The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 140, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 13, 1892 Page: 1 of 4
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It was not a coincidence that Captain
Eurtons party when ready to leave the
valley should head in the same direc-
tion as that pursae d by the outlaws It
wis simply the same line of reasoning
j The influx of gold seekers would natnr
ually mass the Indians on the western
border to oppose jthein and it was rea-
soned that tho route to Fort Sully would
hn unopposed In going out of the val-
ley however each part took a dif-
ferent route and it was not until tho
gold seekers arrived at the foits of the
Cheyenne and the soldiers encampment
that they knew tho outlaws had passgd
on before am J only two days ahead
I had rather have them ahead than
behind said the captain when ho heard
the news If they can get through
we ought to bo able to
I dont liko it answered Joe with a
shake of the head They were p des-
perate lot before Taylor joined them
and you know how ho feels toward us
I belieye they have come this way to
ambush us and from this on we cant
keep our eyes open too wide
Thats true added Harkins Tay-
lor know what we were after and
through him all the others know I
think they played spy on us and dis-
covered that wo had struck the treasure
They dared not attack us in the valley
as wo would be on our guard but 1
shall be greatly disappointed if they do
not show their hands beforo our second
day down the river is over
Tho party remained in camp with the
soldiers only one night and as in the
case of tho outlaws the contents of the
wagons were not suspected They wero
locked upon as one of the hundred un-
successful expeditions already returning
disgusted from the diggings They were
given three cheers b the soldiers as they
moved out and camp had been placed
only a fow miles behind when a vigilant
outlook was maintained for the outlaws
Three times during the day when tho
party was obliged to pass locations where
a foe could lio in ambush scouts were
sent ahead to make sure that no trap
had been set for them Their pace was
not so rapid as that of tho outlaws and
it was noon of the second day beforo
theyipproached the scene of the tragedy
brought about by Tayjor
While yet two or three miles away
tho scout who was riding in advance
halted and waited for the others to come
up What is it asked the captain as all
had closed up
Look
Hovering over tho grove straight
ahead was a cloud of buzzards What
their presence signified every man
knew
They are low down whispered the
captain
Which means death replied Joe
While they are waitiug for a wounded
j man or horso to die they sail high
The other party has been attacked
and wiped out J fear
i Cant be otherwise Theres certain
to be a sight there which the women
Robert DaUelJ M B Kingsbury should not be permitted to gaze upon
y Some of us had best rido ahead and see
Emile Kleiber J D Anderson what can be done
j Joe Harkins and a third man were
dispatched on tho errand and they
found it one to try their nerves When
Collections on till points promptly
they had approached close enough to get
iie and f emitted Bills of exchange a view of tho camp they knew it to be
VPYaiaHTl892BYAM RICAW PRESS ASSK
mom were running aoouc on une jround
others sailed slowly about in short cir-
cles and hesitated to alight
Look at tho horses exclaimed Joe
The animals had beeu staked out on
ground furnishing scant pasturage at
best For three days they had had
neither food nor water and a3 Joe spoke
they were making tremendous efforts to
break their lariats or pull the iron pins
from the ground s
There are dead men there whis-
pered Harkins with pale face but the
buzzardsare afraid of the horses
The trio moved forward They were
greeted with whinnies of welcome from
tho suffering horses but for two or three
minutes they had eyes only for the bodies
of the dead But for the clothing on
them it would have been hard to identify
them as human beings
There ar ° > only four and neither of
them is Taylor said Joe as he rodo
around the bodies There are no ar-
rows here no empty shells no signs of
a fight with tho Indians Let us ridf
through the grove and see jf we can
find the key o this mystery 1
They scattered and hunted for further
evidence hvn they found none Taylor
living or dead could not be traced
Heres his rifle said Harkins as he
dismounted and picked up a gun lying
by itself on tlw ground
And it has not been discharged
added Joe as he inspected it Theso
dead men are his work and tho fact
that he did not drive away with the
team proves that something happened
him Let us relieve tho horses and then
get these horrible objects out of sight
When the remainder of the patty came
up not an evidence of the tragedy ex-
isted but the story told them by those
who had drawn tho corpses to tho river
and floated them off was shocking
enough without the presence of the
dead Tho horses had been reduced to
skeletons and it ws a full hour before
their thirst was sufficiently satisfied to
permit them to enjoy tho fresh green
grass at tho other sido of the grove
The next surprise came when one of
the men investigated tho contents of
the outlaws wagon and found the treas
uro which had been responsible for so
many crimes While it was known
that tho men were hunting for the cavo
of gold the idea that they had found it
had not been entertained Whom did
it belong to The wreckage of the sea
belongs to tho finder So with tho
wreckago of the plains
The wagons were moved to the other
side of the grove and tho gold hunters
went jnto camp If tho newly added
treasure was to bo taken away it must
bo drawn by the horses which had
hauled it thus far and wero now hardly
ablo to keep their feet It would take
a week to recruit them for the long pull
to the fort Tho camp was therefore
mado as comfortable as possible the
treasure examined piece by piece and its
value estimated and when this task
had been accomplished even tho sweet
sad faco of tho orphaned Lizzie carried
a smile
