The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-17
WAS KILL-A-M AN-LARI0.
A MALAY MURDERER WAS THE
TERROR OF STEVENS CREEK.

Ortega to the county jail from Mountain
View Sunday TO serve a sentence of six
months imposed by Justice Foster for
threatening to kill Alexander Morphy at
that place.
Ortega, who is known as Kil-a-Man-
Iario. is a vicious looking fellow, and he
boasts that LIE kills his men to suck their
blood He ia an old criminal, having served
a term in San Quentin in 1866 for man
slaughter, and latter for an assault to muir
der. He is known to have killed another
man near Table-Rock mountain.
If his own assertions are to be believed he
has killed over a SCORE of men, and has
ouaffed some of the blood of each victim as
a species of inoculated protection against
the ghosts of those he has slain.
Whenever he has formed an enmity
against person whose gore he cannot at
the time spill and consume be goes forth and
kills a dog or some other animal whose blood
he can revel in and thereby greatly ease his
reace Of mind and conscience.
lie Is revolving to look upon, a Manila
MALAY by birth and murderer by instinct
and avocation. As well as can be ascer-
tanned be was responsible for many muir
ders as a half-cast Malay pirate. When he
first arrived in this country in 1860, with
number of his compatriots from Manila
two Of his cOmrades-his partners they
we're disappeared the day after pay day.
and Illario came TO Stevens Creek. There
he went burning charcoal for Marhusse
q then prominent coal burner, and worked
and shared blankets with one Manila
Juan.
One evening he started for the cabin
with the partner, and that partner was
never seen again alive. Both hal been
paid off the preceding day and Juan had
received S65. Illario went back to his
original land-place at Half Noon Bay and
there met Juans brother. He told him
that Juan had gone away to San Francisco
but the brother refused to believe the
statement and accused Illario of killing
him
Illario drew the sheath-knife he always
carried.
me plenty kill man." he said, "Me
find plenty water in Stevens Greek to wash
the knife that kill man."
The brute's vanity in Dragging of his
astuteness IN concealing crime led to his con-
vIctOn.
A search party started out. the body Of
Manila Juan was found buried head down
on the side OF the county road, on the
property now owned by the Spring Valley
Water Company. Iuario was tried and
convicted and sent to the penitentiary.
whence be was liberated in 1875. In the
interval he had knitted a co-prisoner, but
that was mere matter of detail
hen Deputy Sheriff Richard Madi0an
Drought Illar1o down from Stevens Creek
on thursday last, he showed the officer
Juan's grave.
- He go home" said Illario, "Me plenty
kin a manm
In 1888 he tried to murder an italian
named Clement, who had helped him to
bury Manila Juan, and with whom he was
theA working on wood rancho near Table
mountain. He failed at the time, but Gle
menu passed out of existence under sus,
pIclous circumstances a few weeks later.
ana as he was good radiance of bad rub
Dish no one bothered much about him.
- Two years later Illario chased Tomasco
besanti from Stevens Creek to Mayfeld.
porting at him en- route with his rifle. He
was .rled Tor the attempted murder, but es~
capped conviction. When acquitted he
openly cursed County Judge PAYNE from
the dock for not sending him to San Quen-
TIN. lie said life was easier there than il
was on Stevens Creek
A short time later he tried to shoot
French Ben, with whom he was then work.
ing. few Legislator Ben disappeared and
was never heard OF again. When Illario
was questioned, he said nothing, for IIlario
is sly.
Me no ssbe," vas all he replied; me no
saben
In 1886 he went wood-chopping on Well
heimers rancho with one Gusto, an Italian
Weilheimer paid them Off one day, and
that same evening Illario begged bottle Of
coal oil from a ne1ghbor. Neither Gusto
nor his S32 were ever seen again, but a
charred body with Gusto's belt around the
waist was subsequently discovered under
the ashes OF burned brush pile, and in the
chapparal few yards away was the empty
coal oil bottle borrowed by Illario on pay
day.
In 1888 he served six months for shooting
boy in the head. and on divers other occa-
slons was only prevented from numbering
men by the forcible interference of noun
taineers up along the rugged ways Of Stevens
Greek and'Table mountain.
AT that time and since then he was work
ing on the vineyard Of Batiste Borde. who
testified on the stand to-day that he was not
only too afraid of Kill-a-Man to discharge
MN, but was also afraid to leave his own
place lest the Malay might get ugly and kill
sumo OF his family. The threat of murder
ing his family kept Borde completely under
TIE Woodchopper's thumb, and 80 he had O
good time on the vineyard.
Things ran smoothly until few months
ago, when lllario felt that he was getting
Oiu, and confded to Borde that he must kill
man before he died.
4. nave drunk human blood enough to I'll
uat bucket" said he to Borde in Spanish.
go.nting to pail on the floor, land 1 must
uFlnS more before die"
Aiohg IN March two new corners arrived
w Tue creek, and their names were Mor-
KY me younger of these Morphys looked
nHe a ut victim, and one day Illario ex-
panied 70 the new conner that it would be
bo mere oagatelle to put knife through his
- Me fight man dis way" exclaimed lila
~ ~ Me takee knife alice same dis way"
,r uu ue crew dirk from his belt. "Den me
NJ Ina nat IN face dis way. He no can see.
IN c tlIl EN-. He 60 home. Plenty water
LS'eFens Greek for washee knife Man he
ana IS ar huttered his hat in the boys face.
Iyor az i. Gurished his knife at his throat in a
&rt tlat was unpleasant.
Tho Isis IS the way white man fights" said
unuoCirphy boy. put on your at and
lst mario ARC staid quiet while Morphy fred bull
ons ~ gh the crown of his tile until but
hs,oIs9 u, was left in his revolver, aud then
al nv ulIn TO go home. lilnrlo went, and
Ns same time be vowed -engeance
bin Ti rL'.e ne killed a dog just TO relieve
tious o+ro uLI'iI the iates would offer propi-
The - suoh an opportunity offered itself
we younger Morpby. who had oivar btn,
c coa ltee lesson In revolver nractics Iaft The
nained Alexander Morphy re-
re Manila man daoido5 .ha. AA.