Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-08-02
Tragic End ofn Gipsy Plot,

SPAN has been Tor many years the favorIte
country of the gipsies. The majority wander
about in bands, living by fortune. telling and
sometimes by stealing, but some settle down
and manage to make both ends meet as pea
SAINTS do pretty much all the world over A
correspondent of foreign paper gives an ac-
count OF a terrible tragedy that was secretly en-
acted in Andalusia, 10 which two gypsies OF
the latter GLASS figured as prominent actors.
lie says:
% the outskirts Of CASTLE de las Gusrdas,
village some eight leagues from Seville.
stands small unpretending farm house, ter
aned by hitherto thriving and industrious
aboripg man and his wife. They had not
heen married very long, and a baby had just ar.
rived to complete their domestic happiness
Among the acquaintances of this young couple
were gypsy and his wife, with whom they
were on friendly terms, the intimacy being
cemented by business transactions OF an impor-
1anr nature, the gypsy man being employed as
an agent in the disposal OF the farm produce
and 10 the purchase and sale of animals, &c.
1t was therefore, in no way surprising that on
the advent OF the little stranger the gypsy cou.
pie solicited the honor OF being its godparents,
q request which was readily granted. The
baptlsmai day having arrived, the whole house
hold, with the exception of the mother. who
was, of course, unable to leave her bed, and
the gypsy woman, who remained in attend
ance, proceeded to the church, distance OF
two miles.
After everybody had left, and sufficient time
had been given for the party to get we'll out OF
hearing, Tie gypsy woman, armed with pistol
approached the bedside of the invalid, aud
Threatening her with death in case of her re-
tusa, demanded of her all the money that was
in the house. The poor woman, with rare
presence of mind, aud without a moments
hesita ,ion, indicated that all their small for
tune was in drawer in the lower part of
chest in an adjoining room. No sooner had
the gypsy entered this room to obtain the cash
than the invalid jumpe out of bed, ran to the
door, secured the woman inside, and seiziDg
her husband trabuco, or blunderbusS, rushed
outside the house, to the window by which the
gypsy might escape, aud, covering her With
the gun. threatened her with instant death if
she moved. at the same time raising loud c:ies
for help, which unhappily, no one appears to
have heard. In the meanwhile the christen-
ing party were now 90 their return. Meeting
TWO yuarIe civie mutual compliments passed,
and The soldiers were asked to come to the
farmhouse and partake of the modest fiesta
prepared for the occasion. This proposal and
its ready acceptance must have somewhat dis
concerted the little gypsy man, for he now pro-
posed TO run on before to see that everything
was ready, aud begged to be allowed to carry
the cLild, so as to return it, the sooner to the
bosom of it's mother. On reaching the house
he Immediately perceived that his deery-lald
design had 10 some way miscarried. APP
preaching the woman at the window, he de-
sired her to let his wife 60 free, or otherwise
he would kill her Chi d Never dreaming the
man would be so utterly diabolical, she decin
cd. Without apother word the man whipped
out his knife, and with one blow nearly sever
ed the little innccent's head from its body, and
tossed the quivering corpse upon its mother.
Maddened by this horrible act, the woman
turned her gun upon the man and laid him
dead at her feet. The explosion and screams
brought the euarda civile almost instantaneous.
ly to the house, one of Thom rushing in and
unlocking the door where the gypsy was coL-
fined, was at once shot through the heart by
that woman. The second guarda civle hear
inp this second explosion hurriedy entered the
house, and seeing his comradc dead on the
floor, and the woman with the still smoking
pistol in ber hand, raised his carblne and drop
ped her litelcss where she stood.