Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-02-08
MURDERED!
Col. Fountain Of Las Cruces is
Missing.
ne Was Probably Murdered BY Cat
tie Thieves.
The Southern Country Aroused Ov,r HIS
Unknown Fate.
sKITCH OF his LiTI


TtIbfleN tnht ne Ithrtl OI, \. j, fuutl-
tain had met with fuul play
Col. Fountain IL the prosecuting attor.
nrt ~ III" Southwest tattlenpu'- h,earia
tiun. AMI has bounded the cAttla thieves
~ this section and brought nAn, ~ them
Ia Justice. IN consequence h. has earn.
'd the rnmitt ~ these lAw breakers, and
IL" report that foul PLAY was suspected
hal gHL grounds.
The colonel ha- lately hrn IN Lincoln
county where hr secuted indictments
against n number ~ cattle thieves. ~.
went Nv team and the mail carrier ~.
ports having met min. coming home Will.
hr, the carrier. wa- huund a. Iulaf,-A
| On returning the carrier met three men
~ h"t-"hark going toward TulAfnsa
| Inn seeing him approach ~" men tuik
IL" PLAIN toward tho hills. thus AIrrtiny
meeting the carrier. Further down the
read h" saw the track III cot Fountain
buggy making toward thu hills.
TIE alight"d AMI examined the tracks.
following thrm Tor ~ninr WAYS. The fest
pflht- NJ three hnf4r-, nidrntl, thu-,,
ridden l.! the men previously met, Hp.
lsatri iu h. following col. Fountains
buggy. The carrier calilr un H. tn~n. did
not pass Fountain On the way, aud un
learning on his arrival that Fountain
hhd not yet appeared here. told his story
u" Tact that Fountain has prosecuted
these thieves, IL" lionel, section NJ the
country III which h- net the three men,
hhh The suspicious actions ~ the men,
ga'" cI'slrnrr a. the th,Siry ~ foul pla,.
ant u iHr~r immediately stArtri out IN
"afch II the colonel
~kftCn - cot. ruUNTAIN.
III" Las tTuces Republican ~ recent
date contained the following sketch Of
cod. Fountain.
'"l. Fountain was born In New YORK in
lN,iN. lie was educated ut Columbian
college. In his early youth he went tn
California, engaged ~ literary work.
studied law, -hii-ted In the First
hliinrIlia volunteers In lSil, mATch,si |
from the Pacific Ia the Rio Grandp, -erytI |
IN New N"N,r" aud Texas during the war
aud "a- promoted a. lieutenant and cap. |
hli. In lSj hr settled In Nj Pa-n. Tex. |
~ lie waH elected In 1874 ~ surveyor |
Tot the hNAr district. served In many |
cl,il Is-itlun- aud WAS elected "a the sch.
al" IN l"'N, --rNing until 1874. He re-
celN"i MI appointment from GuN. Davis
~ hrlgadlrr general ~ the state guard In |
western Texas. In lNIJ h. moved Il,
M"Silla aud ~Sn had n large law prac-
tlcr.
Cot. Fountain organized and WAS com.
lnlS-loned captain ~ MesiliA scouts In
1919. lie took the field against Victoria,
was appointed major " cavalry In 1881,
and Ia 1888 waa ordered by Governor
sheldon a. suppress lawlrssnea- In south.
rri New Mexico. This work was effect.
i,rl. done In two months. A number 81
the ru-tlers were killed and many Others
wrr" s-nt Ia the p'niientiary. For this
work hr Wa presented with u service II
silver plate b, the citizens ~ bona Ana
county. lie was made colonel ~ the First
New Mexico cavalry. and with this regi-
Inrnt he tp,k the field against Geroninlu
IN lSS5. IN lSSi he was elected a. the
legislature aud was made speaker ~ the
house OF representatives. Later Col. FOun-
lain VIA appointed special council Tor the
government 10y President Cleveland dur.
ing his frat administration. and sui,se-
lurntly was appointed district attorney
by President Harrison. He In nov eoun.
vi for the New Mexico stock association.
There kas never been 4 man who has
worked harder In the interests Oi New
Mexico and hona Ana county than Col.
Albert J. Fountain.
LLTRR.
Just before going ~ prea this after.
Doon the following additional dispatch
was received:
'pse,si 70 ti,iscn ,, i
Las , raceS, ~ M req, All nope mas
been Abandoned oi hndins Col. Fountain
awe ne pr.se tlat lelt sunday highi
-eIurhei MONDAY evening anu rep0rt@'
having iouhn tue trail where ne Ieft The
,a,; am followed u 10 where H. hm o.,
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