Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-19
HOMICIDE AND HORROR.
A Wealthy Ranchman Killed-said to Be Justi-
fable Homclde-Two Children Out
raged-A Canard 8
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
LAREDO, Tex. Feb. 1s.-News arrived
in this city tonight of the killing in
zapata county, on Saturday afternoon,
of Alexandra yidourey a wealthy ranch-
man of that county. The affair took
/ place on Brunnis ranch some
forty miles east Of this
place on the Rio Grande near San
Ijancio As yet but few particulars
can be obtained. The deed was
committed by Bernardo Con-
zales, formerly of this city
| and foreman of Brunnis
Ranch who is a deputy sheriff. The few
meagre particulars which have been re-
/ ceived by Mr.. Brunnis, who is a resident
| Of this city, in letter from Sheriff
Haynes of Zapata county are as follows:
Some days ago Vidourey made an affi
| davit against Gonzales charging him
| with the theft of COW. The latter
went TO the county seat, Carriso, to stand
trial, but the prosecuting witness, Vidou
reg did not appear. Yidourey then wrote
an insulting and obscene letter TO
the justice of peace who promptly issued
| 4 warrant for his arrest, entruSting the
! document to Gonzales to execute it. 1t
! is supposed that when Gonzales went to
/ Tidourey to execute the warrant the
| latter was killed. Sheriff Haynes letter
alleges that the killing was in self de-
Tense. Vidourey was shot in the neck at
very short range.
United States Customs Inspector
Grimes and Moret were
near the locality when the killing
took place, and hearing the shot, went
! and arrested Gonzales, delivering him TO
the civil authorities ut Carisso, where at
last accounts he was held. A fuller re-
| port may change the alleged circum-
stances in connection with the ease.
Vidourey has hard reputation as a cat
tie and horse thief, aud between thirty
and forty indictments stand against him
for alleged crimes of that character, and
he has been able to escape for many years
gone by.
On Sunday evening a brutal, double
outrage was committed at Santa Tomas
creek, three miles from the Sana Tomas
coal miles, where two little girls, aged
eleven and five years of age, were brutally
raped by their adopted father named
Santego Lara. On Saturday Lara S wife
came to Laredo from the mines, and on
Sunday afternoon Lara, who is a mule
driver in the mines, hitched up his cart
and telling the children, two orphans
adopted by himself and wife, to
get in, started on the road to
this city ON arriving at the Santa
Tomas creek, three miles distant, he
stopped the cart, telling the children
that the wheel was broken and asking
the eleven-year-oId girl to accompanying
him down the creek to get piece of
wood to fix the wheel. When a short
distance below he ravished her in hoT-
ribIe manner and, it is alleged choked
her into submission. He left her moan
ing in the bushes and then returned to
the cart, where he assaulted the five
year-old child. After bruising her in
horrible manner he became alarmed
at her screams and fed, TAX
ing the mule but leaving the cart.
The children made their way back TO the
mines where they were cared for as well
as possible. A deputy sheriff and posse
left the mines shortly afterwards in
search of him and officers are on the
lookout for him in this city, expecting
that he may come to the house of his wife
in this city. II he is captured it is prob
able that the law will be relieved of the
trouble of operating against him. The
opinion is expressed that he is over the
river now and beyond pursuit.
A canard was telegraphed from this
city Saturday night in regard to the al
legged finding of four-hour-old infant
which had been left on the doorstep of
a residence in this city the night before.
Officers have investigated the matter and
pronounce it as absolutely without foun-
dation, and assert it was q joke palmed
off on the cTedulous correspondent.