The sun., 1900-08-19
INVISIBLE WALLS ARISE.
STRANGE HAPPENINGS IN THE MEII-
CAN CITY or 0UEREh DARO.
Are They Reared by the Uneasy Ghosts Of the
Guerrilla Chief Marion and HIS Gang OF
By the Resented Wraiths Of His yiotimsf

| From he Boston Herald.
! For scores Of years the old one-story stone
house on the street OF the seven Gentlemen In
the city Of Querendaro had remained In The
possession OF the Allendes, till. In the roublous
| times preceding Gen Diaz's coming into power
I Il had passed into the hands Of Col" MaTon'
guerrilla leader against the French and i'm
periallsts, as he preferred 10 be known; but
regarded by the -Mocho" party In the city "a
| a bloody handed robber and highwayman.
| How the Colonel had become pos ssessed OF
the house was something OF a mystery. No
deed was passed. the old owners, the family OF
Allende. most respectable people with haciendas
and shares In mincs, had been eNungtished
there remaining at last only one old man. as
deaf as a wall. 20 occupy the place. lie dis
appeared one night and the next day the Col
onel' took possession with his "estado mayor ~
or staff. desperate crew recruited among the
sort Of people who hang on the edges OF every
revolutionary cyclone. And as the "tolonel'
was tosty person whose hands were stained
with powder. and something more doubtful.
and a. his enemies had trick OF vanishing,
nobody in the city dared inquire into the con-
ditonS Of hs tenure OF the Aende property.
He was tall. wiry, sinewy man with long,
hrownIsh mustachos, eyes gray and fun ot
fire. harsh mouth, and an eagles beak OF a
tie Colonel" was much aheld, usually in the
Sierra where. ike hawk, he watched the fertile
plain below and swooped down on an uuwary
enemy. During the war Of the Intervention he
commanded many a. i.4OO dare devils, and
once had made a dash into Qucrendaro, sur
priiug and pUui-hing awfuly AOOO French
soldiers, some Of whom had seen African SER
vice and all tough chaps That exploit made
tho name OF "Col Marion famous. For few
days he was master Of the city, and good inn
periallsuo citizens were hiding in friendly
houses. or getting aray In the disguise of cot
ton-clad poems. A dozen or more were ranged
against a wall out by he GENE terry and shot
for -enemio, Of the republic" 1t was sGid that
the Colonel did some extensive and prof.
table looung. Anyhow he seemed. in after
years. 10 have hidden treasure to resort TO
In case OF financial difficulties.
The Emperor Macmillan went TO his doom,
and slowly peace returned. The iron-handed
Juarez rled in the City OF Me1 ico and finished
the anti-clerioal programme begun years be-
fore by President Comonfort. Frlais and
nuns were oundi@a %.n Sl oae GohVen,s Snq
centuries Of church rule, were sold to specu-
lstive people for whatever they chose 10 pay,
and thus the great ioyeller, revolution, redis-
rlOuted accumulated wealth. ~ seems
natural sort Of prcCess-!t happened IN ICIIys
time, in England; j, has occgIrcd in many lands
place TO President Lcrdo, who was milder
man and had less strenuous work 10 accom-
political firnament Of Mexico a soldier -
genius and the 6hest Of them all. the great son
sf destiny. Poriirio Dia2. Lerdo was beaten,
Of modern Mexico No-an. 4 man with vast !
and Napoleonic plans had begun to but d II
new national cdilioe statesman who had no |
and an encO'raGer of railways.
Ii was, a. has been ssic, some two years !
before this restOrer Of order took Mexico IN /
hand thai col, Marion became The DE- faclo !
owner Of the ancient city hoVse II the Allcndes;
Quorendaru was long way from the federal |
o0pital tunes were uuuOllui he had been u !
power in hi1 region. aud had shown that lac !
could raise troops and command them TO good .
PURPOSE, and 50 his predatory r. tes had Ia be /
overlooked by men al the capital. II was no |
time to bother about lighting gcntl'mans |
peccadloes.
