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Ijllii-dnyblingtown,innrvi. ftMuxi-oung, rru ui linos t L*lb aa mn aIvans,soriH* onuftby he inaiy ■ till:gainekula. links, 1 I In: uy tit*. In ike ii 'til do down i mnft*The Itoiiilo Horror.AA ircrlaw Ct*tVan Put well Icik Ur, G:ir jec*t of jsulect su plultomlion Lu Docto.*Our Bonita cuiTCKpondcnt ouuds hr 1 bo following thrilling account of thy liombls tragedy unfilled in ihmphuu uti the night «f thft 4lli hist :Un llio nighl of the 4lli inst., be* tween nml 4 a. in. the moat horn-! tbo miJi bio alliur wcurrod hero that it baa over been my lot to witness,A Ur. Fly ii, uf By?udn, boro for his 11eulib, wtig boardi rig at Mayberry's. Ply n, Martin Nekton, John and Eddy May berry were all sleeping upstairs. On Monday evening all was pleasant am! they did not retire until a late hour. Bui ween B and 4 it. in. Fly ii wls heard culling out dial some one whs hilling him over the head with u gtm, and Mr. Mayberry went up stairs wiLli a ligbL to see what wns the mutter, and from all wo cun learn we think ho whs remoiv simting with Mint in Nelson whengOJJltlH, .a ire.'tuThe Ijbjfcwucl jr ;'0 cent!Sheri ing nil week, ? timber i The II lies wliliningmrrtdSeeingNelson slmt Flyn ami Mayberry, places \Fid ip Clara V ih; la 0Sihtei i\ al GublOn Vyu*igw a i Id run a tma-actice make ill do, lajlorheavy walls excel ating. ilk? it, tublinkilling the in both iimtmilly. About lhia time lira. Msiyberry and Put went u put airs, and as they mado theiruppoarattco NeUon was sbnotingJuliini}' and Pddy, wbcn ho gotthrough wiili (bom be shot Mm. M.in the hliyuiilur when the and Pvt ran -i i i I pnibackdown sLuimund out on iliu plat-1form in front of the kitchen door'where they met. Polo iS'cluu, (thela Her is no rulniiun to i he murderer.)Marlin, who was following, met Peteon Lim platform with ft revolver ineach hand mid said to Peto “ here arelivy revolvers,” and made a motionan though ho was going Lu give themto Pole, but in51 etui of doing fco ho j few da;tired with bulb, killing Pcto inslantly, j der, kuibe then 11 red ill .Mi s. M. ami Pol, hit* j murdeiting both, bo thou went back inio j iJu 6lwiS.jftlllc,backlot*,■ niecebonior’smg ove all ljL*ui indiuai to re miShcrlollowi;the house iiiifi loaded his guns, then came out and followed Mr*. iU. to the hom:n, wbun she slur ted lor the store, and just aa she got to the r.roKuing of the ditch, 1m iirod twice, hiuing her both limes, when she full ami expired. Ntrkou then relumed lo the botiBo. Co no brack wont to aessist Mrs. M. but found her dead, lie thenturnedsamo clTheHonda;the funbody uiXick Clerk Crn ccs week.Mra. Ians in•a vies,to theThoscounty.week.3 on a?mi at;h Or-hnvodaya.o wilu11 lbs.houseiraduci roughWhile, paw-m hisranchindayitwrso.HowPHY!AttomJirnri went back in the more, and just as he get to the door Nelson iired :U him just iniBHing him, Nel-Bun Ibon rolled Mrs. M. in tho ditch and I brow one cl' Iho crossing planks half is f over her, then went and found Pul. uovud I j\nd uiok her in the house and want* ed her to lei him kill her, IIo said fdiu was woundi:d and alt of her folks wero death and she had butter be tidead, too. She begged him nut lu j kill her, and lie said if she would promise to come nud nee him hung he would let liur live ; it h needless to say that nhe promised. Uo Llion loll Pet and shu ran and hid. By I bin limo the ncw.s bud eprcad up and duwu the canon, and I hr boys, with all the available svuajioiiB, wore raak-j Las ing for the bcune of horror. But be-twocii Ihu time he left Put, and the arrival of the boys, Nelson had left tlio house unobserved by any one.The boys posted thomwlvua a round the luHiso, BlipjMiHing Nelson was in there yel, and Lhu}' watched for him there while ho wohl up to SciiulU^ and atuiu two boxes of cartridges, | cariiD back to Kmh nucher’s and mudu j ,^Pr”,Fr Mrs. K. get him to me breakfast, ile Ilt;_h £’ then bid her good hyu, eaying hej won I cl never see her any more, and j left, saying hu wanted to go down | town uod kill two more. Ho went-in.down and took shelter behind ix trccr,^ by tlio side of the road and mado hid' presence known by firing at Jooj Buckmno, and camo so uIobo to his] ho Ar- bead tlial it knocked him down, and ■; il(g lhili ihl ofi The fellus rc-ii here were IowaniL work ralaad h ore. ind Wcd from e Ben-mil lea worth about of the g mer*VisUv invjtcrt. A. L.Cbet viNelson was heard to nay : there, 11got iinotlier a— oi a b—he then Iirod at Herman Beck, killing him on the a pot, lie then tired al Joe Griea-hahcr and missed him. JSeison then gave a yell, Baying ; u hide out, you'cither !SU,1S or ^ w511 ^ 3'D,h ev*’1'ynm\:inlt;l aL the aamo time made athish for Mayberry's lion.se, huL just [whwij ho got to tho corner of the • house he waft pierced by jsuvurnl balls J when hu fell and giwpeil his Iasi with-; sumijiv. in it few feel ofmiu uf hie viuliriiH.Mrs. M:iybony, who would have soon bccuino ft mother, was buried in tho same coffin with hor youngest hoy, Eddie, ago 13, and with her bus band and iho other boy all placed in one grave; Beck and PoLer Nelson were buried together, and Dr. Flyn by himself, thus starting » graveyard for 1 k;nito. Tiio silo selected is onfromn7:3fKiuiiIjiv•JpStui'hivWidens AH nikeop I lino ofgimraitho point between tlm numtli ofjMctuh
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Rio Grande Republican
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Sat, May 16, 1885
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