Arizona republican., 1909-04-02
the guardian was to have a large slice

I lnt NdS lO nave d ldi Sllt' | of it.
 In order that the "equipage" might
 be bought in to secure the certificate of deposit and that the daughter might
 be transported to England. money I would be required and Mir. Kirkland
 was asked to forward it. Of course MT
 Kirkland could not correspond directly with the prisoner but he could corre- spond indirectly with the priest though letters to him should be enclosed in other letters addressed to Juan Far | gas, Commercial. Barcelona" There was enclosed what purported
 to be copy of an account by news paper of the flight and capture of Gus 1 taye de Soldevilla, former secretary to General Campos.
 This letter was followed by one by
 the priest. Miro. eight days later It reeked with religious fervor and bore an insignia made with a cheap rubber stamp the principal figure of which
 was the monogram HIS" surmounted | by a cross. A cross had been made with a ben at the top of the first page
 so that Mir. Kirkland might entertain no doubt of the spiritual character of the writer This letter was corrobora- tive of the story told by Soldevilla in his letter only it was a little more
 urgent and closed with an appeal for
 the money if it was expected to do any good.
 Four days later there was another letter from the priest. informing MT. Kirkland that all was over, the pris- Oner was at rest but the portmanteau with the secret pocket had evidently been secured for all was in readiness for the daughter to leave for England to come under the tutelage of Mir.
 Kirkland. Though. after all. things
 were not quite in readiness; there was
 the money needed for the trapsporta- ] tion of the heiress to England and Mir. ! Kirkland was enjoined that time was
 precious and delays were dangerous. The foregoing is the substance of | the letter from Spain except what pur- | ported to be a certificate from the governor or other official of the prison | confirming the story of the death of ! Soldevilla, as follaws:
 ''I declare that Gustave deSoldevilla
 and Moor. native from Vitoria, Alava | province, widower. 5S years aged. son ! of Henry and Martha, and condemned | to the suffering a sixteen years gaol | in the Castle of this city deceased the | day F September. 1908 of a chronical | hepatitis according to Dr. a titular physician of the Militar Castle. testimony that Is laying in the secre- tary's office of the same and inscribed | in the 226th page of the deceases ! book
 It appears that MT. Kirkland was somewhat impressed by the correspon- | dence for he took part in 1t and wrote
 to the prisoner who replied in the course of which he said: T leave 1000 pounds to the Rev. Chaplain. Jesus Perez Miro my protector. and design l him eXecutor of will so that he
 may act before the tribunal according | to the necessities. God may make it
 that my dearest child will find an af-
 fectionate family in your home and a good father in you
 Whatever faith Mir. Kirkland may have had in Soldevilla may be ac- counted for by the fact that he had not
 seen his sister-in-law for twenty two years, or since she left her home in
 Leicestershire with her husband. Thos
 Kirkland. He had learned that his
 brother died in Chicago several years ago and was buried in Graceland cem-
 etery. He had not heard from his fam
 fly since and thought that it was not impossible that she had married Solde-
 villa as the latter described.
 The conspirators in the case had ac- quired a great deal of accurate in formation regarding the Kirkland fam fly both in this country and in Eng land. but they evidently made the mis- take of not learning that Mary Kirk land was a widow and of supposing that she was the sister and not the sister-in-la of James Kirkland. They had learned though that she had come from Leicestershire and that Mir Kirk land had lost track of her.