Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-05-06
THREE LYNCHED.
The Women Murderers in Valencia
Strung to a Limb by an In
furiated Populace.
Circumstances Of the Hanging - A
Warning to Officials as Well az
Evil-Doers April Killings.

Special Correspondence New Mexican.
Los LuNAs, N. NJ, May Sat last the
cup of patience appears to have become
full even to overfowing in this county.
Five men were recently ordered after
preliminary examination to be i'm
prisoned in the county jail, there
to await the action of the next
grand jury; these men were charged
with the murder of two women. Antonio
Martinez and Antonio Jose Garcia were
committed for the murder of Manuela
Mireles on the 18th of April. victoriano
Aragon, Celestlno Aragon and Isaac Ba-
rela we're later committed to the county
Jail awaiting the action of the next grand
jury on similar charge. The deputy
sheriff, Eduardo F. Otero, took charge of
Celestino Aragon and of Isaac Barela,
and as he. stated to the coroner's jury, he
had them at work over at the east side of
the river, at his home, in charge of COM
petent guard. Doubtless this action on
his part saved them from the fate that
befell the other three who were incarcera-
ted charged with the murder of defense
less women. About O'Clock this morn
ing, large number of people, not less
than about seventy
TOOK VIOLENT POSSESSION
of the lailor, Jesus Garcia, bound him
tightly, drew the Jail keys from his pock-
cts and proceeded to the Jail and took
therefrom Antonio Martinez, Antonio
Jose Garcia and Victoriano Aragon, and
took them to large cottonwood tree on
the main street and Immediately opposite
the residence of Mr.. Richard Pohl where
they drew them up to limbs, and left them
there suspended by the neck, until they
were discovered this morning about day
light.
The coroner, Julian P. Connolly, sum-
moned a jury in the absence of Mariana
F. Sena, the justice of the peace of this
precinct, and also after ascertaining the
inability Of the justice of the adjoining
precinct from attending. Thus organized
the coroncrs jury proceeded to the inves-
tigation as to
THE CAUSE OF DEATH
of the three men mentioned. The finding
of the jury is in substance that the dead
parties came to their death at the hands
of parties unknown, by hanging; they
further found that two of the prisoners,
Celestino Aragon and Isaac Barela, COM
mitted to the jail without bail for the
murder of the Peralta woman, had been
taken out of the Jail by Deputy Sheriff
Eduardo F. Otero without warrant or
authority, a conduct which the jury most
severely condemned, and which they
feared may have been in nart the cause of
the hanging of the three men.
Matters are very quite here now, and
but for the weeping of the women folks,
relatives of the deceased, no one would
believe that three human beings had been
SO violently sent into the other world.
There seems to be very general satisfac-
tion at this prompt, etfectual, albeit un-
lawful and violent method of dealing out
summary justice to malefactors, and law
breakers.
This is violent way, and it is not
the method which ought to be resorted to,
but when the matters reach such pass
the people will take the law into their
own hands.
This was probably the best that could
have happened, because between now
and the next term of court in September
people might have forgotten the outrage
GUS circumstances of the murders of the
two poor old women.
The month Of April has had quite a
harvest of women murders. can call to
mind six of them. Santa Fe had vne
about the I'd, Valencia had two, one the
18th, and the other on the 9th, and So
corro had three during the same month,
as follows: One at Tres Hermanos, one
at Limitar, and the other at Socorro.
hope that the territory may have no more
in many years to come. Los LuNAs.