The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-16
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SLAIN By his SLAVE.
An American Stabbed by Els Mexican
Wife, Who Would Flirt.

Wife, Who Would Flirt
From the Neto York Morning Journal.
TUCSON, ARIz., Aug. 11.-An FL Rito, N.
NJ. correspondent telegraphs this story:
Stretching away to the north and east Of
this town is what is known as the great lava
beds. an area of eighty-five miles long and
forty miles wide, a vast desert without q
sign of vegetation or water except in one
spot. Animal life is absent, and not even
the hum of an insect is heard in this vast
solitude.
This condition obtains over the entire
waste, with the exception of one spot near
the center of the desert. Here is a small
oasis, ard in it is never-tnlllug spring.
This oasis is directly on the road across the
desert, and several years ago an enterpris-
ing American named Wallace Dean took up
the entire oasis as an homestead claim. He
diverted the road by fences and built a
house for the accommodation of travellers
Here he arranged large tank and troughs,
and sold water to the wayfarers at the rate
of 25 cents q bucket. He reapod rich
harvest but the life was lonely one, and
sometimes for days he would not SEQ a soul
Dean tried TO get white woman to
marry him, but the place was not tempting
and he could get no one to consent to live in
desert. He came to this place, and for a
small sum bought the daughter of Carlos
Pinto, worthless Mexican, and took her
back to tighten up the desert. The girl was
only Is years old, and had shown a great
desire 30 flirt. She was well developed, and
had dark beauty which was very attract
i've. Rosa soon longed for other society,
| and when travellers would pass along she
would train her battery of eyes upon them,
and the result was that Dean had his hands
| full watching his purchase. He was driven
almost to the verge Of insanity by her
actions. and many were the storms which
passed over the domestic paradise Rosita,
as she Was generally called, Yves proving a
| curse instead of blessing.
Sometimes several days would pass with
| out a guest to mar their life, then Rosa
would lavish her endearments upon Dean
and he would think himself in the seventh
| heaven of delight
Travellers would come along and Rosa
would transfer her attentions 30 the nearest
| man. This went on until about two months
! ago, when Deans rage overstspped all
| bounds, and he took down a heavy whip and
| cruelty lashed the girl about the head and
| shoulders.
With the stroke the whole nature Of the
| girl was changed, and she sprang at him
with the fury of a wildcat A battle was
| fought but no damage was DONE except to
| the feelings For several days Rosa suIked
while he went around the place, and not one
word was spoken; then she appeared to get
| over her anger, and became even more low
ing than before.
Dean hattered himself that he had found
a way to check the wild inelinstions of the
| girl. he vas SO pleased with the chastise-
ment that he told several freighters the
whole story in the presence OF Rosita, who
sat with downcast eyes during the recital
Last week a party, stcyped aysgDean's
ranch for water. but the place vas Deserted
The tanks were dry, and the house was
closed. The door was not locked, and the
party entered the main room. Nothing
wrong was seen there, buE inthe back room
a most horrible sight was presented to their
sight. Lying on the floor with its habt
grasping the whip lay the dead body Of
Dean. He had been stabbed to the heart
snd then, as il with an uncomfortable fury
his slayer had literally hacked the body to
| pieces The head was completely severed
and the body and arms were stripped OF
| flesh.
From general appearances IL was sur
missed that Dean had again attempted &c
| whip the girl, and the enraged slave hac
thrown herself upon the man, and with one
| stroke had driven the dagger to his heart
No trace of the girl has been found, either
at the ranch or at her fathers house in thi:
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