Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-04
A TALE OF WOE.
A Kansas City Man Gives His
Sad Experience
WITH SOME OF GARZA'S MEN.
Our Troops are Getting Ready for Final
Onslaught.
1t VIII Not BIO This Week. Some other
Week, and Then There VIII be
Alright with the Kiug.of
tho Border.
WITH SOME OF GARZA'S MEN.
CAPTURED l1r Garza,s Men.

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Kansas Caef, Mo-, Feb. &c. D. Baker
QisEichiteEame into this city from San
6tonieS Tex, yesterday. He has been
s7hto .fheSwild countries which Garza's
stroSps have been devastating and tells of
tHtillipF escape from a band of Greasers
Ehoqishe thinks were under Cara.
AbBut week befsfe Christmas Mr.. Ben
netssays he Was riding along an unfre-
quented cQu<fffy path in Duval county 1t
waS fes minutes before sunset when,
going dround & bend in the path, he came
suddenly upon a half dozen Mexicans. The
crowd was evidently drunk and no sooner
saw Mr.. Baker than they began firing at
him. Turning his horse Mr.. Baker stuck
the spurs into him and rode for his life.
The Mexicans came after him, shouting
like mad, and firing at every jump. One
bullet took off Mr.. Bakers hat and another
plowed furrow in his cheek. The chase
lasted for probably half an hour. The
MexicanS stopped firing and settled down
in hard earnest to capture him. Finally
Mr.. Baker heard a rope whistle through
the air and knew it was a lasso. He
warded off few blows, but one settled
over him, and in twinkle he was jerked
of his horse and was sprawling on the
ground. The fall knocked the wind out of
him, but broke no bones.
AS soon as the other greasers came up
they altered about Mr.. Baker and began
going through his pockets. They took
what little money he had and his gold
the time, hitting and kicking him. There
was a consultation then held about what to
do with him. Mr.. Baker says he could not
tell what they were taking about, but
heard Garza's name mentioned frequently.
At last decision was arrived at. He was
motioned to go over and stand by tree,
and then the MeXicans grabbing him, began
IN tic him the with a ln1fhnr 1hDDO
After binding him so he could hardly move,
tho Mexicans mounted and rode away.
After struggling until struggling seemed
useless. MIR Baker says he settled down to
the belief that his only chance for escape
lay in the hope of some traveller passing by.
As he was out of the beaten path, this
seemed like fOrlorn hope. He spent the
night in perfect terror. When morning
came it only served to force upon him the
hopelesSueSS of his situation. After shout
ing until his throat was SO parched and
sore that he could not articulate, he gave
up in despair and, weak from lack of food
and water, with every bone aching with
pain, feeling the leather thong cut into his
flesh in dozen different places. made up
his mind just to wait for the end, hoping
that it would come soon.
About midnight eff the second night Mr..
Baker SAYS he dozed off for few minutes
and when he walked up he felt the thong
slipping from MN. he dId not believe it
at first and thought that he must be dream
ing, but it slipped further and further
down, and then he attempted to raise his
| arm. 1t was so stiff that he could hardly
| move it, but when he felt that there was
| nothing binding him he staggered away
from the tree and fell fat few feet from
it. The rope had in some way come united.
| He lay there until morning, and then find
| ing his horse close by, managed to mount
him and make his way to the path. He
discovered a mouse after riding a couple of
| hours. He spent twenty-four hours there
and then made his way to San Antonio
MIR. Baker says he recovered entirely ex-
cept the use of his left arm, which seems
paralyzed. He is here to consult with
some specialist in regard to it. 1t seems
that this arm was bound so tightly TO the
tree that the thongs cut into it deeply. Mr.
| Baker says that it feels absolutely dead,
| but physicians here think it cnn be cured