Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-04-16
Arrest of the Assassin of Edward Har-
risOn, Who Was Shot to Death
Near Silver City on the After
noon of Feb. "a, 1898.
WALTER SHAFFER is The CULPRIT
His Victim Owned a Ranch Which He
Coveted, So He Borrowed Win
chester and Shot Him Down
Without Warning on the
Ft. Bayard Road.

afternoon of February "a, 1898, Charles
E. Windbridgc, Of this place, while driving
along the Fcst Bayara road, Dome foui
miles north of town, heard the report O
rife, and in a few moments overlook
wagon in which sat Ed Harrison, swayinl
back and forth, gasping for breath. Mr.
Windbridge asked what the trouble was
and Harrison replied, II have been shot,
Mr.. Windbridge took the wounded man
into his lighter vehicle and drove to town
as rapidly as possible. At the hospital
everything possible was done to save
Harrison, but the A bullet hole in his side
proved fatal in about seven hours.
The question then came up, "who did
the shooting" Officers visited the place
where the shot was fred, and trail was
followed to the east some two miles,
where 1T stopped near ranch house oc.
cupied by family by the name of Jobe,
and for long time young BEDFORD Jobe
was suspected of having killed Harrison,
but as tangible evidence could not be se-
cured, he was not arrested. When Sheri #
McAfee went into office last January he
took up the case, and last evening ar.
rested man by the name of Walter
Shaffer.
The preliminary hearing began today,
and the testimony of young lobe and
his stepfather brought out the fact that
the killing was most cold blooded and
deliberate affair. Harrison owned and
lived upon ranch coveted by Shaffer,
who wanted to get married and possess
home of his own. On the afternoon of
February "a, 1898, Shaffer rode to the
Jobe place, borrowed Winchester of
Redford Jobe, and in two or three hours
returned it, at the same time saying that
he had killed Harrison, and promising
Redford a $50 horse if he kept quiet
about the matter. or killing if he told
il.
Shaffer's matrimonial arrangements
failed to materialize and he went to the
country north of Pinos Altos where he
would have been safe had Jobe kept uiet.
Several times Jobe complained to his COM
panions that his stepfather was accusing
him of killing Harrison and this finally
reached the ears Of the officials, who, re-
membering that young Jobe had been
suspected of knowing something of the
murder, a few days ago found him, and as
snas eou @ nolse nau never oses surnea
oSTt' T 'oiu ail no Alew'
.- u1 eVop,a0uol naa Dees uli'en a"ay
~ Lon nomo ~ n.' VIZ auu n:l ooa' -
affair until last July, when Shaffer went
to Cliff, where the old man had taken ref
,aa ~ nI ;sb. 1'uou0u a;a VOL. w. " ..,,;n M .ha. ~
lShag.rS l IA ~ Iu n;,,o dur H.s.;.n .s 'as p.eo ~
I Ss..;. a. aau III - ISL, ~
.Ia'ins onan0r 'olu .ne wnoie s.oi! w
One ~ man, :. ". s 'nleasen9u oie ~. .on
$500 - ~ Voc w. "a ~
ha u. 'gU, ta,y low uay .n .sa o,u h.4 ", ~
nns - deS Ia nUar az ous s.sa.h ~ ~ ot .h;s % ~,
aanes "' th nua .psa. upou .no .nons0n aa " WIG "
ooTIe mLo .no ,;r.:s a.l:ss was .ans9 naae. an -. -
.no pes n.:, noal.ns W. NV ~
oUuo,uueu .l uI0n 'oe LOU. esOan sofoM, D:,, uuo
sno opaaou no.a :a;, - ;.ss ;nsS na nn;; W.
oUvSou ~ a.;S ~ lal w..nou: : Dan "W" 10.
'ho ao'ion VI :u1 sI"na Jury, anu YnaO
younE ooDo WI oo "olo 40 az "00o''is "
'ie ofine'
CHLORIDE FLAT.
Through the kindness OF Mr.. D. y. Sherl-
dan, editor of the Enterprise, visit was
Maid "a Ohlorida fat TODAY Chloride fat
was and ia one Of the richest spots on
the face of the earth. A ANAL valley sur-
ronnded by hills and mountains. where
not manv vears aOo hundreds Of men
we're emnleved in mining silver ore.
stamn mifls ana furnaces and hoists we're
hnsv nicht and dav. and millions of dol.
io,s vara mada q TO-DAY a cuiat n,sce
Ahont az men are am Moved in taking uut
ore which il hanIed e, The smelter IN sil.
~ C,tv. q faw abandoned hnnaas and
rninsd shacks are ali that ia left Of the
onna rrosnsrona cam =. vh;la tvo or three
mills fast rottinO down. are The onlv re-.
nn;ndars of tha haIcvon dava ~ silver
-o;ninr Altar seaino Chlor;da fat as Il
NJ. IL and knov,no vhat u onca vas.
oon sasilv understand vhv the great ma.
@ ;aritv 81 Nav Marico naonle. irrasnect.
i've OF political beliefs, are sllverites. But
from 1na1 gan .ea!n mere mas ~ oesn ~ :
"t iaot -'I Mt % thst thew - ara snv lass Arm in
their belief in silver and its cause, but
they are not SO anxious TO coin all the
silver in the world free at the 16 to1 ratio.
The sentiment shows strong drift in the
direction of taking care OF the home pro-
duction and letting other countries look
ont for themselves. A silver miner said
to me this evening; III our people had
not gone crazy over free silver year
ago, and instead of trying to accomplish
the impossible as they did, had asked
that only the product of the home mines
be coined free at some reasonable ratio,
conditions would be entirely different to-
day, and the foreign countries would
fall into line as fast as peculiar ideas Of
dignity would permit. The United States