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Show JAUrtF.iiU l'3 t-AST SHOT. A IiaHdlt Leader Who Feluned Death In Order to Make Ono More Ylcilin. During six months tlio htaro of Jalisco, Mexico, was tho field of operations for 'hat unscrupulous handit, Deiuerlio Tiimvj.'ui. Tho iiuthoritiea made luuny effoits to put a flop t ) tho robberies and murders which Jaurejrni mnl his hand had Imi'U commit! in', hut in Kpito of lln-Hi cllorls luii'Klaries, abdtiutions and murders by tho woro wero cotninitted by tho ihiriii'-'despi-rado. Thiuu'S finally caiiio to ni'-li a a-.s that tho people of Jalisco ;;rew desperate, and decided that a Mtprcme eirortmiist bbiuado to nd th country of .lauiv-ui. AccoiViiiily a company of infantry was ptit in readiness readi-ness to pun ue ,Iaun "ui tit a moment's Uol ice and capture hii.l and bis band. Tim soldiers did not have Inn:? to wait, for they wero informed that Jaiin-rui intended to rob tin) plantation of El Car-rio. Car-rio. The chief of K''ndariiierio was auihori''.ed to station his fores in the viciiuly of I ho plantation and to cuptiirb the bandits, alive if possible. Whitu CoIuik 1 .litrrea and Lieutenant Ccl.-o Gomez, of ih" Seventieth infantry, weri stalioiicd wit h tln-ir soldiers in the vicinity vicin-ity of tiio plaiilation they saw ,)aniv.;ui mid his band of six mcu vnlenn:? the residence of i ! oj owner. Tho Soldiers at once surrounded tho house and demanded tho etirrender of Jauri Kui's party. This, demand was mv red by a murderous volley of bullets bul-lets from tle repeal ins rilles of tho bandits. The solde rs at oiico returned the lire, Tlio simntiie? continued till lej'lil fall, win n lie' bandits ceiM-d firing. l!y lliis tiiui! tin' soldiers, convinced that discretion was tho botlcr part of valor, decided to wait till laornin beforo re-lipetiiti!? re-lipetiiti!? the baltle. Tib- following; mornim?, however, ) he soldiers, lcil by Colonel Jurrea, ci'lecled an entrance to the hou.se and tlcre found si'i of the bandits de-id. Their leader, on seeing 1 lie soldier.:, fled t'l till) lit I ir and baii icaded the door. lie was followed by two soldiers. One of these wan kil'ed instantly by a bullet from the. pistol of tile bandit chief. The other quickly fired at fiie port hole from which came the bullet which had killed his companion, and bis shot was answered by n f.Toau which showed that it had been elfective. Thinking that the coast was dearths soldiers made their way to the attic ami found tho bandit kirn? lyini; on the floi r behind an old lied. Ho W'as nearly cx-li.'Uis.led cx-li.'Uis.led from loS.s of blood, but ho inan-ued inan-ued to hold a largo revolver in each hand and at once opened lire. Suddenly lie fell back apparently unconscious. un-conscious. A soldier went, forward and bent over tho old bandit to seo if there were any traces id' life, when, wilh a mi;;hty effort, daureefiii raised himself to a silliu-; posture, shot tho soldier through the heart and thou died. In this battle four soldiers wero killed outright and eleven wero wounded, homo of them mortally. Jaui'ej,'ui's band was orto of the worst that ever visited the stale of Jalisco. One of the outlaw's favorite schemes was to surround the house of a wealthy planter in tho middle of the ni'lit and demand lar;?e sums of money, valuable horses, and in fact, any article that miht bo of value to tho bandits. If these de-mauds de-mauds were refused the bandits wonhi sometimes murder the planter, and at other times they would make him a prisoner and hold him till an cxhorbitaut ransom was paid. Cor.Clevcland World, |