I have written much of adventuro and
very little of love Some of my readers
may have been disappointed on that
score Thero is love among the cast
awaysfloating on a raffc in midocean
There is lovo beneath the white topped
wagon of the immigrant slowly trailing
across plain and prairie in tho gold
hunters camp surrounded by perils and
alarms But it is a silent love born of
heroism self sacrifice and true merit
and it is not demonstrative It waits for
safety and civilization to betray itself
A month after Joe and his compan
ions rodo into that death camp I met
most of them in Denvar They had
come safely through all perils their
treasure had reached the mint to be val-
ued and paid for in coin gold and there
had been one marriage Joe and Bess
A month later there was to bo another
equally satisfactory to all parties
Harkins and Lizzie From their own
learned the story and have given it
therewas not enough love in
fr th e sentimentalists blame
BROWNSVILLE CAMERON COUITT TEXAS TUESDAY GVENII DECEMBER 13 1892
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lueui orconcealingtnerace rrom y ar n nnn u u r ui
most obedient servant newspaper though Republican m
politics has set to work to find out
the facts It kas made a systemat-
ic and thorough investigatioa of
these reports and it finds them to
be mainly lies made out of whole
cloth
One firm whose woollen mill has
recently beeu burned has decided
not to rebuild immediately One
or two firms have postponed the
increase of their plants
These are events that occur at
anytime On the other hand the
Union finds that a multitude of
specific reports of cancelled orders
and the like are pure fabrication
that business incentral and west-
ern Massachusetts was never bet-
ter that the demand for mannfae
tnrmg machinery is full up to the
ability to supply it that manufnc
turers are well sold up to point of
production and thatthe move-
ment shows no sign of abatement
The prospect of better crade con-
ditions is stimulating industry as
it shonld do
THE EXD
f JFcic Departure
San Antonio Express
A dispateh in yesterdays Express
from Austin stated that articles of
incorporation had been filed by the
PanAmerican Coffee Co ot San
Antonio The capital stock was
placed at 500000 and the incor-
porators were James P Conger of
New York and V r Rigsby and
J S Irvine of y city The ob-
ject of this con fiany ib to convert
mesquite beans into articles of food
and commerce and use it as a sup
plement to or substitute of coffee
The company will operate on a
patent issued by the United States
government to T H Jacobs This
has been boaght by the company
a number of wealthy men have
beeu fully proven The company
will erect a large plant here in the
near future which they hope to
have in full working order by July
1 1893 A meeting of the stock-
holders will be he cf shortly and it
is expected that the following ot
iieers will be elected President
WH WeieS treasurer J J Ste-
vens and secretary J S Irvine
The incorporators enthusiastic over
the patent and statu that this will
prove one of San Antonio leading
industries
popular Elect ton of President
Washington D C Dec 9 The
proposition to choose the president
by a direct vot td the people pro-
mises to meet with nioro than usual
consideration bythe committee on
elections Tho committee had its
first meeting to day There were
present in addition to a good num
bers of the committee Representa-
tive Springcrkand Colonel A K
MeOlure both of whom addressed
tho committee At tho last session
Springer introduced a joint reselu
tion providing for a presidential
and vice presidential term ot six
years with the ineligibility of the
incumbents to reelection and also
providing a scheme for electing
them by a direct vote of the peo
pie Springer first addressed the
committee today giving his teas
ons for advocating tho proposed
change He was followed by Me
Clure who endorsed tho change
> nd Springers sentiments panic
ularly with reference to the desira-
bility ot electing the president and
vice president by a direct vote in-
stead of the cumbersomo method
now iu vogue
jro Calamity In Sight
2sTew York World
The calamityhowlers have
been busy since the election They
have spread reports tit mills clos-
ing plants reduced orders cancell-
ed and s reign of ibovwowo
generally
Republican organs of the super
serviceable sort have eagerly pub-
lished these reports and made them
the bases of editorial wuils in com-
parison with which the lamenta-
tions of Jeremiah are cheerful and
inspiriting literature
The Springfield Unon being a
Relating to foreign Vessels
Washington D C Dec 9
Diugley of Maine to day introduc-
ed bill to amenHthe laws relat-
ing to the transportation of mer
ehandise between United States
ports to make it unlawful for any
foreign vessel to carry merchandise
from one port in the United States
to another via a foreign port
SJany Reasons
The following compilation of reaa
ons assigned for the removal of
the republican party has been made
up fr m the published statements
of editors politicians and others
Thetexhibit is formidable ard the
divergence of opinion somewhat
pronounced
Frick
Carnegie
McKinleybill
Hill Melvinley
Dave Martin
Whitelaw Reid
The IceWagon
Egan on the porch
The foreign vote
Chairman Hackett
School question
Blaines magazine article
Secret ballot
Eorce bill
JNegro revolt
German flip
Quays refusal to help
Overconfidence
The Irish World
Pecks figures
Tom Reeds levity
Jim Blames brevity
Tom Carters blunders
Lies abuseann deception Tom
Dolan
Sixtyfivecent wheat
Hayseed unrest
Wayne Mac Veagh and Walter
Q GreBhftm
George Ticknor Curtis hood
ooism
Depews freshness
Clevelands luck >
Labor unions
Harrisons cold shoulder
Lack ot votes
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Wheeler, Jesse O. The Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 140, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 13, 1892, newspaper, December 13, 1892; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61254/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .