Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-10-24
WESTERN LIBERAL.
FRIDAY, o "A, 1890.


Register UO-mOrrOW. III is your last
dance.
Col. Bill Wells was in from Gold
hfl Monday.
W. T. Hixson, the Ell Paso Jewler,
Ias in the city Friday.
There are are now s~ixty-seven names
On the Lordsburg registration list
Mrs McGinnis Of Deming, came up
10 LorGsburg this week with her son
Neil.
Harry Small made a trip to Ell Paso
Monday and purchased a large line Of
holiday goods.
Antonio Gallardo of Deming spent
sunday in town visiting his brother,
Ramon 2llardo.
c. b. Schultz made a trip to Clifton
Saturday and spent Sunday there on
important business:
Tom Woods, who has been working
lfor Wells-FaFso Company for several
months as an extra man, returned
home this week.
oHonest Oscar" Col. Heads would
be deputy sheriff, arrived in town
Tuesday about dusk, and took the
midnight train for Deming to consult
the boss.
George W. Carre1 mastet mechanic
of the Southern Pacific road at Tue
son, has resigned his position and
mSay are the guesses as to who his
successor will be.
Tomorrow is the last day on which
voters can be registered under the new
law, and it is very important for every
voter to see that he is registered.
Have you done so?
John B. Ad9if the democratic can
didate for assessor was in the city this
week. Dir. Adair is Il very pleasant
gentleman, but he is too old to stand
the strain incident to making an as
sessment Of Grant county. That is a
Job which needs a young man.
Mrs. Thos. Clark left for Tucson
this week to meet her husband who
is now stationed there. L. n. Com
stock reports that his family is now
very pleasantly located in Tncson.
The LIBERAL is sorry to see two sucn
estimable Families leave town.
Mrs. AcGrath has been very sick
the past week and for a day or so her
life was deSptdCed of, but we are glad
to know that she is now much better.
Her case was so serious that DR.. Simp-
son sent after Dr.. Stephens for con
s~ultatlon and telegraphed for Lem
and Herb McGrath, who arrived from
Las Cruces on Tuesday.
Last Saturday evening when Mike
Ryan and his section ha1hs, who have
charge OF the Summit section IN the
Arizona & New Mexico road, about IS
miles northwest Of town, were going
to the section house for supper they
met a Mexican about half a mile from
the section house, when they arrived
they found supper nearly ready, but
the Chinaman cook was missing.
There was considerable blood about
the cook room which aroused suspicion
and asearch was made for the China
man. Noises were heard in a cry
well about 100 feet deep, and a piece Of
telegraph wire was twisted around
one Of the men and he was let down.
AT thesbottom he found the China
man, unconscious. He bent the wire
aroundshim and the men above drew
him up and drew up the section man.
Upon examination it was found the
Chinaman had been hit on the head
with an axe and then taken to the well
and dumped in. The Mexican they
had met wa the only man they had
seen, so they took the hand car, went
down the track and at the point Of a
shot gun captured the fellow. The
Chinaman died in about two hours,
and never recovered consciousness.
The Mexican was brought TO town
under arrest. Judge Titus empaneled
a c%oroner's jury and went out and held
an inquest, whore the above facts
were brough out, also the fact that
the prisoners coat was bloody. The
prisoner, who gave the name of Juan
Chaves, said he knew nothing of the
killing, he came along the railroad.
that just before he got to the section
house he had an attack of nos bleed.
ing, when he got to the house, all wal
quiet, he did not goin, but went to the
water barrel, washed his face and Their
travelled on. The examination wa'
made, and the blood was fonud
where he said he bled. On the
other side it was shown that the
supper was nearly ready, showing the
deed had been committed but a shori
time, that the Chinaman had orders
to feed no tramps, that the Mexican'
tracks measured the same as the tracks
leading 10 the well, that no othei
tracks we're found and no other per
o was seen, Thus giving the presum
ton Chayes had asked the ChinamaI
for food, that ne had been denied, anC