El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-10

could hear the sound of horses hoofs
coming in q run after me. 1 cut across
q vacant ia NJ lot and had nearly
reached the last ditch when saw An
officer coming after me on a white
horse and anO,her man with him. l
then had only load in my pistol and 1
made up my mind that was in for an
other fight. l wheeled around and
shot the horse;he fell l reached q tree
near the last acequia and reloaded
my pistol, with six cartridges. While
| was doing this my pursuers kept fir
ing at me AMI advancing all the time.
Just as soon as l got reloaded I open :
ed fire on the two Mexicans and the
one with the officer fell. In the mein
within ten PAGES of me and one of his
balls barked my leg. l then opened
fire on him. He was behind a tree and
so was L. I fred four shots at him
quickly and he fell, but not until his
gun refused to fire long 'r. The other
Mexicans gun was also silent aud both
my pursuersi were on the ground. I
then crossed the ditch and
about forty feet away and became SO
weak that l could go no further. I was
bleeding internally from the wound re-
ceived from the first policeman; As
'eacnedths tree 1 fell down sand could
not get up although made several ef-
forts. l tried to reload my pistol but
had no more cartridges. So saw the
game was up. 1 knew I was mortally
wounded and wanted to die before tho
people who were following the officers
found me. 1 DO not know what became
of the Am erican that was with me.
lay by the tree until the crowd
came up and was then picked
up and brought to Jail. I was not
in any great paiu, but was weak from
the loss of blood and l bad several
flowing from me as the Mexicans
brought me to Jail. 1 told the Mexf-
can authorities that had killed all the
men and that the other American with
me was 10 no way responsible for the
killing. He had nothing to do with
it and was uuarmed go far rs I
know"
Seth Burr told the reporter this in
broken sentences and his words were
| somewhat broken and incohe-ent. His
head seemed clear and he did not fear
| the e. d and was resigned to his fate.
The blood kept dripping from
| where the doctor had cut
the ball out. He gradually weakened
| from the loss of blood and eventually
dropped Into Inconsistencies and died
gracefully half on hour later; Just
before becoming uncon acious the re-
| porter asked him if he wanted any.
thing. He answered that he wanted
another bed as the one he was lying on
| was too hard. When again asked If he
| want anything he said "Ye-," The
reporter then asked what he wanted
and he answered.: sob, anything"
These were bis last words. He died in
the Juarez jail at 1890 Sunday morn
morning and was resigned to his fate
as he tod parties when they brought
him to Jail that he wanted to die
quickly.
Afer the shooting Sunday morning
the Mexican authorities carried all the
Samaniegos, father and son, were i'm
med lately summoned and dressed the
wounds of The wounded. Seth Burr,
AgapitO Gallardo and Atelino Velarde
were placed in one room together. The
two doctors became convinced that
each was morta'ly wounded. The
bodies Of Cnaves, the gam bles and Es-
quivel, the policeman, we're placed in
another room. They both died in
terday morning Albino was
sent 10 his home after his wounds we're
dressed. Agapito Gallardo. the SER
gent of'police who made brave fight
at the last ditch, fell Unconscious and
never,spoke word. His vitality was
great and he rolled in his bed and
, seemed to be in great agony. He Is an
old officer in Juarez ard his bravery
! was tested in his mortal combat with
Burr. He did not shirk his duty aud
staid with his enemy until his pistol
was empty. He was we'll liked In
Juarez and made brave and kind of
fcer He died this morning.
Abelino Velarde, was q special Of
fcer who accompanied Gallardo to the
last combat, as he had seen Burr
escaping down the street. He was
wounded twice by Burr. His right
arm was broken and he has q pistol