Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-11-10

Finally, after much urging, Finck set
the door ajar, and Linares at once thrust
his foot within the crack to prevent its
closing again. Eugenia pressed through
the opening, and the others pushed close
ly after her, and when within closed the
door behind them promptly.
AS vet no offensive demonstration was
made, but when Finck, doubtless some
what treasured by Eugenia's rendering
of the jewel she declared she had brought
with her, fetched a magnifying glass
and bent over to examine the offered
pledge-then the heavy gun barrel was
brought down with crash upon the
head of Finck, who was felled by the
blow and Immediately beaten to death
with the same weapon. Here was the
point of variance. No two of the men
agreed as to who did the actual Staying,
and Eugenia professed ignorance in that
particular. The concurrence of state
ment further showed that after the MUIR
der the assailants had. looted Finck's
shop, securing about ten dollars in cash,
but few, if any, valuables, as the Ger
mans cautious habits precluded his keep
ing such at hand. Eugenia, full of vex-
alton at their little profit, made up a
bundle of the mans clothing and other
effects and the four left the premises,
first fastening the front door on the in
side and going out by the rear.
Now, according to the Spanish law,
their confessions of completely were
sufficient to convict all these people of
murder. But under the laws of Mexico,
modifying the former, the local authori-
ties of the California courts had no
right or warrant to pass sentence of
death, and it was necessary to send to
Mexico the statement of the case, with
all the details, before such sentence
could be passed, even in the most ia
grant crimes. In the present instance
the public feeling of horror and the in
dignation was very strong; therefore,
taking into consideration the atrocity of
the crime and the lack of facilities for
securing the prisoners during the long
period which must elapse before the re-
turn of the decision from the tribunal of
the Mexican capital, after much and de-
iberate discussion of the situation Ivy
the lest men of the pueblo, the towns
people resolved upon summary admins
tration of justice. and 800 armed men
assembled. after the prisoners had been
warned Of their fate and given three
days for preparation.
Padre Tomas Este aega came in from
San Gabriel to att. nd them, and after
his minis: rations the three men were
taken forth and lei to the corridor of the
house where their crime was dole, and
there they Were, in The language of the
Mexicans, "passed under arms"-that
is to say, executed by shooting. This
expiation took place between 10 and II
o'clock in the morning of April 6, 1841.
Then the woman was declared under
sentence of Punishment from the coun-
try. Before she could be sent away,
however, Governor Alvardy committed
the sentence, and thus she was allowed
to remain, pursuing her infamous call
ing and propagating social ulcers, which
should corrupt and canker for many
year in Los Angeles-the most criminal
Of the four-for it was clearly shown
that if she did not actually strike the
blow, the woman had instigated and
planned the murder.
But the faithful dog of Nicholas Finck
had surely borne well his share in aveng-
ing the foul and brutal murder of his
unfortunate mastery. H. Adds in
Omaha World Herald.