Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-06-20
The GUSDORF KILLING,
The Body Brought to Santa Fe and In
tered Yesterdy-An Eyewitness
Statement of the Tragedy.

The funeral of Solomon Gusdorf, the
young man who met his death in shoot
ing scrape at Grants station, took place
at II o'clock yesterday from the residence
Of the deceased's brother, AID Gusdorf.
Hon. Sol. Spiegelberg conducted the
services after the Hebrew ritual, and the
pail bearers were VIM. Deutscher, Ned
Gold, ]. Levy, John Hull, P. Doland and
Isaac Goldorf.
Later details of this tragedy put a
different face upon it from that printed
on Saturday. From Hon. Amado Chaves,
who was at Grants station shortly before
and after the shooting, the following
from the statements of the only eye wit
ness, }. E. DeRosiar, depot agent and
postmaster, is learned:
On Friday morning S. Block, in whose
store Gusdorf was employed, drove over
from Grants to San Mateo in company
with Mr.. Chaves and party. At the house
OF Hon. Roman Baca, Block saw young
Hambleton and said to him, referring to
some business transactions between
Hambleton and Gusdorf: "See here,
Hambleton, my clerk, Gusdorf, is going
to wipe up the earth with you when you
come down to Grants" The remark was
made in the nature of jest and SO re-
ceived. Returning from San Mateo, Mr..
Block asked Hambleton to ride down to
the station with him, and he did so.
Hambleton had a pistol belted about his
person, but upon reaching Grants re-
moved the weapon and asked Mrs. Clark ,
with whom he stopped, to take care of it
until he started back to San Mateo. Then
Hambeton went to the depot to ask
about his mail. The only occupant OF
the waiting room was Solomon Gusdorf
who was at the desk writing a telegram
Beyond t. e desk and through an open
partition sat the depot agent, Mr.. De.
Rosar. Turning and seeing Hambleton
young Gusdorf said; 81 want you to re.
turn 81 you stole from me-"
"You are liar" said Hambleton, 81
never stole 81 from you or anybody
else"
At this instant Gusdorf drew revolver
and fred at Hambleton's head. The
bullet missed its mark. Hambletor
sprang inside the door of the room where
the depot agent sat, snatched up G
Winchester (the property of the agent
and fred upon Gusdorf as the latter haC
his hand raised to aim second shot from
his revolver The bullet from the
Winchester shattered Gusdorf's hand, anC
seeing this, Hambleton said to him
"Now fire again." Gusdorf, notwithstand
ing his wounded hand, did fire again
when Hambeton shot him through the
body which caused death about an houl
later.
This is the substance of the statement
which De Rosiar, the agent, will make al
the official investigation in progress to
day at San Rafael District Attorney
Whteman, of Albuquerque, appears fol
the territory, and R. L. Baca will repre-
sent the accused, who is now in the
custody of the sheriff.
The exact nature of the original cause
of the dispute between the young hot
heads is not known as yet. Gusdorf
however, anticipated trouble, evidently
for some weeks ago he wrote his brother
at Santa Fe to send him revolver. The
request was not complied with and then
he wrote that he had to sleep alone in the
store, and as the Navajoes and cowboys
were numerous thereabouts he felt that
he must have a weapon, and that unless
it was sent him he would send to Albu
querque for one. Accordingly the weapon
was sent him and it was this weapon with
which he opened fire on Hambleton.
Poindexter Hambleton is the name o
the young man who did the killing. HI
is a spare, weakly young fellow, visiting
the San Mateo mountains in search O.
renewed health. He is the son Of lead
ing physician OF Washington city.