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"Yes, indeed." "How did that happen?" "Very naturally. There were three cases to be tried; one was against Ferrer, one against Zurdo, and another against me.
A friend who enjoyed the necessary influence, succeeded in quashing the case against me, as a matter of personal favour, and as it seemed rather barefaced to make an exception alone in my favour, it was decided to include Zurdo Olivares, who, thanks to the arrangement, escaped being shot."
In these pardon and penalty are meted out in a spirit of pure opportunism. I was discussing Zurdo Olivares one day with Emiliano Iglesias in the office of El Radical, when I asked him: "How was it that Zurdo Olivares could save himself after playing such an active role in the tragic week at Barcelona?" "Zurdo's salvation was indirectly owing to me," replied Iglesias. "But, my dear sir!"
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