The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 14, 1892, Page 2

SOME “EMI Oritz and Grijalya of Arizona and | CoPflict with his opponents when it/some day somebody would accident- cue they did not know. Longley of Texas. How the Two Spaniards Kept at the | of times arrested in the early part | was so reckless of his life it was sup jand Head of the “Profession” in the of his career, nothing could be prev | posed that he had been killed in/ing ¥ar Southwest and the Son ot a Preacher Distanced All Other Texas Desperadoes Tbe history of Arizona is replete with stories of highway robberies, murders and buried treasures. In the game category may be classed the legends of the 'o3t mines—fabled bo nonzas, horrible deaths by thirst on the almost limitless desert and bloody massacres by the Indians As much truth may be attached to these as is usually found in the con struction of border stories, which are more or less built on the well developed imagination of the front | jersmen, who narrate them about the camp fire until they finally come to believe them themselves. From 1875 to 1883 were among the most adventurous days of the territory. At that time it was in fested by binds of lawless border- men, bent on rovbery and general crime, and the small matter of a life would not in the least deter them from their unlawful designs: They inhabited the canons and gorges of the mountains, had their sentinels and lookouts on the peaks, #9 that it was impossible for pur- suers to come within miles of them without being seen, aud when tney were detected they were ambushed, and few if any ever returned to the settlements to tell the tale of their disasters. Frequently the banditti would locate their strongholds just across the line in Mexico, whence they would meke their nightly raids pounce down upon some unwary traveler or unguarded stage, rob and kill, and by sunrise be safe within their stronghold beyond the possi bility of pursuit. So much fatality attended the pursuing parties -that finally they left off altogether and for a time these border ruffians held high carniva', and unless the attack- ing parties were strong enough to resist them, nothing was ever done with the marauders. During the time mentioned the great mines of Arizona were most productive, and thousands of pounds of gold and silver bullion were taken out annually, though these freeboot- ers seemed to have determined that the mines should pay no dividends to their castern owners, and as it ‘was easier to relieve Wells Fargo of its precious trusts than dig it out of the mountain sides. stages were held up regularly, fights were of duily occurance, an] many a brick of the yellow metal is yet supposed to be hidden in the rocks and in the soil where it was placed by the purlom- ers, who were frequently killed soon after. Scarcely a stage left the Silver ‘King, the Vulture or the Tiger mine scontaining any bullion but the «thieves were at once informed of it ‘by some of their many spies station ed throughout the camps and it sel- dom reached the southern Pacific or whatever other point it was des- ined for without being “held up.” “Two of the most ingenious and «daring of these robbers were Ramon ‘Ortiz and Manuel Grijalva and = - sysars they stood at the head of tre “profession” killing and robbing until they became so accustomed to fhe shedding of blood that they eommitted few crimes without in corporating murder therewith. Ortiz was a Spaniard about whom guueh mystery clung. He was reti comet, even when drinking, though she ence said that he was born in Seville, afterward came to Mexico and took part in the Maximilian war pn the side of that ill fated monarch sander whom he held a captains com mission. Upon the disbanding of the armry he fled to Arizona, accom panied by the Mexican, Grijalva, who was soldier under him. From ghattime on their hands were against everybody and everybody's hand inst them. Despite all their develtry, they sti] bad a certain sense of honor, apd were never known to molest and jnsult women and childrea, and if at time a captive had the pluck #o ask Ortiz to let him settle his fate single combat, he was not denied | - gbat chance for his life, though the Sab ? BAD MEN came outunharmed. Though brave | \to foothardiness he ulways avoided a| | Was possible, and