They accused him of having illegally taken possession of a great deal of land and demanded damages.

They said that he maintained relations with the tulisanes in order that his crops and animals might not be molested by them.

At last the case became so confused that at the end of a year no one understood it.

The alcalde had to leave and there came in his place one who had the reputation of being honest, but unfortunately he stayed only a few months, and his successor was too fond of good horses.
"The sufferings, the worries, the hard life in the prison, or the pain of seeing so much ingratitude, broke your father's iron constitution and he fell ill with that malady which only the tomb can cure.

When the case was almost finished and he was about to be acquitted of the charge of being an enemy of the fatherland and of being the murderer of the tax-collector, he died in the prison with no one at his side.