, 1877-12-31
4 SPANISH TRAGEDY.
The Cr'lnr whfrl, VIII Recall tho Tfnpp-
innn Murders near s'nFls.

tnnn Murders near rnrls.
thrtt*pandtnet 4seh Ipft Horid,
MADRID, sralf, lice. I0.-All Malrid Witch
talks about nything, that Is ali Madrid which
freQuehts the barbet-shor's and cafes, has t'ren
talking for the past week Of terrible crttuc
recently ucspetratcd In tho mountains Of the
Mscstrnxco in Valencia, which Is regarded with
curious sort Of pritc By tho qul'lnuncs
OF -thu Capital as being quite US COM
p!cte md frsghtful thing In It's awiu1 way rs
The warld-fAnoua murders commlttrd hr Tropp
t,lan ten yeags ago at i'nntih, tlcnr Paris. Tie
MacstraxCo IA primitive rcQton and the little
Village of ebert. In tho District Ut San Mateu,
village dwcll., or rather !lwe!., among other
simple a.l.l well.tu4ln families Of the sams rank
In tifc, lamtly by the nnlru uf Hef, iBhalJiti,v
u tnOlrst. substantial farmhouse. which hu*
BEEN for several EenuTatlUns In tho pOtEcssnn ii
tho rnee, rnltvati,g ouod.aer ot graiti.lanl
ulltt rattnu rattt. The eaile nt HE family wGrr
Joachim Bel and hi. wife, ,,Vrl about 10. md wifi,
them lived tler three sona* two EEatNt4ons, s,ltl
Macttr:1go arc pous futk, n,al at i III the
tnnrnlEg on a recent Sunday, tile whole !AinfiY
SIT out To At,c,ld early mass al ebert In the
good oltl-fashiurcl wav. JoaclItm Bel t11tng I'll
ami Joachim, following him viii, the two little
Kraudsuus ntcrfv packed Into Il hamper aud
SWUNG At the skle Of baptlst's horse, md the
scrrn,lt. Andrew Not, tr,ttlne ,neckly IN the
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to keep tie hpslse. A. tile little trolp were
jogging quietly On they were suddenly
haIts4l at sharp t',rn In the muuntals'
road by lioarso vohc thntidcrlng ont the
bcrs on the highway, - Ntta Il t;trra.''' f"Down
In the dustf') They NIL luokcl up III cot,atcr.
natloE, ntl1 Ahw ali0tlx thu bushes n'osc the
ruat tle l'ncasliy face u distant kIntnlan Of
Gus scountrei, a!tuL 70 years old, knuwn IN tho
touutrysltc US " Fl fnlcllu " 1r t'tiie thorn III
tic tldc,'' who had recently served out y term
| III the prison vi Jasra9s,.ia anil tnll a he2ry
m!t.ctl on oue u the younger Bells. The
fellow was armed with revolver
md dagger, uhtl the un'appy 5Ariicrt,
being entirely detunselcss, were fuFee1 10 halt
them, calling out that he ftcat Kill thcin all.
| With shot he brought tho ott Mnh to tie
ground, and. rushing nlun thc others, struck
down tho wifi anil servant In rap'd sueress!an
fnr their lives, pursueL by tho murderer. Que
Of them fell. struck uuWn bv ps.ol-shat, the
other, lad ut II, succeeded In reachln. his
| home mud rouslng thu brutker wllo had been
wcapous at hntla, shephert's llouk aNd sazor.
| rushed out to meet the nssasatn, wtlnn they
almost Immediately encountered anil with
! whom they had q desperate cortcst. The young
brother, iiarlng succeeded lit striking down Fl
pInrl,u with tho Shepherds hook. with Reeo,l.l
| lluw Ilspatellel him As liu wus trying to rise
Tho twu krutherB pressed un to the srpre O& the
attack, wtcrc In tile sad cray light Of the early
| morning, q h!dcous spcctacle aMnttca tlen.
The elder Bct WAS stone dead: lie hall fallen
forward on bis hands and knees. md the
murderer had struck him twice with his dagger
after shooting hin. Their nlotArr WIS lying
desperately wounded at short diatanrc fran
her hs1sbu,n'. The tnallcs Of the clller son and
tho scsyant Ind been rolled By tho assassin down
u ravIne at thu roadside. The wind hal r,se',
1T fftr xta
- soon rs the story ct'ul.t by conveyed
to the authorities d picket of tho tiuar1ls
| Civil, the efficient rlrul policy VI
spain. went Dut. Tho elder sun and
tho servant were found st!l! a'IvS aud sac lat.
Ter, Il is thought, tnay recover. The two little
grandchildren were carried long way on by
the frightened horse, hut were eventually Eceoy.
cred safe ami soutd. OF co4lsu thu whole
! nu|uhbUrhool ls IN Errat tconlslutlun, but autne
| consolation SCENE to Gg found in the fact that
the Shepherds stat ol Young l,cl should have
| nlAde Ii unnecessary 10 nut tue etltnbrous ma.
chlncry Of Spanish justice In motion for tho
Establishment Of tho murderer.