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Show Murdered T&y SJctcfuis Marauding Indians of Mejeico Slay an American Amer-ican Citixen. Xlory of th Ambush In Which a Formtr Tlttsburd Man Wa-t Ktt'd Whit on a frw- ptcting Tour. The recent murder of a prominent American citizen by YniUl Imliium of Mexico has been piomptly avenged, thirteen mlskiiiH of the tribe being Banged, dfteuu banished from the country, while leuialnlng ineinbors of the murderous gang have been Inipils-oned Inipils-oned The expedltliiim work of levenge wax-In wax-In the IiiiiiiH of President Dlar. of Mexico, Mex-ico, who, desiring to uvulil complications complica-tions with the t'nlu-il .States govern-rnrnt govern-rnrnt over the serious unfair and neck lug an opportunity to exhibit a friend ly feeling toward Uncle Sam, determined deter-mined to round up the murderers, whose victim wan it well known Amer- c 1 HII, MARTIN' ATTliitlTKn TO IlUN HACK. lean citizen, II. N Martin, formerly of Wlll.esbarre. I'a., who for four years previous to Ills death bad held the Important Im-portant position of superintendent of La Hummed mine of the Southern I'a cltie company In old Mexico. President Diaz, with commendable energy, called out at once the Kleventh battalion, composed of the crack soldiers sol-diers of Mexico. Thinking Unit there was no danger of pursuit or that they could not he convicted of the murder, the Indians when they wore overtaken made no resistance, but hulled the troops In a friendly manner and when placed under guard submitted submit-ted rem Illy to examination Nothing was discovered by ipiestioulng or by a catch of the camp. Then another method was tried, some of the suspected Indians being tortured until, they agreed to wpeak, and In this manner those of the hand guilty of the crime were dlscoveted. Thirteen were hanged, llfteeu others were banished, and all the others were Imprisoned. The murdered mine superintendent leaves a widow to mourn his untimely death. She resides nt present lu Wilkes-barre, Wilkes-barre, I'n. Mr. Martin had started out on n prospecting tour over the mountains moun-tains with two scouts and two team iters and a servant. Full details of the murder were re ctived by his widow from Carlos 1. Verdugo. teamster, who says- "We left Ortiz on Sept. 7 t 1 in the morning, the party Including Mr. Mar tin. Antonio Knclnns, Carlos Verdugo, teamster of the wagon, and ltnmon l'l neda. Ills assistant, nnd two scouts, Joaquin Ilaivelon nnd Jose Maria Mo rales At 11:110 n in. the next day we were attacked by nbout forty Indians at the place called I .a Usta Ulanca one nnd a half leagues from Punta de Agua and San M.irclal. "Upon arriving at u place called Il Chlilcote, near the place of the assault I called the attention of Mr. Martin to ward a dock of buzzards light In front of us and over the same road "These birds always follow the I mil ans bivause the latter always kill mil mals to eat. nnd the birds follow them to take advantage of the refuse of tint animals, l'or that reason It was to be aupposoil tliete were Iudlnns at the place I showed Mr. Martin. "Tor the sake of precaution Mr Mar tin ordeicd that the two scouts should advance about twenty meters from the wagon and sent another man to w hip the mules, lie going at the rear guard at about two meters distance from the wagon. When I called his attention to the fact that there were probabilities of there being Indians at that place 1 asked him If it would opt lie better to return to Puuta do JLgila, because If they were Indians probably on tho following fol-lowing day they would not bo there, to which Mr. Martin replied that It was better to go ahead aiiil hurry the mules, because by passing rapidly there would lie no danger at ail "So wo did. but we had not got far when we were attacked from the four aides and in a very brushy place. Tho first shot came from the front, hitting Jose Mnrla Morales, wt.o wns tho one that Mr. Martin ordered to advance. CM Mitret tract: aim in tn fsrt ntp. Mltir (Hit through tha Hftit froln and AMtroyloir tb Uilitfa bone. At that moment Mr. Martin attempted to run back, when there appeared more Indians In-dians flanking our rear and preventing air. Martin going to that direction. "We two oh the wagon attempted to acupe toward the right, which we found occupied with Indians, who received re-ceived us with shots. We run then to the left side, and the same thing happened hap-pened to us, and, thinking that we were nil lost, I made n last effort, succeeding suc-ceeding lu reaching a rampart formed by a creek, and ilhl down In water deep to my chest. 'The Inst time I ran I could see Mr. Martin going lu the same direction from where the flrst shots were tired upon us, hut I did not see him any more. 1 crossed the creek and went to report the ease to Punta de Agua. The companion of the wounded ninn, Joaquin Harcelon, succeeded In escaping, escap-ing, taking along with him the wounded wound-ed man nnd going toward n hill. "A short time afterward the wound td man died, nnd Hnrcelou was compelled com-pelled to leave the body on the ground and went to report d the ranch Kl Hepnro, where there Is n telephone line to Ortiz. "When he returned, I Joined him, the Eleventh battalion going to the place of attack, which we reached nt (I o'clock In thn evening, but the authorities had previously taken Hway the wagon nnd the body of Mr. Martin, which was found, containing two shots, one In the left lung, passing through his heart, und the other In the left eye, going through his skull. Messrs. John-eon John-eon of 8nn Marctal took charge of Mr, Martin's funeral. "Mr. Martin's inoro us well ns lta-mou lta-mou Pineda succeeded lu an attempt to escape unhurt nnd gnve notice to Sail Mnrclal. The other body was picked up and hurled nt Punta de Agua " |