“Salt of the earth”—this is what they say about something valuable, a heavenly gift for the good and glory of a person… Yet there is no more doubtful expression—especially here, on this dried-out, stony land with deserted hills and low mountain ranges stretched between Murcia and noble Granada—two cities, to this day, after so many centuries, still preserving many traces of Arab presence…
In July 1876, over the course of just a couple of days, first in Granada and then in the hills on the road not far from Murcia, two murders occurred, both connected to the same robbery…