Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-02-18
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a,lN teammates hi- ttt'.
i T. luum.un, one ~ H." l.u.usu
coluuipla ut l,uit,ale, uu H." RIO l'u"tru
who Wna acci leutly shot N the ahdpm"D
on the rsh, eide on Monday morning,
Ian. 9u. ,hri, after tVo WEEKS ~ lu,,r.c
suiTctlng, yesterday morning At 81
o'clock. and his dead body was brought
into Undertaken Sttoug's yesterday NJ.
tetuoon by W H. Spawn, sou II tie
president ~ the Colonization company,
aud Na,Wp Indian boy.
The facts ~ tnls vcf! ,id ALTAR uHsu'
IA veil De told now M II, any future tuo,
AMI the following account ~ glrbrrd
from W u Spawn, who MAS ~ cSo
Witurp4.
col. A. + Spawn, the president, with
Rev A. T. Osborne. ~ the Episcopal
church, md &, VI, Doyle, left the cl,y
the Saturday hc'Yrr, ~ Row. Osbofue
could hold srtyr"s tur the ,.lNutrte ou
the Sunday f.oA,ug I.o rIsl,us
services were hoil at the rr4.i,uoc -
one ~ the c1lpui-te. nui "a Monday
morning, bright aud early, c.. spawn
WA making preparations g. return to
the city with the mIutstrr nui Mr.. H. lr.
While lac MAS hltchiIg the team 10 the
vehicle, the minister ard Mr. D,y,c call
oi ut the room - MIR thompson, ~
which was ", Is. Spawn, aud MIR Dpylc,
observing u large knife, picked It M hrI
remarked to ErN. O,uurnr tat ct
would b" n good one Tor hls collection. 90
The minister remarked that h.. hai
plenty ot knlyce or something tuthat -.
feCt, and then pulled out small Smith
Wcesun - CslIbre soit cocker revolver.
tn" Minister spoke ~ fH,orably u the
Weapon that Mr.. Thompson put down
tn" nam" ~ It ia u book, and then lriI
the book aside, Ut the same time Eo,.
Osborne put back the revolver IN his
pocket The party continued discussing
the merits of this and that revolver,
when Rev. Osborne again brought out
his revolver To show how the shells "
some make ~ weapon are extracted,
when the hammer fell upon loaded
Cartridge, which exploded, sending tho
ball into the left side u the unfortunate
young man.
The trip 81 Col. Spawn and party back
10 the city WAS, 81 course, dctnined fur u
few hours, 80 they could care FOR the
wounded, while u man was sent IN a
horse, with Instructions 10 make the trip
IN the le6st possible time, 10 the city al
Ter Drs. Raster and Pear, p
The doctors visited Frultyale, dressed
the wound, LEFT the proper medicine. and
Il was thought that, as the wounded
young man was ~ u hale, hearty nature,
he would survive the shot; but fate Wns
against him, although the very beat ~
care and attention was bestowed upon
him 10y his colony friends, Col. Spawn
himself in the phst two weeks making no
lees than n dozen trips, occupying day
aud night time, between the city and
Frultyale, carrying to hun milk, lee and
medicine, aud on one ~ his trips g. the
city he Thought Mr.. Thompson was get.
ting along nicely, for he was up aud
around his room.
TIE colonel arrived in the city SUNDAY
night between aLd > O'Clock. and at
once sent out Dr. prarcc, who met ".
u. Spawn coming INTO the city with the
deal body midway between here aud
FruItvnl".
br. P-Hrcs extracted III" bullet Rgninst
tie spinal column. II had entered ob
the right side under the walst band ~
I'll" trousers, took course backward and
downward toward the center ~ the ab-
dumen, lodging en- the spinnl column,
Death was due from peritunitla. The
doctor has the ball,
The deceased was the eon Of u wealthy
Enghsh physician residing at Red Stock,
near Bath, Eng. and to the father II cable
gram WAS sent last night by Col. Spawn
war about - years old, Was most ex.
cellent young man, aud every member %
the colony, who have become much at.
taChed t. their new homes. most natur.
ally feel yrry sad over the affair Par
don the expression, but Col. Spawn II
"al broke mp over the case, Tor every.
thing was getting along 10 nicely at the
Thompson home, aud the young man
had on many occasions expressed him
sell delighted with the RIO Pucrco Vn
boy and the people hc had met ia the
city,
Funeral services will occur At atrorg's
undertaking rooms 10 morrow morning
a, 1870 O'Clock. conducted 10y Bishop J
n. Hendricks. Col. Spawn states that
the body will IA all probability be ship
ped for burial Ia England, Jesse An.
thony, W, Che,ham Strobe and Il |.
simpson, 81 Frultyale, drove ia last night
and will attend the funeral services.
From tio Daily. February III
Judge II l., Warren Was passenger
TO Chicago this morning,
Alex Stevens and FL. M-dler, Jr., are
at San Pedro on come mining busi
ness.
Is. Is. liaca, son Of County Assessor
BacH, and wife, arrived last night from
Santa Fe,