Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-11-29
A FIEND INCARNATE JAILED
Sheriff Cunningham Secures the Black
ScOundrel Who Murderously AS
saulted Anderson and Adams.
The PROOF OF HIS GUILT CONCLUSIVE

appropriately Conhned in Muir
derers' Cell-An Escaped Colo
RADIO Convict Shocking
Criminal Record.
The New MEXICAN, on Wednesday after
noon, printed a detailed account of the
murderous assault with an ak of an I'M
known negro upon Abram Adams and
J Joseph Anderson, of this city, the evening
previous, on the wagon road between Car
bonateville and Bonanza. Investigation
proves that the story as related in these
columns, which by the way was mora
complete than that printed in any other
paper, was correct in all essential re-
spects. The only additional particulars
since disclosed are that Anderson and
Adams disposed of their load of apples at
Cerrillos for about $40, that during the
day they INDUCED freely in fire water and
left Cerrillos for Santa Fe about o'clock
in the afternoon a good deal intoxicated.
It is also asserted upon apparently good
authority that the negro was seen follow
Ing them near the Cash Entry mine by
Mike O'Nell and others.
THE SHERIFF CAPTURES THE NEGRO.
Sheriff Cunningham and Deputy King,
who went to Cerrillos in buggy early in
the morning after the bloody assault,
were successful in their quest after the
accused negro. Sheriff Cunningham never
fails to get the man he goes after. They
found that the negro had spent the even
ing in g saloon at Cerrillos and had dis
appeared about midnight. Further in
quiry convinced them that the negro had
gone south on the passenger train that
pulled out about that hour. The sheriff
promptly wired the officer at BernaliIlo,
Albuquerque and other points south to
look out for the gentleman of color. In
due time he received the gratifying in
formation that the man he wanted had
been apprehended in obedience to his
orders by the local officers at Bernalillo.
He went to that point on local freight
and the negro was turned over to him
about o'clock in the evening. The
sheriff and Deputy King returned to
Santa Fe Yesterday morning by rail with
their prisoner and at once securely looked
him up In the county jail.
THE oo1oRED BOYS STORY.
NEW MEXICAN scribe visited the
county jail this morning and was granted
the privilege of seeing and talking to the
dusky individual who is charged with the
cowardly and brutal assault upon Adams
and Anderson that came near resulting in
the death of one or both of the men. The
negro is confined in the cell lately occu-
pied by Jesus Vialpando and Felioiano
Chavez. He is about five feet high; is
strong and we'll built; wears about num-
Der sixteen collar; is as black az the in
terror of tar barrel filled with black
cats in the middle of moonless and
cloudy night; his nose is very flat and
about as wide as it is long; his eyes and
forehead indicate intelligence; he is fairly
we'll dressed, wearing good shoes on his
big feet and shirt that was once starched
and white; he speaks good English and is
quite laxative regarding minor matters;
his general appearance and talk betoksn
a person who has seen much of the world
with eyes wide open; he is uncommonly
bright and knows how cunningly to evale
leading questions, evidently having "been
there before"
WHAT HE SAYS OF HIMSELF.
He says that his name is John Oliver;
that he was born in Harrisburg, Pa, about
10 years ago; that his mother died there
when he was quite young and that he has
since had to hustle for himself; that he
worked at various places on his way
westward, making the longest stops at
Chicago and Kansas City; that he landed
in Denver from Kansas City about four
weeks ago; that he "worked" his way
south as far as Lamy Junction. that he
was obliged to walk from Lamy to Der
rillos, at which point he arrived five or
six days ago, with his feet and ankles
walking;" that he had IS or Sc when he
reached Cerrillos ane paid for his meals
and all he got there; that he stayed
around the saloons most of the time and
was finally warned by the marshal that he
had better move on; that he met and
TALKED WITH ANDERSON AND ADAMS
at Cerrillos while they we're disposing of
their apples; that both men were drink
ing good deal in the saloons; that he
watered their horses in the morning and
hltched them up about O'Clock 10 the
evening because "Shorty" (meaning
Adans) was too drunk to do so; that An
derson was not very drunk; that the men
offered him rs cents, but he declined to
receive the money as he did not need it;
that they did not give him his breakfast
or anything else except few apples;
that he did not steal a sack of apples
from them; that he positively did not
follow them nor see them after about 4
O'Clock on Tuesday afternoon; that he
spent the evening at the saloons and Wis
lting colored girl, and at midnight took
the "blind baggage" for the south; that
he got very cold in the car and concluded
to get off at Berualillo at O'Clock in the
morning to warm; that he renamed about
the station
WITHOUT ANYTHING TO EAT
until 8 O'Clock in the afternoon when he
was arrested by local officer on tele.
gram from Sheriff Cunningham; that the
sheriff came to Bernslillo and brought
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