90 years ago today: Spanish romantic drama

New Free Press on November 10, 1934

We are told from Barcelona: Love in Spain is still surrounded by romance. People are very brave in this country, they flatter women, and in the age of modern humanity there are still Spaniards who call their lovers and wait hours to catch a glimpse of their lover they have A recent eviction from a monastery is currently causing a social uproar.

A beautiful sixteen-year-old girl escaped from a convent near Barcelona. As he was a senorita from a distinguished family, the case caused a great stir. Two months ago the beautiful mother had Mercedes Her sixteen-year-old daughter, who loved young Manuel Alejo and was equally in love with him, was taken to a convent near Barcelona, ​​however, the degree of education did not this is the passion of the two young men.

At night Mercedes had climbed over the high wall that surrounds the monastery garden. In a letter she said that she was tired of religious life and that she was returning to Barcelona. Since the escape could only be achieved with outside help, suspicion fell on Manuel. When his lover was taken to the monastery, he threatened again and again: “I will kidnap her!”

Manuel was arrested, but he swore a thousand holy oaths that he had nothing to do with stealing girls. No matter how diligently the police investigate the beautiful Donna Mercedes, it has not yet been confirmed. The matter is still awaiting clarification.

Another case of Spanish romance. In the town of Herrera near Seville, 28-year-old Joaquin Ruiz Bazquez fell in love. However, his favorite girl, Enriqueta Gasgon, rejected him and the rejected lover swore revenge. He spread rumors about the girl. These insults enraged the girl, and when her stubborn lover came to see her again in spite of everything, a bloody tragedy occurred: Enriqueta, whose honor had been insulted, , plunged a razor into the neck of the convict and cut his trachea. She was arrested and her trial is likely to attract much attention, as crimes of passion in Spain, as in the other Romance countries, are always of particular interest to the public.

90 years ago today: A six-year-old boy as a gang leader

In Plymouth, two gangs of thieves with children and young people were caught.

New Free Press on November 9, 1934

Six weeks ago a group of young thieves aged between 10 and 18 were arrested in Plymouth and sent to a reformatory. The frequency of break-ins was now expected to stop. But these continued and they worried the authorities so much that Scotland Yard was asked to send in special officers to fight against the invisible criminals.