was very shrewd | jin turning circumstances to his ad- vantage. Though he wasa number! ed against him, and he and his com | panion went scott free. Oa one of| these occasions the negatives from | | which the illustrations were made/| | were taken | | In 1879 nearly $50,000 in bullion | | was started from the Tiger mine by | | private nveyance to the Southern) | Pacific station of Maricopa, It was) | hoped by this means tu throw road | ‘agents off the track, as bullion was/ usually sent by express. To better | avoid suspicion, no guard was sent} | with it and the driver went alone. | The wagon passed Phenix without | being troubled, but about thirty | miles south three men held up the |conveyance, killed the driver and} j;took the bullion, besides several | bundred dollars in greenbacks which | were being sent out to purchase sup- plies. The robbers were Ortiz,} Grijalva, and another Mexican whom | they hal taken with them, thinking, | probably, that there would be a fight. After the wagon passed Phenix | two Americans followed it, and to their surprise they came upon the: murdered driyer and the rifled vebi | cle, and at once started in pursuit of | the robbers who came back toward Phoenix, which was then a village consisting of only a few abode jack- als. By the time night fell the pur- suers arrived there, but lost the trial | at the ford on the Sult river, and could not at once locate the robbers. Daring the night they discovered where the thieves had occupied an abod» which has long since becn| pulled down to give place to more pretentious buildings, but they bad gone, and the only evidence of the disposition of the treasure was 2 broken spade and a pickax which convinced the pursuers that the bul lion, had been buried somewhere in the vicinity. They relinquished the | pursuit, but try asthey might they could not locate the spot where the bullion was hidden. They knew the uames of the robbers, however, and thinking that they would flee the country for a few years until a ree ollection of the crime had died o then return aud unearth it, they Li gan a persistent search for it. After prying into. as it appear d, | every foot of ground im the viciuity of the cabin, they determined to try other means, and began trying to locate the men, hoping tolearn some thing from then. A few yeurs ago they learned that Grijalva was Silver City, N. M., aud they went to arrest him. He was found in a dance hall, and was summoned to surren-| der by one of the pursuers. He re fuse and on attempting to draw his pistol, was shot down, but not so} badly wounded but that he lived till nest morning. Being a Catholic be desired final absolution, and the oth er pursuer, disguising himself as aj priest, was sent for. The time for| which they bad longed for was at hand. From the lips of one of the men who had concealed it they would learn the location of the treasure they had for so long. When he appeared be fore the wounded man the pseudo priest refused to absolve him until he made confession of the deeds of his past life. The refusal had the desired effect, aud Grijalva toid meagerly of the occurrence, of the killing of the driver, and the burial of the money, saying that he did not know where Ortiz was, but that they intended one day to return and get the bullion. He also bequeathed his half of it to the church, telling as nearas he could whereit was buried. The Americans were highly elated over their success and returned to Pheenix at once to dig up the gold. | Years had been consumed in the search for Grijalva, and when they reached this city the abode had been torn down and a handsome residence put inits place. Streets had been jlaid out and changed, and all the itrees and brush which were land jmarks when they left were gone | They began another fruitless search, jand for months spent their time searched | jand ia Company with one of Lis <0! fing of the ma Funder cover of the darkness. Before! this they had divided the paper | they grew discouraged and gave it | robbers in the territory, and that he! 3 up, still expecting, though, that had sudd-r.ly disappeared.from what Later on TRADE MARK. a lithe matter in the pres ally come uponit. All this time the | I m+ whereabouts of Ortiz was unknown, enc and as he, during man who tat the absolution ated the nes