FULL TEXT: St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 18. – Senora Anastaa Rubio de Pascadera, a female bandit of renown, was buried by the side of her lover at San Antonio, Zacatecas, Mexico, yesterday. In her early womanhood her intended husband was killed by federal troops, and on his grave he swore vengeance. The oath to kill five men every year of his life. She more than kept it. Her first exploit was to rob the Aguas Calientes stage near Zacatecas, and single handed she drove the postilions to flight, hailed the stage, and ordered a supposed band of assassins concealed in the chapparel not to shoot unless resistance was offered. The eight passengers gave a good booty. She continued a career of robbery for many years, which terrorized the citizens of Sinola, Jalisco, and Sonora, and enriched herself. The authorities and troops were powerless to suppress her. she bequeathed her fortune to charities, dying a natural death in obscurity.
[“The End Of A Female Bandit. – She Swore to Kill Five Men a Year and More Than Kept It.” The Paterson Daily Press (N. J.), Dec. 19, 1887, p. 1]
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