San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-17

there was a general yell, and active min
ing operations were at once commenced.
The men, who were from Missouri and
had Just arrived in the mines, worked
almost constantly. They followed the
gold streak up the stream, and at length
approached the beautiful garden, valu-
able as a gold mine, with its wealth of
vegetables of all varieties. Murietta and
his friend Wilson began to be appre-
hensive of trouble and at length both
visited the miners and requested them
as favor not to mine through the gar
den, but to go on the other side until the
valuable crop could be taken off the
ground.
They refused to heed the request and
answered roughly that they knew the
law. Murietta suggested that Wilson 60
to town and get legal relief. Will
son started and reached town in two
hours. 1t was o'clock in the after
noon when returning he came in
sight of the little cottage He stopped
and gazed, but could see no one around
the house. He quickened his pace, while
forebodings of some terrible trouble filled
his heart. He reached the stream-the
miners, with all their belongings had de-
parted, and the thought that then filled
his half-dazed brain was that his friends
had been murdered. His cheek paled,
and, leaping over the stream, he ran to
the house and burst through the door.
He stood appalled, at the scene that met
his eyes. There on the floor, bound hand
and foot, lay Murietta. The light of
reason seemed to have left his eyes,
which stared and rolled like demons.
Foam was on his lips, and from his
throat came incoherent, choking sounds,
while his body writhed like a serpent.
Bending quickly over the man, Wilson
cut the ropes. AS they fell Murietta
leaped to his leet with a cry OF agony,
such as Dante alone could describe. He
rushed into the bedroom, and there lay
his wife apparently dead her clothing
was torn from her person, and her pallid
face told Of the awful experience through
which she had passed. Murietta threw
himself beside her on the bed, and clasp
ing her to his breast, cried out: "Mi
querida, mi querida," (my darling, my
darling. Wilson stood faint with hor-
ror at the scene, and could not suppress
band now paced up and down the room,
will kill them" Again and again would
he rush into the bedroom with endear-
ing expressions, and then pace like
savage animal up and down the floor of
the other room. Wilson realized that it
would be no use to endeavor to pacify
the man. He had suffered an hour OF
horror that had burned deeply into his
soul. He had witnessed that which had
changed his whole nature and blasted
his whole life. Wilson at length went
to the bedside where lay the almost
girlish figure. He detected signs of life,
and took such means as were at hand to
revive her. He was successful. Her
husband took her in his arms as if she
were a little baby, and carrie her to
and fro, covering her face with kisses.
Before nightiall Murietta had become
more calm outwardly, but Wilson could
see by his eyes that tiger thirsting for
blood, lurked in the mans soul. Car
melita was taken to Sonora, and there
placed with a friend, and a physician
summoned. She was i'll long time, but
recovered.
Murietta disappeared A week after
ward Wilson learned that two men had
been killed near Columbia Within three
weeks three more were murdered. The
Mexicans revenge was complete. He
had avenged the outrage that had blast
ed his lie, and was an outlaw.