The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-20
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CHAPTER III.-coNTISrED.
We knew everybody for miles arSan6
and hob-nobbed with rich and poor.
great and small All met him on equal
terms and he had good word or
hearty laugh for everybody.
His dress was untidy and ill-fitting,
owing to the fact that he paid very lit
tie attention to outward appearances.
He liked man of his own ilk. but he
hated. as he said. them as put on airs
bekas they'd med bit O money"
Accompanying him was Velasquez. the
man whom Wilcox despised above all the
many despicable people he had met in
the course of a long lifetime.
Hello" said Wilcox. in his free and
easy manner. to the justice, whats
up?'
lie had like every one else heard all
about the tragedy, but felt bound to
give vent to the stereotyped inquiry.
The old gentleman walked across to
the Justice and sat down beside him
while the administrator Of law and or
der related to him the more recent de-
velopments of the case.
When Wilcox heard that Anton Rey-
man was charged with the murder he
cxcitedly jumped from his seat and
shouted:
why you thunderin' blockheads, you
are not going to commit an honest
man like Reyman for the murder Of
Mario Delaro, just because he had few
angry words with him and happened to
be the first man to foller him out of the
cellars last night?'
"There seems to be no alternative
said the justice, but you may rest as
sured he will have a fair trial"
'Ah, by God. that he shall. said the
bluff Yankee, IF it takes every cent Of
money I've got to secareit- Dammit,
he's no more guilty of that crime than
his poor little baby Is"
As he spoke these words-whether in
tentionally or not-his glance wandered
towards Nelasquez, who was in the
room, and it struck him that Nelasquez
WINGED.
Then he crossed over to Anton and
said: Cheer up old boy and keepa good
heart If there's any justice in these
parts at all you shall get it
Then turning to Nelasquez, he said:
'And as for you, suppose now that
Delaro Is out Of the way you are pleased
at the bottom of your hard heart.
You'll be trying next to turn the widow
out Of her house and home in order to
get money 10 throw across the tables up
to Frisco ! know more than you think
do about your goings on. and you can
ind ~, hon &t,p%
you're not going to have 1t all your own
way. II Mrs Delaro ever wants protec-
ton from SUCH Infamous blood-suckers
as you she knows where to find one"
Velasquez listened apparently quietly,
but inwardly full of interest, and said
as politely as he could: Il fail to com.
prehend what have ever done to meri,
this abuse. Mr.. Wilcox"
Then you can know now that I've
got mighty good reason for my words
and you'd better be careful"
With this they both walked away
That night Anton spent behind the
bars, charged with the dreadful crime
OF murder.
CHAPTER ~
While Anton lay in Jail wearil,
awaiting his trial, Nelasquez arrived
At the conclusion that about the bes
thing he could do was to move out of tn,
valley.
So the lawyers We're consulted in re
gard to Delaro's estate, and after sever
al disputes a settlement was agreed
upon.
na1 ,.,s, ,.r;fa an
the horrible associations of the distric
would be too much for her. resolved t,
sell every thing and move to SAINT;
Rosa where her friends and parents hat
long resided.
In all her negotiations and othe
business matters, she was abb,
assisted and indeed guided b,
Joel Wilcox, and this proved /;
fortunate arrangement for her. Fol-
woman with no more knowledge 0
law and business than Mrs. Delar
would have been pliable tool in tn
hands of SO unprincipled and crafty
man as Velasquez.
The estate, including the wine Gel
lars and every thing else connecte
with it, was sold. and, after all tn
final details were settled, Velasquez RI
ceived check for very nearly the sam
amount he had agreed upon with Mari
Delaro on the night of the murder.
He lost no time in bidding 'Goot
bye" to the Valley, bending his steI
toward his old haunts in Frisco.
His stay there was not of long dur;
ton, for he became fearful that Anto
Reyman might be acquitted of tn
charge of murder, following whic
event the impetuous Joel Wilcox woul,
oubtedly, make matters rather III
pleasant for him, IL his whereabout
we're known.
So he realised on all valuable paper
in his possession and started East
Nearly month elapsed between tn
enactment of the vineyard tragedy an
the time of Leon Nelasquez's final dis
appearance from the Sonoma vale,
With the assistance and advice of Joe
Wilcox, Mrs. Dclaro was preparing ,
dispose of her house and leave the di
tricL Thanks TO the old Yankees bus
ness tact, she found that she had su
ficient money left from the proceeds
the sale to keep her in comfort for
number Of years. Still she was anxio,
70 be rid Of the house also
In any case she would have been cor
PEELED to sell 1t shortly afterwards, for c
the twentieth OF the month, thirty da,
after Delaros death, o notice was serve
on thecxocutors Of the estate to the eie,
that noso for (soo,ooV dfty'thoussr