The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-26


dansaisy taken before . x7zsad sEsry are
rarely bound ossf. One e Sue ins.sf.
II not che most IaaEIes- 6 the eoun fses
~ the tesyItorv h Valencia, TIE sec
oxsd largest iF NesF Nex1czA fne fli0ss'
sparzciy Aetfied ct any agraesilsuyAs
county and the netting plzse q TIE
b0idest and invsf blexss thirsty SCI ~
seoHndrsis ti1e snn ever shore On
Murders BY the ttuFe haye been sssnsy
Fnitsesi within her border ana 10 no
instance has the las teeu rsnsissatets
Abeut three ssAse age there was
living In the snetnssAIss plaza 81 Mar
zarss : Young German 6y the nasfe q
s.hariss Kusx Ile sas : bold bril-
lsxf.t. aggressive iFlls5x who knew liz
tie 81 the Hexics.n character. silisess
Of The pYiesfiy illfialeacs oser them.
Mauxano II one Of the remote ~ ms 81
Valencia county lying on the ysal Of .
beautiful fertile ftifs that dips down
into the great plain lying e the east
ward. II MSS as that time ard still =
Mexican town. tiscxnnghly Eafive Ia
everything. and As this point haaz
zkarted rsdssnIsusiy small and exe
ceesiIngiy waspssii paper. 70 which be
adde3 the Insulting 20 every n4tlys-v~
name Of Grlsss usd Grsases This
atom al sheet, whose type consisted
wholly Of ifalssss and dealing with the
morals and sfsorfcomifsees el the people
h the same emphatic way as II was
printed. had no moral support from
any "a the inhabitants, Kusx being the
only enc of eitnet German or Afneri-
can bleed within many miles. Later
he took en- partner. who, however. il
was urderstcoS had no hand in the
cdifiug OF compiiAug Of the shers.
kusz conceived tie idea Of becoming
q reformsr. and "a accomplish 4 laud-
abie object he adopted fatal methods.
He anfagUnized fae church without
making friends among the people
Months went By and each week the
Grsnge and GSsas<r. became more yso-
lent, more denuneiatory. more reck-
less. One stormy night two Ameri-
cans rode many miles over the plains
to stop with the young German. In
his hospitality be threw open his
house and prepared 10 feast his
friends. The supper table was spread,
the loving cup had passed FROM hand
to hand and the fun was growing fast
and furious, when shot rang out
above the bowling Of the storm and
Charles Kusx fell dead at the feet OF
his comrades, shot from the window
where the assassin had stood and
taken deliberate aim ut the poor boys
heart.
In lonely grave on the desert lie
the bones OF this martyr, who saerl-
feed his life 20 his exalted ideas OF
duty, TO his love for mankind. From
the night that shot was fred no man
has been arrested for the cowardiy
deed-~.no man will ever he.
0neye ago ii party Of three settlers
living on ranch near one OF the
mountain villages. Incurred the en-
NIFTY u the priest and OF q part OF the
people A hsHfa was called and har-
angued by The padre, and the ranch
eros were ordered to leave. Being
guilty Of no crime, and being entirely
innocent OF having by word OF deed
done anything 20 offend. and feeling
that the natives would eventually be-
come aware that they were being used
as tool by the priest, they failed TO
realize their danger. One Of these
settlers was woman, and for days
she was alone I'm the midst Of her enc
niles. knowing that her life had been
threatened and that there was no one
10 protect her. She could not leave.
for sevenfy-tiye miles Of mountain lay
between her aud the settlements.
When. at last. the others returned the
notice was served upon the woman
when the men OF the household were
absent she was on the verge OF insan-
ity from slecpless vigils and days OF
terror.
They left their ranch house and
went down into the village, hoping to
placate The people II once they could
see some one OF tile old men OF the re-
spectacle portion of the place. No
sooner had they LETT their cabin than
IL. with everything In the way Of ina-
proyements. was burned. There was
no redress, nothing TO do but leave or
70 boldly defy their enemies ard go
hack and amonis the charred ruins
build up new home This they did,
and their calm courage and quiet, an-
demonstrativs persistence seemed %
touch the Mexicans as no prayers or
prctestations cofld have done. and
they we're allowed to live in peace
with what security they might feel.
The reaction set in as this little be-
lcagured family had fnreseen. and the
power for good or bad was completely
lost Ia the padre who was shorn OF hts
priestly Office and retired 10 scenes
mere fitting his peculiar nature.
On November q, after nightfail pu-
mas froveneher. French gentleman.
who had lived in Valencia county for
twenty-five years, an inenfrupt;ble
man and one greatly beloved. was shot
through the heart al the pIarsfa OF San
Rafael As he and his associates we're
opening the ballot boxes He was
murdered. as was kuss, by an assaS-
sin looking through the window. ina
moment frovcncher threw up his
hands and fen dead. Another one OF
the party within the judges room
realizing thai wholesale murder OF
Democrats Was 90 be committed in
order TO obtain possession ot the ballot
hssxeS. shot out the lamp and thus
saved the lives OF The remaining three.
Two men were arrested for this muir
der bat have noe been tried. The
general opinion j. that these were
paid assasSitts. ard that the orsgins-
tors of the crime were among the
kidslgos uf Valencia county.
Charles r. Lummis. the famous cor.
respondent al New Mexico. wrate ap
the last uaursser and ia most unmis.
sakahIe language denounced by name
The suspected parties. He reviewed
their past lives aud gave ! scashlng
description OF q long criminal career
that was appalling IN lts cringinality
ard rerkiessne~s. Ills letter sent 20
the Les Angeles Tspses was extensively
copsesi ane scoa is came e. the knnwE-
edge u the leaders in Valencia county
that The man they had WARMED Is lef
them alone had unmarked his ssafleg-
ses and vas ready for eight 20 the
death. Tie had previously incurred
the hl.wi1 81 a number ri tsse sahahs-
tsnts 81 Sau Matee ard vicinity hs
writing aToa and illustrating the
orgies ct fensseases. SEE ot fanatics
pfsefissnE their hideuus rises oalx in
the Most secluded ana itaacceS sshte
districts With shs energy ard dariag
characteristic al this talented selssw
he, hy naeshssis known Only Ia him.
seats sssecee~iei IN shsAiniag iastanfa-
ftroas pictures of the rs essssss ana sh..
sFsSfnxien sfsrh wish an intensely
iixhssi
In October. l.smmss vert "a she
psiesso ~ Islsss. and aasonr the
esatse. brow a-Sksnne8 iasaians pasF.
Sissst hts iasssx al love, writing aiessgt
the spntairs ana illustrating s1ts ar;..
civ with psesares that are IN them.
selves q Alsfesy % New Mexico. he
Knew there sas Prize aT~sa has heass
Afaew saAt . its more sstalshy than