The herald., 1893-11-12
CAREER OF a flsNo.
A Mexican Who Was Notorious as Cruel
Murderer Is Dead.

A Mexican Who Was Notorious as Cruel
Murderer Is Dead.
General Gabilondo. noted Mexican
died recently in Nogales, A. T. The re-
mains were followed to the grave by but
few persons
Gabilondo's history is checkered one
and literally splotched with human
blood. He was perhaps the most gem
orally despised man in Mexico, the late
General Carbon not excepted He was
the inhuman brute who butchered Cap
tain Crabb and his party at Caborica In
1856. At that time General Pesqueira
was governor of Sonora and was very
unsatisfactory to the masses. To hold
on he inaugurated a revolution and sur
rounded himself with some of the most
bloodthirsty villains in the state, Gabi-
londo being one Of the leaders.
Captain Crabb lived in California, but
was married to Mexican lady who be-
longed to a prominent family. The story
is that through her Governor Pes
queira induced Crabb to raise COM
mand of Americans to go into Sonora
and assist him in gaining victory over
the opposition. Captain Crabb raised
party, sending a portion by water to
Libertad, on the gulf of California, and
with about 100 mounted men came across
the country, expecting to join the others
on the gulf coast. Soon after he got on
the field Pesqueira crushed his foes, and
knowing that he would be severely crit
icised for calling Americans to his aid
denied having anything to do with bring
ing Crabb and his men into the country.
He sent Gabilondo and his battalion to
escort Crabb and his party back on Amer
lean soil.
In the meantime Crabb had started
back, but was overtaken by Gabilondo
and his troops at Caborica. Without
warning the latter opened fire on Crabb's
party, and brisk fight took place, sew
eral being killed on each side. Crabb
and his men took shelter in the old
church, and though largely in the mi
nority made it warm for Gabilondo
Finally the latter under cover of flag
of truce proposed that if the Americans
would lay down their arms he would
peaceably escort them to the American
line. Crabb complied, but no sooner
had they laid down their arms than they
were formed in line, marched to the
south side of the church, made to stand
back up against the wall, and all of
them shot except boy II years old, who
managed to escape. Some time after
Crabb's tragic death his wife returned
from Mexico and was stabbed to death
from behind one night while walking
along the street in Guayamas. It was
always thought that the deed was done
by an agent of Pesqueira and Gabilon-
do because she knew too much about
Crabb's going into Mexico.
Several other murders were credited
to Gabilondo, including the brutal MUIR
der of customs officers while he was col
lector at Casabe. His latest escapade
was the murder of prominent mer-
chant at Imuris recently, who had been
elected president Of the town. Gabilon
do and his son hired a policeman to call
the merchant and shoot him. When ar
rested. the policeman told the whole story,
and he was then killed by young Gabi-
londo, who escaped to the City of Mex
leo, where he died recently. The death
Of the old man wipes out the Gabilondo
family, and no regrets are expressed ON
either side of the line. and especially
among Americsns.-St. Louis Globe
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