Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-04-01

where the COW, which they had killed, lay
for the purpose of cutting off some meat
to take along on the journey, au Mar
tinez went with them. When Martinez
saw the brand on the COW he told them
that it was his fathers. They then cut
off the meat and returned to the fire.
Then yialpando, drawing his gun, or
dered his victim to take off his overcoat
which he did. Vialpando then shot him
in the left temple and he fell to the
ground. Chavez then shot him in the
body twice. The two miscreants then
picked the body up and threw it on the
fire, after which they got large guam
tity of wood from the corral fence and
piled it on the body. Vialpando then
went to where Martinez dog was and
shot it in the head. The dog fell over
and in a few minutes Vialpando went to
get the dogs body to put it on the fire
also, but it had in the mean time recov-
cred and ran away. They then left the
corral taking the dead mans horse and
other property and started on the road
to overtake their companions. Vialpando
returned twice to the corral after they
had started away, for the purpose of see-
ing that the fire did it's work we'll in con-
suming the body.
DUMB FRIEND.
When the dog recovered and ran off it
went straight home and appealed by
whining and other manifestations of dis
tress to the murdered mans brother. The
latter seeing blood on the faithful animal,
came at once to the conclusion that some
thing out of the ordinary had happened
to Tomas. The dog must have been de-
layed by weakness from loss of blood as
it was some time in the next day after
the tragedy that it arrived at home.
After some time spent in examining and
trying to pacify the dog, which was
plainly trying by every possible means
that its dumb but intelligent nature
would permit to lead him away from the
house, the brother mounted horse and
followed the faithful brute. The dog led
his follower straight to the scene of the
( tragedy and having entered the corral it
went straight to the ash heap, where the
fire had been and commenced barking
and scraping the ashes with its paws. It
may be stated here that the dog was a
very important witness in the prosecu-
tion of the murderers, as the wound in its
head-poor dumb mouth GRATED
the confession made by the prisoners.
DRAMATIC INCIDENT.
Then occurred the most singular and
mysterious incident ever testified to be-
fore court in this or any other country,
perhaps. The young man Angel, in
his testimony, said that he saw distinctly
the outlines of the murdered mans
form laying in the ashes. The form
seemed impalpable but perfectly dis
tinct and in bold relief. Being ques-
toned and cross-questioned the young
man could not be shaken in his descrip-
ton of this most singular phenomena.
ance the stamp" of Tomas Martinez, not
being able to give the appearance any
better descriptive appellation. His tes-
timony on this sub ject was most dramatic
and caused profound sensation of awe
and wonder in the room.
REMNANTS OF THE BODY FOUND.
The brother after being directed by the
actions of the dog commenced raking
over the dead embers and found part of
the large pelvis bones, and one foot, still
encased in the thick shoe and overshoe,
which probably saved that member from
being consumed. All of the body except
these remnants had been entirely con-
sumed. Having made this discovery he
at once knew that his brother had been
murdered and he therefore, as soon as he
could find one, sent runner to Santa
Fe to apprise the sheriff of what had hap
pened.
CLEVER DETECTIVE WORK.
Sheriff Cunningham was engaged in
eating supper at the Palace hotel when
the runner got to town and found him.
The sheriff Immediately started for the
scene of the tragedy, forty miles distant,
riding nearly all night. When it was suf-
fciently light next morning to make an
examination, he found that the snow
which had fallen since the occurrence OF
the tragedy, had SO far obliterated the
tracks in and leading from the corral as
to leave them practically indistinguish-
able. Ho followed the faint signs which
the snow had spared, however, toward
Las Vegas, finally reaching a village
called Gusano, which he knew to be in.
habited by some very tough characters.
Here he could not discover anything, as
the inhabitants refused to sell him food
either for himself or his horse, so he rode
to way station on the railroad for the
purpose of remaining over night with an
acquaintance. While here one-armed
Arab peddler came In and said that he
had been robbed short time previously
and further stated that he could identify
the parties that had robbed him. Sheriff
Cunningham accompanied the peddler
and succeeded in arresting four men
whom the Arab identified. The sheriff
also found the goods which had been
taken from the peddler. Mr.. Cunning
ham took his prisoners before local
justice of the peace in San Miguel csun'
ty, and by representing the territory him.
; self, succeeded in having them bound
, over without bonds on charge of high
way robbery. He then gave the justice 9
receipt for the prisoners, to be given to
: the sheriff of San Miguel county, and
brought them to Santa Fe, where he lodged
them in Jail.
Sheriff Cunningham, while not thor
oughly satisfied that the men he had were
the murderers of Martinez, felt confident
that they could, if they would, put him or
the track of the real murderers. The Sc
quel shows that he was right in his con
!, lecture and that he never got on wrong
scent, or followed misleading cue from
|, the time he left the corral on the morning
of the 22d of January, until he had all
; four who we're implicated in the murder
behind the bars of the santa Fe county
Jail, the whole time elapsing between thu
date of the murder and the arrest, CON.
fesslon and failing of the murderers, BE-.
ing but fifteen days.
By working on the prisoners who had
been arrested for robbery, the sheriff
, prevailed on them finally to acknowledge