Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
JAUREGUTs LAST SHOT.
4 Bandit Leader Who Feigned Death in Order To Make one More Victim.
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 From the Cleveland World
 FL PAso, Texas, March 7.-During the last six months the state of Jalisco, Mexi- co, has been the field of operations for that interruptions bandit, Deme rio Jaure- gui. The authorities have made many eff forts to put a stop to the robberies and murders which Jauregui and his band have been committing, but in spite of these efforts burglsries, abductions and murders by the score were committed by the daring desperado, according to the Mexican newspapers Things finally came to such pass that the people of Jalisco grew desperate, and decided that a SUI preme effort must be made to rid the coun- try of Jauregui. Accordingly a company of infantry was put in readiness to pursue Jauregui at a moments notice and capture him and his band.
 The soldiers did not have long to wait, for about the first of this month they were informed that Jauregui intended to rob the plantation of Fl CarriZo. The chief of gendarmerio was authorized to station his forces in the vicinity of the plantation and to capture the bandits alive if possible The 3d of this month. while SOlODtl JuEtts. anu IlSulSllall Sc4Su bb- | meg of the Scventieth infantry were sta | tioned with their soldiers in the vicinity of the plantation they saw Jauregui and | his band of six men entering the residence | of the owner, whose name is not given. The soldiers at once surrounder the house and demanded the surrender of Jau- | regui's party. This demand was answered by n murderous volley of bullets from the | repeating rifles of the bandits. The sol diers at once returned the fire. The shoot | ing continued till nightfall, when the ban | dits ceased firing. By this time the sol | diers, convinced that discretion was the | better part of valor, decided tn wait till morning before reopening the battle. The following morning, however, the | soldiers, led by Colonel Jurrea, effected ar
 entrance to the house, and there found sil
 of the bandits dead. Their leader, or
 seeing the soldiers. fled 10 the attic and
 barricaded the door He was followed by
 two soldiers. One of these was killed in
 stantly by bullet from the pistol of th,
 bandit chief. The other quickly fired q
 the port hole from which came the bulle
 which had killed his companion, and hi
 shot was answered by n groan whicl
 showed that it had been effective.
 Thinking that the coast was clear tn
 soldiers made their way to the attic am
 found the bandit king lying on the foo behind an old bed. He was nearly e1
 hausted from loss of blood, but he man , aged to hold large revolver in each han
 and at once opened fire.
 Suddenly he fell back apparently uncor
 scious. A soldier went forward and beI { over the old bandit to see if there wei any traces of life, when, with a might |; effort, Jauregui raised himself to sittiu posture, shot the soldier through the hea,
 and then died.
 @ In this battle four soldiers were kille = outright and eleven were wounded, son f of them mortally. The bandits who a . companied Jauregui were Melquiades Ja'
 regui, a brother of the chief: Manuel an e Francesca Gatheriz. Fl"renciO Gomez an l. two others who have not been identified l. Jaureguis band was one of the wor 6 that have ever visited the state of Jalisc
 One of the outlaws favorite schemes VI
 to surround the house of a wealthy plan , CT in the middle of the night and demaI > large sums of money, valuable horse ..s and, in fact, any articles that might be Il value to the bandits If these deman'
 were refused the bandits would sometim e murder the planter, and at other tim l! they would make him a prisoner and ho u him till an exhorbitant ransom was pal