The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-27
SOME EMINENT BAD MEN.
ORTIZ AND GREJALVA OF ARIZONA
AND BILL LONGLEY OF TEXAS.
How the Two spaniards Kept at the Head
Of the Profession" In the Far South.
vyost and the Son or ~ Preacher his.
tauced All Other Texan Desperndoes.

The history OF Arizona Is replete with stories
o, highway robberies. murders. aud buried
treasure In the same category may be
nan2as, horrible deaths by thirst on the aim ost
iimltless desert. and bloody massacres by the
INDIANS. As much truth may DO attached to
OF border stories. which are more or less built
on tho we'll developed imaginntions OF the
ironticrsmSn, WI, ,hl naar na, them about the
'nG rom isi5 10 'iss$ we're among the m os, adj
twas infested by bands Of lawless bordermen.
bent on roDbcry AMI general crime. and the
sssr them M c un@wu 3esnns T SSss
iai if haI heir scntnels and lookouts on tho
to cone within miles oi them without Being
seen an! when they were detected they were
and few W tail any IT,, EVER returned to
di.asters. Frequently, the bandtti would
locate tHrir strongholds Just across The
their nightly raids. pounre down uron
some unwnry traveller or unGuarded stage.
and s s Ss s"af Ss be ss W'" o
pursuit. 81 much fatality attended thu pur-
suing partios that finally they left OFT alto
ksS'I hi-h carnival. and unless tho attacked
parties were strong enough to resist them.
hG;h9s vas eyer ,I, done Win he 81 maraulers
sands "a ,T u pounds OF soii ami silver bullion
Cc S,H faH seemed t" hay. determined that tho
mines should pay n" dividends to their East
ern Owners. an IA 1t was ca.i to relieve
oa. ,' HE .m"nptain siie... stages were held
~ resal,,r'y' ,lsnts wy" 'nlly oernrren.e.
suppo,r! to 10 hi len in the rocks aud in tho
soil. waerc 1t was placel 10y the purioiners.
VIII wNr," Frequently Il led soon after 49,
IuI.urr. or the Tiger mine containing any hui
lion "ut the tn ewes were ut once informed OF
i t. some Of their many, spies stationed
wa. Il 'stined for without neing held ur.'
Two OF the most ingenious md daring Of
tn 50 robbers were ghn,on Ortiz aud Sinnue
(irplya. and for ycnrs they stood ut thu head
Of tls profession killing and rolhing unit
blood that they committed few crimes without
incorporating murder herewith.
vs.lT was Sps",n,u as1ut wnom mncn
drinking. though he once said that he was
born in Seville. aftorwar,l came to Mexico and
that il.-fatei monarch. un Ter whom he hold
inc"it"in,s cnmmissi"n; lp,n tho disln.nd-
nG M 'nS a ha nS Ta to Mao %s
so! ier under lin. From that tine on their
hands were against every body and every body's
De.ritc ali their doviltry thoy still had q
certain sense Ut honor aud were never known
to modest and insult women AMI children. and
ortiz TO let him settle his ate by single COM
bat he was not denied that chan,,c for his ,!iir.
ways cam" ont unframed, though trnye to
fo"hardinc Tho would avoid con tlict with his
opponents when it was possible. and was very
shrrwd IN turning circum tnnces to his alvan-
tage. Though he was II number o! times ar
rested In the carly part OF his career. nothing
could he proved against him. and ho and his
occasions the negatives from which the Illus
trI I, =, We're made were takcni
Al - in Inl udl IN fnV
from M Tiger mine BY private conveynnce to
the Snnth..fn pnclie station, OF Maricora. 1t
on the track. MS bullion was usually sent hy
EXPRESS To helter avoid suspicion. no guard
MAS MAS sent with it and the driver. went alone.
troubled; but ABOUT thirty miles south threo
men held up the conveyance. killed the driver.
dollars in Cr'enbacks which, were being sent
gut to purchase supplies The robbers were
tSsv had Hsn IN @ hsn tnhn prop
aSy int would n1 Sh
came upon tho murdered driver and the riil-d
vehicl", and at once started in pursuit OF the
was then village consisting OF only u few
,,lythe ino night fell the p.rs9.rs arrived
RveE and could not at once Local the robbers.
During the night they discovered where the
since hern pulled down to give place to moro
IErstentious buildings. but they Ind gone; and
the only evidence OF the disposition OF the
treasure was broken spade and pckaxs
which had been lately used. and which con-
WINGED the rursuer,. that the, bullion had been
aasSed tSs psrsa s but as they H msS
they could not locat. he SPOT where the bull
Lion ln1n was hidden They knew the names Of the
nee me country for a few years. until all rec
objection of the crime Ind died out. then ro-
turn ana unearth it. they began persistent
o. ground in the vicinity OF the cabin. they de.
Ing to locate tho men. hoping to learn soms-
Thing from them few years ago they learned
they went to arrest him lie was found in a
dance maj. and was summo ned to surrender
s sy on" Of tto Gursuers he refused and on
but not 81 badly wounded but that he lived
s siTo aeS t0 mSLrnng Being Catholic he de-
The time for which they had ionged was ut
band h From THO lips OF one, Of the men who
q the treasure they had senrched for so long.
.Mhen he appeared before the wounded man
Ss ssnd@ Priest refused to nbsoIve him until
laie; The refusal hal the. desired effect. and
tG hd told meagrey Of Tho occurrences. Of
money. saying that he did not know whers
ORTIZ was. bnt that they intended one day to |
!" i to the huTah bs9neathea
ne could whore 1t was buried
Inc Americans were highly eatsd over their
success ana RETURNED to PhFnix ut once to dig
un the gold. Years had been consume ell in tho
search Tor Grijalvn. and when they reached
thls cry The adobe had been torn down and a
hanHs"ine res denrc put in it's place. Streets
nad lnen laid out and changed. and all tho
Trees and brush which were landmarks when
they left We're gone. They began another
time probing, Into the ground where S, they they
vcloned nothing. and as they had to do It se-
cretly In few months thcy grew discouraged
and gave 1t M. still expecting. though that
some day somebody would accidentally come
HHrnn it. All this time the Whereabouts 0f
vttlz was unknown, ana as he. during his
Arizona career, was SO reckless Of his life It was
supnnsed that lie had been killed In some en-
counter and had taken the secret with him.
La, winter the writer was at Hermsllo.
t MheN M, and on registering from Phnnix ut
ne ta ,MieNean Hotel tho proprietor remarked
t .IisIlo Christmas before n Spnniard from
AROMA s}ni.ona had died there. and that during his
OF srizHs,ne was frequently del rious and spoke
ohsr Ii4hn ma. cu,i"a bullion. ropberies and many
Gn".I LINES The MEXICAN described him us Il
hnndreSf 4 ~, man. said that he had several
haI rao npNi,ars n money. was well armsd and
was al.s"ivonn ,'ise; aud that before he died no
chur h thnSon ny The oil priest in charge OF the
burial she Nv, plothing then Of the robbery and