The Bessemer indicator., 1893-05-13
New Mexico.

few nights ago Margarlto Romero OF Las
Vegas, heard some one prowllng around his
premises several times. Finally about 3
o'clock in the morning, hearing them agaia
at one OF his windows, he fired through the
window and shot Julio Garcia In the cali OF
the leg. Garcia died of blood poisoning.
Romero Will have hearing before the justice
of the peace. There is u law in New Mexico
that the killing Of burglar in the defense OF
your property Is murder in the second degree.
Renegade Navajo Indians arc causing con
siderable trouble 10 stockmcn in the Luni
mountains by driving of cattle and sheep and
threatening the owners with bodily harm II
they offer objection. One sheep-raiser alone,
Jesus Castillo, has had at least 1000 sheep
stolen from him the past twelve months by
the Indians, and only last week band OF
renegades poured down into the little camp
of the herders, terrorlzed them at the point
OF their rides and then collected several hun
dred sheep. which they drove away and mixed
with their own i!ocks
Articles OF Incorporation OF the Pecos Com
papy, with capital stock OF 81, 600, have
been filed in the Office OF the secretary of
state OF New jersey. The purpose of the
company is TO aid and promote enterprises
for the development aud exploration OF the
agricultural mineral lands and other re-
sources, natural or artificial, in the valley OF
the Pecos river in New Mexico and Texas.
The company will equip railways. telegraph,
telephone. electric, gas and water lines. The
principal office In New Jersey will be in .Icr-
eey City, while the main Office will be In
Colorado Springs. The incorporators are
james J. HagerInan and Thomas II. Edsall OF
Colorado Springs, and Charles \. OTIS and
Richard j. Boths of New York.
Los Lunas, the county seat Of Valencia
county, twenty miles south OF Albuquerque,
was the scene of 4 triple lynching on the
night of the 4th as the elimination OF 4
series Of atroclous crimes committed in that
10 Ala.
Jose Barelas and vlcloriano Aragon three
murderers confined In the jail there, were
taken out Of their cells by masked men and
hanged to a cottonwood tree. Between mid
night and o'clock large body OF armed
and masked men surrounded the Jail. They
were very quiet In their movements. Three
of them approached the door of the jail and
told the jaicr they were constabes with
prisoners. The jailcr opened the door when
he was pounced upon, bound hand and foot
and the jail keys taken from him. With
these the mob went to the cells of the mur-
derers, who we're securely handcuiIed and
shackeled and dragged TO tree Just across
from the jail. where they were quickly strung
up, and the mob quietly dispersed. The dis
covery ot the bodies the next morning was
the first intimatlon the people at large had
that justice had been metei out without the
aid OF judge or jury. The victims were all
young men, Martinez, the oldest, being but
twenty-three years of age. There Is no clue
to the members OF the mob and little llktl-
hood that any effort will be made 10 appre-
hend them. Since last February half dozen
murders have been committed In the county
and the citizens took this method Of showing
the hard characters that they must respect
the law or abide the consequences. The
crime for which Martinez and barelas was
charged was peculiarly atroc!ous one Oae
Sunday night few weeks ago an old woman
named Mrs. Manucla Mlerclcs, accompanied
by an aged sister, who was blind, started ont
to visit some neighbors. They were met by
the two men and the next day the body OF
Mrs Mierelcs was found in pond
horribly mutilated. The blind sister
could give no account OF tht
crime. Martinez and Barelas were immedi
ately arrested and the evidence against then.
was strong. hragon was the self-confessed
murderer OF his cousin, Mrs Beatrlz Aragon.
The crime was committed about one week
after the killing of Mrs Miereles.