Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-04-10

Magialrna, y VI. April :. lirutge
smith, the we'll known cAttlrman. was
murdered at his ranch Abnut seventy
miles from this place. -umrtirne Satut.
IAy night
His cook. Frank Melville. VIA also bad
~ shot.
III" tragedy was committed lN two un.
known parties
A>utHiR I,,utNI
SIr, al iu Ihr luIru
aagdalrna, y, NJ. April :. SPIN
tieUigr Smith wAS klll,sI hy two men
nhnut dafk liv'i saturday night, and the
bOly WA brought here to-day,
Melville. the cUnk. who wa- al.o shot.
WAS left AT Baliwln's ranch aud Will
probably recover.
! smith was shut live times, aud Mel.
Vile received three bullets.
| Their" WA nu trouble between the par.
/ ties, Who had SUPPER at the ranch. aud
Then shot smith aud Melville
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Scorrn, y. 81, April :. 80 T.. M -.
''~0rgr smith. the We'll known stuckInan.
was shot Nv" times aud klllri nt the
llOr-" springs ranch at Su'rlurk last sat
urday night, nni h4 ronk. Frank Mel.
vile. shot three tiuI"S aud htily wound
rd
smiths hpi, WI. taken tu MavlnIpnA
tu-dHy.
The murder wA- committed l., two TN.
known men, -upp~' Ia hr \rIZpnA cuw.
boys, and thry started southwest after the
murder.
un" man wG- tail black complexion
aud about twenty i've Years odd The
"ther. short, heavy SCI. light rumplrxlon
and about ihirt, " thirty live years old
Oihcrr- ARE III hot pursuit II the mur.
der"r~. and II II Thought that they Will he
captured before reaching the Mexico
border.
WELL kNuWN HEKk.
he0rge smith, "hu wa- iuIlly aS-llSsi.
mated al his ranch III Sucutru county la,t
saturday night WA known III this
city. aud many ~ his itlrli- here have
t1-i"gti INK tlrIIkS uihcr Ia day ask
Ing tor iact- ui thr murder
II II thought hy some. who are a..
luaint,d with the bitterness that exists
between certain cattle men ot SOcorro
county, that the murder was undoubtedly
the result of that BITTERNESS.
hildrrs ~ lnh-DI, lawyers. were Se-n
Ia day. and after they hai been informed
ot the murder. InE CITlLEN Representa-. /
liNr secured the following interview
from the gentlemen, which. iIiay Or may
not. have some bearing upon the foul
murder:
''hrUrge smith waS stakeholder In |
the Horse Springs cattle company. The
other owners ui the stock Ul the com
pany were u. {. kyl- and wife. kyls h |
brother law Uf v. Is. slaughter. |
The property WAS placed IN the hands Of |
receiver IN u suit brought 10y j. v
Schoiield. receiver 0f the Albuquerque
National bank, Tor the foreclosure Ui n |
mortgage upon the property. smith was
WAS appointed receiver by the court
'SOmrihing over u year ago the prop.
trty ui The company WAS sold 10y order Oi |
the court Kyle afterwards transferred |
his stock 10 VT Bruton al hi- TrlIits,i. |
BrutOn cOniIlenr,si n hight upon the -ale |
by asking the court tn set aside the sale, |
charging that II had been il fraudulent |
transaction and that smith w,u4 interest |
tsi IN the purchase of the cattle. Before |
this light WAS cOmulrncrd BTutOn WAS MI |
applicant Tor appointment as the recely |
~ b. the court ol the =. / cattle. be-
longing 10 the M"gtague stevens com
pan, When the count sppOin,ed u receiv. |
~ lur th0~r cattle aud smith WAS ap. |
p1ihted one of The receivers together |
with Montague Stevens. smith had Ai-O |
oern previously appointed receiver by |
consent of the parties Of the Hurst. |
Black, ki.hne aud Wiley cattle.
owing to smiths appointment. and |
the disappointment Ot other people who |
we're applicants for these f-c-, ership-.
and the dihculty growing out Of The
sale Of the Horse springs cattle. n very
bitter feetiDg grew up between Suiih on
the one side aud v. H. slaughter. u. {. |
Kyle aud v, {, bruton on the other side,
and little more than year ago |
slaughter aud Smith came very nearly
having n serious personal difficulty Ia
this city. Friends intrrferrd Aui pre-
vented IT,"