Golden era. (Lincoln, N.M.) 1884-188?, 1885-02-05
OEPL0RABLE!
Johnny Hurley Murdered While in
Discharge Of His Duty.
THE MURDEROUS WRETCH,
ARAGON, CAPTURED.
Full Particulars of the Murder, the
Capture of Aragon and Other
Interesting Notes.

T vi ESliISIlalo III iAS AfA hitS eAiS
Capture of Aragon and Other
Interesting Notes.
last Friday morning there were
many sad faces on our street VI Pm
the rumor reached us that Johnny
Hurley was killed. The post Office
was filed with an eager crowd long
before mail time, waiting for more
defnate news, in hopes that the
rumor was unfounded; but it was too
true. The papers suhstantiated the
the rumors first heard.
For the benefit of those who did
not take the paper at the time Nico-
las Aragon, the murderer of Hurley,
was first arrested, we viii give a
brief account of his history. During
the first Of February Of last year,
four horses were stolen few miles
below this place, and Aragon and
Cruz Tafoya were suspected as being
the thieves. Deputy Brent and Mr..
Geo. Kimbrell, who two of the horses
belong to traced the thieves to little
settlement near Ga!linas Springs,
some 30 miles south of Las Vegas in
San Miguel county. Deputy Brent
arrested the men without any trouble
and landed them in Jail at this place.
They had their trial during the May
term of court and Aragon was sen
fenced to
FIVE YEARS IN THE PENITENTIAEI.
4 short time after, on the evening
of May 2Sth, while going to the
water closet, Aragon escaped, and
owing to the approaching darkness
it was impossible to recapture him. 1t
was some time after this before
Sheriff Poe could locate him again,
but in the October following, having
traced his whereabouts, Sheriff Poe
sent deputy jasper Corn Of Roswell
to captylre him. Mr.. Corn and one
Or two others succeeded in discover
ing his reHdezvou aud proceeded to
try anil surround him. Aragon de-
teced their movements, and left for
the woods. Mr.. Corn endeavored to
head him off and in doingso received
his
DEATH WOUND,
Indoing this, Aragon, who was under
sentence for horse stealing, was now
a murderer Of the worst type. After
the killing of Jasper Corn, Aragon,
with irregular organized band, raided
the country for miles around Las
Vegas, stealing or killing if they
thought it necessary to gain their
point.
When the sad news Of Corn's
death reached Sheriff Poe, he said
he would have Aragon, either dead
or alive, if he had to
DIE IN TIE ATTEMPT.
SO two weeks ago last Monday,
hearing that Aragon was again at
his old stamping ground, Messrs.
Poe, Brent and Hurley started for
the seat of war. Enroute they were
joined by, Banrey Mason and VIM.
Duford, deputies of Roswell, and
James Lane, of Las Vegas, making
in all q posse of six men. They
made their way to Aragon's house,
near the village of Gallinas Springs,
and were fortunate enough to ran
upon the right quarters the first time.
There were three houses in the
group one an old ruin, the second
unoccupied, and the third and last was
then reached. Sheriff Poe knocked
at the door several times before he
received an answer. At last, how
ever, a woman answered the sum
mons, but refused to open the door.
The door was Immediately
KICKED IN
and the women of the house, one of
them Aragon's wife, surrendered.
johnny Hurley took the women to
the next building aud made them
u fire, and questioned them
closely whether or no Aragon was in
the building, which after great
deal of hesitency, they acknowl-
edged.
While the sheriff and posse were
getting ready to surround the house,
Hurley left the women and went out
to inform Mr.. Poe that Aragon was
there. 1t was then that johnny re-
ceived the fatal shot, for ho had
hardly got outside before Aragon
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