Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-12-13
BLAKE CAUTHORN
Slain in TEXAS.
FORMER MEXICO BOY ASSASSIN
ArED NEAR HIS HOME FRI
DAY HIS MURDERER
CAUGHT AND LYNCH
Ed BY ENRAGRD
CITIZENS NEAR
SCENE OF
CRIME.
uopA hlDDhhD VIII 1ULLEIA.
Had Sold Cauthorn Another Mans
Sheep and Received Check For
$4000-Had Killed a Second
Man-Remains of Unfor-
fortunate Missourian
Buried in San
Angelo Tues
day.

Blake Cauthorn, formerly of this
city, and one Of the best young men
the county has yer produced, was
shot to death by an assassin near his
home In Del Rio Texas last Friday.
The news Of the terrible crime reach
ed this city early Saturday and pro-
duced the most profound grief
throughout the community where the
unfortunate young man had lived so
long and bad such q vast number OF
friends. The deed is one OF the most
cold blooded and wickedest ever per-
petrated in any civilized country and
aroused intense anger and Indignation
among the citizens OF the city in
which the murdered man lived and a
posse being formed, the murderer was
caught and Immediately lynched. His
name was A. R. Slbley and after bis
awful crime had taken refuge in a
house in the suburbs of the town. He
was then discovered and being
summoned to surrender himself
and on refusing to do SO the
mob0pened fire and riddled him with
bullets. The mob then dispersed and
the coroner being notified proceeded
TO the house and took charge Of the
dead mans body.
Sihley was a stranger and entirely
unknown to anybody in Del Bio. He
first went TO Ralston's ranch, it Is said
and negotiated for the purchase OF a
herd Of sheep, but made no payment
on them. He then went TO Cauthorn's
ranch and sold the same sheep &C
Cauthorn, receiving a check for $4,000.
Cauthorn started for the Ralston
ranch to get the sheep late Friday
evening He was found dead In his
buggy Saturday morning.
Sibley went to De! Rio and tolc
Ralston's son that their father has
gone to Kerrville. He deposited thu
81, 900 check with the First NatiOna
Bank, OF Del Bio, intending, it Is SUP
posed, to draw the money later
The finding of Cauthorn's deaf
body yesterday morning started
search for Ralston. The fact that b
was seen last in Slbley's company lie
the searching party TO believe tina
SIbley had murdered both him an
Cauthorn. fastening to town, th
party soon located Slhley. Refusing
to give himself up, he as much a
acknowledged his guilt and be wa
fired on and killed.
Del Rio is a town OF about 1000 IN
habitants including many Mexieani
Il IS only three miles from the Mel
lean border in Valverde county and
the largest and most important poin
on the Southern Pacific railroad d
tween San Antonio and FL Paso, an
one Of the governments custom house
ia located there. The immediat
county around 10 fiat prairie land nu
ia rough and even mountainous som
distance out. The Cauthorn-Ham
ton ranch is about Is miles north
the town. The Mesquite fats, wheel
Young Cauthorn was shot, lie aoot
three miles out and through which tr
road winds north. They are covere
with a low, thick under brush In wnic
the murderer hid aud waited for b
victim and in which it is Thought .
> secreted the body Of Ralston.
BopY OF SECOND VICTIM FOUND
|. A dispatch from Del Rio states Una
the body OF Ralston, the second VII
: tim Of the assassin Slbley, was recol
yered early Monday morning. Raisto
had been shot in the head and bis Doc
concealed by sibley. It now appeai
the latter's name is an assumed Oh
and that his real name is Edward Pu
man. he had taken refuge 10 u
5 house Of a nan by the name OF Snal
in the out skirts Of the city where
3 vas discovered and slain BY Inc !
furiated citizens.
al The remains Of Blake Cauthorn' we
e laid 10 rest In San Angelo Tuesday !
y ternoon, according to a message recei
from Ross Cauthoru, Of this city,
b brother OF the deceased. Mr.. Cautho
ie left for Texas Saturday afternoon j