The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-26

man never had trod IL Here ! stopped and
faced him. He was carrying a cooked revolver
II you mean 10 kill me, 1t may ms well DO
zone osS here as for me to walk any further 1
saiu, rs mat what YOU mean to dot
You have called the turn precisely he
SAID. with a smile that was wickcder than q
S SSt vow wV %sq, have so sn been; i regret 2 the necessity y.
with the knowledge YOU, have gained, / can
see That you. know who I am. Now, you will
save yourself and me some trouble by, turning
ro9 u ana continuing your promenade
compelling me TO walk to the place where he
proposed to murder and leave me, so as TO save
carrying away my body or huryinG II. as they
would haye to do If they Killed me Al. their
cabin cabin | had made up my mind from the be;
saw no use In putting matters OF.
You can kill mo where | stand, l said.
compressed so that the! looked like one thin,
meant to shoot 81 :" me ! where i% e 7 stood @'S e'F Th RGn. on on
ne instant, before he could raise his pistol,
report, and tue Captains revolver cracked,
s e on tn" bullet INTO the ground beside him
from an old army musket pointed through the
bushes and trailing vines that grew among
while tho echoes Of tho report siiii sounded
among the peaks the head OF q Mexican. ap.
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aim had been sure. He gave one quick. wary
glance around. then. knife in hand, ieapcd from
seized him BY, the hair, lifting the head from
the ground. Two swift cuts to left and right,
2 9pi,k stab in the back of the neck. and he was
holding the Captains head, severed from the
Sody, by tho hair. Then. clutching his knife,
" Who arc your he demanded in English.
" No, l was his prisoner l answered. . He
was about to kill me. l am tho superinten-
dent OF the Deloro mine
Hin An right! said the Mexican. Come
WIN @e viii, pan all 9Eaii s haste R' he found time hur.
riedly TO rife the dead mans rockets, even pull
ing from beneath the shirt q medallion that had
hung, from the neck by a silk cord. Then seiz-
ing the Captains revolver he motioned for me
to take the musket and follow him, Crouch
observation from behind. he led the way down
follow. In II little canon valley with ~precipi-
t9us sides a saddled horse was pikcted. The
ket. then mounted the horse.
Get up behind me- he said. which ] did.
and IN this way, riding double, We made our
the Mexican told me his, name. which was san.
tlago Griialha. He had acted as, scout and
trailer for the Government in various Indian
wars, and. tempted by the rewards offered, Qad
gone hunting for Capt. Casanove's head. He
mountains, and for three mornings had gone
to q point where he could watch the jackal, and
law chief, On this morning. when the Cap
tain left his companions to march me for execu.
ton up tho defile In the mountains. his oppor.
tunity had come.
There was no pursuit of us by the other out.
laws, and at noon we came to n little Mexican
plazeta where l was able to secure a horse and
saddle. l travelled with Grijalba back to Tue.
son, where, his arrival with the famous outlaw
chiefs head created an excitement that still is
remembered and talked of by very old timers
there. He got his rewards. l am happy to say.
including a substantial gift from me. and he
had a Sherif's posse back to the outlaws home
in the mountains. There they found the Two
men whom l had met there, and with them a
third one that l had not seen. Demoralized by
the taking Off OF their leader they had hung
about the place that they might have known
would soon be visited by officers of the law
once It was discovered; and they surrendered
with little show of resistance.
The medallion that Grijalba took from Capt.
Casanove's body had been awarded him by his
State for gallantry in battle during the civil
war, 1t gave his real name. which was not the
one he bore in Arizona. 1t became known to
but few. and Is better forgotten since the Cap.
tain paid the debt for ais crimes"