Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-10
A MODERN FRA DlAVAOL.
A BANDIT ROBS THE RICH AND
GIVES TO TIE POOR.
Eight Thousand Dollars at One Haul
with Ten Policemen Looking Tor Him.
The story of . Mexican reon.
Special to the GnZetle.

Special to the Gazette
DURANGO, MEN., AUG. 9-This city has
Just had IN experience with Il bold robbcr
which recall the doings Of Fra piayolo.
| This and neighboriug states have for the
past ten years paid tribute 20 Il bandit who
IS idolized by the poems and lower class As
much as lie is feared ny the rirn ami mated
by the officers of the law. Juan Alcuu,ra
is his name, and his beginning in crime
was brought about by an episode which
was fully as romantic as has been his sub
seQuent life.
On the first of this month Young officer
of the regular army was sent with dis
patches from chihuahua 10 this city The
road led over the mountains in which Al
cantra is supposed 10 have his home.
Through these mountains IS pass. known
as Sand %ulch, which Is the dread of all
who are compelled to pass that way. This
pass is but twelve miles long but il :
nard days journey from one end to the
other The officer stopped for the night ut
FL RitO, little village at the foot OF the
pass. intending to start early in the morn
ing through the %u!ch. A fine appearing
Mexican came to the inn about supper time
and during that meal engaged the officer in
conversation. He was finely educated. and
was apparently well vers"d in the polite
ways of the capital of the republic During
the evening the Young officer was beWailln%
the tedious journey through the pass which
he was to take next day. He said he had
haor tbro,,eh i bafo,a ana ,ira9d,i - y-ar,-.
,nTlb tThe stranagl. saiT mar he too was
ooincr IN the other side hut he ,yould NOT
co +l1rouph the sand orJrch for ne knew of a
trail which LED over the mountains and by
rim in .hree hnurs and srfFnr no incon-
5nnience from the sand If the officer.
,vonId accent Of his Guidance hr Nyould be
,1eaeed IN mace his service, ,+ his DISMISSAL
The oPTar was GLADLY accented and uevt
1,1orning The start was Ionp DELAYED rs the
ronrteo7Is stranger. said ihe,,a was no need
of hurrvinp
After ridino ahout half 4 mile in the
ouIch the Stranger turned into a little ar
5.nvl ALONG 3, NARROW tr;iil leading directly
mn the side Of the mountain Tho Trim was
= hard climb for the horses. Int within three
hours his promise was fulfilled and they
wore nm the road leading tn this city At
the foot of the uo,Jufafps Tho stranger.
haIted and told tho officer maj he ,youId
have 10 attend 10 some business before he
could 90 to the CITY and asked as Il favor
that the vouno man deliver n message in
forming the chief Of notice that he woIld he
here that EVENING The youno- officarosked
Who he shouId saw would visit DURANGO
rrb1,o,,-irg hail bic lorc ,.loal, which had
concaaIei Tis nerson mn Ia his limo The
stranger displsyed a beautiful veIyet suit.
f,.innr9sd in I'D and 81 ,a. b,.aid in the sash
or Which Tve,,, Two eIpo,utly rnounted 70
vo1vars He said.
Tel them thar Juan AIcantra will he
+bere tn low trihute nom some Who have
too much money
The vouno oftirar rode on into the city
and after deIivoI.ing his disnatrhes told hi.
c+o,.,- of his ride with The bandit and thrr
deIit,ored bis r,n.ssoo.. tC tho .hiar of noIrrr
The oambIinC houses of Duranoo are a
roatIIre Of Tho -,t,. and e.,,.b ni,rTt tbnT- arr,
tbrougeS with neoni lew VINO in some instances
NAV for vow hich stakes One of these
bnrsas is pronounced nv, tho hs,+er class of
citizens and in many instances the monte
tahie has .s bioh AZ 1Gnr0 on II ut one
time ON the evening in question the chief
of nolice gave sneri;i insrrucrions 10 his
men To Iooi, out f6r. AIcartra. and to arrest
him al, ali Lazards Ahouf II O'Clock when
the nIoT- was nj the highest a tan cenrle-
man wearing a long cIoak who had been
nIaviro nj one of the tanfes rose and sam
ta,ed ieisnraI, tbro1Iosb 4La rooms He
stonned for. a short time nj earh of the
fabTes watching the MIA. ON rpnching the
monte tanIe he became deenIv Interested
and crowded close 10 the board
suddenly the man gave q Mound FINN the
Aoo,. md Stood 49,, -be +.,bIe vi, cocl,nd
,.aJ-o,Z-nr il, zach hand Tho startled NAV
a,.S a,.a,y bostir,- ba,., and tho b,r3i+ cooII,
tool tho ,noue, nm inc hoard and nIt il i'm
his norl,ct Sin nointino- his revoIve,. al
those naar hirn no leaned iiuhtly tn :, nnioh
ho,.ir,o ,,,irJoursiii and dronne6 70 Tho
oroi,Gd an The outside an tIig va done
60 n,lirlCiI that he vas gone win he none
hefore a yoice was raised in alarm He
oecor.6 in tho Garl,ness and not - +,.,'.e
to1I5 no fo,,,d If him notryirnsta,Gino Tho
foct int Ton noIirnr,at y,aTn aTnII,,d .bo
b''if5inpr I-ba anonnf On +hs 80 hin
~ ha5di+ secTI~a5 80 sone.Lif,,, n,,a,.
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