Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1895-10-19
A PLAUSIBLE ACCOUNT.
VI the Recent terrible Affair al SILVER
City.

Ily.
The following account ~ the recent
Slhrt city murder, which Wrtdkr from
the Kiucun shaft, gives the most pldu-.
1.-THE aud probable account 81 the ALTAR
that W. have -ern
Mr. Cantlry has Tor The past -lN Wrrk-
uf tau months. been irving tu pat al
end to the practice ut carrying cuur,dird .
Vrap,n-. All the citizens 81 SILVER tlN |
who RESPECTED the law ~ctr wiling IT, !
comply with Mr. ,autlrI', request lir /
hal met Mt Fielder during that DAY and I
several tunes previously and informed /
him he, ~ we'll A- Others must comply /
With the law. MI kirldrt positively t.. I
fused tu de- NJ and Wirurd CantlrN not tu
attempt Ia dl~afm ~ arrest hun lhrJr
had been III feeling existing between
Mr. tautlry aud Mt. Fielder With r"i"'
rncr IT, this matter ca the evening ul
the Nth, Nj CantlrN told Mi tlrlir that
h. must di-c"ntluur the Illegal practice
1T carrying arms NJ he must di-dtni ana
arrest HIM. Mt tIrlir again refused
and warmed CauilrN not H. attempt II,
later IA the evening ui the same day
Fielder entered the White House ~al"'n
where Mr. Canilry VA leaning HI mn-
on the bar. CantlrI accu-trd fIrIdrt
with the remark. "Dih you comply With
~, request, ARE you still Htlu,Sl, ti"ll-
IT rrpllr'l, Il de- not consider II an, "i
YOUR .- 4 hu.lurS- whether ! am arm.
III "r not" tantlr. Strengthened NY ~
With the intention u performing III
duty Fielder then remarked, "l"~, am
atmri aud ready, aud immediately lire.
The iir-t shot cut Canilry'- JugulaT Nrln
aud hr wa- dead IN thirty seconds.
Cautlr, fired two Wild shot before a..
! fell aud one shot after hr wa~ down.
Fielder, "hrn CantlrI WAS lying "n Ne
ruur dead. lirrd shot into IN h"IN,
We have this report from Al ~" Wit
hess
The deceased marshal VA held IN
much respect 10y All the I"rIr Of silver
city. II every class and II all political
uplnion, lie Wa considered the best
officer the, ever had.
The SILVER tItl enterprise, Received
after the ah"Nr had been put IN t>p",
contains u report ut the testimony taken
al the c"runrr'- inquest. all Of which
goes io show that Cantll was the AZ
gre--"r,
j. X, Nicnier, being sworn, testified ~
follows:
q state, II you know, hIw charlie l.,
Canil"y came To- his death.
Ans. ny n pistol wound AT the hands
IT James :. Fielder Al III" White House
Salorn IN silver city. between lu." aud
II O'rlrS last night. saw Jane
Fielder. Cantlry and john nllI"i, and
others. and heard Jaurs Fielder say Il
Cantlry "Cautlri, | have nothing III
the world against I"u.' shortly aii"I
Iantlr> insisted that he knew Fielder
did have AN rnmity against HIM Mt"'
some parlry Fielder said again "tanll"I
have nothing against YOU. hn
will tight Nuu ANY mark II
, the road" Fielder stepped harI
To- railing and put Ia
: arms up on H. Nj. Iantlr! said, "Jln
I my, are you armed" Mr.. Fielder said
/, YOU have 10 huSina~~ I" AN N" tia
. question" Cantlr! then SAID, ''"i damn
. YOU. am ready Tor yuu," and reached {"
his gun and Fielder stepped 1" "n" I'D
from the railing agalns, which hr WA
, standing. rantlry then fired and firIdr
y immediately followed with shot N'r
the second ~ third shot tantlry Staggrf"
and fell on the fot rail ~ the hRI
v hen CantlrN Wa falling hr dropped ll
gun, aud after h. fell his night han
made Iuutinn toward II. when Mt Field
IL ~ ItrpI+-l forward sI"p"r ~" and tlrr
y another shot. which caused iantl"N'~ h"h
y a. fall L. the other side. forgot I" stat
/" that before the -hn"ilng r"Inn,"nc"
U Canlly said h. heard tlrld,r wd~ carry
I" ing a gun for HIM. Nj, tlridrr dem"
: that hr carried u gun fT him aud -aI
the min who told tanllrE :" MA
damned liar,
q The testimony II all the other wltnrs'
=, John Giilrii, james Harvey AMI j.
Lucas, Jr. wa- substantially the same II
the foregoing,