Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-10

tviee in succession; they're lying right
 along and propose that we hang them
 until they do tell the truth"
 Evans was addressing the population
 of Tucson It seemed as if every soul
 in tne town had found a way to the old
 montepio, in front of which were msssed
 hundreds of men, impatient, excited,
 thirsting for revenge.
 | You bet was the emphatic endorse
 ment, uttered oy hundreds of voices,
 "thsts what We do."
 JUDGE LYNCH IN COURT.
 The prisoners glanced uneesily from face to face. They saw around them
 representatives of nearly every race iu
 the world. MsXioans in scores; Me1ican
 Indians; Apsohes, of whom 8 few then knovn ss Tame Apsches, hsd lived in Tucson for years; 6 negro or two, and ss many Chinsmen, for the Monzollan hsd scarcely as yet invaded ihe terri tory; while among the Americans were Germans, Irish, French, Yankees from Cspe God; long -limbed Missourians, phlegmstic Pennsylvania Dutch and a eoodly srinkling of "Forty- Miners" from California; men of goodly lives and men over whose past careers charity had kindly spread her mantle. Scarcely an American present without title. There were colonels and msiors in plenty; doctors" too and 'jedges," with here and there a "professor" to keep them company. The Me1icAns were content with the simpler but more elegant "Don." winch their American neignoors never omitted ID addressing them.
 There was something peculiar about this punctihous politeness of Arizona. beneath whose sage brush and saguaras the Muses and Grsces were not common ly reputed to dwell.
 You might be disposed to dispute "Jedse" Dsvkins' claim to forensic dis tinctiop, and were he back in Boston. you would. no doubt, in cold blood, call him Dsvkins only, if you called him any thing st sll; but in the exhilaratinR clI- ms of the Southwest, when you had it intimsted to you that DswkIns was "quick on the trigger" and "a ussty man m row, you at once gave him the be- neht of the doubt and of the handle to his name
 Some of the Mexicsns of the better class were exceptionally refined and good hammered. Politeness, in a word, clothes the Mexican as with . garment He may not always mean what he says, yet he says what he doen't mean in such a grace | ful. Chesterfeldisn way that you like him l in spite Of yourself.
 MEXICAN PoLITRSEss.
 No American has ever realized the I nioetiss of good breeding until he has l seen Mexican of the lower class sp- prosch -csbsllero" and ask light for | his cigarette. There is such perfect | courtesy, such 8 sense Of mutual depen- denoe and mutual confidence display ed. that. at the least, you fancy that one must be poor relation of the other Not in the slightest degree, except as they both trace back to old Father Adam. They have never seen each other before and may never see each other again.
 To come back to the throng winch msssed about the condemned. 1t now In- cluded numbers of the best Mexicsns in the town, who were more anxious to rid the earth of these wretches than even the Americans were, because they knew more of the past history of the gang, to which 1t was believed they had belonged ip Sonora
 Thus stood the prisoners for one brief moment scanning the features of those who were soon to be their executloners; ID that brief moment, the quivering wretches bad time enough to compre- bend that in the sea of diverse faces there was one trait in common, one bond of union the absence of all mer- cy.
 "Don LeopoldoF' said Evans, turning to plainly garbed, rather svarthy faced, but very keen looking Mexican, we want you to say to these men that they have not much longer to live. We know that they've murdered poor Muii0E and his family and ought to be hanged on sight; for all that, we want to do the fair thing and vill give them chance to tell the truth and all they want to say May be one of them had less 10 do with it then the rest"
 PLEADING FOR MEBCI.
 At this intimstiou. slight as It was, of clemency for ''Stste's evidence" one of the culprits, who may ss well be called Gsrces-and while we are naming him let us, ss 6 matter of poetic license, de- signste his accessories as Vssquez and Ribers-begsn most piteously to plead for mercy.
 By all the saints in heaven" he svore. "I hsd nothing to do with the murder. l was not the one who did it."
 "It makes DO difference which of you did it." InterpOsed the impatient captors, "ve're going to hang yoL all just for luck, and if you can't remember ali about it by the time we let you down, we'll stretch your necks for good"
 One after another the murderers dangl- ed in the sir and were kept there until nearly strsngled. Then they were let down and from their half-articulate, ter uttersnces the full horror of their crime was glesned.
 VasQueE and Rivera had committed the murder. Gsrces keeping watch, lyIng down fiat on the ground, on the opposite side of the sreet, ready to sound a low whistle the moment any one approached. But no providentisl footstsp, no beiated gambler homevsr1 resling from the scene oi his successes or reverses at the scared svsy the Inhumsn butchers from their deed of blood. MnnOz. D1ns Luiss and the little child were murdered almost Tn the manner suggested to the quick perceptions of those who first en- tered their house and there remained to be cleared up only the mystery of the place of conceslment of the jewelry aud other trinkets of value which had been the incentive to the crime.
 cosCRALISG THE THUNDER T will tell you." said Vssquez, ooolly; you know sll now, It's no use trying tO conceal further. We buried our pluuder directly in front of the Governors house. We thought that would be the last place any one would think of examining. A short distance down the lane which leads from the Governors house to the bishops house. on the right hand side, is 8 mes quite tree; under it ve buried the jewel ". Take me there, will show you the spot" %.
 There was s chorus of assent to this proposItion. With hands still bound, but escorted by SO strong guard that all hope of escape was out ofthe question, Vasquer led the vsy-"Therel Dig ID that spot" A half dozen spsdefulls of sofi esrth brought to ight small bun dle of gold esr-rinRs. bracelets and watch some of them well marked with