New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-12-26
Srofa the Imprenta Barcelona
sHe Murder Of Pedro Rn,l;urf
Mat Maker of barcelona Killed by his
servant and her Lover-Cut In pieces and
sewed up In Mats-The Human Head
Found la the Garden-Its Iaentiac,,Io,

"A Mat Maker of barcelona Killed nv "a,
servant and her Loyer-Cut In piec mn
sewed up In Mats-The Human Hea,
Found la the Garden-Its Identification.
The present state Of the case, which i
now being tried by the Judge of the distric
OF San Baltren, In relation to the murder O
! PEDRO Batllori, a mat maker in the street O
Condo del Asalto, permits US to Law the fol
lowing details of this horrible crime befor,
The public: Pedro Batllori was divorced
from his lawful wife, Josefa Mas, some TWEEN
ty-two years ago. He had no children b,
her, and his only relative was brother
lie was possessed OF some property, whicl. he
had wilicd away, after his decease, to onc
| GTegoria Folk, in payment of services which
she had then rendered him. This was exc
cuted on the 9TH of September last. These
two, Pedro Batllori and his servant, Gre.oria
Folk, lived alone in the mat factory. Gregoria
mad had Tor some time criminal relations with
private OF the corps ofengneers, Victoriano
Ubierna Guilarte by name, a man abont
thirty years Of age, robust, tall, and of q
! pleasant cast of cOuntenance.
When Ubierna's regiment left for Madrid
about the end of September he deserted and
remained in Barcelona. From that date
Gregorla Folk took care Of him and supplied
him with money. She first tried to GET him n
room in the Gracia but the people would not
receive him there because he had no pancrs
At last she procured q lodging for him in the
house of one Jose Rgat, at No. 30 San Zero.
nimo street. There she passed him Off as her
brother, carried his meals to him every tiav.
and became responsible for the rent of his
room: About this time Gregoria conceived
the idea of killing her master. and she IRA,
posed the crime to her lover. She assured
linn that when the old man was out Of the
way, they could get married, set up a store.
and live happy. Victoriano could not long,
however, resist the Vaccinations OF this in
fetnai woman, (hs own wortls,) and she
dragged him TO his perdition. She hid him
one night in the factory; but his courage
failed him, and he left the house the next
morning without having been seen by
Batllori.
Eight days after this GregoIa went to
Victorianc's ii. san Jeronin.o street. and
| taking him with her, hid him in small room
alongside of the one in which she slept, and
which was Immediately over the room of Pc
dro BatllOri. AT the usual hour the unsus-
pecting mat maker shut up his shop and went
to bed. 1t is probable that he slept very
soundly, for there appears to be but little
doubt that Gregoria gave him a strong dose
| of opium, which she had bought that very
day in a neighboring drug store. When
| Batllori was asleep Gregoria went down
ceeded to boil some oil and honey in a small
earthen pot. Her intention was to pour this
down her masters throat but this part of
her devilish plan was not executed. She
then took some ashes in piece Of paper and
went up stairs to call her accomplice. As the
couple reached Batllori's room Victoriano
| threw himself on the mat maker, seized him
by the threat, and endeavored to choke him.
Batllori awOke in terror, and at the same in-
slant Gregoria threw the ashes in his eyes.
She then hurled herself upon her victim,
striking him in the most sensitive parts OF
his person, and striking him until she killed
him.
AS soon as Batllori was dead his murder
ers returned to Gregoria's room and went TO
sleep as if nothing had happened. Before
retiring Gregoria was anxious to restore
strength to her lover, and for this purpose
she offered him a cup Of coffee, into which
she had scraped the phosphorus of a bundle
| of matches. VictorianO, however, suspccting
something, refused to drink it. On the fol-
lowing morning the door of the shop was
opened at the usual hour, only it was the
servant, not the master, who openedit. She
then went out in quest of person, whom it
| is now imprudent to name, with whom, in
consideration of a sum Of money, she made 4
bargain that he should help her in cutting up
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this operation the whole Of the next day,
Sunday, was spent. In the evening Gregoria
again went cut to find man to carry of
s9me bundles for her in a hand-cart. She
found one in the street, Arco del Featro, and
| the two went together to find a cart. Gre
goria then took this man to the house in
Asalto street, in order to show him the place
to which he was to 60 with the hand-cart on
the following morning.
At 6 o'clock ON Monday morning the cart
was in front Of the mat store. Three bun.
dies sewcd up in mats and corded were ready.
One contained the trunk, another the arms
feet, and hands, and the third the thighs oil
the poor Matchmaker. The head was want
ing. This Gergoria Folk had carried in her
arms over night to the gardens of San Bel
tran. Meanwhile Victoriano and the unsus
pecting hauler Of the hand-cart made theil
way through Estrella, San Pablo, and ROnda
streets to the gate of San Antonio on the
Hostafranchs road, where, leaving the bun
dies, Victoriano gave the cartman sixty cent:
and took leave Of him. That same afternoon
a young girl had happened to be gathering
egg plants IN the gardens Of San Betram
and bundle done up in a coarse cloth caught
her eye. She called some people near a
hand, and they, undoing the cloth, were hor
rified to find u human head. The judge o
the UlStEiCI WIS SulllliiDtcu, Dul uO tiuo u
the mystery could be found. The head wa:
then taken to the Santa Cruz hospital, ant
on the following day was publicly exhibited
with view TO its identification. 1t wa
identified the next day. Meanwhile tn,
other remains of what in life had been Pedr
Batllori had been discovered at San Antonio
gate. Grcgoria was arrested, but she stoutl
; denied all know ledge Of the crime, and state
that Batllori had gone out on Sunday to col
lect certain bill, and that he had not re
turned.
. About this time the Judge learned that
/ certain barber, D. Caystano Florensa b
, name, had bed a person in San Jeronim
t street on the night of Monday. Florens
appeared at once before the Judge and de
, posed that while he was shaving civil guart
f woman came into his shop and asked hir
t to 60 and bleed a man; that while he wa
/ finishing the shaving he entered into CONVEX
saton with her. She told him she had
= message to give him, which was that b
should 60 to the mat store at 26 Asalto stree
Y which she owned. Florensa went with til
y woman to the house, and found there ma
: stretched upon a cot, who kept his fa(
i covered, and who held out his arm to be BILE
n He says he noticed other people in the room
= all Of whom seemed very respondent, al
: that he saw there towel covered with bloc
3 As soon as the bleeding was performe