Of th Arizona career | pri encounter and had taken the secret | dying Ortiz gave them. with him {then teld me the particulars of Grii- y ialva’ ith and confession. In the 1 of Ortiz he did not t the Mexican hoteltLe | tempt to give the location of the rked that the Christ [spot where the trea Last winter the writer misillo, Mexico, and on r from Phees proprietor re ive was buried, mas before a Spaniard from Arizona and as the Am had died there, sickness he was frequently detirous {less by chan cannot find it. aud spoke of Arizoua, buried bul |eewer or ditch lion, robberies and things \ : as a fine looking man, said that he place it there. bad several hundred dollars iu wou H When you're languid and dull in che! ey, was well armed and had a good soe of the year, | this Soap works so well, that | When stomac tot Feiler cecuneaton eae Women want NO OTHER, horse, and that before be died he} was absolved by the old priest i. | & ight, | charge of the church there. er nuanire rans ad ey 1 goes righ ie | tS many other | appropriate The Mexican deseribed him | one of the imurd in Piard or Soft Water Ikuew nothing then of the rob 5 = i pany nostrum, or pill Ce = i bery and buried bullion, and had |< Medical Discc ‘ Berar never even heard of the search for the | the bill. ae | | money, nor the killing of G The surest and best of all reme ; but being curious to learn m the man who had so mystcrio died in a foreign country I determ ed to see the priest and if pos-ible find out who the dead man was. | a i _ es the Joplin Plum. Ne | es for all disorders of the at “*) stomseh and blood, is Dr Pierce's | a e Gower Medical Miscovery. \ ia | Suyder, editor and one of i { 1s of the Joplin Herald, bas reir of the church, and finally, after much persuasion, succeeded in get- ting the followiug story: Rep ee ens dared be | Hou, Clcet le Morenus torshicuien 5 j juce yt ance bas been given: ‘The man . Joplin, Mo, Nov. 23, 1892. tas . SG Sigil ae Tee Gane, Feed and Provisions of all Kinds. I was Ortiz, though that was an as [eluded to se fy public seutiment | I sume lt name. He was born iu Spain | aud in order to end what threat 1 q of aroble family and was edueated | tv become aserious contest, to rec ni FENSWARE AN D C LASSWARE i SEA university of Madu: He | ommend you for the appointment to A jthe postinastership at Joplin at the finally was accused of a serious of | : g i t proper tune. Will you aceept the fous: past ee coups ome | office if you are appointe qe I am CICARS AHT TOBAT co, i { to Aerica the first year of the evil} sae that by so doing you confera -F j war a1 1 ev listing as a private in the; Soe onthe par = greatly i i 2 é } y couve'ernte army. He was wound |e Yours very tarlyy || Always pay the highest market price for County | ed several times, and at the close of Dae ihe 3 : i | —Carthage Democrat. ) i . ae ~ yt 3 the contest he fled to Mexico and en | AVielavatplcneed to leametheren | roduce> East Side Square. Bu ler, Mo- f listed anden thieeAaesot a eure pleased to learn that the 5 ie Sale oplu Hera'd bas been recognized : jand was made a captain for bra ple Nereis able i The 1 ea TS RY cy eee i dane Gash When Govan rsucu a suitable manner. ne dem H 7 s have not only largely up a price was set upon his be : Pine sate : the success of the party i. th: sue dieis be went to Arizona and engaz Sareea ae ot oe NE V V FIRM? NE V V GCODS . ed i: brigandage for years without) = x ne oe feo VOLS : = [vear d year out, from week te! beiu, ever wounded or s-utencel te , pris. n. He detailed fully the the Tiger mine express aud the hail werk, the papas influence extends of each individual can Tue paper oficn hides the i ‘ jtanits aid delinquencies of a eandi- incharge. Fearing | Hikes earaeesais date mat presents the brightest _ side lits reward in the ordinary OU.S2 ess supplies a living, Having purchased the stock of goods known as the robbery vl, |. : idudate t Grange store consisting of i ‘ to attempt cross? ME xice vith tin 3 { very heavy, they deteiuined to earry ! 