The occupancy of the old house by the |
guerrilla chfellain was characterized by IrOdi- !
gel expenditure, much cock fighting on SUNDAY |
afternoons and hsh gaming, Awful tales were !
told OF people nveigled there. who We're tor !
turrd into sending letters to their friends in /
distant places demanding large sums Of money |
for some unmsniioned n,, p,TRGse' one parry |
had 10 send home for money Ia met deb,s of |
honor, bur th" few MOcho;, on Clerical party I,
men, still alive, Whispered that COL Marion |
was no Republican onlcrr, but an out-and-out |
sCOundrel. They only whispered this state !
ment in the privacy of their own houses aud |
with tho doors barred. But Marion carried |
himself with q high head; he rode abroad with !
lis bcdyguard of friends all armed to the teeth,
and NOBODY liked to tali Of his dongs. lie |
meat shops Of the city, leased them to enter (
prisinR nurth-cOuntry Spanlards or to natives |
Of q business turn Of mind, md so had a COM |
Portable monthly income OF fully s. 600. Thus. |
with extra income derived from queer sources, |
he could live In tho style becoming gentleman !
and support his henchmcn quite like an old |
time fcudal baron, and just a. respectfully. |
In fact, this type u strong. INSCRIPTIONS and !
resoute men parallelcd, in tho times SPOKEN |
IT tho fCll1WoTS Of VIII qDn tho IgnpmgrOFs
might makes right till lawyers and notaries !
come along with red scaling wax, much tape
somew here and somehow. families Of The |
aristocIacy, begin like the Duke OF Argylls |
race BY killing on troublesome property |
The house WAS ample like oil old-fashioned |
Mexican houses, built on broad aud generous |
principles and suited TO the pltrRrchal lite OF the
people Fifty guests could easily 6o sccomnloda- |
ted there, and W the pRlmy days ~ the Aendes |
they entertained IN baroniGl style. Marion, |
Nobody outside of his following lived there; |
he was woman hster and allowed none OF the !
devoted fol lowers, They would not be tempted |
10 one exactly knows what went on in tho
chsrds. There were high links much feastlng, |
gambling anl pistol practice. OCCASION
ally strangers, apparently well 10 do. went TO |
tenure, lasted from ly7i III 1880. Then % tho tho
NN,oiA'i' IIAtb ,'b elAlI WIN WIN fAtllllneut
and, most OF all. with high living. fell III and
his spirit departed 10 unknown regions. The
MOchos. who were unsympath-tc. said he had
gone 20 he'll. But as be had merely lived as
other able mer mad done in many periods of
the worlds history and gave Of his substance
70 the poor al ell times, we may cherish the
hope that he Jared as well as any feddal baron |
A keen and prosperous lawyer named Don
Nicolas NaldemorO, about 50 years Old, was the |
next owncr. How be arranged thatlitte matter
Of the title don't know. He probably salts
fled. for song, any legal heirs Of the Aendes
and Marrons estate had passed into the hands
OF his only nephew.
The LicgnciaGo Valdemoro was from Puebla,
and was keel as the PoblonOs have always
been reputod TO be. A Philadelphia LAWYER
would have had Ia take his dust on the high
way OF professional competition. And he Was
hard headed. lie had come 10 Querendaro in
lsSS, two years before Marion died. He liked
the place and, when the time came, bought
~ His family consl sted of his wife Elena and
three chi!uren of between IL and ls two boys
and girl He had perhaps ten servants
Including the chief gardener, who had poems
under him and they don't count.
People tax about MarTons uneasy ghost
walking about the rooms at night without any
regard TO locked doors. Servants STAYED but
a Few weeks as rule and went away with queer
tales tO tell The liCcnCiado grew nervous
and, finally taking a house n few blocks away
began tearing down the Allende-Marron casa
40 Con!itsd 70 his friends that he had no fear
ot anything phantasmal but his wife, pot being
nbo 70 keep servants long. II seemed best 10
pull down the house and build new one on