The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
SAVED BY 4 SWEET VOICE
EEXAS Girl. CHARMED SOME YAQUI
INDIANS ABOUT TO BURN
HER ALIVE
SHE SANG HOME, SWEET HOME,
They Listened and Were TraRsfixed
Until the Medicine Man
Warned Them Not 10
HuTn Her.

Miss Alma Lorraine. ore of the prettiest
girls in Western Texas, saved her e6wn
life and that of the young man who IS
about to become her husband by singing
sweet songs and playing on mandolin.
The two young people were captiVeS
in the hands Of a band of merciie S
Yaquis, and fires had already been light
ed to torture them to death when pro-
pitiouS circumstance occurred which Sug
gested to the young girl the idea of try
ing to soften the heart of the grim war
riors. At the same time the strange in
cident so cruel in its conception resulted
in revealing to the lovers one Of the rich
est gold mines ever discovered, says the
Philadelphia Times.
Eugene Macarthur is the happy young
mans name who says that he had 'aban-
doncd all hope when his sweetheart BE-
gan to sing Home, Sweet Home, to the
red devils who We're eager to roast Is
alive"
Just after the Yuqui war broke out a
band Of proving Indians visited Gel
Loraine's ranch, on the old Guymas and
Hermisillo road and after killing several
beeves and rounding up band of horses
they carried his daughter off into cap
tivity. Their sudden raid into that part
of the country at the time was wholly
unexpected by the inhabitants. The
ranchers were taken by surprise and
many of them were murdered. Col. Lo-
raine was not at home when the attack
on the settlement was made, and when
he did return and troops We're collected
Und sent in pursuit the Yaquis had al
ready made their escape to their strong
holds in the mountains. The same band
that made Alma a prisoner soon after
wards captured young Macarthur. who
was employed on a neighboring ranch
Though the Indians were boisterous
and often threatening in their conduct.
the captiyes hardly expected to be muir
dered. for the Yaqus did not have a
hard name at that time MANY of them
were partially civilized, and some of
them were engaged in farming and rails
ing stock While peace prevailed they
had traded with the frontier stores and
they seemed to be desirous of cultivat-
ing friendly relations with the inhahi-
tants of the country. AS soon as they
went on the warpath they were trans
formed into monsters of ferocity and
cruelty.
Macarthur understood a few words Ct
their language, and before they had
Travelled far he learned that thew had
murdered several people during the raid
and he became pretty we'll satisfied that
the Indians had some special grieya noes
to satisfy in making q, prisoner of the
young woman. They seemed to have on
and knowing that Macarthur was often in
company with his daughter they included
him with the objects of their spite and
hatred
Upon reaching village in the noun
tains. where they met an cid war chief
by the name of Roca, the prisoners We're
dismounted and tied to posts .rhe
squawS and the boys and girls gathered
about them laughing and mutterino
threats. The spoils that had been stolen
on the raid were thrown in a great lea .
almost within reach Of the cantizIas
Among these things Miss Alma noticed
her own mandolin. thinking little of II
at the time, and never dreaming. thai -
was soon to play such an ip1porta nj
part in her strange adventure
Boca extended a warm welcome to IN,
young chief, VINO had led the war ra r.
and he listened attentively to the stor,
of the raid as told by the proud warrior
The red monster CT cruelty made a Ions
speech, detailing every feature and cir.
eanstance of his foray, not forgetting Io
BOAST or his own prowess He nojntaf
TO the spolis.- the stolen horses. and rbe
captlVes, saying in Spanish: 81 did NOT
XIII Lorraine: he hid from the braves h,,,
Drought the bad white mars dalghta,
ana one whom She loves
Boca answered that he had done we'll
< and he turned and said few words =
: Iaqut tc the squaws All OF them in
; stantly began TO sing in weird tones an,
( run towards the woods The Old c.fe
then unbound the captixes WITH his oy,,
hands. and. after stripping \the.r shoe.