Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-01-13
A KILLING!
Deadly Shots from Sheriff Gun.
nineham and Posse.
HipOlitO Vigil Resists Arrest
and IL Shot to Pieces.
The Capital OF the Territ'ry Again
Ma Aed BY . Murder.
or AT EXCITEMENT
Special Ia titiren


o'clock yes,rr'lay afternoon. sheriff Gun.
ninghan, with his deputies, Tom Tucker.
Page Il. Otcru and Juan pachrrn. had n
warrant for the arrest uf several men ac-
cus-d of the murder oi Franciscn Chavcr.
cx-shcrif They met Hipolitn viii, and
uIs'n his rrrirting arrest, h" war shot
dead some say that the warrant wss
never real to viii. but ,ha, he knew
what was coming and the officers ru, the
drop and killed him Later, Frank Con
xales y Bnrrgi" aud Chino Alarid were
ArtyStei nn the same charg" aud confined
In jail.
Las, night the m.~, INTENSE rxcitcmen,
prevailed. and the soldiers. with the mill.
tia, wcrc called out iu expectation ui an
attack, and to prevent further bl"I.
shed.
The preliminary hearing Of Frank Bor-
rvgo and Chino Aiari,i, als" Anton,n B"r.
rpgo, Juan Valencia and Frank kih"ra. all
being Implicated in the Chavcs nurlcr, II
now on before Judge S-cls
I, IN understood that Rivera haN turnc,
states evidence.
The prosecution claims to have aihdav-
i,a of three witnesses against defendants.
The cnrun"rs inlucs, on the body of
Hipoli,o viii is in rr"grss
A sho, frum brrch- loading shot gun.
fired either by sheriff Cunningham or
Deputy Page Otero killed Will.
Ex-GoV rRINCE's iNrkR, Ikw
Ex-Gov. Prince. who cam" ,iuwt from
Santa fe lAs, night on business connected
with the annual meeting ui the sto.khod.
ers Of the Rio Grande Irrigation aud Col
onisation company uh" meeting being
postpoued) was met tins morning. aud
from him the following interview. in r--
gard 10 the killing u, the capital late yes.
teryiay afternoon, was obtained:
1.-The occurrenr. ia most deplorablc. :"
said the governor, ~, il another in the
series Of killings growing out of the
atrocious mui .lr of Taustin Ortiz about
three years ago. That was one of the
most ten, .sh crimes II which there IL any
records la fact the annals ~ criminal
trials scarcely furnishes n parallel. !
shall never forget how his mother used 10
come to the governors office, after his
disappearance. almoa, frantic and insist
Ing that b. had been killed. when we all
assured her that II was impossible. NJ
the time of such secret sssassinatious has
long passed. Bu, the discovery of his
mangled body showed that she had too
correctly dvined the truth. lie was II
young man and his murier war purely
political. The evidence obtained showed
that he was lured tn the county Jail aud
there brutally assassinated and that sew
en- or eight persons were concerned in the
crime, hut enough IL direct evidence has
never yet been occurred tn bring even th.
best known of them to punishment, and
some IL them most nearly connected with
the crime have recently been appointed
to office.
''Next came the murder of Francirco
Chaves, n NEST atr"ciouS crime. While
many still think that this was committed
by some on. wr,ng-d 10y Chaves In his
domestic rrlations. yet the majority have
always believed that his murder was
committed ~ u reiribution for the assas.
sination of faus,in Ortiz. Whatever the
reason, the murder was most brutal and
d.spicable one. be being shot In the dark
a. he cross Il a bridge. Other killings
have succeeded these. apparently grow
ing out ~ the same troubles. OF cours,
all good citizens have been anxious Iha
the perpetrators, whoever they are
should be brought 10 justice. and hav'
thought that time would develop both tia
assassins NJ Ortiz and Chaves.
. ''I do not know much IL the circum
stances Of the killing of Yigil yester'ia,
Afternoon. warrant had been swor1
out against him In connection with th
murder of Chaves, but the tact that ofii
csrs with revolvers in hand had endeav
,ored 10 obtain forced staten ents fror
unarmed and helpless men placed In th
lAil, had caused the public 10 place it'll
confidence In the accusation. However
a. q warrant was issued. the otficers {
coarse had = righ, TO arrest. and the que'
ton will bc whether they attempted TO
60 In good faith or shot their victim will
out cause. An eye witness said on u