Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-23
BROKEN on THE WHEEL.

Asfi Frf4itfrsis WIS kEhFrttltE arAhbt
partly fox pIeasere. and partly with the In
tention Of purchasing . gold or silver mine,
IL easlai find pns to suit me. In the coure
of my travels found myself In the pleasant
Old town Of Oataca. which Is the capital "
the state Of that name gut acquainted
there With two young docsoo from New
York, Who were gathering points On yellow
fever and other Diseases II the kind, which
are stapLe In that part Of Mexico. I soon
found cat that the pss,pie .hersabout didn't
mind little thing like the yellow fever, bat
they we're la constant dread Of Luizui 10
Tampasa a robt~r chief, Who swoofed down
with his bloody hand on tine villages at short
intervals, cutting and siashinz on every hand
and tearing away much booty. Ono day
while was Ia ia aea ttsr. came great up
roar in the streets. and saw men, women,
and children. Of all sizss and coinrs, running
exeitriiy about. Going out 10 inquire as 10
the caus. Of the hubhub. surprised to
hear that the terror Of tie mountains, the
bloody La gui IL Tampa a, Lad, by some mis-
take Of tins authorities, been SURPRISED and
captured, and WAS even then in the On jaca
prison.
Il bad n curiosity % see this bpli and cruel
robber eheftain who has ~ long deiied the
government and levied unlimited tribute on
the poT,ulaee. and each visit of whore murder
Gus band 10 village had been attended not
only with loss Of treasure 10 the jewellers, but
with the ai-iuct.oD Of It's fairest niaisiein a.
we'll Accompanied by the preside Of the
town was admitted TO the presence Of Lui-
gtii. He WAS confined In a dark and narrow
cell, around which the flaming torch OF an
attendant threw a htful glare. The prisoner
was heavily iroDed He was stretched at
fa...
Turned deiiantly towgrf his visitors 1t was
villainous face, aud one once seen never To
be forgotten He wore the picturesque dress
Of the Mexican freebooter at that time, and
IN his ears were n pair Of enormous gold
hoops that added to the sas ageness Of his
appearance, Tie stubborhly refused to an
saer ans question asked hun, and we Ieft him
in few minutes alone.
~Well, Luigu e 1ampasa was tried Tire next
day after hiscapture, convicted and sentenced
10 be broken the wileeI-a punishment
that considered too mild even TO inhict
upon the hoartiess criminal Ny two young
friends, the doctors. solicited the presidio 10
present them with the body OF the robber
after he hal served his sentence the wheel,
they desired to inspect and study it in the
interest Of medital SCIENCE. The preside
seeme'l glad 10 make such a disposition OF the
body, and readily promised it to my friends
was at their rooms when a couple Of guards
brought the late lie Tampasa IN Thy had
HIM in q bushei basket. When the basket
was turned upside down Oh tin. table the rob
Der chIeftain came out Of it II confused and
tangled mass Of human parts. 1t took some
time TO disentanga thsm and straighten him
out on the table There SEEMED to be no bone
In his body that wasn't either broken or dis
turbed his fnro was just rs had seen it
in the cell, and tie great hoops Of gold were
in his eafs They are II gift the preside
sent word by the guards. to the Young
Americans.
"1'hc do''iors said they had seen some
tolernblv tough cases In their brief careers,
but that remnant Of Luigui lie Tampasa was a
triile abs adj al their tlsiIe.
ave ear never make manikn OF him,
said one If the young fellows, for hes in
too MANY pieces We never could wire him
together The only thing we can get out Of
TINS is to carve him and make a report on the
g, cacy Of tie Mexican wileel az a reduccr of
the human frame
by AMI by they got out their dissectng
knives and prepared TO go to work stayed
10 SEQ how it was done. As one Of the doctors,
with his licad clos, 10 the late terror's chest
knife, he jumped back as if be had seen a
snake almost upsetting his companion and
myself hen he stepped quickly back To the
table again. elapsed his ear down the dead
robbers hreast. beld II there u moment, and
then turned 90 us VITA look Of great disgust
Oh his face aad exclaimed:
"'Wr'fv 'ioi.s out nf our job The Internal
scoundtels nhver
"rhat stiu K nla as heing such good Joke
life in who had been run through
thr,s-hug machine, 50 10 spsak-that | burst
out iauching As was in the midst Of my
unresttalned mirth my gaze fell on the fn,e
of Luigul h. Tainf'asa, late deceased. aud if a
laugh ever died quick that oue of NINE did
Both of the robbr chiefs wicked black ewes
were open. aud they were giaring tlaight at
me It takes good deal to make Inc feel un-
comfortable, you all know. but at that
moneut my kuees shook. and wanted to co
home But | couAh,t move. The doctors
wcre a little ratified themselves for IA slsll,
but they finally held consutat ion as tn
what they should do, knox Iuigui on the
head anil tiHi~h him and proceed with the
post mor;sm. or help hin along toward re-
covering full supply u animated yigur.
One II the doctors IN favor If knock M
the tough rohher on the head, and the other
NtllltNt " ~ - lFtitliA WIN bttA ~ Nts DOW
few whole tune> man really could hayeand
enjoy hfe | refused to agbitlate the case,
AMI finally they tossed eent-Leads. help
LulgUi on in life tails. knock hiin on tHe
head and - On VITA the original job. H'as
won, aud the two doctors went To work TO
put Tamls,sa together ami give him a new
start iH life.
"N oil, in two months they had the blood
thirsty villain with as mnch life ami VIM in
him a> be over had. But he WAS twisted out
of any kind IT shaIe ami was as helpless
Chinese IDOL. and just about rs handsome
They hadn't taken his big earrings. ami he
looked inSt as savage, and as far as inriina-
ton wett, seemed to lie just as big villain
a. ever When the dismantcd freebooter
was ennval,seout. it SEEMED to dawn On the
MIMI, Of my friends, the doctors. that they
had a iarg, elephant on their hands Here
was a nian who hy law was dad The doc
tors did IL dare let it he known that. thanks
h thetn b, wasn't dead for the conseuuences
woub iiave been serious to Themselves. They
couldn't ilnl ii IN their hearts t. hand him
oecS 10 we presft'o' with their eompliuents,
anh re'lees' nm 10 nave the gentleman run
througa the hlachine AGAIN. and they GER
fanny a'd NOT propose - keep MN IN their
apartments no matter what us S,i'ie mlghs
De as piece OF animate bric brio. what
were th's !" DO with blmf tine doctor pro
posed That taey draw io1s to see who should
snoos iainI'aSs, oai that was not agreed To-
Inc other suggested that they put the result
OF their hiiurtuilats skhi INTO bag and
carry 1t on somewhere ana lose u, IKE an
Objectionable cat All the while this crippled