Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-11-06
rHn DENVER HuRDHR
mrs SanchtES Life was Insured 70, .
Large sum
sAScHiz SUSPECTED oF me CRIME

sANCHiz SUSPECTED W 1HE CRIME
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'uaIually and surely the chain ~ rit.
rum-tautial evidence /. being forged t.
bold JO-e sanchez, who called himself
Fred. {. sanchez III Colorado, re-r1nsihlr
Tor th" murder Ot his l1.yraf.uld wife.
III" VA shot aud Instantly KILLED III tuuui
H. " the Colorado house. 1884 l.atiurt
street yesterday morning at > ~ o'clock.
Nauchz Wa, the only person IN the tuolII.
When bullet from u Il.calihrt revolver
tore u hole through the base 81 the .kull,
going from "a point hrhind the lett rat.
travelling iphnWafd aud finding rgtr--
immediately below the right ear. the lobe
Ut which was cat by the speeding missile.
Nahchc- then denied ani still denies the
murder " his wife. but the drnlal- de-
not III very we'll with his explanations II
the Killing. which are lame aud incon.
sl-trht.
sanchez statement III brief IL that
hr and his wife retired between : and .
o'clock on Friday night Yesterday morn.
iug Aluut > iUu'ciuck he Wa- awakened
by u man who opened the door ~ hI-
room, aud, With ptoianr query, shot at
hlm. sanchez -ay- that hp shot nj the
stranger with his revolver. which hr t,-,k
from beneath his pillow Ilr then pat
on hi TROUSERS, ran out into the hallway
AMI shot again nj the stranger ~ hr Wa
running down the tack stairway - TIE
hllrN between lAfiiIDr aud laWfri.r.
STREETS sanchez -A,- further that h-
wife "a- III uu Friday AMI suffered trnm
All attack 81 vomiting. he describes To-.
man Who dii the ,,llrg,ei ,hotlug a. II
slight huiii about . feet 3, inches tail
ahd wore darn clothes.
Bah NOr nom ruGETuiH
This Stai"ment talll,- ia no particular
with the -tufir- ot the killing told hl lei.
low fUnirrs uf Sanchez. or twu police 81
Ulcers, Who heard the shots. excepting
the assertion concerning his wifr~ l!ln,-.
NJ one III the Colorado house hnati NOR.
than two shots u. 4 Strauh. night clerk.
ani John liaggrrmaR were sitting N the
hotel office, about seven wards from san.
chnz'- rOru, aud within plain sight ~ the
doorway Peter Everett. n prIl" igitrr
aud friend Ut sanchez. slept ~ the nr,t
room, Police Sergeant BED AMI ullirrr
J e. smith were standing on Lafjurr
street. less than block away, when tlr
hoi-" oi the shots rang out un the -tlllnr--
ut the early morning. IWu bullets were
found, one ~ the pillow. the other III thu
hallway outside the door 1T room IT,. lhr
most dliigrut search through IL" hallway
failed T." l"rat" III" thIfi bullet, which
sanchez -hlS hr liz, i after the man who
lr declares, ran through the rear door
AMI down the stairway. Sanch,z'- ~tur,
OILERS from all 81 those In one significant
essential, that there were three shol-
ifrl, while onl, two were heard
The two shots ~err discharged within
prfloi Of not more than four seconds of
each other, Sanchez says that after he
Tired the first shot he jumped from the
nrd. put on his trousers, stockings and
hat aud then ran into the hallway and
fired the second shot This would h- "A
physical lmpos-ibility, and IL one Of the
links IA The chsin which sanchez viii
linh considerable difficulty Ia explaining.
Nu"ll"r l. that although he was only
married Aug - last hr had taken out IN.
-GTanc" policies aggrrgating tll,unDun
his "itr- life and tl7.uOU on his own.
Considering his weak financial cundi.
tIon the police believe that this supple,
III" motive FOR the murder. and mainly uu
this, asa strong circumstance. have they
charged sanchez With the murder Of his
wife.
AT tiO~t KlNGk.
Investigation 1T the surroundings and
scene Ot the murder pors Ia ntoyp thut