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Show UK HIS 01 OBITUARY NOTICE It is not given to many men to read their own obituaries, but that old-time old-time American, General C. H. M. y Agramonte, known to practically even' foreigner in the Republic, and particularly particu-larly in Mexico pity, as a living example exam-ple of perennial youth, not long ago had that "pleasure." And it was no ordinary obituary either, but a thrilling thrill-ing account of his own execution how he went bravely to the appointed spot, refused to have a bandage put! over his eyes, and died like the gallant gal-lant man he is and always has shown himself in a long life full of death defying de-fying experiences. The General, as may well be believed, took a deep interest in-terest in the account, as well as a still deeper interest in ascertaining the identity of malicious correspondent who sent the false report broadcast over the world, causing thereby infinite in-finite sorrow tq his far away "family "fam-ily and old time friends in other coun. tries, who naturally gave full credence cre-dence to the circumstantial account of the alleged execution, backed as it was by the authority of a news gathering gath-ering association whose watchword is popularly but somewhat errone'ously supposed to be "accuracy." So far as has yet transpired, the papers that circulated the falsehood did not publish pub-lish tho contradition that was sent them, and thousands of foreigners un-doubedly un-doubedly still believe that the General long since occupied a bloody grave. Mexican Times. Agramonte was formerly a resident of Ogden. |