7: hae = eee i nuy of the luxuries : it into the mountains, .orth of Pha | wv ain : 1 7s Mista denied Inti ntioen cl auytens e are glad to learn that] I desire to say fo my many friends that I have re- ee ean Pectin our congressiuas, Mr. Morgan, has ie a : they could conveniently di: in this inatance fully reeoaniced the plienished the stock and fitted up the store room in | it. On res ix they deeid- |: : : he ig zs : : ee ssa ith ofan influential demoeratic shape an! I would be glad to have all my old friends ei ystop a 29urs and rest their = y t s ‘ vr. ‘Tins has been the custom a horses. W a: yen they would go maul. call and sce me. ain aepublicaus. The press should be strengthened aud sustain- PORDUCE OF ALL KINDS WANTED. ed.—Lamar Democrat. iam I will guarantee my prices on goods to be as low as any money among tuemselves, so that : a ranteed Care. in the event of their being suspected Gux aud bad to drop the heavier bui ion | We authorize our advertised they would still have enough to get: !Ussist to sell Dr. King’s New Dis- id covery for consumption, coughs aud them out of the country coldsupou this conditiou If you are | They stopped at a noted house yflicted with a cough, cold or any kept by a Mexican woman and -coa lung, throat or chest trouble, aud alter dark they learned that they had wili ure this remedy as directed,giv | been trailed and that their pursuers ae it a fair tial, aud experience ne re oa eneht, you may return the bottle] 71 nN fx, Sf , Expecting @ and have your money refunded. We | i} Hg E BBaDs; Ness fight momentarily they sent the wo | could not make this offer did we not man into town to watchand proceed- kuow that Dr. King’s New Discov ed to bury their booty. They feared ery could be rehed on. It never dis-| Fink’s Leather Tree Saddle their compauion, and when the hole apt cue Dae siege id age | was dug they knocked him on the \ ae $1 pepe ere oe eee us | head with the pickaxe aud buried —_—- : i him with the treasure. They took ey bitsy a dope Kusiaul Aviso) his share of the greenbaeks and) Brookhaven, Miss. Dee. 7—It when the woman returned they were W&S learned from a prominent They separated, and after ‘farwer of Franklin county to day that Ortiz never bad seen Grijalva, | that white caps are driving negroes but he kept the best lookout that, Offa nomber of plantations in Amite he could on the location of the! #2d portions of Lincoin aud Frauk- baried treasure, and intended some [lini counties: : i time to return and get it. | Tue Jewish BOCES of Some He went to Cuba and remained 08 # good many plices in the sce- awhile and then came back to Ari {ton named, aud he says the deter- zona. Nooneknew him, and the mination is expressed by the white- Americans who followed him were | C#)s of driving them off also. ate dead, with the exception one still | farmers generally are said to be in} living in Pheenix,things bad changed |8¥up2tby with the movement, be- | so that he could never locate the Cause itis alleged that colored la- spot where he buried the gold, and borers ou the places depredate on fearing to excite suspicion by dig.| their stoes. Thus far the-raids ging, he gave it up for the time aud th? white caps have been con ventured into Sonora again, where, | €¢lusively to farms owned by Jews though an old man, he again engag | Croup, whooping cough and bronchi-| ed in his former occupation of| tis immediately relieved by Shiloh’s/ a +, | Cure Sold atH L Tucker's Prescrip | brigandage. When at Hermosillo} tion drugstore. he was taken sick from an old wound | Saua(or Gilgen dealk te looked | UGE |for atany moment now, the dying} The story was so strange that | wan having completed his final! Call and see me. ._ PETTYTs store in the city. were then in town. SADDLE, —WILL— Give Satisfaction f{IN EVERY RESPECT. gone. gone For the nioney. Made ona Solid Sole Leather Tree No danger of Tree breaking. Also a full$line of STEEL FORK “GOW BOY” SADDLES All styles and prices. Double Wagon harness from $10 to $29. Buggy harness $7 to $25. Second hand harness from $3.00 to $15. Full line of Tarf Goods for fest horses. Come and sce us, i | prodding into the ground where they thought the cabin was located. The work developed nothing, and as they ‘Spaniard was a dead shot and always po to do it secretly in afew months | years he was the king of the stage when I returned to Phenix I men-} Sea aes | tioned the name of Ortiz to some of | !"°? i the old settlers and found that fer MeFariand Bros, BUTLERIMO. Shiloh’s catarrh remedy—a positive | cure for catarrh, diptheria and canker- mouth. Sold oy H.L. Tucker.