The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-03
BANDIT 10 Be SROT.
Murderer of a CattIeman Is
Up Against 1t Now.
HIS BAND SCATTERED
End of a Career of Crime
Notable on the Border,

A special dispatch from Ciudad, Mexico,
+ to the New York word says.
For the hrst time in history native
/ born American IS lying in the jail here
awaiting the sentence Of death BY shoot
/ ing which has been pronounced upon him.
/ Many an American has met death By
bullet In Mexico. but Bias Aguirre IS the
drst 10 be legally sentenced 10 death 50
far the date Of the execution has not been
set. That is The last Formally with q
Mexican court. and the sentence has
hardly been pronounced before Il s car
+ RED out. That 1t VIII come in a short
/ ume is certain. for Agulrre's lawyers
/ have exhausted their resources and their
appeal 10 Governor Ahumada and Pres--
dent Diaz has been IN vain
( Were it not for the fact mat Aguirre IS
/ beyond all doubt an American citizen,
J born in the United States he would have
( received much shorter Shirt than has
/ has been given him The Mexican gov
/ eminent is not accut0med TO waste much
/ time with offenders from It's own land
4 and Aguirres end would have come long
/ ago had il not been for the TACT that he
is foreigner. That caused the courts ID
move very slowly. His case is the nrsC
which has come up under the new laws of
I extradition, and the judges and lawyers
wanted 10 be sure that there was no
flaw IN the proceedings
/ But row It IS all setIed. Every step
Of the trial has been carefully reviewed
! by the judges. and the prisoners lawyers
have done theIr hest To md some Irregu-
larlty on which they could base an appeal
All in vain. No chance for life is now
left the prisoner and II q sh0r- time he
viii b. led out into the big court in the
rear Of the prison where he is now con-
dned. There ne will be bundtolded and
with his hands bound against his side
viii be placed against the adobe wall
A volely Of bullets from the rifles OF
some Of the soldiers stationed here viii
end II all Then the mans relatives VIII
take his body back TO the United States
and lay il beside those Of his parents
Aguirre has long been known as a ban
dit and his death VIII put an end 70 one
Of the most troublesome bands Of outlaws
with which the border police have had
to deal, some Of them Americans like
aguirre.
They were closely united by ties Of
blood and crime and for years escaped
the penalty Of the crimes which they had
committed.
The victim Of their last crime was Juan
Jose Escajeda, a ranchmsn living in the
village of san Ygnacio. thirty miles from
this city close to the United States line
Ezcaieda. who was man Of the best
reputation. and several of whose relatives
are vel known in Texas politics. had lost
considerable cattle and was sure that
Aguirre and his band were responsible. (
His stock had been traced across the
river into the Fueco mountains There
all trail was lost
Other men near san Tgraci0 had SUI
cred as Eseajeda, and there was little
doubt as TO the guilt OF Aguirra and his
men Srill there was no proof against
them
At last IN the house Of man named
Medina, a follower of Aguirre. was found
the hide of COW on which the brand
was peculiar The not iron having SLIPPED .
as It was applied I'd the skin. From the
marking il was easy 10 identify the anil
mai. and the owner swore that II had
been stolen from his ranch Medina
claimed that the hide had been left in his
house by some unknown man THIS Him +
81 explanation caused senior Esca5eda to +
make the remark which cost him his lfa +
He said that If anyone had left the hide
at Medina s. it must have baea Aggirre.
This remark soon reached the ears Of
Aguirre. He made no pubic threats, but
it was evident that he determined on re- +
venze for in q DAY or two ne and several +
Of his band met in the village Of san
Elzario. in Texas. not far from the home
Of Medina 1t was e. moonlight nizht
about the middle Of last April