The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-08-25

was ONcT, anu IL laSteu even u leSs
time than sutfices to describe it,
the MeXicans who had come with
Otero appeared at the door and
ordered everybody to leave the
house on peril of their lives. All
hastily vacated. The room in
which the dreadful scene of blood
occurred, is about fifteen feet square
contains three single beds and one
double one, and had been occupied
by four persons of Whitney'sparty
the night previous as a sleeping
apartment. Prior to, and during
the shooting, two or three of these
men were reclining upon the beds,
either reading or engaged in quiet
conversation ; and the storm Of
lead and smoke came upon them
with the stunning force of Il whirl-
wind, depriving them momcntarily
almost of the power of thought.
Therefore, not one of them, rs has
been said before. is able or willing
to narrate the horritying details
with any degree of accuracy. In
an instant, almost as the deadly
passage of thunderbolt, the scene
of angry pulse beats and vivacious
discussion was transformed into a
sickening spectacle of carnage and
death. Even the Mexicans who
had been chatting briskly enough
outside the house, nov whispered
one to the other in tremulous and
breathless accents, as though fear
full of the words their tongues
might send forth. This diretul
thought sat heavily upon every
heart near the dreadful scene.
There lie three of the sterling
young men of New Mexico, stark
dead or dying, over a paltry bit o
land, Il million Of square miles o
which could not make amends fcl
the sacrifice of a blind infant"
An incident of the tragedy wa.
the shooting of DR.. Uenriquo 0
the Otero party, in the arm, b,
one Of Whitney's men. The doc
tor afterwards picked up a rifle ant
leveled it at the head of Arthu
Bailhache shouting, "Give up nov
Give up possession !" Arthur, VIII,
was n the Whitney party, cried
''For Gods sake don't shoot me
I I've nothing to give up!" Hen
riqucs then ordered Bailhache t
kneel down in Whitney's blood
i which the latter did, and both q
: the PROSTATE men were covered b.
| IIenrique's rifle. Then Whitne.
with difficulty raised his head an,
i said family: $50 tell our men t
: give up the premises This az
i pcased the bloodthirsty doctor, an
put an end to his murderous den
onstrations.
Arthur Bailhache at once too
Il his departure for Santa Fe, wher
q his parents reside, and those II
naming at the ranch concentrate
all their attention to the care {
c the wounded and dead.
The body of Manuel b. Otter
was at once removed to Belen, an
a metallic casket was sent dow
from Albuquerque this morning t
that place to receive his remain.
IS J. G. WHITNEY.
. The Estancla grant IS owned {
IS controlled by Joel P, Whitney
II president of the Silver City, Der
r ing IL Pacific railroad, and Franl
I lin Ii. Storey, residents of Bostor
j. G. Whitney is a brother OF I'll
II former, and acts as the manager
e his affairs in New Mexico. He
+ an active, energetic and corre'
l. business man. He has a wife an
>" three beautiful children who recen
ly left their home in Santa Fe fC
Il a visit to California. The famiI
of Whitney's are among the vel
c wealthiest in Massachusetts an
a owo all of the paper mills in Il