Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-01

 robbing caravan after caravan in the extreme southern part of the state The company immediately got under way for that district, only to find that while they searched in the south their trade in their old haunts in the north.
 In 1880 Tomas Antonio de la Ger da became viceroy, and his first act was to proclaim the eradication of brigandage. He was hailed by the merchants and bankers with great enthusiasm and large sum of mon- ey was raised and placed in his hands to aid him further in this at tempt. A dozen detachments of men were sent to look for Fl Huero and other bandits who practiced their and so thorough was this search that even Fl Huero was grad ually driven southward. Entirely away from the path of the rich cara vans, Huero dismissed his band and dividing the remaining loot told all to look out for themselves.
 Joins With ARramonte.
 With five men Fl Huero struck out for the coast and made his way by water to the lsthmus of Panama. In this hotbed of piracy and brigandage he found man by the name of Agra monte, who was already noted for his daring expolits as pirate. Fl Huero explained the situation in Mexico, told of the successful cam paign of Viceroy de la Cerda and how most of the bandits had been driven from the country. He point ed out that this would greatly in- crease the confidence of the mer- chants and other shippers, and that great values, which had been stored for many months, owing to the fear of the bandits, would now be sent to Vera Cruz or Coatzacoalcos for shipment to Spain. Agramonte fell in at once with the idea and they obtained two vessels.
 Near Coatzacoalcos the vessels tied up until Fl Huero could make trip of inspection to the town. This trip resulted in evidence that there was not enough value stored in the port to justify the attempt to take it, but he did learn that there had been great quantities of treasure sent to Vera Cruz to be loaded on vessel that was even then expected from Spain.
 plunder Vera Cruz.
 Returning to the ships with as much haste as possible, Ell Huero explained to Agramonte the neces- sity of getting to Vera Cruz before the transport made Spain. With all haste the vessels made their way to the more northern port, and May IF, 1683, they dropped anchor in front of the town. The natives of Vera Cruz thought them to be transports from Spain. During the night, how ever the bandits came ashore and heean the plumber of the town. They drove the inhabitants of the place in- to church and locked them in and thus kept them for five days while board the vessels. When this work they continued the loot. Great quan- titles of treasure were carried on was complete Ell Huero wrote the following message which he nailed to the front door of the house of the Alcalde:
 "Mexico has made me criminal. I lived with the desire to be good but the abuses of men and of the authorities never have allowed it. l take leave of this province and may God grant the tyrants of the capital the same punishment as has befaller those of this port"
 Agramonte and Mendez sailed away with one of the greatest cargoes o1 booty in the history of buccaneering Long after the death of Fl Huero i, was learned that he had returned tt Spain and had lived and died 6 peaceable life in the mountains ot Granada.