The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-08-23
F EARFU il KILN G
Two SOULS SEET HENCE WITHOUT
WiRllIG.
FULL PARTICULARS
OF Death and Burial.


press. a courier rode into town
after DR., Lane, and reported that
% miles East from White Oaks,
and 1 or , miles up the Captain
mountain side from Las Tablas,
two well know mcn named +. w.
Richards and Henry Lackey, had
been waylaid and killed. OF course
excitement surged high, and sus-
pcnse attending the receipt Of par
ticulars was painful to those ac-
quaintcd with the victims. The
report proved but too true. Rich
ards and Lackey had ridden out,
doubtless, experimenting no harm,
but fate steals along with silent tread,
Found ortcncst in the least we dread,
Fruwn3 in the storm with angry brow.
And in the sunshine strikes the fatal blow"
and while Richards WAS sent with
ont notice to meet his maker, Lack
ey fingered only about an hour, but
sufficient to tell who anbushed
them and the manner Of killing.
The assassins were Geo. Dickey
and James and Thomas Bennett.
After the killing, the men named
went to Lincoln, where they gave
themselves up to the authorities
and were brought back to the
scene of the unfortunate event,
where an examination was had be-
fore Esquire Aguayo OF Lincoln.
The witnesses for the Territory
were - PaNson, - Green, Josh
Cummings, Geo. Pringle, - Nc
Bride and others. Those for the
defense were Geo. Dickcy, Thos.
and James Bennett, Melvin Rich
aldson and Jno. Hurley.
The witnesses for the prosecu.
ton testified that at the time ofthc
killing they were employed by
Richards to build Il house on the
spring located by Henry Lackey,
and upon which was Il cabin occu
pied by Richards men while build
ing SAID house. That on Friday
morning about s or 9 O'Clock Rich
ards rode up with Mcbride, where
they were at work. Henry Lackey
told Richards that the water haC
been partly cut off that morning
Cummings remarked that the steer,
broke through where he Lad beer
hauling logs, and perhaps chokeC
OFF the water. Richards told Lack
ey to mount his horse and togethe.
they would ride over and see wha
was the matter, which they pro
cecded TO do. \ short time atte
they left firing was heard, but til,
men supposed r. and /. wcr,
shooting game, but within half al
hour Richards horse was seen un
mounted and was discovered to b.
wounded, which excited suspicion
that something was wrong, and tn
men started up the canon. y mil
and a half up they found Lackey'
horse dead in the neighborhood {
a cabin claimed by Tom Bennct
, situated on his ranch, when the
heard Lackey's groans and 30 step
distant they found HIM, and aske
t him who did the shootingI Lacl
4 ey replied: "Geo. Dickey, Tho.
{ and James Bennett" Where
Richards z" was the next question
o., Lackcy replied: "IIc is killed.
Whore is he!" Right owe
+ there" but was not able to poil
, the direction. "Who shot YOU!
q The Bennett Boys; they waylai
k and killed us
@ Defense.
Geo. Dickey said hat the Bel
nctts and himself went up to Tol
Benefits ranch Thursday evenin
and worked until night-that q
Friday morning about S or 8 c
clock, after re-staking their horse
IS tor fresh grass, they were returnir
to their camp and heard fri
down the cation, as they suppose
g about the cabin. and about Il
2 time they got to their camp Ric
ards hove in sight, on horsebac