Show THE killing OF A mm mil tai deat that overtook hun A dramatic sequence of events lay behind the recent assassination of gen lopez jordan in the streets of buenos ayrea jordan was a violent venturesome unscrupulous man who had experienced all the upa and downs of an adventurers career he was burn in concepcion uruguay in 1812 he was educated in the jesuit college in buenos ayres and in 1841 entered the argentine army as a lieutenant in the revolutionary times of 1849 be was commandant of his native town he was unpopular even aimont bis own people he was quarrelsome imperious and insolent and always ready to meet any resentment which his conduct excited with a challenge to a duel in the disturbances ot 1851 retook betook sides with the tyrant rosas against the rebellious gen under the protection of lna chief he committed all sorts of misdeeds his moat atrocious crime was the murder of major casas in the shadow of this crime he passed the last years of his life and in consequence of it bo met a violent death casba was the prefect of the city of calmasin Pal masin the province entre kios ue was a landed proprietor and a cattle man of great wealth in 1873 he made a trip through the province tor the purpose of selling 1003 sheep and a large strip ot woodland in returning home with the proceeds of the bales in his pockets he passed through the region held by jordans troops jor dan heard of his presence and or dered that he should be arrested it was done jordan basas in his tent questioned him as to his possession and then without a word of accusation corn plaint or explanation commanded command bd that he should be executed casas was tied to a tree and slaughtered like a sheep jordan all the money found on the dead mans body and afterwards stripped his victims of all their property justice ia pretty leaden footed in the argentine republic especially when she is after general gene ial nevertheless th eless she began to overhaul jordan almost immediately afier the despoliation of the casales Cas ases one by one his crimes were turned against him until 1878 be was im prisoner iu parana ou the charge of murdering casas and gen urquiza by bribing the guards he made his escape from jail and left parana in the disguise of a beggar on the arm of his daughter he concealed himself over the bolder for ten beats after the amnesty of 1888 be returned to buenos ayres in the meantime the young son of major cabas had become a man he had seen many black days since the despoliation of his family his mother had died of a broken heart in extreme poverty on her deathbed she made him swear to avenge his fathers murder A keen struggle with the world to obtain food and clothes for his sister and him self kept this oath fresh in young C ikass memory he knew that jordan would come back to buenos ayrea some day and he watched carefully for news of his return A few weeks ago news of jordans reappearance came to montevideo where young casas as a reporter was making a fair living for his sister and himself cabas went at once to buenos ayres one saturday noon gen lopez jordan stepped from his house into the most crowded street of buenos ayres for his midday stroll some hundred steps from his door a young man sprang before him and asked are you gen lopez jordan yta 1 I am aurelio casa son of major casas whom you murdered sixteen years ago I 1 am come to shoot you gen jordan stood quite still and spoke a few words of apology aurelio casas did not heed them he motioned back the gathering crowd drew a revolver and shot gen jordan in the throat gen jordan did not move cabas fired a second shot it passed into gen jordans heart and he fell dead to the ground some one shouted murders Mur derl 1 I am no murderer shouted back casas who remained beside his victims body 1 I have merely killed the man who killed my father then lie chiew down his revolver and walked away subsequently he surrendered himself to the police the body of geu lopez jurdan was carried to his palace which had been built and furnished with the proceeds of the crime just avenged |