The Arizona champion., 1891-05-16
HE KEPT HIS OATH,
A Young Man Avenges his
 Fathers Murder.
HOW GENERAL JORDAN WAS KILLED
The Terrible end of a Violent, Un-
 scrupulous Man.

A dramatic sequence of events lay be- hind the recent assassination of Con Lopez Jordan in the streets of Bucnos Ayres. Jordan was violent, venture some, interruptions man, who had ex. perienced all the ups and downs of an adventurer's career. He was born in Conception, Uruguay, in 1929, He was educated in the Jesuit college, In Buenos Ayres, and in l94l entered the Argen- tine army as lieutenant In the rcvo- lutionary times of is49 he was command. ular, even among his own people. He was ouarrelsome, imperious and inso- lent, and always ready to meet any re- sentiment which his conduct excited with challenge to a duel. In the disturb ances of 1851 he took sides with the tyrant Rosas against the rebellious Gen. Uqurila.
 Under the protection of his chief he committed all sorts of misdeeds. His most atrocious crime was the murder of Maj. Casas, In the shadow of this crime he passed the last years of his life, and In consequence of it he met a violent death. Casas was the prefect of the city of Palmas, in the province of Entre Rios. He was landed proprietor and cattle man of great wealth. In 1873 he made e trip through the province for the pur- pose of selling 1000 sheep and large strip of woodland. In returning home with the proceeds of the sales in his pockets he passed through the region held by Jordan's troops. Jordan heard of his presence, and ordered that he should be arrested. It was done. Jor- dan received Casas in his tent, questioned him as to his possessions, and then, with out a word of accusation, complaint or explanation, commanded that he should be executed. Casas was tied to tree and slaughtered like sheep. Jordan seized all the money found on the dead mans body, and afterward stripped his victims family of all their property.
 Justice is pretty leaden footed in the Argentine Republic, especially when she Is after generals; nevertheless, she be- gan to overhaul Jordan almost immedi- stely after the despoliation of the Ca S1cCo- ohO Dy OuC WtEt turned against him until In 1878 he was imprisoned in Parana on the charge of murdering Casas and Gen. Urquiza. By bribing the guards he made his escape from jail and left Parana in the disguise of beggar on the arm of his daughter. He concealed himself over the border for ten years. After the amnesty of 1888 he returned to Buenos Ayres.
 In the meantime the young son of Maj. Casas had become a man. He had seen many black days since the despolia- ton of his family. His mother had died of broken heart, in extreme poverty. On her deathbed she made him swear to avenge his fathers murder. A keen struggle with the world to obtain food and clothes for his sister and himself kept this oath fresh in young Casas -m-Mnry- He knew that Jordan would come back to Ruenos Ayres some day, and he watched carefully for news of his return. A few weeks ago news of Jordan's reappearance came to Monte yideo, where young Casas, as reporter, was making fair living for his sister and himself. Casas went at once to Buenos Ayres. ...
 One Saturday noon Gen. Lopez Jordan stepped from his house into the most crowded street of Buenos Ayres for his midday stroll Some hundred steps from h!s door young man sprsns be- fore him and asked:
 "Are you Gen. Lopez JordanT
 "Yes."
 "I am Aurelio Casas, son of Maj. Casas, whom you murdered sixteen years ago. am come to shoot you"
 Gen. Jordan stood quite still and spoke e few words of apology. Aurelio Casas did not heed them. Hemotioned back l the gathering crowd, drew @ revolver and shot Gen. Jordan in the throat. Gen. | Jordan did not move. Casas fired sec ond shot, It passed into Gen. Jordan's heart, and he fell dead to the ground.
 Some one shouted "Murdery'
 "I am no murderer" shouted back Casas, who remained beside his victims body. "I have merely killed the man who killed my father" Then he threw down his revolver and walked away. Subsequently he surrendered himself to the police. The body of Gen. Lopez Jor- dan was carried to his palace, which had been built and furnished with the pro. ceeds of the crime just avenged.-New York Sun.