The Dawson journal., 1883-05-03
A Sisters Revenge.
ATERRIBIEOATH A WHICH A
SISTER SWORE AND
CARRIED OUT.
WHAT A FILTRATION AT A THEATRE
DISCLOSED TO A DETECTIVE
"Do YOU KNOW THIS DAG
GER ~ - CAREER OF
DISSIPATION AND


MEXICO, were nOCneu GliaU muir
der had been committedin a quar-
ter Of the city known as Gale
bria." This locality was known
as the resort of characters Of the
vilest stamp, and hardly day .ev-
er passed that police interference
was notnecessary When the Off
cial arrived at the rickety dwell
ing where the crime had been
committed, the crowd of people
had become dense. Ascending
the steps, he entered a small room,
which contained but a few articles
of furniture, the most prominent
of which was a bed in one corner
of the room. To this young girl
with disheveled hair, and wild
staring eyes, rushed as the officer
entered, and pointed to something
which lay thereon, while with the
other hand she held the candle
over her head. Her look was wild
and fearful, and her form trembled
from head to foot.
The officer started back at the
sight which met his gaze. There
lay woman covered with blood,
her face upturned, and her eyes
fixed and CLASSY in DEATH The
contortion Of her features told that
she had died by violence and in
terrible agony, while the similari-
. ty with that of the girl beside her
was still visible on her face.
"She was my sister" said the
girl, ''and her paramour murdered
her"
The words came kissing through
her pale, curled lips, and her eyes
cleaned with fend-like fire.
Placing her hand in her bosom,
she drew forth
A BEAUTIFUL DAGGER.
And cold, derisive smile over
spread her features as she remark
ed, with her dark eyes shooting
shafts of mocking scorn at the
officer when he asked the name of
the villain who committed the
fatal deed.
"Never mind his name; I'll be
her avenGer. No mock court OF
justice viii deal with him. His
family are rich and have influence.
L loved my sister very much, and
this terrible deed has almost Graz
ed me. / will soon be myself
again, and then by the Almighty
God! / viii take a vengeance that
will be terrible to relate. In con-
clusion, / will ask you to see that
she Is decently buried, and [ will
repay you at some future time"
VIII N she had concluded, she
left the room, saying that she
would "eturn directly. But that
was the last seen Of her. The
body was subsequently buried in
accordance with the wish of the
sister, and though the case receiv-
ed the strictest Investigation, no
clue to the murderer of Sonora
Barberia or the whereabouts of
her sister Angelique could be
obtained.
Time passed on, and amid the
mutability Of affairs the matter
was gradually forgotten in the
midst of the public.
Some two years later the same
detective who had Investigated the
murder of Sonora Barberia was
instructed with the charge of ar
resting notorious forger who
had recently been playing his ayo-
cation with great Taking
his seat one night in the Folly
Theatre, he quietly awaited the
opening of the performance.
While thus seated his attention
was attracted bya strikingly beau
tiful woman in one Of the boxes.
There was slight boldness in her
manner, and an abandon in her
dress which stamped her to the
initiated eye as one who was not
accustomed to the path of rocti-
tude.
The detective thought he recog-
nized the contenance, but for the
time could not remember where OF
under what circumstances he had
met the woman. She was accom-
panied by young and handsome
girl OF about nineteen, and it was
quite evident that her sphere was
OF the higher order of society.
Accompanying the ladies' was a
man fashionably attired, but hav-
ing the traces Of excessive dissipa-
ton. Having satisfied herself that
she had attracted the attention OF
the detective, the elder of the two
ladies' smiled as if in recognition.
She then took a card from porte
monnaie, wrote a few words upon
it, returned it to its place, and
looking significantly at the door,
drew back into the box.
When the curtain fell the detoc-
tive hastened ont, and taking his
stand at the lobby awaited devel-
opments. AS tie trio passed out
into the vestibule the handsome
lady fingered behind, and as she
passed the detective she handed
him her portemonnaie, and smil-
ing sweetly, hurriedly walked out
into the crowd To the detective s
surprise, he found $3.50 in the
portemonna'e and a card unon