| Show A sensational STORY EIGHT lolu ailbe and are murdered by americans who lusted for the boid CHICAGO feb 9 A cheyenne wyoming special says the discovery of tho bodies of eight mexican prospectors at the raguth of tho abandoned san salvador mine in the north part of wyoming has brought to light a romantic story rivaling all the tales about the seekers for captain kidds buried treasures miguel at the head of a party of his countrymen left last fall for a two days prospecting trip he confided to a mexican gambler here that they were in search of an abandoned gold mine which they believed to be rich in the metal and they were going to develop it hartmez had a chart traced on parchment which he said was years old and was mado by an ancestor iu the seventeenth century the chart had been lost for years but recently turned up and at once the party was organized the story that has been out through his family for generations was that mar the eider was at the head of some spanish gold hunters who were working a rich mine somewhere in this part of the country the miners quarreled and finally fought aid their diversion resulted in the abandonment of the mine though it was very rich martinez was wounded and died on his way home with his blood he traced the chart which was to bs a legacy for his children it however was soon afterward lost and only recently turned up Mart descendants ants were told of two mines up north that the mineralogists found one had been worked by the spaniards hundreds of years ago his party was not heard from until to dav when a hunter named keller reported his party had discovered the bodies all the mexicans had been shot aal were somewhat cut by knives showing the struggle was a hand to hand one there was evidences that the victorious party had lost three or four men and they had made a hasty departure carraine carr their dead and wounded with them what surprised the hunter most was to find that the mine had been recently worked there is reason to thine that tho san salvador was not the mina described on tho chart and that the murderers have taken the map and gone of to locate the mine tho fact that the mexican horses and tools were taken and their jewelry and money not removed from their bodies seems to prove this keller says there was every indication that the san salvador mine was paying and believes the mine sought for by the mexicans is not far from he other and is known by the party who were at work no one knows where the prospectors are and as the region is almost inaccessible it ia not likely any one will start to work the old mine and bury the mexicans before spring CHICAGO feb 9 times new orleans special dispatches from zilfay ette state that to 1000 white men have organized themselves into a body of vigilante lants for the purpose of regulating local affairs in places where they reside A number of bands have been commissioned to leave the homes of all the colored people and inquire into their employment those who have not been able to obtain work for the past year will bo requested to leave the parish under the penalty of castigation chioe of the regulators have been arrested in the act of whipping some negroes near town A company of seventy civo brother vigilantes soon after called upon the mayor of lafayette and demanded the immediate release of these brutes the mayor flatly refused and gave the prisoners what he thought was punishment to the full extent of the law trouble is expected to break out at any time arrel Sr rel nuil As westly oman i rich farmer of eagle township in this county was sitting with hia tareo sons john samuel and eadie at their fireplace fire place last evening eight masked men suddenly burst into the room with revolvers drawn before the father and his sons coald recover from their astonishment they were all bound and gagged with the exception of eddie the youngest who was held by the leader of the gang and asked where his fathers money was hidden the lad refused to tell until a red hot poker was repeatedly peat edly applied to his baro legs under this torture he confessed his fathers money was in an old desk standing in the corner he too was than bound and gagged after which the dedik was broken open and 2000 money and in notes were taken after ransacking the rest of the house and finding nothing mora of value the robbers took their departure leading oman and sons still bound and helpless geddio worked the gag from his month and with his teeth unbound the bandages and got to the window in time to see the thieves mount their horses and ride away he released his father and brothers but they were all so terrified that they made no effort to follow the robbers and did not leave the bouse till this morning it ia strongly suspected in the neighborhood lafa the robbers ere neighbors of onan A buried feb 8 the theatre at aldershof aldershot Alder shot was burned to the ground tonight to night A performance was in progress ahrn the fire broke out and the audience became panic stricken and made a rush for the doors in the struggle to get to the street many persons were trampled upon and injured and there were many narrow escapes from death alie battle chicado feb 8 annie raymond who wa 3 kidnapped nearly a year ago and for whom a search was made nearly paralleling the lost charlie boss returned home by a mere chance the strongest feature is that the child has never been outside the city since the kidnapping and for two months past has been in a public institution A mrs harper went today to day to the home for the friendless looking for a child to adopt and was attracted by a little girl in the schoolroom whose face was very familiar on making inquiries of the child she was told her name ws j lora hurley mrs harper preg isted in her question and the girl finally said her right papas name was john dedmond mrs harper who had been a neighbor of the JRed moad family then discovered what had attracted her mrs ked mond was then summoned and tho little girl taken homo it will be remembered that her father after wearily prosecuting the search for months became demented as a result of tha strain on his mind and a few weeks ago was sent to the asylum when tho little girl was discovered today to day a friend was dispatched to the asylum to bring tho father home in the hope that a sight of hia daughter would restore him redmond arrived this morning and the judgment of the physicians was not at fault when he discovered hib child he was overcome with grief liftin glier in his arms and kissing her a hundred times his sanity was restored the little girl was taken to the home of the friendless last month by an officer of the humane society she had been with a family named gurley living on seventy first street passing for their child gurley had frightfully maltreated mal treated her compelling her to do hard work about the house and beating her nearly every day the humane society officer was summoned by a neighbor woman who had discovered the child tied down m the cellar after having been beaten gurley was arrested but on a plea that his wife was near confinement and that his presence at home was absolutely necessary the heavy fine against him was suspended the little girl was however placed in the home there seems no doubt that sho was abducted by the curleys Gur leys though why is not known they have disappeared from the locality in which they lived but a vigorous search will be made for them why the child never disclosed her identity until questioned is another one of the mysteries in this peculiar case feb 9 the curleys Gur leys who had possession of the kidnapped child annie rodmond Bod mond were arrested today to day mrs gurley says abe child was her by maggie gordon who said it was her own she never suspected it belonged to redmond or she would have returned it the police are looking for mrs gordon bertous LODO feb 8 heavy gales are again raging on the english and irish coasts A building fell near bolton today to day and crushed a number of cottages killing six persons at pembroke the ferryboat ferry boat capsized and nine persons were drowned A Wr eclied LONDON feb 8 the bark theodore behead has been wrecked at texel ten persons were drowned including the captain and his cami ly by leniner Me niner feb 8 this afternoon a firs engine going to a fire frightened a horse hitched tc a wagon and mr ward the owner was thrown from the wagon and fatally injured maggie brown aged 8 years was run over and instantly killed charlee chajles jr and miss annie mcginnis were run over and seriously injured |
