i'll New York city, he
having Immediately quit the country on re-
ceiylng his orders to report at the City of
Mexico. TrevinO cannot be found and the
suppOsition is that he followed suit The
federal government at the City of Mexico
are afraid, it is alleged, of both Trevino
and Narajo and prefer to have them where
they can do no harm.
THE CUTTING CASE.
Ell PAso, Tex, July 29.-Preparation
for the final trial of Cutting are in
progress at Paso Del Monte 1t was given
out several days ago that the case had been
transferred to the higher courts. 1t was
never intended to do so. The trial Will
come off before some petty official Judge
Codoneda, who has from the beginning
been with Medina, the instigator of the
whole trouble. is bitter enemy of the
prisoner, because the latter has al
ways treated him with marked lack
OF respect. The trial will commence with
in three days at the farthest Council has
been assigned for Cutting against his de-
sire. The lawyer who was thus assigned
is said to be an inexperienced and ignorant
one. Well informed Mexicans who are
thoroughly converSant with the criminal
practices of their country. say the sentence
will be pretty apt to be two years
Imprisonment. 1t is not definitely
known whether any demand for Cuttings
surrender has been made by the
government at Washington. If it has been
made it has been treated with marked neg
lect. a great many papers have lately
published articles derogatory to Cuttings
character. He published to-day in an Ell
paso paper reply to these attacks, in
which he takes strong grounds against the
Typographical Union of the country. He
says:
Yes; as newspaper foreman and pro-
prietor for twenty years, / am proud of my
record. Placed again in the same position,
would do as l have done before. The news
paper proprietors who are spreading my I'M
enviable record are class of men whose in
terests l have always defended"