Full count, two outs, bottom of the ninth, the bags are jammed, 2-2 tie…

Jaroo kills Santana when he discovers the gold. Chavez and his men decide to join the Juaristas, while the Apaches leave the fort after finding Santana's body.

to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes

A group of disguised men took the boy from his home, robbed him, and then tortured him before murdering him. Hearing from a correspondent, the editor of the Paris Vindicator wrote that the lad was Ku-Kluxed (beaten) to death.