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Aged * Duke ^ Killed in Spain CALLOUS MURDER j
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LONDON, Aug. 9.' The Milan correspondent oi' the : Times says that the story of the murder at Madrid some time ago of Cristobal Colon, the aged Duke of .Veragua, the last deseendant of Christpphor Columbus, is now revealed. * He did not meddle in politics, and in :view of this the thett Foroign Minister, • Senor del Vayo, assurcd the Ambassa- . dors of Chile and Argontine, 'who. rcgarded him as a sacred 'figure, that ihe was perfectly safe. j One of his dependents, Ramirez el jCojo, a solf-appointod leader of a jmarauding band, hxoke into the palace jand carried of£ the Duke with the Marquis of Aguila Fuente. I The Ambassadors vainly enlisted jSenor del Vayo's aid. Eventually the jArgentino Ambassador's typist asceritained that the Duke and Marquis wero prisoners at the former Convent of San j :Pomestico. The Gcvernment gave thc Ambassadors an ordor for thoir xelease. -j - EI Cojo told them to return next day. i Meanwhile, pretending it would save j his life, he compelled the Duke to sign ' a xvill bequeathing to El Cojo his estate. El Cojo then bundled the Duke and Marquis into a motor-car and sliot them both dead in the forest of Bosco del ' Pardo.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 174, 10 August 1937, Page 9
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