The herald., 1895-07-16
SWIFT MEXICAN JUSTICE
La Ley Fuga Applied to
Several Robbers
The HACOSARI HOLD-UP Related
TribouIet Was the Man Who
Concocted It
FOUR THIEVES WERE SHOT
And the Mayor Of Frontcras Was
Executed First
At Least Forty Men Of That Town Were
Implicated
Graphic Account Of the Killing Of Stage.
Driver Moreno and the Stealing
of Over Six Thousand
FOUR THIEVES WERE SHOT
And the Mayor of Frontcras Was
Executed First
At Least Forty Men Of That Town Were
Implicated
A Graphic Account Of the Killing Of Stage
Driver Moreno and the Stealing
of Over Six Thousand
Dollars
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
TUCSON, July 15.-James Crowley, one
OF the Americans who was held up at the
time of the recent robbery of the Naco.
sari stage IN Sonora, Mexico. arrived
here last evening, and gives the follow
ing particulars of the robbery and tho
subsequent arrest and killing of the rob-
bers by the Mexican authorities. Mr..
Crowley is foreman of the Lapham Catkle
company of New York, upon whcss
ranch the mining camp of Nacosari Is
built. HIS family reside here, and ne
was returning from visit to them at tbs
time of the hold-up.
At Bisbee he met Edward Woodrrff3
paymaster of the Nacosari Mining conn
pany. who had been up to Ell Paso for
money to pay the employees at the nina.
At La Morita, the Mexican custom housss
fifteen miles south Of Bisbee, he induced
Crowley. who was on horseback, to ride
in the blackboard with him and Msxi-
can driver, named Moreno, (which he did,
his saddled horse being led behind. They
stopped for the night at the ranch Of
Robert Triboulet, an American citizen,
living with his family about for.y miles
south of the custom house, where they
were made comfortable.
That night Triboulet was away. aid
was supposed to be irrigating his fields.
1t had been the intention of the party to
breakfast at Cochuta. ranch lower
down. where change of animals was to
| be had, but Triboulet pressed them SO
hard that they had breakfast with MIN,
and then drove on. They reached Cochus
ia ABOUT o'clock and changed mules.
bout 4xyO vr,r II. of = ~1~
they met Mexican riding buckskln
horse. but.holdirg his head down, appar.
entity as if following trail. Before reach.
ing them, however. he turned 20 the left
and was soon lost sight of in heavy un.
dergrowth of brush. through which al
that point the road runs.
Suddenly, after passing the point where
the horseman had left the road. they
were fired upon by three men who were
close enough to hit them with their guns.
AS the shots were apparently purposely
aimed high, no one was hurt. but both
ground, the former to run back up the
road and the latter to grappie with the
man nearest him, who wore q white
mask. This fellow jumped back and COW
cred Crowley with his gun, and made
him hold up his hands. In the mean.
time the frightened team had whirled
around and was running towards Cochuta,
with the other two robbers, also wearing
white masks. in pursuit and shooting at
the driver. who was whipping his team
as they ran.
At this time Crowley's captor forced
him back into the brush, where he could
hear tho shooting, but could not see all
that was going on. He. however. saw the
man riding the buckskin horse return to
the road and join in the pursuit. His oaptor
then robbed him of his money. watch and
revolver. In the course of about ten or
kk1Ay s,-,.l III 49, u L -.
returned, carrying with them the valiso
in which Woodruff had his money. This