Martin Gallegos person
also known as: Gallegos
Summary: A young U.S. Deputy Marshal described as illiterate who heroically shot out a lamp to save six lives during an assassination attack.
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cited from they were invisible, and could kill every man… (1891)
they were invisible, and could kill every man
in the room before one could lift a finger against
them. There was but one thing to be done — to
put out the betraying lamp. But that was thirty
feet away; and before the nearest man could
reach …
occupation
cited from Shortly after midnight, of election day, the… (1891) · +1 more
active in the movement to overthrow the
evil men who had for years exercised a reign of
terror over “Bloody Valencia," was gentle, gen-
erous Dumas Provencher, one of the pioneers of
the territory, and he was one of the dozen of
us whom t…
United States Deputy Marshal
cited from Shortly after midnight, of election day, the… (1891)Shortly after midnight, of election day, the
ballots of that precinct were still being counted
by a flickering lamp, in a long, low room in the
plaza of San Rafael, and poor Provencher was
there. He had just received news of a plot to
kill the…
owned
six-shooter revolver
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-01 (1891)ad
against Gallegos, whose face and body were
drowned in the spurting deluge. The click of
another rifle came from the window. There
were still six living targets in that lighted room
for the marksmen so secure in the darkness
without. To …
witnessed
shot out the lamp to save six lives— election day
cited from they were invisible, and could kill every man… (1891)ad
against Gallegos, whose face and body were
drowned in the spurting deluge. The click of
another rifle came from the window. There
were still six living targets in that lighted room
for the marksmen so secure in the darkness
without. To …
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-01 (1891) · +2 more
active in the movement to overthrow the
evil men who had for years exercised a reign of
terror over “Bloody Valencia," was gentle, gen-
erous Dumas Provencher, one of the pioneers of
the territory, and he was one of the dozen of
us whom t…
he was splattered with Provencher's blood
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-01 (1891) · +1 morehal, Martin Gallegos, to whisper
a warning. Gallegos is hardly more than a boy
— a common, illiterate Mexican youth, at whose
awkwardness and ignorance most of us would
turn up our noses. But that he had in him the
stuff of men he showed b…
shot out the lamp to save six lives
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-01 (1891)ad
against Gallegos, whose face and body were
drowned in the spurting deluge. The click of
another rifle came from the window. There
were still six living targets in that lighted room
for the marksmen so secure in the darkness
without. To …
Sources (6)
At that very instant there were six hired… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
Shortly after midnight, of election day, the…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
Shortly after midnight, of election day, the… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-01
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
they were invisible, and could kill every man… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
they were invisible, and could kill every man…
1891 · newspaper · public-domain