, 1875-10-21
SPAIN.
TEE KING CONCERNED IH i sMockIko CRIME.

TEE x1xo CoSCRnsED IH SHOCKING CRIME,
Rtsion journal.
MAnarD. Bept. 1A.-Knyolutluu is ega Ain tnmi-
ncnt In t;psln. Tho usual precursors OF stora,.
candastlpo hand-bills addreaned TO tho army and
10 tho people, have already n.do thsir appear
ance OIL tho streets and aro slyly passed from
hhnd 10 hand under tho very hosea Of the po-
llcs aud III spite Ut all lher otfnrts 10 eupp,o m
them. Tho spisii Of revelation iB Just now
dnably fnsnented by InYNteuous aud foul trage-
dy, I'll knowledge OF which tI,u authorities ase
s per,o's ave .te. r. be, u .r9e.e
aud hurried Of into dungeons, nobody
speaking Of the rubjcct On tho btreeta or In the
Cafes Tho newspapers have beon threatened.
a1ld nos ouo VI item dnrsA ltsp nyltshlo on the
sntject. l!nt 1t III constahtty talked of In bsted
bfehtIt. nlth closed doors; In fact. tho whole
story has hcen p1intod on ANAL tits Of paper
aud srrra;ly circulated.
aud the 1'nke of Bexto have been corrupting The
daughter md the wife OF AL officer in The army.
Nhote homo Is Bocond or third door from Mr.
CuAling6. lie uas 10 tho North fighting. but,
lIe caiuc suddenly TO tho city. and entering hts
homo lste 1t night. found tho King md tile Dukt
of Hoxto Ia the housei eliot at lilo King, hut
missed him, and nas himself shot dead by the
Duke OF Hexto. who Has behind him. The
streat-pollce heard tho p'stoi-shots. aud can,e
running 10 the rescuc. but wsro sent shout their
huH,uess. The body w.s given to 4 night
watob1nan. who carriea It pnbodv knows where.
and Ia now receiving. it Is bRd. +f0D I month.
The ma,d-Hervant. who vsa All eye vlsncs. Of
tho murder. disappeared the ,oxt day--potno nav
rms sssnsslnated, But Ehe had had ttn,o to toll
llor lover. When he found enB waa disposed uf
he hid himself for days, but vctturlng o,1t
At last. he waB found desd In the street. stabbed,
opn morning.
The Judge, before whom the caao OF the first
murder hhould have COME, being man Of mora
than usual firnnoss Of character, and having =
knowledge Of the facts, Was determined that
aosno kind Of Justice should be doue. Many
fatter1ng official postiops offered him II he
wouii des!as from hiB pnrpose, "lnch he stcrnly
rofusad to do; wllou auddantv one OF tho paperA
announced that be ln1f committed suicido! The
nsller papers do not dAso eyon to mention his
DEATH or to make hny coinucnts. Aud tue
courts havo takeu no notice OF the whole husi-
neBs, though tho story Il already repeated from
Lisbon to Barcelona. Tho mother and daughter
havo boen privately hurled OF to Bayonne.
Already rhymen like tho following hare been
printed and circulated on tlle streets:
!. En- Ia doctrlns cl,ristlaua
Dice q lAhtD, no m1tlr:
pero Il gents Alfonstna,
paE mis1o ds no pecar,
Tone un serto 1ue nsefna.
Which, rendered literally. isl
In the Christian doctrine
Ha5s tue Fifth Commandment, Do not kill;
1int the AlEoJltAt grhtr},
For fear Of not shining,
Have aixtA: DO thou AsszRalnate,
As tho Catholics hare omitted the incouven,
| iont second COMMANDMENT tho gi1th has be-
como their fifth. The puu tho Duke 10 Set.
to's name ia very to1iig AZ the 1ast lino may
also bt, read In Spanish. :" Have se1to, Hhu
| sssassnntcs,"
| cannot oucl, for tho trnthfunosa Of all the
detaila Of this horrible story. but there scenst
/ 10 he no dDutt that tho officer camo homo al
night and found Alfonso and the Duke do sosst
IN the comuany Of his wife aud daughter: that
10 waa shot hy one of them aud hls body diB
posed Of secretly; that the inaitl.serynns and hc1
lover have suddenly disappeared, TINT the wife
| ard daughter haye bce,a secretly conveyed tc
Bayoune that tho Judge dtod by v,ole1ice shat
| thero AaB been no ju4lcIa! Investigation Of tho
| yillalnv: tint there ia tHtouse feeling III tho
community; that the rapera1,ave beon profound
| ~ silent thnt several persons hs,o beau iul-
priaoned for TALKING Of the subject; tEat Cano.
yas del Castillo, the Primo Minister, las re-
| Rigled and that radical change nas beon nhdt
i the Ministry in lil,eral direction in the hopt
| Of warding otr revolution.
| Tue young King appears to be going tho va.
| OF his mother. IA il customary in Spain, tloSl
| who surround the Sovcreigns try to govern hil
by his passion. 80, it Ii said. Anladon waB rNinct
aud tho peace of his family destroyed. They sop
the wind aud renp the vhirlw!ud+ Tho corsup
tion In high placca and iu low is appalling
| From tue crown Of the head to the sole Of th
foot thefo ia no soundpesa 10 them.