The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-27

ed his mind and his name, and came bob.
bing into town by mail yesterday as
Ricardo Lopez Ross.
Mr.. Ross has decided to let him die
Mr.. Ross bit his nustache last night and
said in terrible voice: Let him die
Lee Hays let him die last year, and II
let him die this year. Giles Smith OIL
someone else with an Europeon reputa.
| ton as a sucker can let him die next
year"
Mayor Ross suggested on second
thought that he would turn the letter
over TO the carnival commute and let II
have the $4,000 Lopez so cheerfuliy
offers
But here is the letter from Madrid from
Ricardo Lopez Ross, practically word for
word the letter poor Ricardo Lopez Lee
wrote one year ago:
Madrid. Sept. Z, 1890.
Dear Sir: After numerous investisa-
tons made during very much time 1 have
found your home. thinking to be sure
that you are the relation to whom I look
for to confide a secret which 1 cannot
confide TO anybody but to a member of
my family.
My dead father, Mr.. Manuel Lopez. be-
ing commandant of the Spanish army,
he was trusted for to study the organiza-
ton of your country's army. There he
married with Miss Mary Ross of your
family. and after a short time they re-
turned to Spain, where, by some disgust
which 1 don't know, was broken the re-
latioHship with my mothers family. In
spite of this. my mother did remember
very often of her family, especially OF
yourself as her next relation.
When began to study for to be SOL
der my mother was dead and two years
after my mother also
I was widower with a girl when the
Cuban war was commenced, being sent
there and putting my girl IN a convent
A long time before the beginning Of the
war with the United States q was colonel
of military administration the general
captain of Cuba ordered me TO go to
Mexico for TO supply our army from
there, where ass soon as arrived 1 had
friendship with the Spanish consul, who
was the cause of my misfortune. During
the fifteen months I was accomplishing
my duty and l got a sum of $4,000 By
making some purchases upon myself and
by another business proper OF my en-
ployment without thinking about the
rights and compromises that those bust
ness could draw upon me-
AS soon as preliminary of peace began
was ordered TO return TO Havana for to
render accounts Of my trust, but at the
same time 1 received a letter of my ser
want saying that the general captain had
ordered to form a process and that this
was the reason by which l was called to
Havana. Owed to this advice 1 put my
property on safe doing deposit at a
bank of Mexico. TO be paid to the bearer
of the check if it may be accompanied by
a countersign agreed with the bank and
l had the check into secret drawer OF
one of my valises; then I went to Ha-
vana where as soon as arrived a chief
OF staff ordered me to follow him and he
took posses sion of my valises; a little
time after I was translated here, where
/ am extinguishing a condemn of eight
years Of prison, as you will see in the
copy which I will send you in
my letter.
When 1 was arrested all my equipment
was seIZured as a warrant Of my process
expenditures which I must pay before be-
Ing finished my condemn; on the contrary
my valises will be sold by auction, but
being the check into one OF them II Is
necessary 70 pay the expenses Of the pro
ross IN order To avoid the lose Of my
property. BY this report you Will see how
difficult Is my situation, and what beg
you IS to take care Of the girl and TO lend !
me your aid for to raise the seizure Of |
my vaHses in order TO save the check |
which you must recover. AS a reward |