The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-22

4 lrnor.s thes.rlle instant the door Of the
apartment that senora had entered
opened. and youth-apparentlya mulatto
boy-caue out and passed hurriedly
through The room intC- the hall, and from
thenceinto the street Il was. no doubt,
the messenger, Pedrs, thought, and be
picked mp hook snd began reading
Nearly IN hour passed and still senors
dfd not make her Appearance. nor did the
boy return The friend she had sent for
must have lived ~ some distance, Black
Pedro thought. or seeszzl was unusually
careful about her totlst. and 50 another
hour vent by At last the detective grew
impatient snd knocked At the door
-Senora, / can wait no longer-'
There was no reply He knocked re-
peatedly, and at last he determined to
effect an entrance. Strange fears hnrRssed
him: he beCnn to suspect he knew not
what IL took but a momont 10 drive In
I the door. and, once in the apartment, the
mystery wac revealed SeuOra's robes lay
upon the floor and scattered ever the
room were suits OF boys wearing apparel,
similar TO the one woEn by the mulatto
! boy. On a table was n sosmetic that would
stain the skin to nsAt. delicate brown
/ s.Black Pedro was fsiled for certainty.
Sonora had escaped in the guise OF =
I MESSENGER Why had he not detected the
I rusef He ffelt humiliated and deteru-
ined to redeem his error He knew she
would not remain in the city an instant
longer than she could help He hurried
TO her bankers but found that she had
drawn the amount dueher an hour before
who presented the check :" asked the
detective.
"a mulatto hoy-jt was made payable
to bearer"
There was vet 3 chsnoe. A steamer left
within an hour for America; Il was posi-
that she would seek that means Of escape
BLACK Pedro jumped into a carriage
and arrived at the wharf ten minutes be
fore the vessel left-just IN time 70 assist
an aged aud desrepit gentleman into the
cabin. There were few passengers none Of
them answered the description Of the per.
son the detective soRCht. BE stood on the
wharf watching the reoeding vessel unn
1t disappeared He was in the act Of turn
ing away, when q driver of one OF the car
ringes at the landing. and who was per
sonally acquainted with Black Pedro
approached the officer with the remark;
--WPedro. did You sec that old man o
board-he hsd a long white beerd aur
hair that fellon his shoulders''
Yes"
wen, sir, there's sosethins euriOu
about him.
why :"
3 Why, when he got into my caFTf1'gso b
WIS mulattO boy, and when he gOt oo
: he was an old man"
: Black Pedro uttered an exclamatio
g that could hardly DO used in tyre when b
E heard this announcement, for he kneT
q the vessel would be far out az sea befsr
she could be osertzken. Re was foiled .
9 a woman. Nor could ne help rejoicini
a now that the chase was over, that 70
d woman had escaped Innocent OF guilt,
n there was a rrus-m about this woman tbs
II none could resist. The spell OF her Woi
d drous beauty affected all who approache
: her.
70 at fingered for years after In my EnoE
y ory." said " Black Pedro" one day whi
narrating the incidents OF the case, e. az
ie could not have the sin OF her blood upS
my conscience"
10 On the morning OF Jan. =. 1875, the q
o of Mexico was startled By the snnoune
'l- ment that a murdey, the most brutal Al
IN fendish that had ever Redeemed the erin
ne nal annals OF the dark side Of AeIici
q q Hfs--hsd- heen- committed, and that {
is woman who, when alive. was sf o.
"a passing beauty. Sine had arrived at I.
- house where the murder had bean co,
n mitted on the day before. and yFss acoor
be panied BY handsome gentleman. vi
Z introduced her rs his wife. he had Be-
IA oSoA 70 feARe inc house about 10 oirlcS
10 On the same night and that was Il
last ever heard Of him The follovir
,e morning q servant. by mistake, entered
g. SIDE door leading to the apartment. vrbe,
D. the murdered woman lay on a bed. an
a the sight that met her gaze froze the bloo
IN her veins. She gave the alarm and n
II police were Immediately notified. n
n woman lay crossNgise on the bed with onl
d her chemise upon her, and her besf
% which hung BY few sinsws u be
a body, was within a few inches OF tb
2 noor. Black Pedro's" friend Of N
d hdetective force OF Vera Cruz, and the on
> who pointed out the widow Of Senor l a Ban
: rier In the theatre to Pedro, recognized il
the murdered woman the one and the sam,
z person. Her murderer was never apurs
1 hended. and immediately after the ipoues
p was held the body was buried In III,
| public graveyard, frightful eNainple O.
, the wages OF sin--Cfnctuudtt E7io7s4.eT