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Show AJCE&ICAX 18 REPORTED BURNED AT STAKE SAX FRANCISCO. Mar M.-Refuatng to comply with demand for money by a band of bandits at AJuna. Mtchoacan. Robert J. Sweaaey, an American superintendent super-intendent of the Central railroad of-MI rhoacan, waa burned at the atake on May 18. according to the story of Joseph Ha naf elder, one of the refugee who arrived ar-rived hers yesterday on the steamer Newport New-port from Mansanlllo. Hansfelder says that the bandits had made demands for money of every American In the district. Some compiled, but Sweaaey refused to pay. Hansfelder declare that he made his wsy to Sweasey's house, three miles distant dis-tant from hla own home, on May 1ft and found t he house burned to the around and Sweaaey's body laahed to a post la the midst of the burnlna embers. Mrs. Sweaaey had disappeared and la believed to have been taken prisoner by the bandits and held for ransom. Tearing his own house would be attacked, at-tacked, Hansfelder with his family made hla way to Mansanlllo and took paeaajre for the United Statee. Sweaaey la believed be-lieved bv Hansfelder to have been a former for-mer resident of Ben Diego. |