Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-10-25
THE FIPOND MURDER.
rertecto padilla, of Jemez, Charged
With the Crime and Placed
in Jail.

A number of very sensational develop
ments in the killing of John vipend near
Copper City have come 70 light during
the past two weeks. The New MEXICAN
has all along been aware of these facts,
but in the interests of justice, that the
murderer might be located, it has with
held them from publication. Now, how
ever, that the man charged with the muir
der
HAS BEEN ARRESTED
and placed behind the bars of the Santa
Fe county jail, the facts are given in full
for the first time.
About the 9Th of August this paper pub
lished an account of the killing of John
Vipond by unkrow parties In Rio Arriba
county about seventy miles north of Bland
City. At that time all the facts were
WRAPPED IN MYSTERY
and nothing definite could be obtained az
to the guilty parties. Meanwhile, Mr.. W.
G. Vipond, of the vipond district, about
forty miles from Butte, Mont, brother
of the murdered man; Mr.. s. L. RUSSELL
of the same place and friend of the two
Viponds, and Mr.. J. G. Harker, of Grand
Junction, their brother-in-law, saw
the publication of the happening
and decided to come Immediately
to New Mexico to investigate the matter.
They accordingly reached Bland on Sep
| TENDER 16 and Immediately set to work
/ to locate Mr.. J ohm Viponds camp. Assist
ed bya party from Bland they came after
many days search to the place
IN THE aALLINA CANON
near Copper City, where Mr.. Vipond had
made his headquarters while prospecting.
An examination of the premises which
are in dense forest, gave a shocking
revelation. Mr.. Vipond's body was found
very near his camp with indications of
severe blows on the head that must have
caused his death. Burro and other tracks
showed the direction the murderers had
taken In leaving and the animals they
had driven with them. The remains
were tenderly gathered up and were sub
sequently brought to Santa Fe. They
will here be examined during the next
day or two by DR.. J. 81. Sloan and will be
sent hence to Grand Junction, Iowa, for
interment.
Meanwhile the party returning to
Bland got clue as to the murderers from
a couple of miners, Judge McGinnis, of
Bland, and William Feyerhern, his COM
panion, who had seen Mexican with the
murdered mans burros, and had taken
them into their possession. Having To-
Gated
THE SUSPECTED MAN,
Messrs. Vipond, Russell and Harker re-
turned to Santa Fe, where warrant was
Immediately taken out for him. This
was placed in the hands of the proper
officers and last Sunday Officer Jack Har-
lis and Deputy Sheriff Juan Delgado ar
rested Perfecto Padillo at Jemez pueblo,
while he was on his way back home after
placing his daughter in school at Santa
Fe. Padil!o is the party who had Mr..
V1pond's burros in his possession. He
will be given preliminary hearing upon
Judge Laughlin's return from Mora.
The officials have one or two other
parties in view on suspicion, but no other
arrests will be made until further devel-
opments have taken place.
The two Vlpond brothers we're men OF
prominence in their district Of Montana
and the killing of the elder Vipond was
shock to a large circle of friends. No
efforts will be left unturned by the fam
lily to bring the guilty parties to Justice.