Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-31
A SUICIDE.
An Gid Man Tires of Life and Does
Deadly Work with His Shot
gun--Other Tragic
Affairs.

Old man Henry Schmidt, German car
penter, aged SIS years, for twenty years or
more resident of Santa Fe and for some
six years past employed as Waterman at
Edward Miller's property, south of Calls
teo bridge, committed suicide last night.
Schmidt occupied dingy room in the
Miller building. About 1890 last night
neighbors were aroused by the explosion
therein of gun, and sent for the sheriff
and other officials. They found the
old man lying partly undressed in a
half-reclning posture at the head of
his bed. Beside him was muzzIe load
ing double barrelled shot gun and at
tached to one of the triggers was stout
cord so arranged as to form a loop
into which he could insert his
great toe. A bottle of powder, box
of caps and some shot were on
table near at hand. Evidently the old
man had loaded but one barrel of the
weapon and attached the cord with the
view to blowing off his head, but it ap-
pears that before he got the muzzle in
position, as he lay back against the head
of the bed the gun prematurely exploded
and sent the charge into his right shoulder
at the joint of the arm.
He said he had shot himself; that he
was in great pain and misery and begged
that he be killed at once. An examine
ton of the wound revealed the probability
that it was fatal, as the old man was very
weak and nervous, and little could be
done for him. Toward morning he be-
came unconscious, and death relieved him
of his sutferings at 8 o'clock this morning
An inquest was had and the above facts
brought out. Also that long suffering
from rupture was probably the cause of
suicide. The body will lie given decent
burial by German residents of the city.
WOMAN STABBED.
There came very near being another
tragic affair over in the give Points" dis
trict, just across Galisteo road bridge,
yesterday morning. About o'clock Mrs.
Francisco Rivera went husband hunting.
She found the man she sought asleep in
the room of one Rayos Olivas, and she
gathered up his clothing which had been
carefully hung up on the floor and carried
it home. Then she came back and the
husband had fed. The Olivas woman
was there and Mrs. Rivera assaulted her.
She cut her face open with knife, jab-
bed her III the cheek, cut the tendons on
her left wrist and slashed open the palm
of her right hand. The case is before
Justice Alarid this afternoon.
SHOOTING AT RANDOM.
Marshal Alarid arrested Will Novel
yesterday on the charge of careless hand
ling of fire arms within the city limits.
1t appears that L. G. Read was passing
along the street near the Novel home, OPP
posite the I'd ward school house, at about
noon yesterday, when young Novel was
observed in the door yard with two guns
which he appeared to be cleaning. A
shot was fired, in a southeasternly direc-
ton and toward the street. moment
later, and when Mr.. Read had crossed
Montezuma avenue, another shot was
fired. This time the bullet whizzed past
Mr.. Read, not six inches from his head,
he alleges. He went back and cautioned
the boy about his carelessness, when he
was abused and sworn at, and he there
upon communicated the facts to the
authorities. The case was on trial this
afternoon and at Mr.. Reads suggestion
the court fined the lad SIS and suspended
sentence pending good behavior.