Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-10-13

SHOT TO KILL
Simon Barela Shoots PrOCOpiO
MARITIME.
The Affair Occurs nj a Bale
South Of Town.
Frank Townsend the VI tim Of Petty
Thievibg.
OTHER CITY DOlNaS.

The little town Of Bsrelas, = southern
suburb 81 Ia. metropolis. was the scene Of
= dreadful shooting scrape ., midnight
last Saturday night
A dance was In progress 81 the hous. 81
Barbara Gu,ierr-s, which IL occupied by
Joee lie Jesus sanchez and wife. and the
whole neighborho"i, old, midiie.sg-d
aud young. were in attendance.
A number ~ the young men. especially
procopio MARITIME, Simon and Lauterio
BsrelA. wsr. pretty well loaded with new
wine. and, when they are in that oonh
ton and around, there usually hAppens
before = dsnce 10 over several fights.
MARITIME was entirely tno full To dance,
and he was KEEP, on the outside u the
house 10y friends, Al midnight, however.
he came in nj IN. back door of the houss
the door leading into the dancing hall
and immediately entered into quarrel
with an old gentleman. named Cr-s.ncio
Lopez, Who told MARITIME to 'Ngo away as
he dhi M, desire IN have any conversation
or trouble with boy"
Simon BAr-lA was sitting On a h-nch
In one corner ~ the hall, and he jumped
up. pulled out his pistol, and remarked
"thAt h- would just ~ soon go b. the
p-nitentiAry," whrr-upnn h. hr-d Al
MARITIME. the ball striking The lower I"r.
uon 81 the neck IN the len side. and ia
i,r passage through the h"iy struck the
spinal column, coming out between the
shoulder blades
MARITIME fell Ia the floor. when Bar-lA
pointed his pistol Al his prrrtrnt- h"dy
and would have sent another hall into
MARITIME when Mrs. sanchez struck the
w-apon. the bullet imb-dding itself IN III,
wall near the ceiling
Not Satisfied, BSrriA fired again. and
second time the hull-, flew Wild. striking
the wall. however. within only foo, II
III. head Of his victim.
Mrs Sanchez then sad 10 Bar,la, ''Se-
~ha, you have done IN my house." aud
r-celv-i IN rrsI,nns-. Il dome II. now IT,,
them do ~ they please shout IT," frum
Bar-iA
Al this juncture, two men grabbed
iisrela from behind and hustled him out
81 the rear door. when he said 'l.t m.
go, for have the pistol cock.d and may
Hill soTe one else" wber-upon the two
men relaxed their hold when Bar-ls 80.
cAI~d IN ia. darkness.
A messenger Was then sent 40 the city
for doctor and officers. Dr. Hope and OF
hc-rr lIuhb-il ami Fnrnoa responding
MARITIME remained fer the balance of ia.
night NJ the house where III. shooting
occurred and was removed yesterday
morning Ia the residence II Donanciano
Chaves. The lower limbs " the unfor.
tunate victim. who is only ~ years old.
arr paralySed. and ~ the wound 10 .
dangerous one his condition In indeed
critical. He 70 we'll. known in this city.
having followed the butchers trade. and
always bore = good reputation until he
git TO sssociating with Simon and Lau-
tsrio Barela. two Of the worst young men
Of the town Of BarslAs and especially
when their h,i-s are loaded with mean
whisky and new wine.
The officers searched the peighborhood
for the shoo,ist, but up IN the hour 81 60
Ing 10 prese this afternoon they have met
with no luck In locating their man. !, 10
thought that Barels 10 In hiding scar the
scene Of his shooting, and that he will
give himself up 70 the authorities AZ soon
a. hs believes the excitement over tbs
, affair has died away.
siraon 10 . brother II LAuterio Barrels
whose name 10 byword in police circles
~ an old offender, although young IN
years. Another brother. Ansstaeio Bar'
ella, Ia the justice II the peace o: the pre-
cinct Of BArelas.
The bullet which entered the body va,
picked up on the floor Of the dance hal
. by Mrs. ssneh~x, and handed 10 Oficel
Hubbell, who also has our 81 the otnsI
bullets frrd at MARITIME. DonsnciAn'
, ChAvss sscured the bullet tina, imbcddes
Itself In the wall near the ceiling.