The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-07-17
MURDER FARM FOUND;
SPAIN MORTIFIED BY
STORY OF DISCOVERY
Dozen Killings For Robbery
Laid to Door Of Retired
Navy Captain.
DAUGHTER TELLS or DEEDS
Spanish Inn Rivals Guinness Home 40
Port Of Missing Men--Numerous
skeletons Found On
Premises.

Madrid - Special: All Spain is
aroused ove a confession made by
Senorfta Maria Louisa Sanchez, the
daughter OF a former captain Of the
Spanish navy, living near Corunna,
that a port OF missing mem and
murder farm" similar to that con-
Quoted by. Belle Guinness In the United
States, which became noted a few
years ago, has been operated at her
fathers home. The Developments In
the Corunna case are fully as mystify-
ing and as horrible as those In the
Guinness revelations.
Recently n Jalon, a rich merchant
OF Navarro, disappeared. 1T has been
In the search for him that the murder
farm was uncovered. Jalon left Mad
rid several weeks ago and search for
him was conducted in all parts of the
kingdom. That his body was found
in the Sanchez premises leads the u
thorities to believe Sanchez and his ac-
completes nave murdered and buried
over a dozen persons. They believe
that in all cases robbery was the mo-
b and they estimated the plumber OF
the robbers and murderers at over
500, goo.
Check Leads to Discovery.
The finding | the murder farm
came about after a long search for
Jalon. He was a gambler and fond Of
the fastest company he could find. Be-
fore he disappeared he went to the
cashier OF the Bellas Aries Casino in
Madrid and asked to be given a counter
Ca form of travellers cheeky for $1,000.
He said that he intended to take a
journey into a strange neighborhood
and did not want TO carry much cash.
He obtained the counter and was g
seen again by any who knew him. .
Because OF his prediction to travel,
nothing was thought Of his disappear
ance for several days, Then a young
woman appeared n endeavored to
have the counrer cashed. She was I'M
to follow her. However, she eluded her
pursuers and escaped. Then the rela-
tives of Jalon asked hat a general
alarm be sent out for him. ~.
Then an anonymous letter came from
Corunna saying that Jalon had been
his body cut into bits n thrown into
The detective discovered that a sewer
near the home OF the captain had been
recently repaired and that the captain
had been seen dumping buckets of re-
fuse into it. Further examination re-
vealed parts Of a mans body. Then
other parts OF the body of Jalon were
found in the cellar. T..
Woman a Victim.
In the confession OF Senorita San
chez, she says that Sanchez, some
years ago, kept an inn on the edge OF
the forest reserve, that became known
as the "port of missing men," b.
One of his victims was a woman in
an automobile. She arrived at the inn
at dark and the forest game keeper
says that when the machine left next
day, the woman was not in it. The
Sanchez inn was searched but no
bodies found. Sanchez then moved to
this, his present house. =. o5"."E
According to the police parts OF
skeletons have been found at San
Chez present home. He charges the
crimes to tenants before him, a gam
bier and his family. The police will
now go back and search the grounds
and cellar OF the inn more closely.