The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1909-10-28
The SO-CdIIed spanish
SWindte. y
[Continued from Page One.

to smuggle an occasional letter
out Of the prison fort.
The prisoner is rich. He has
a fortune in cash. on deposit in
the United States, but the certlt-
ficate of deposit is concealed in a
secret receptacle of his valise;
the valisc itself has been taken
possession of by the court at
Carthagena, which tried and con-
victed him, and will be held until
the prisoner or his representa-
tive has satisfied the costs Of the
trial. The prisoner has an only
daughter; dying in prison,
bis sole thought is of this be-
loved offspring. He has no
friend or relative in Spain to
whose care he can commit her.
In this emergency his thoughts
turn to the distant relative in the
United States whom he has new
er seen and of whom he knows
only through hearsay Of the
family tree. Will the distant
relative assume the guardianship
of the darling daughter and the
darling daughters fortune of
about $50, 600? If the distant
relative accepts the trust one
fourth of the prisoners entire
fortune will be the material re-
ward. The good priest will &c
at once to the United States and
take the darling daughter with
him. There is but one condi
ton: the ready money which the
prisoner brought with him tc
Spain has been exhausted; the
| distant relative is therefore re
euested to send enough to fiber
ate the valise containing the Sc
cret receptacle and the certificate
of deposit. This money is to be
sent to the good priest at an ad
dress indicated, and, having
received it, the good priest viii
at once secure the valise and
start for America, "the land OF
the free and the home of the
brave" with the darling daugh
ter.
The above is generally the
first letter of the first letter Of
the series. 1t is quickly follow
ed by another in which the pris.
oner pathetically states that hi:
strength is rapidly failing ane
the end is near. He beseeches
his dear distant relative to as
sumo the trust and be a loving
father to the darling daughter
The third letter is from the gooG
priest himself, who ia brief
touching terms and hOpeleSSly
bad English, announces the
death of the unhappy prisoner
the good priest adds that the
darling daughter is under hi:
care. He is ready to put hi.
promiseeinto execution and star
for the United States as soon a.
he shall have received the neces
sary funds from the distant rela
tive. The good priest frequent
ly incloSes with his letter a bogu!
newspaper clipping announcing
} the death in prison at Barcelona
) of the famous Cuban patrio
sometimes called Augustin La
) fiente); the newspaper notic'
also speaks cunningly of tn
conGscated valise and the dar
ling daughter.
1t is "a simple scheme, but pre-
7 scented in such a plausible wa.
, that almost any unsuspectins
! distant relative" of Europeal
. extraction would be more or les
: deceived by the glad prospect o
falling heir to the agreeable Gus
tody of a darling daughter witt
a big fortune and a one fourtl
= interest therein as an additions
recOmpcnse.
} Naturally the first impulse o
the distant relative is to ask
, lawyer or a judge or some au
, thority what course he ought t.
, pursue in the premises, but a
he thinks of doing this his atten
ton is taken by the warning il
the prisoners letter beseechin:
him not to mention the matter t.