Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-14
JAuaEeups LAST SHOT.
A Bandit Leader Who FeiEned Death in
Order to Make One More Victim.

A Bandit Leader Who Feigned Death in
Order to Make One More Victim.
During six months the state Of Jalisco,
Mexico, was the field of operations for
that unscrupulous bandit, Demerlio
Jauregui. The authorities made many
efforts to put stop to the robberies and
murders which Jauregui and his band
had been committing, but in spite of
these efforts burglaries, abductions and
murders by the score were committed
by the daring desperate. Things finally
came to such pass that the people of
Jalisco grew desperate, and decided that
supreme effort must be made to rid the
country of Jauregui. Accordingly a
company of infantry was put in readi-
ness to pursue Jauregui at q moments
notice and capture him and his band.
The soldiers did not have long to wait,
for they were informed that Jauregui
intended to rob the plantation of Ell Car
rizo. The chief of gendarmerie was
authorized to station his forces in the
vicinity of the plantation and to capture
the bandits, alive if possible. While
Colonel Jurrea and Lieutenant Celso
Gomez, of the Seventieth infantry, were
stationed with their soldiers in the vicin-
ity of the plantation they saw Jauregui
and his band of six men entering the
residence of the owner.
The soldiers at once surrounded the
house and demanded the surrender of
Jauregui's party This demand was
answered by a murderous volley of bull
let's from the repeating rifles of the
bandits The soldiers at once returned
the fire. The shooting continued till
nightfall, when the bandits ceased firing.
BY this time the soldiers, convinced that
discretion was the better part of valor,
decided to wait till morning before re-
opening the battle.
The following morning, however, the
soldiers, led by Colonel Jurrea, effected
an entrance to the house and there
found six of the bandits dead. Their
leader, on seeing the soldiers, fled to the
attic and barricaded the door. He was
followed by two soldiers. One of these
was killed instantly by a bullet from the
pistol of the bandit chief. The other
quickly fred at the port hole from which
came the bullet which had killed his
companion, and his shot was answered
by groan which showed that it had
been effective.
Thinking that the coast was clear the
soldiers made their way to the attic and
found the bandit king lying on the floor
behind an old bed. He was nearly ex-
hausted from loss of blood, but he man
aged to hold a large revolver in each
hand and at once opened fire.
Suddenly he fell back apparently un-
conscious. A soldier went forward and
bent over the old bandit to see if there
were any traces of life, when, with a
mighty effort, Jauregui raised himself to
asitting posture, shot the soldier through
the heart and then died.
In this battle four soldiers were killed
outright and eleven were wounded, some
of them mortally.
Jauregui's band was one of the worst
that ever visited the state of Jalisco
One of the outlaws favorite schemes was
to surround the house of wealthy
planter in the middle of the night and
demand large sums of money, valuable
horses, and in fact any article that might
be of value to the bandits. If these de-
mands were refused the bandits would
sometimes murder the planter, and at
other times they would make him a
prisoner and hold him till an exhorbitant
ransom was paid. Cor. Cleveland World.