The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-11-07
HoLD-uPs WITH VARIATIONS.
The Troublous Experience of Road Agents
in MeXicO.


HoLD-uPS WITH VARIATIONS.
The Troublous Experience of Road Agents
in Mexico.
About a week has elapsed since three
bandits attacked diligence in the
state of Vera Cruz. Among its pas
sengers were a number of Americans
The driver, at the command of the
highwaymen, who were backed by
three revolyers which fully covered
him, brought his horses to a stand
still. He was made to disrnount, and
in the usual style was made to stand
at one side of the roadway with his
hands pointing heavenward. The pas
sengers were then requested to step
out of the coach and fallin line with
the driver One of the Americans
was one of the first to obey the man
date of the hold-ups. He, however,
on dismounting did not leave his
Winchester behind, and had hardly
touched motAer earth when he com
menced to pump cold lead into the
highwaylnen with skill that put them
to flight.
The day following this episode, and
in the same vicinity, the Identical
gang tackled the stage again. They
succeeded in relieving the passengers,
who were all Mexicans, of everything
of value on their person, and left them
doing duty in line with their hands
above their heads. Flushed with the
success that had attended their ex-
ploit, the highwaymen had not gone
far before they fell in with two mule
drivers, and at the point of the revol
yer proceeded to despoil Them of
everything they had packed upon their
animals. One of the mule drivers,
not relishing the treatment, remon-
strated, and he fell a victim to the
wrath of the hold-ups He was tied,
thrown to the ground, and his nose
buried III the sand His companion
kept discreet silence during the dis
position of his goods and was not mo-
Tested.
For some reason or other, after the
robbers had completed their work,
one of them remained behind. The
lule driver, who had kept quiet, said
to him.
''Yo teconosco."
"Well, l will fix you SO you won't
know me" replied the highwayman,
and he pulled his revolver and COM
menced shooting at the driver, who
kept dodging until the shots in the
revolver had been exhausted. He then
fell upon the hol,l-up with rock, say
ing to him:
''Yo me toca, mi' (now it is my
turn. "a
The first blow with the missile
knocked the skin off the robbers face.
They then grappled and fell to the
earth, pelting each other without
mercy. During the struggle the other
driver managed TO free himself from
the ropes with which he had been tied,
and with a rock in hand he fell upon
the highwayman, beating him to a
jelly. The victorious drivers then took
their prize and tied him to one of the
animals and escorted him to an ad-
jacent hamlet, where he was shackled
to another prisoner By some means
or other the two men effected their
escape from the room in which they
were confined. A posse went in pur-
suis and running fire was opened
The man shackled to the highwayman
was killed by one of the shots. He
was picked up by the gamy robber,
who made good his escape, notwith-
standing the burden he was carrying.
Two or three days afterward, about
three miles from where the fight oc-
CURED, the body of the man who was
shackled to the hold-up was found in
hut with his leg cut off, but the rob
Der was gone. The highwayman, who
was recognized ia the hamlet. is
known as very desperate character.
City of Mexico Cor. st. Louis Globe
Democrat. m as
Nut Oil Corner
Several we'll known commission
brokers were running about China
town yesterday. afternoon and last
evening endeayoring to control the
Chinese nut oil market.g Just at pres
ent there is n corner in this particular
Chinese delicacy. Heretofore the
monthly importation of nut oil from
China has averaged 100 boxes or
cases. When the last China steamer
arrived the amount imported was not
over seyenty-fiye boxes, a decided re-
duction over the previous month.
Scarcely any nut oil arrived at tillS
port yesterday on the China steamer
Belgic, and in few hours time the
price of oil jumped upward several
notches. 4 month ago Chinese nut
oil sold IN the local market at $3.50
case. Yesterday aftcInoon $l1 was
the price asked. y leading Chinese
merchant told reporter last night
that the entire supply Of oil now in
the San Francisco market, including
the importations received by the
steamer Belgic yesterday, would not
amount to over 100 boxes. lie said
the price was quite liable to advance
within the next thirty days TO SIP or
SIS a box Nut oil is a sweet sub
stance used by the Chinese, rich and
poor alike, in about the same manner
and quantity as the Italians use olive
oil San francisco Chronicle