| Show PRICE OF A LIFE PAID BY COLONIST I 1 thrilling experience of A B call of colorina Colo riia dublan with mexican red flaggert Fl aggers LOADED RIFLES AT BREAST BREAM F bisoni demanded was 2000 given privilege of racing facing slayers or being blindfolded the following interesting account has hai been received by eld elder er anthony W ivins ivies of the council ot of the twelve from A B call ot of colonia dublan chihuahua mexico under date oil november concerning his recent seizure by mexican red daggers i 1 regarding which a brief account ap api feared iti in yesterdays news I 1 wrote you on the ath dinst but since that time I 1 have had an expert I ence which I 1 feel you should hear fro irom me personally then you will get M its e lust just as it happened about noon on the ath insi I 1 was at home when six red flaggert fl aggers rode into my place and asked me it if I 1 could furnish hay and corn for their horses over night I 1 asked how bow many horses had and was answered about 50 0 I 1 told them I 1 would do what I 1 could tor for thon them knowing that it was better to do go willingly bingly than he to have the help themselves the leader Tomas Perez toll told mo me he would want 12 bales of haa ha euid four bee bec of corn and a corral large enough to hold the horses borses also rooms for his men 25 in number ha be sald said but there were only li IS men ana one w woman oman these accommodations are h hard ard to find here but one of the men suggested that they ge gc to the th fa farnsworth store nothing 1 bouldi say would turn them from their pur pose so they camped in the store yard that night I 1 hauled them tour four hec bee of corn from my own crib and left them about pm with the understanding der that I 1 should come back in the morning and be would settle with me next rooming morning I 1 went up to the store before breakfast perez had sent two armed men to my home to bring me t to 0 him but I 1 missed them on the way arriving at the store he told ma he wanted to talk to me so we went into the ae store ile HP asked me it if I 1 know knew anything about who had given the information to talamantes tho the leader then at la ascencion which led to the capture and execution of jose parra a red flab chief last july I 1 told him and that tha truth truthfully fully tully that I 1 knew absolu absolutely teb nothing of the affair ile he said he ha had re reason a so n to believe that I 1 knew ewall all about the matter lie ho also said that ahr were three implicated in the affair one mormon one american Amerl Ameri pan and one M mexican e X and that I 1 was the mormon m and operated the whole business I 1 protested and maintained my innocence but to no avail he told me in c that he had orders from gen castillo Castl llo to arrest me and either execute me immediately or take me before him and he would do it I 1 was then put under guard of three armed men and told tola that I 1 could so go home and get a horab and saddle and such necessary equipment as I 1 might need to accompany them I 1 did so and soon returned to their camp and in about one hour afterwards was on the road with them DEMANDED BIG BIC RANSOM t we went oily dilly as far ar as casas grandes that day bishop bentley was notified and came down clown from colonia juarez that evening and had an interview with perez declaring to him that thai I 1 was not guilty and telling him that we a had always taken a neutral stand in all the affairs of this conflict all this had no effect on perez why dismissed us very abruptly declaring th that at I 1 must pay the penalty with my life as I 1 had been the cause of the death of many of their men and thereby made many widows and ana orphans that night I 1 was kept under heavy guard and I 1 felt very uneasy as they were drinking heavily and you know what that means next morning mr it L black will young and two mexicans came up from D dublan u blan to try and 1 secure 1 my release b but t were not suel successful c cess ful neyr mr black binck did did however however learn f from rom perez that he be would put a price on my freedom this was good news to me as I 1 knew then that my case was IV not as bad as he had represented it and that it was only a pretext to extract money mr black and I 1 then went and had a talk w with ith him and asked him what abat his price was after repeating the gravity of tho the offense many times he said he was doing us a great favor by let leti 1 ting me olt off at all and that tile the price he had fixed was 2000 1 I told him tha it was absolutely impossible to pa pay that amount as there was not th that a amount of money in both colonies wd also explained to him that the trains as he well knew had not been running tor for more than six alx lx months and ti 1 1 I what hay and grain had not been stolen from us ug was still plied piled up and no salci tor for anything consequently there w waa borno no money in circulation ho ha said that I 1 had been selling goods from the farnsworth barnsworth store and that I 1 had the money either hid hero here or in the bank in el ei paso I 1 explained to him that the be money that had come into my hands from tho the