Bisbee daily review., 1913-12-09

be aas tseuty-OBe He managed poor. ly: and then he had bad luck By last summer, he was so near failure that there seemed to be only one way out for me to sell my jewels and give him the money. l wanted to do that, but he wouldn't let me make the sacrifice. He saw one more chance to save us. We had rich relatives in Caracas, on the Venezuelan mainland. He went there to see if they would help. He was gone three or four weeks. He sent me only one letter; and it was SO dis couraging that felt sure there was no hope.
 Just before that letter arrived, and after Juan left for Caracas. Captain John H. Hanska came to Port of Spain from Antwerp. Though my father was Spanish. we lived in the English fash ion; was free to meet men. l met Captain Hanska and fell in love with A.m.
 (Here the police stenographer cut corners. In this last phrase he con densed many divagations and evasions on the part of the witness; indeed, h. spector Martin McGee, expert inquisi- tor that he was, spent five minutes ,n bringing out that simple declaration and the next)
 He said that he loved me. be yed him. It was all very quick. Within a week we were secretly en- gagged. supposed that he was an American army officer on special duty. And after we were betrothed, l told him about our troubles and my wish to help Juan. My mind was made up by that time-I would sell my jewels be- fore my brother returned to prevent me. told this to Captain Hanska. He offered to help. He said that he must go to England the next week, and in England he could sell them to much better advantage than in Port of Spain. l agreed--I trusted him absolutely, you see. Then he told me that he could dispose of them more easily, and for more money. if he appeared to be the owner. So l made out and signed a bill of sale, describing in detail every piece to the last ring and pin, and transferring them absolutely to him. Now know what foolish thing did. For that made the jewels his property in law. as surely as though he had bought them from me.
 "The steamer on which be planned to sail for England-he told me-was due to leave. Port of Spain on Wednes- day morning. On Monday night he visited me and took away the jewels He said that he wanted to register them in advance with the purser. He promised to come again on Tuesday night. He did not appear. learned the next morning that he had left on Tuesday for New York. I started for the pier from which the Southampton steamer sails, in order to see if there was any mistake. On the way, met a friend of the family who had been waiting to warn me. He had found out about Captain Hanska's career in Cara cas. He proved to me that the captain was an adyenturer and almost a pro fessional gambler. Then understood l told no one about the jewels unti Juan came back; but l wrote a letter to Captain Hanska in care of tho steamship company. Somehow, il reached him. He answered it with { cold letter, claiming the jewels abso lutely and stating that he bought then from me.
 That arrived just after Juan came back from Caracas. Juan had uO succeeded in raising money. The plan tation went into bankruptcy. That il the matter with my eyes. They haC always been troublesome. But now
 gave them a real disease by weeping.
 (Here, as Miss Estrilla made he statement, she spoke broken phrases about another loss. The police ques toned her minutely to discover wha she meant. Upon finding that she re Ierred merely to the loss of a whol' hearts love, they dismissed this par of her statement as iInmaterial, ant did not enter it upen the record)