The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-23
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Eier Is : Town q about so inhabitants,
and Is OF TIE Rio Grs15s river. zbout 80
milzs from It's mouth There are bat few
American residents, most % The population
beng couposei q the lower class % Mex
cans. generally known a "CIreassrs-7 There
are. E0EsTzr. q number f refined Mexican
families II the town.
AD-u: ten days ago Francisco Perez was
frs heard Of o. the Rio Grsn1e. He SAYS
that rs as born near Durango, =. n, and
THAI be was intended for TIE priesthood.
having been sent u Roma when be was
about = years Old % study. For some cause
which be refused % disclose be never took
orders, returning % Mexico about two
years ago.
C0CLDy'T HELP OBEYISG HIN.
The day Re arrived in MIsr, he stopped ct
the hotel Nothing unusual vas noticed
about him until the dinner hour the dav
after bis arrival, and then i. was not Perez
that attracted attention, but tie queer
antics Of the waiter WHO served him. With
out Perez saying word, the waiter. az er
placing his dinner on the table crossed the
dining cal 20 a table where a gentleman
was sitting. aud brought % the table Of
Perez two bottles Of wine with the glasses
This would not have looked strange had
not tbs wine been special order by the
gentleman from -koa il was taken. The
gentleman demanded 70 know why the
wine was removed. The waiter said Perez
rad ordered him 20 do 50. This. Perez,
with great agitation, denied. the wine was
returned
In few moments the same waiter re-
moved q roast from in front Of the same
gentleman and placed it il front Of Perez.
general laugh was the result, but the
gentleman who had been despoiled became
furious, declaring that Perez had insulted
him and that the waiter was drunk. He
kicked the waiter out Of the room, be all
the time protesting that he had only obeYed
the order Of Perez
Perez, with face as white as chalk, said
that be had given no order, had done moth
ing % insult any one, and then left the
room. 4 short while after ward the gentle
man who had become angry in the dining
room approached Perez, ADD said that be
was satisfied that that the waiter was drunk
Or crazy, and apologlzed for what he had
done
GAVE UP HIS WATCH.
While speaking be had taken out bis
watch, fine one, and, after hesitating
moment, much % the surprise of the crowd,
who had gathered expecting 70 see a shoot
ing scraDe, be lOOsened the chain from his
vest and handed the watch TO Perez, insist
ing that be accept 1t as present 1t was
accepted.
Perez next visited bar about a block
from the hotel, being accompanied by two
persons who had seen the watch given 70
him. Perez ordered wine. When be went
70 pay for it the barkeeper said il had been
paid for. Both PereZ's companions insisted
that it had not been paid for. but the TAR
keepe insisted that it had and refused to &C
cept cent.
While standing at the bar both gentlemen
notice that the bartender had been watch
ing Perez intently. Stunning from them he
took from shelf a handsome silver
mounted revolver, aud, after exhibiting it,
handed it TO Perez, begging him to keep it.
To be the recipient Of a fine watch and
revolver by strangers, al within an hour,
was an occurrence 80 rare that it naturally
10.
GIFTS FLOW IN ON HIM.
But this was nothing to the wonder sx>
cited when, later in the evening, packages
Of various sizes began to arrive at the hotel,
all Of them addressed to Perez, with the
names Of the donors and their compliments.
All might still have gone we'll with Don
Perez had not a magnificent bouquet arrived
with lady's name attached. There hap
pened TO be standing near friend Of he
lady who had sent the flowers. His hot
southern blood was fired at once. He called
on her, and she said that she was standing
near the window with the flowers in her
hand, that Perez passed, looked up at her
and asked her TO send the flowers, and she
| had done SO, why, she did not know, and
she wound up the story by bursting into
tears.
The friend returned to the hotel, and i'm
| parted the result of his visit. The Next
| cans, always 10 certain extent supersti-
| tious, after an excited consultation decided
that Perez was either a witch or a devil,
and that in either case he must be gotten
| rid of at once
Some one suggested that they tie a stone
to his neck and pitch him into the river, as
water would drown the devil, and the stone
would sink a witch. The proposition was
| instantly accepted and would have been at
once carried out had it not been for the
presence of few cool heads in the crowd.
AN EXPLANATION WANTED.
They said that Perez would at least have
a chance to explain himself. A committee
OF ten was appointed to interview him.
| Perez was found sitting in the hotel parlor,
quietly reading. When informed of the OBJ
| lect of the committees call, he became so
| agitated that he could not speak, and
| seemed about to faint. He finally, Ia a
hurried. trembling voice, protested that be
had done nothing, and that every article
given him had been voluntarily presented,
which ne proved by two who had called in,
and who had made him presents.
| The committee withdrew, but 1t was seen
that they were far from being satisfied.
| Perez was privately advised to leave town.
but before he sould do so he was again in
| the hands of the committee, who told him
| tibet unless he would explain more fully
| they proposed throwing him into the river
Perez saw that they fully Intended to
carry out their threat, and be made this
statement:
''While in college years ago l and four
room mates began the study of mesmerism,
or hypnotsm, or whatever you may call it,
Our aim was to so perfect ourselves in the
art or science that we could by glance Of
the eye or a wave Of the hand compel any
person within range of vision to do any act
we willed. ! soon became SO proficient
that with glance of my eye, or a wave of