sale bt bf merchandise was not mine and that I 1 had sent it to the owners and had no bank ac anywhere ho he finally said that the ithe lowest lowert arm he would consider jat t all was 1000 we told him that we could not raise that amount ile he said eald awe we could get it of 0 my mexican friends lot lof whom ho he said I 1 had many for all the influential men of casas grandas gran des had approached him to secure my freedom he then dismissed us rind and gave orders to saddle up and be on the move PRICE OF A LIFE that day we wantonly wen tonly as far as tha jacobo anchondo ranch and again camped it rained hard bard all nighta 2 monday londay morning we again broke camp and this time went as tar far as ag san diego camping in the large house on the hill nothing more was said to me until that night after lark when perez called ma his out from the ahe men around the camp bre and said he wanted to talk with me he also called one of ills his chiefs the third t h ird in command ol of tile the company t ta he hear ar what was vas said ile he then asked me what I 1 was going to do I 1 asked him what he wanted me to do he said pay the money ho he had spoken to brother black and me about in casas grandes Grand ca I 1 told him that it was utterly impossible to raise that amount he said isaid what do you value your life at I 1 told him that I 1 valued it more than he whole world but that I 1 could not give the world to save it if as aa it did not belong to me so I 1 could not give it to save it ho then took his chief aside and they held a whispered consultation for about five minutes then returned to me and ordered me to bring my bed and equipments and make it down beside of him the chief I 1 knew there was something unusual epand so felt very uneasy I 1 did not sleep any and at t 3 in the morning the guard rapped on the door and said the time was as up the chief woke three other mien men and then he spoke to me and said come on I 1 asked him where we were going but all he wd said was come coine on PACE FACE TO race FACE WITH DEATH while bile I 1 was preparing to accompany them they all loaded their guns this done they took me out and around the north side of the hacienda and out of the west gate in ill the direction ot of colonia juarez having gone about meters down into the hollow we stopped under a large cottonwood colt onwood tree the chief said this la Is the place I 1 ask asked e d him what they were going to do he said execute you I 1 asked him what for and he said it was the Lolo i nels orders and that he had to carry them out then he asked me if I 1 would rather have my eyes blind i folded or it if I 1 would prefer to die with them open I 1 told him to suit himself vv hereupon he be told me to stand with my back against the tree I 1 did so and tile the four men lined up in front ot of me with their guns pointed at my breast you tou can better imagine my feelings at that moment than I 1 can describe them your letter of june Is 16 last a copy of which you no doubt have was a great comfort to me at that trying time I 1 do not know just how long I 1 stood with my back against that tree but until the leader of the gang asked rip mp what list I 1 was willing to do to save my life I 1 asked him what he wanted rn me to do lie he said to pay the amount that the colonel had demanded the maht I 1 lit b before e f ore I 1 told him I 1 could not do tag aliat b when pe ha said what amount are you 0 U willing to payi payl I 1 told him I 1 was willing to zo so to the colony in the morn ng and undertake to raise one or two hundred dollars lie he said that was all he wanted of me as that wasl was a proposition losi tion for the colonel to consider inthe in the morning orning in we went back to the hachen la and in the morning we talked with perez and lie sald said he would accept the affer of and that he would send a man with me to colonia juarez and irla the money back I 1 asked him for I 1 ti a receipt for the amount which he was perfectly willing to give I 1 asked him also to include the hay and grain I 1 had furnished him while he was in colonga ablan this he did and gave me the receipt and four armed men accari palled 3 ailed riled 1 me to to colonia juarez where xe ae round nd bishop bentley and ho he aid brother ther walser went froni house to nr house lne and got what money they co coa ld d the store making up the deficiency I 1 was immediately given my liberty ind and returned home having ha been gone three nights and tour four days I 1 have no desire to have the experience elpe fience repeated and thank the lord for or my deliverance wo we are all well and gobig aloag as best we can money baill reni remains allis bearce and grocer les and clothing short the priesthood qu quorums luo ruou sunday school and the AL 1 I A are dalmy a glod work our sellout school is 11 quite successful tomorrow and we to celebrate tile the occa occasion Ion in tho the usual way for we feel that we have need to thank our father for his many ble ibisi we are receiving from ills his bounteous hand build my bly family join lu ill kind regard to you your affectionate brother A n B CALL De deberdt beret eveylne news |
