Salt Lake Herald | 1891-04-19 | Page 1 | Tragic End of a Spanish Love Affair

Tragic End of 0 Spanish Love Affair Special THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch i NEW YORK April ISThe latest papers from Seville Spain contain details of a tragic affair which took place in that city March 15 Manuel De La Hera the rejected re-jected lover of a young woman named Matilda Posadas murdered the gif her mother father and sister last evening and is thought to have started for the United States De La Hera had kept company with Se orita Posadas for several months He called on the evening of March 15 and an altercation followed De La Hera displayed dis-played so much evil temper that his intended in-tended became afraid of him Seflorita Posadas requested him to leave the house As De La Hera stepped out of the door Se orita Posadas held open he drew a revolver and shot the girl through tho head She fell dead Bat his feet Incensed at the pleadings of Mother Manuella Ansa dor who had been knitting by the window in the room De La Hera leaped over the dead body and stabbed the mother twice with a knife one stab was through the I heart Se orita Posadas younger sister weeping and pleading De La Hera stapped I three times and then turned to leave The pistol shot had aroused the father who was on the floor above and brought him down stairs in time to see the assassin making for the door The two men clinched in deadly struggle on the stairs De La Hera used his knife effectually and got out of the building and out of the city long be fore his crime wa known