The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-03-29
A MURDER IN NEW MEXICO


ed from the Lincoln county LEADER,
published at White Oaks, New
Mexico, an article illustfating the
lawless doings of Judge Lynch at Il
place called Socorro in that mount
ain region. We are tempted this
week to make another extract from
the LEAEDR, which came to hand
last Monday, and which gives an
account of a rascally killing of
poor Mexican, by d gang Of COW
boys and other roughs Of that re-
gion, and who, nevertheless, have
gone unwhipt of Justice. 1t is
Iwretched fun to take out poor
fellow whose only real oifense APP
pears to be his fondness of liquor,
in order to see how fast he could
run with pistol shots flying about
him, and then to shoot him down
deliberately. as was evidently done
by some Of the ruifians behind him.
Canadians should take good note Of
the suggestive letter to the LEADER,
which we now copy, and that there
is a person named Upson, at Seven
Rivers, Lincoln county, New Mex
leo, who can stand up as the apollo
tgist for tho gang who shot down a
poor Mexican for fun. II that
gang were in Canada, instead Of in
! Uncle Sans Territory. so're OF
| them would be very likely to test
the quality of our hemp, or at least
kick their heels in our penitentiary
for many and many a day.; =.
We. clip the above from the
Brockyille (Canada( Monitor. 1t
evidences that the further removed
one is from scene Of beauty or the
opposite, the more VIVID and start
ling the effect, and we have some
times thought that were the stars
hung lower, and Spl and Cynthia
to take an excursion through the
lower heavens, much of their beau
tv Which now excites the admira-
ton of the most obtuse, wonld fail
to arouse. So, on the other hand,
when distant people hear of an
assassination at Washington, Pho
nix Pa k butcheries in Dublin.
Nihilist outrages at St. Petersburg,
On wife murders in Canada, the
scHses are shocked.
4 Our correspondent, Ash Upson,
is mild hammered gentlemen,
who wrote his Impressions from
1.-THE scene, and while he did not
present himself in the role Of an
apologist for murder or murderers,
he took the position that the fact
that man loads himself to the noz-
'zle with whisky, is no license fol
INN to main or kill, but that the
first law OF naturc-solfdefense-
should, IN such cases, assert itself,
even by the premature laying away
under the daisies Of men whose
presence in civilized communities
lis libel on tho ,handiwoIk of the
Almighty and perpetual menace
to law and order citizens.
1t is, however, probably a fact,
that in new countries, with hetero
geneous populations, less value il
placed on human life than in old
communities, where every man and
| his kindred are known to neigl Ibars,
and where the violation Of law is
almost certain TO carry with it ret
! ibutive justice. Time was, and tha
not III the very remote past, whcl
this Territory and county were tllvC
and cverruu with and by free -hooter'
and when knife, pistol and Winehes
ter were busy lcttlng out the live
of honest prospectors. That tim'
is over Now life here is us SAT,
as IN Canada, save occasionally
when here, "a bad man from Bite
Creek" presents himself. Ourpeo
pie then, I c, our citizens, approach
him as Christians, throw scripture
at him, to the effect that "whosC
taketh mp the sword, shall perisl
by the sword" and if he fails t
hearken unto the holy quotation
> he is cut down in the midst of Iii
sins and sent to sup with Satan will
none nearer than Canada to sympa