A ,; C_ianning Country
tin :.-,!-. V" -+—- Mexican papers report that recently fTbandofiTobbers, "dressed as Indians, came into the little town of Pefco, near^Meafida, in Yucatan. A travelling company were playing in the theatre, the best people in tbe town formirb^the' audience. The robbers' surrb^-fl'ded'.the' theatre, a sufficient nu*o^er,sf^nein gpiug.iu -and plundering* .eyejeypn.^pf all the money .and valuables ion their, persons sometimes •with. V yiplence. A PP^ty went on to the* *stage^^ ransacked the wardrobe &nd,fi£&llsic]P£ic& oft the handsome priina ihmna,, Mc(me Ruiz, _ and two good looking, chorus girls. During the tumu3t? a sorid of Mdme Ruiz, a youth? ©f -j fourteen years, was killed wh_te"defen^iig his pioihex. Next day the' r6%'H-3rl ! sent ; a v^essage into Peto deuiafidiiig $00 do' ls. ransom for the «aptiyes. Y^TJie money was at once colli-sctftcj '^njtbe unfortunate women were released.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 15, 17 July 1886, Page 3
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134A,;C_ianning Country Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 15, 17 July 1886, Page 3
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