Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-22
CAREER OF A FiENO.
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Murderer l. Dead,


General Gabilcndo. noted Mexican,
died recently IN No.-aic-. A. T. The re-
mains were followed To the grave bv but
few persons.
Gabilondc's history Is checkered one
and literally splo;chcd with human
blood. He was perhaps the most gem
orally desp;sed man III Mexico, the late
General Carbon not excepted. He was
the inhuman br,It. who butchered Cap
! tain Crabb ana his party at Caborica in
1856. AT that time General Pesqueira
was governor o! Sonora and was very
| unsatisfactory TO the masses To hold
on he inaugurated "a revolution and sur
rounded himself with some of the most
bloodthir>ty villains in the state. Gabi-
londo being one Of the leaders.
Captain Crabb lived in California, but
was married 10 Mexican lady who be-
lonSed to prominent family. The story
Is that through her Governor Pes
guerra induced Crabb to raise q COM
mand Of Americans to go into Sonora
and assist him in gaining victory over
the opposition. Captain Crabb raised q
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 trysfe at Cahorica. Without
warning the latter opened fire on Crabbs
party. and a brisk fight took place. sew
eral leing killed on each side. Crabb
and his Een too. sn..,,r in the old
church. AMI though largely in the mi
nority made II warm for Gabilondo.
Finally the latter under cover Of a flag
Of truce Proposed that if the Americans
would lay down their arms he would
peaceably escort them To- the American
line. Crabb co,npii-'i. bu, no sooner
had they Land down their arms than they
We're formed in line. marched to the
south side of the church. made To stand
back up against tn" wall and all of
them shot c2c"p; Il boy /. years old. who
managed t. escape. Some time after
Crabb's tra-ic death his wife returned
from Mexico aud was STABILIZED To- death
from behind ga. night wnii. walking
| along the street ia Guayamas. Ii WAS
always thought that the deed was done
10y an agent Uf Pcsyucira and Gabilon-
do because sac know too much about
Crabs going into Mexico.
Several other murders We're credited
TO GabilouGo. including the brutal MUIR
| Ter III customs officers while lie was coll
lectur at Ca>abr. His latest escapade
was the murder OF "a prominent mer-
chant n, I,nuris recently. who had been
elected president of the town. Gabilon-
do and MS son hired policeman TO call
the merchant aud 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 If the line, and especially
among Americans St Louis Globe
| Democrat.