Brigandage in Chili.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 42, 31 August 1870, Page 7

Brigandage in Chili.

A horrible story of brigandage reaches '! us from Ohili. Don Oomezly Lagobcron, a famous bandit captain, who from his fastnesses in the Sierra ‘Profound, lias long defied the Chilian authorities, was recently pursued with the brigands under his command, by a body of troops, which succeeded in cutting him off from his followers, and driving him to take refuge in a cavern situated near, the summit of one of the lofty mountains constituting the abovenamed range. In this cavern he had concealed a female captive, whoso husband he had robbed and slain, and whom he had compelled to live with him as his mistress. The soldiers made several attemps to reach the'entrance to this cavern, to which there was only one means of access—a mere mountain goat-track ; but Logoberon, a m.m of gigantic stature and herculean strength, rolled heavy’ rocks down upon them, and succeeded'.in beating them oh', after several men', had been severely injured. The officer in commaU'l, unwilling to sacrifice his troops uselessly, re.sql.ved.to starve tile bandit out, and “ sat’’dowh" before the place. * 'After two days’ blockade, I however, the soldiers grew weary of so tedious and humiliating an expedient, so they improvised an escalade of the robberchieftaiu’s stronghold, • and succeeded in capturing him. To. their .horror they found' that Logoberon had cut, off one of his .unfortunate companion’s breasts and eaten it. The poor woman was ’■ discovered iris a dying state, having sustained a fearful loss of blood and,she qxpir"d. shortly after her rescue front her barbarous paramour. The butcher was conveyed to Ta'ca, whete he was promptly tried and ‘condemned to death by tbe garotte. While the executioner' was 1 engaged in adjusting Ins toilette ile morL the convict drew a whistle from his pocket and blew it sharp l v ; ■whereupon about of his men, who had introduced themselves’ amongst the crowd surrounding the scaffold, rushed upon the gendarmes and massacred them ere they could show any resistance. They freed Lagoboren and completed the enterprise in a. manner not devoid of a certain ghastly humor, by garotting tbe executioner ; afeer which they escaped almost unscathed to the mountains. They are' probably still at liberty, practising their profession; to £he terror of the whple.cpuntry round. It should be observed that to facilitate their flight they “ annexed” the horses of the fallen gendarmes ; and that a good,,japiny ,of them seized women from the throng gathered upon the place of execution, carrying them away, flung across their saddle-bows.