Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-08


covered with their weapons the rest
of the family. The chief, who wore
smoked glasses. and whose face was
trying TO study, as | was sure | had
seen him before, ordered that deliver
to him all the arms had in the house.
gave him shotgun, target rifle,
a Mauser and another rifle.
ION delivering all of my arms the
chief gave me letter, which he
snatched from me as soon as | had
read it. To the best of my memory
the letter read as follows;
Eight men tired of life ask Of you
$4,000.
(Signed)
'ONE-EYED MAN OF SANABRIA.'
with all the calmness that could
summon answered: You men do not
know what 100000 is, and undoubted'
ly you do not know that | am but a
modest merchant when you ask such
large amount of money. | absolute
ly haven't that amount, and you can
do what you please. am at your
service
AT these words from me this chief
appeared to be rejecting, but finally
he said: 'Pues veuga con nosotros'
(Then come with u.s..
"On seeing me reach for my hat,
my wife and children and cousins,
who had sat throughout the trying
scene up to that time as ii they had
been petrifed, suddenly found their
voices at seeing me about to be taken
away from them, and they fell on
their knees crying to the bandits not
to take me away, and for me to salts
fly their demand with what money |
could. You can imagine how des-
perate | felt at being myself so pow
erless to allay the grief of my family.
I'VE were on the point of leaving
when the chief hesitated a moment
and gave a signal with whistle
which he had tied about his neck. At
the signal three more men appeared,
and all withdrew to one side, where
they exchanged some sentences, the
import of which could not make out.
when the bandits had finished talk
ing the pleadings and tears Of my wife
and children determined me to make
some effort to satisfy the villains, for
feared they might attempt violence
to my family. perceived that they
were men who would stoop to any
thing, and the possibilities to my fam
lily if did not satisfy their thirst for
money filed me with dread. | of
fered the chief $4,000, which told hin
was all the money l could possibly
obtain in cash. One If the bandits
exclaimed:
"'Such a sum means only trouble
for eight men to bother themselves
with
"The chief then said
"'Give us little more, and we will
leave you in peace
impossible | replied; this is tht
last cent | can get and il it does no
satisfy you | will have to go witt
you
Very WELL replied the chief; we
: will take the money, but you must give
US some guarantee that you will de
liver the money.
; cat this my 15-year-old boy SPOKE
up and said:
My fathers word Is sacred
1.-THE bandits held another confer
ence, and then it was that recog
nized one of them as drunken Span
!, lard named Pineiro, whom | had seel
around for years. Finally the chic
returned to me and said that they hal
: decided to accept the $4,000, and wa
instructed to go in boat with m,
wife and oldest son the next day a
II o'clock in the morning to swami
called Cojimar, where they would b
awaiting me. Death was threatene
the family if I mentioned the matte
to the police Or brought anyon
armed with me when | delivered tn
money.
"Then the men backed out of tn
house and quickly disappeared
Immediately went out on the porch t
see where they had gone. the
called my servants, and found tina
the bandits had locked them up i
the kitchen.
THE next day took my entire fan
lily and went from my pretty littl
summer home across the bay fror
Santiago to the city. 1t is needles
to tell you of the sleepless night W
spent while waiting for the dawn. Bu
with the coming of the day our spirit
rose, and we went to the city wit
lighter hearts. | secured thu none!
and with my wife and oldest son W
took a small launch and went to tn
Cojimar swamp. AS we neared tn
shore we saw some one signaling t
us and approached as near as possible
The man whom | recognized as tn
chief of the night before waded out
us, and to him | delivered the none,
AS he took the money my wife e.
claimed:
CHOW you have money. Don't con
back To this the chief replied:
"'No tenga cuidado, sonora Don
worry, sonora
Mr.. Cendoya on returning to the cit
notified the police. He had recognize
the man Pineiro, and the police lo
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