The St. Johns herald., 1891-11-26
The Hubbell Shooting.


 went out to Grants station, in re- sponse to telegram from Hon, F. 1 A. Hubbell that he had been shot the afternoon before by Jose Chaves, known as "El Coyote" and return ed on last nights No. ? passenger train, bringing in with them the wounded man, who Is comfortably resting at the residence of his sis ter, Mrs. Dr. Thomas. on West Lead avenue This morning The Citizen reporter called on the gentleman and he gladly gave the following as his side of the shooting:
 q, with my foreman, Tomas Lo- bato, was riding from Manuel Gar cia's ranch, which 1 have rented,
 on Thursday afternoon, to three
 herds of my sheep few miles from the ranch. After reaching two ot the herds VIC rode over to flock of
 sheep belonging to Nathan Earth,
 where I found Jose Chaves, the fore
 man, and other herders in camp.
 On arriving 1 and Chavez entered
 into, what I supposed to be,
 a friendly conversation, not an an-
 gry word passing between us.
 Shortly afterward 1 turned to Lo-
 bato and said Let's go,' but Chaves
 replied, Wait a minute and have a
 cup of coffee.' Night was coming
 on and as I was anxious to visit all
 my herds of sheep, we rode off
 without taking coffee, and went to
 the herd not as yet visited. After
 seeing the third herd leaving some
 orders with the herders, myself and | Lobato left for the two other herds to go into camp. It was then about
 80 in the afternoon, and we were
 riding through a small valley,
 densely surrounded by heavy pinon and other trees, when Chaves show
 ed up behind pinon tree and pull
 ed down on me with his Winches- ter. laid my head ard body as close to the back of my horse as possible. pulling my horses head back to protect myself, when he z opened fire, the ball passing through the right leg, the point of entrance being on the inside below the groin. and fortunately going through with
 out striking the bone. On being
 shot I fell off my horse, which from l some cause, also fell, and while ly. ing on the ground ChaVes fired al l me again but missed. My foreman 7 who was riding a mule at my side 7 dismounted and Chaves took shot : at him without effect. Lobato l however, returned the fire, wher !, Chaves3rapidIy disappeared among the timber"
 |, It is Mir. Hubbell's opinion tha ] Chaves was not hit, and his adea Il t also shared in by MT. Lobato, Wht 7, was with the gentleman from th' n time he was shot until he wa t brought to Grants station, where h. e took the train for Albuquerque. t Mir. Hubbell denies the assertion ], that he and Chaves had ever quar- l. reled. He knew Chaves to be l, thief, a dangerous man, and there r fore had very little to do with him If He was informed by one of Nil
 Nathan Barth's herders, in fact b.
 son of Sol. Earth Ia brother
 that Chaves was ordered to go an' '' tramp with his sheep over his rang and that an objection would resul ' in the probable killing of himselI ' This clue he (Mr Hubbell) obtain 7 ed from certain sources, which h cannot doubt to be truthful. H u volunteered the statement that a American, who was in the sam neighbordood with his sheep, wa : on the list of those to be killed, bu = when he was told of what was |
 occur he concluded that it was be- N ter to leave and drove his shee
 elsewhere.