, 1860-03-28
IID11ICIDEs IN SANTA FEE.


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Letters fram Santa Fe. y. 81. OF the frst Of
isutc:l, i.taHc Eenticn Of tlle yat.n. death If
Dr. Beck, we'll ksnw. tirau;.hou the Territory.
an1 Ri:u II n1aAy Il ou: merchants, ~ tic
brother Of PTcstsn Eccs, merchant CT Santa
Fe. Killed il tkat ciss las: FEAR in Il tcaeontre
with f:,as named G'ria.an. The facts, as de-
TITLED IN cue Ct 1lle Iet:ers, may he thus COZ
dcnscd:
On tic eth Of February, in The evening. Mr..
Henry 0'Scil weE: to l':. Eses's our:;u:. r.c.,,
where le wai engaged in the se.tii.:. ~ tic u!-
farrs cf lis trbtIer'> e-:::t'. They v.. .c.. jn
pleasant conversation !ar SIM. ;1n.,', h:rr. al-
ways been s.u.] friends, wl,cn Ir Eecx re-
marked to Mr. U'Ne,l ..iat lie w,.ts,! lc Il, see
lin, nlone. Un his lrst1:inn. t!ey w:ut .ut
not transp!rcd, as 1h*y wet:: aurc. u, re- uru-
in. to The cou.tl:ss rn''n, IL" Gtnr MSS lccscd
a'er erteti"5, b.; whoH: il ut: EFT knnwq.
The book Ec Per cs I'll. inusc testified t.:. ,he
Doctor secn,td very E'rcl. exS!r:t ;huut same
paper, a1d beard II. DO: ,7 say t. UNciI, II liz
t;ll hot syn il be we.si.! LII: .:ia, riga. ,h re-"
THIS paper, whatever it WIS, O'E5il refused 10
sign, =.ti3- that lie wou:sl cn it text Ga. anil
III !. a!l things =uul be r.u.ca u. s:.e;uriI7,
He t.ied every c*.!s:.:a.o:y E:c..rs t., pae;iy
l;':.!, bu: tie ,1ts!or's tsu1rs:. WAS cn!i,r:y c
ccc:zoi:t::. T!:e Uec.o~. with hsi. :.::.l tis-
fnl IN his hacsis, alyaccrl ,h:ce :;:lr, 1,scu
oNel', the LATER r1r-s'E- ;i:n I'll, to avoid
faSiaI Ills lite. Hu: \ y :.-e ri things arose in
liz: co,is,ss wtIcl: ;c,v.l .icl 10 ,Ake til. lie
Of l}tsk il adtr to sa. c i,S n*n Sext ..av.
an ex sus'nii,:- t'ou7t wa Fs.;d bv Jude f:.ue-
dict, G: t!su El:lIsi s:..tes Cc1ss, en.l O'..t.l
'7:s i:isch.rgoi, on tAc ,rour.i ,.: the act was
Comm tied u scit.d-itlice. Til. si,u'e svn,.
fa:hy uf tic community il sail 70 r,.u In lis
fa:er. Both xrntlsac.. We're Mur., respsc.eu.
VI. U'Neit, we L=:iesc. Is trrn, Cooper .''auniy.
III ills STATE, TiIese he h., l.laay ss...a1;yc..
H. Ncck IVES Il man Of wes.;!,, nrt: It thu
time Of h. Geasl, Vas engaged in settling III, ,h;.
aaars Ct l''s hra:lser'a estate, mku VII, c,sc Of
the most extensive t1e1:our,s in New ;Jrxi.c.
Seine time before Lis death llr n:Yl. Il viii in
fsvar cf Miss Nellie shoemaker, tu whcm i: i,
SAID te hld been engaged III marriage, ns Ind
bces bis hroth=r, Preston l., ci lef,rc lis death
ta"k rt<cc- By this will the lady hrcoulvs no<-
ssssasl of a1 es!ate wur,:s from lftv 10 !. luu-
dretl thousand do!'ats.
Strange fatality seems to have a;sea.'e. tho
members OF this business Gsn. |: originally
consisted Of l;eck & Brent, ui.o Is,l e,t rs,yt.
mercantile rrlat:obs nil o:er Te8 Nrxic,,. iii;
ha.hna, &c. On rsturnc;: fr,,a, ole Of j,;s e..
pe's'o''- at The jnrn.'!a ael I.,e1to, s!r Trent
aud bis party were attacked by baud cl Indians.
and in the 1eacan:re Icrtceive,: yoan,l gI,,cl
terminated his lift. i .car or 50 a-n. pre-,nn
Beck lest his fic in q Il :llt " i'll, u man rancI
Gsrnau, both diving from their wounds: and
now DR.. EecS has su.l.re,t vin'ent ,lealh. in a
rencon:re provoked By himself, ill.,. fatal shrt
being tire3 only wlsrn it beanie absolutely utc
essay tu save lis. O'Ncils, Hc.