The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-01-24
NEW MI <ItO.
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special Correspondence 90 IN, Examiner.
SILVER CRY, y. NJ Jan. II The
cay turc aud death Of the notorious
Mexican band {, Berr !, Is thus graph
ically related. lts, a. that man
Crispin Garcia, who lives at Rancho
VIejo, in Sinsloa, went with his uu-
Gle, George Avon, to the mine of
Neiestra Sonora, about II O'Clock on
the night of the Attn inst, al d asked
f7r lieutenant Ferlatd ,z This OH.
Ger, MO had retired tor the night,
WAS il charge OF a corporsls guard
Of soldiers of the Fifth regiment,
which the government had furnished
for protection, to the mine. He
was aroused al It admitted Garcia
and Avon to private interview.
They informed him that the
terrible hghwsyman aud few
men Of his band were enCAmped Oh |
near Rancho. Niejo Garcia and Avon.
offered to capture Bernal ii the lieu
tenant would furnish the arms and
mcu. Fernandez Immediately armed
eighteen miners and soldiers and with
Garcia aud Avon rs guides, :, HE'D
forth st the dead Of night. GA their
way they r used up the lnhati ans OF
| y hamlet called San Al tonic del Cerro,
c. 9aniZed u small body OF them and
| placed them under orders OF Eust-
bIo Herrera. The a-aal,nts then d.
Vid 1t their forces into -mH d. tIch-
mcut4, comma dcd respectively by
Fernaud. 4, Garcia ami Herrera, sur
rounded the mountain whCrc the rob-
Der was concealed and cautiously
toled upits steep sides. just 1T
o'clock in tn mOrDi' e, the crack Of q
rifle announced that thu tiger was at
bay. The miners, ted ty Garcia lad
found him. The bandits fought like
Il, sporaIncs and l. n 81 headed
charge that made a9uiu-t the miners
tut the IN tar held their ground
bravtly, aud the robbers retreat q
with the exception of Betu,l. He
found imselt tsce to face with GNI-
cla. til1rcvo liver WAS emp and b
tore he could reload it, GarCa shOt
him three times. He WAS nit in
the leg, brea-t ard forehead.
he ,err, of the Cccide,t as Bernnl
WAS ca IL d thro ughout the southwest
tell dead In his tracks. The rcmein-
ing highwt men fed in al direct ons.
Luisa Ga cla, the mistress of Bernal,
WAS captured. The $4,000 reward
offered for the chieitsin's head wse
claimed by Crispiu Garcia, AID viii
be promptly paid hlm by the state
of Siusloa Thus end. the lie of tlc
| a., nhh of
About thirty miles southwe.t OF
T. Defiance station, and pei pa tUrty
: miles from Ga lup. in B"rnn 10 con- =
: ty, there are the ruius of a large pre-
10 hletor.c city built III a circlllr form
. he bu ldings being OF cut stone,
some OF which are livC-stories high
These remains are in wonderful
state of prcse walton, the W H. app
rcntly ~ % Cd In man cases as when
built Not far away are cliti-dweler-
innumerablr, also in "a good state OF
, preservation, The writer, who re-
/ Gently visited the spot report that II
;, III sire III OF oil, sparkling wafer
: ruus through the town, and hat the
valley Of this stream has pr"ta-
! bly, been very productive. Not
. tar from tIrsc Old ruins i
an isolated rock with pepper
dicLlar walls on al sides, probabh
two undr, ii feet high, upon the ,cp
Of which stands stone house ,ha'
t pears to be in perfect presery, ton
/ In the same vicinity here i, an lu,-
! meusc arch of stone, epannii cai
, yon forming u natural bridge, b t,r,
+ which the C, lv brated natural brlIg.
I of Virginia sinks into insipniticauce