Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1886-12-25

nadiy ~ loves and ~ he conid Nos dis
uover nor proye with certainty who II
was who robbed him ef Ills henUr; he
was on tle verge og madness fraA raga
and despair
One night the bady of d murdered
uan was found in fliat 8treoti but a9
there was absolutely ltl police vigilance
pt thattirne, and the city was unlightea,
and robbers abounded, this mislortune
was attributed to them, However IL
was remarized shat large sum 81 money
was Ieft Il the pockets Of tho victim,
Within q week, another corpse lay III
tbs street now called after Don juan
Manuel, The next dly another, and
anuthoE and, periodically thereafter,
Others, The city IVES full a. terror
several of the dead ulsa belonging TO the
hea+ tsaown aud inosG llonored families
ID the city
Tlte question was, w6o was the aithor
Of those erimesg The vulgar answered
that entirely led away b. tha devil, to
whom he Ind sarrendered his soul On
condition q being shown Che lover IL
his wifa, paa Juan lIapael went forth
every slight from his 1Quse, eleaeIy m0f-
He'd, witno short All er III us haal,
and when he enoounterssl any lnan near
the house, Blinded by jealousy, he would
infer that this was oaa 81 the naany who
were resolved TO in5are Sis honor and
SO asked ,llc other
what is the hour
Eleven O'clock, the vayfaror woald
answer ia an Innocence Tban-
"Happy ait thou who knowest the
hour 81 thy death!' would respond Dou
juan Manuel, and III Che same time
strike his dagger into the heart OF throat
90 his victim, whom BIO would leave
dead and bathed in bl,Sod, while he re-
Turned home, whonte was heard the
formidable clang oC fhe heavy door
closing, after whieh all remained la
silence and il gloom,
The most dangerous hours were from
II 10 ~ a. night and few, even il in
queat of the Holy on, would venture TO
psss through that street after ; at night
aRless accompanied by two o. three
:. guards, However, some there were,
who from incredulity, Slr from dire nc.
cessity ala pass tllraVsll the doalaiils of
Don Juan Manuel and satre Il was that
Chat night knowing e5Saotly tho hour
they would fall Victims Ia the sanguin-
arg fairy which Tile demon had inspired
ID that cavalier The fact was tha5 the
murders were committed Vita fre-
quency, that the boaes tEQre found next
day With aii their apparsl ana yaluables,
al,d lalt i'll whisEgs anl snarmuFF,
Don Juan Manuel wa psinie1 cat ~ the
author o. tic crimes; ol,t tie visible tes.
timony was al to the contrary Don
Juan Mauisl, althoug siGd and gloomy.
attended mass, gave llmib and visited as
q yorp hia friend the vieeroy Who
wouid dare accuse man 50 wealthy
and respected without even proof ta
ulfer against hiu2 Isua all tse world
talked cf the matter but were content
with shatting themselves within doors
as soon as sounded tie caa for prayer
for lost sopls.
y There was in the street of Don Juan
/ Manuel probably about where Senior
I pazals Raparb huildasg stand Va house
ut poor aa es, which was the property
of h,slta--.a devqy e-6S Some hfyy
years Oil. C'neof tbs errors "a whicll
youth d victim, When oonflIng too
much IN tie other sex, haa caused
Mother Mariana, as she was calle6, 20
The habit of deYotec iroaifsing. further,
to reoite daily uredos ot the Precious
Blood, equsl In nnmber ID that II TIE
rarrent day ot the month; % tIl4 25th,
~ instance, SHE spent d Icing time ia re-
2eating tic twenty-five crttdos whichfel:
70 her lot. Thus, she never slept EARLIER
than midnight In that uapayed street,
dark, silent, and entirely iasrgtel after
o'clock AZ sight, there was seph but
one light Ike a lonely distant star in a
\ cloudy sky; il was the light that came
( from Tho narrow shutters of the beata
Z Mariana, who lighted 4 little lamp be-
I fore an image 81 Jesus Christ, that was
1 tied % d post, and she did rot close her
\ shutter uptil after slic had said her
oscdos, Nearly every night she heard a
1 door close noisily, and that sound oc-
\ curing always nt tina same hour caused
her % witch until She was .Ftaslicd that
4 u was the d07T 81 the honse IL Don
sGan Manuel
( One night toward the end If the
I month, when her prayers were long,
7 while on her knees before the image,
Size heard mean; size put out the light.
! ana, approaching the shutter on tiptoe.
cautiously put forth her head a iuaii
was runninF and another following,
/ overlook bin almost III Mariana'a very
door ana gave him four OF i've stahs
Ire maa groaRod piieousiy. and feil a
short distance away The murderer
LEFT him, and shortly the bestta saw and
heard Tint door softly opened, ana d
! eloaked iaan went III 1T III
Tlsis Door was III tae hollse 81 Don
/ juan aIanael
Mariana went b her bed fnl Of ter
( tor, auitfe following day, when t1a
body had been found, she went 70 relate
70 her coafessor what dad happened, ana
cold Linn llar srang suspicious The
priest obtained an audience with the
yiccroy ana told him sae occurrence, bttt
tlle vicefoy oaly laueaal and tcld tlie
Gather thai az this WAS vulgar gossip,
which should notbe repeated n noticed
Mariana, however, aud told Tia cther
teatae, and sheAeegof tiia terror in-
/ ,reased, Rlla TIE apearltl0ns were mbre
igeadfal twas ssi3 that fecn tile
scaffolds and rubbish where the catlie.
drai was building, came forth every Fri
Day night d procession of monk-liee II
ures, wearing sackcloth robes slud hlack
Capuchin hoods that covered their faces.
These Gaces were deeaying and part
Aeshless, for these wers no less thar the
victims 81 Don Juan Manuel, aiisen from
their graves. Those clothed hi the habits
Of friars marched tc The cathedral grave,
yard with thick tapiers ID their hands,