Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-08-27

scouting officers are prepared for a speedy
and early trial,
a messenger had been sent on horse
back to notify the grief stricken mother
that her sons body had been found, and
friends sent carriage to convey her to
| the spot. The team came dashing wildly
through the sand and halted near enough
| for the heart-broken occupant OF the
vehicle, fine looking old lady, to catch
| sight OF the dead mans clothing, just pro-
truding through the sand. She recognized
| it, and without word fell upon her knees,
rested her elbows on the carriage seat and
lifted her hands in prayer. Not many
men IN that crowd looked upon that pic
ture with fearless ewes. 1t was heart
rending. The poor old mother never ut
tered sob Her grief was beyond that.
She simply looked heavenward and
thought The poor woman kept this up
during the whole time the body was being
taken up.
| SHERIFF CHAVEZ ACTED
in the absence OF Justice of the peace
and the coroner and assumed the respon-
sibllity of impaneling a coronor's jury.
He summoned the following named :
Atanasio Romero, Juan B. Sandovsl
Guadalupe Brito, Julian Provencio, Tomas
Alarid, Lucas Archuleta.
Only about four inches Of sand covered
the body and ia very few minutes the
work was done. A pair of blue overall
pantaloons, besmeared with SCOT and oil,
and several gunny sacks covered the
body. These coverings were taken in
charge by the jury and the body was lifted
and conveyed to a wagon, a white sheet
placed erit, then it was conveyed to the
home of the dead mans mother, followed
by not less than 1000 people.
The two boys who discovered the body
and DR.. w. S. Harroun, county physi-
clan, were the only witnesses examined
by the jury.
THE PHYSICIAN EXAMINED THE CORPSE
in the jury's presence. He found the
head incrusted with gravel, also the cloth
ing. The body was in an advanced
stage of decomposition; as the clothing
was removed patches Of skin came off
with it. The lower jaw was broken be-
tween the angle and chin. The teeth of
the lower jaw were broken out and lay
loosely in the mouth. At the left angle
of the mouth there was found a round
hole, having something of the appearance
of bullet wound. Near the chin was a
wound of one and half inches in length
running toward the angle of the jaw. A
scalp wound was also Eoted, and some
abrasions about the head. Grumous
blood was found oozlng from the left ear
On the right side of the chest were
discovered four circular wounds, re-
sembling pistol or gunshot wounds.
The doctor described the location of these
very infinitely, saying he was satisfied
they were inflicted by bullets. Three of
the wounds were also to be seen in the
back, near the spine, indicating that all
OF the shots but one perforated the body.
DR.. Harroun said he would make further
investigation and search through the body
for the missing bullets, if deemed neces-
sary, but the jury seemed to be satisfied
that bullets, daggers and clubs had
brought about the poor fellows death and
did not insist on a further examination
by the county physician.
The Jury re-assembled on the following
afternoon at the office of Juan Ortiz
Rodriguez; deliberated behind closed
doors for three hours, and returned a YER
dict to the effect that Ortiz was murdered
by four gun shot and other wounds in
tlcted by parties unknown to the jury.