Show outrages on tho mexican fron tier j A gentleman of this city has re a letter from his son I who is residing iu in san felipe in in the state of sonora TN mexico from which the following is is an extract it is dated july and gives an idea of the horrible atrocities which arc are being pel perpetrated in that section by a band of outlaws and renegades rene gades there has been considerable raiding upon our immediate frontier and acts have been committed that almost put an apache to shame an old man who waa was coming ill in with a burro load of traps comina ho lie had ad been to charleston to buy was kill ed being shota shot a number of limesand time sand his body was forced into the carcass odthe of the burro after the animal had been gutted butted now this is a favorite act of the apaches A cs but as there are no hostile apaches about just now and a band of texan raiders were retiring along the road after being whipped near fronteras and the old man was found by the pursuing evidence is pretty cleab clear rely established that they were the anes ones who committed the deed dee thi this is is a terribly disgraceful thing for the century is it not and to think that white men belonging to a civilized civilised civili sed country y should bo be the perpetrators stealing cattle and shooting down their owners with outraging women are not un common occurrences here but when it comes to killing a poor solitary solitar Y old man even if he lie was a half yaqui ya qui and stuffing him into a burro bu aro is getting down almost too mean for anything these theme acts are a terrible disgrace to the united states and ought to be bo put down with a strong hand band why persons who upon my arrival upon the frontier were looking forward with pleasure to the opening up of american communication with this district have been obliged to leave their ranches and retire into the interior odthe of the S state ta te many of th them err J beggared don rinaldo elin elias who extended to methe me the kindest hospital my arrival and wh who was always noted for hia his hospitality to americans has been robbed of f nearly every head bead of stock he bo had lie ia is only one of many sufferer cre the force of troops along the frontier of arizona new mexico and texas ought to be at least mca men I suppose that it is reported to the prees and the people of the united states that baidin raiding g is is going on from both sides of the line b but ut I have yet to hear of one single fingle head of beef cattle being d driven riven into sonora it docs does not stand to reason t that hat cattle would be run to the poorest market to be sold F from rem 12 to 17 per head can be got from the united states government contractors contract ora for indian supplies and no questions asked here at the present time it would be hard to get got more t than an from 84 to 87 and nearly impossible to receive the money without proving ownership you can therefore judge for yourself where the blame falls o san ban francisco examiner |