Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-08

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ter In the Hutlcr Episode.-Wo
Matters.-The' 'Weary Willies."
To the nditor OF the Optic.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, May 9th,
1897 The arrest of A. U. Emery, a
the instance Of Mrs. Helen L~ockhart,o i
a charge ot removing soma OF he
goods VIII, n En- cry caanged his plac'
OF residence for her house, has led ~
to a sensational bit OF news (and Albu
querque has had a number Of sensation
Ia the past few months), which prom
ises to AFFORD room for gossip. Emer.
placed City Marshal Fornoff In posses
sion OF Information that will bring u
light some startling effects by Friday
night. On the information the oficerl
went to Mrs. Lockhart's premises OF
Lead avenue, but recently occupied y
Emery, and there dug up q lot OF painl'
and lead which Mrs. Lockhart, SC
Emery states, had requested Emery
and her son Ernest TO bring from Sofrt
Alexander's place which was burned
out over two months ago, next to the
Armijo house, then occupied by Mrs,
Lockhart. On q search warrant several
ladders and two barrels Of paint were
collected at Mrs. Lockhart's ranch,
Just north Of the city. These, too, were
Alexander's. Now. the question arises,
How did this transfer come aboutP Did
Alexander tell Mrs. l.. before going te
Chicago to remove the goods and after
the fire to take more and secrete i'll
Mrs. l.. has, 10 the multitudinous cases
In which she has been connected
shown wonderful skill in crawling oul
of a very small hole, and to the sur.
prise of everybody has In almost every
instance as plaintiff lost her case. The
outcome OF the case promises much
that will "sbake the very foundations
leading up. perhaps, to the cause Of
the FIRE.
It cam out in the perjury case, to-
day, Mrs. Alba Butler, defendant, thai
she owns 81, 1920 In personal effects,
$3.50 in diamonds In the care of II.
Simpson, loan agent, a $3.50 note OF
r. II. Miller, which she holds in the
nature of a receipt for money placed
| with Miller for investment to good adj.
vantage; horse, phaeton and cart worth
5000 and a $3.50 note OF DR.. Henry,
balance due on the sale quite recently
of the Cerrillos coal yard business, APP
| proximating $3.50. The above was
| Mrs, Buffers statement in answer to
the search light process introduced by
Attorney Wycoff, and Messrs. Joe Pc
rea and Tom Werner, of the county col
~lector's and clerks office, respectively
stated there was no record of assess.
ment against Mrs. Butler. Miller,
author Of the 50, 500 note, is in the City
of Mexico, and no doubt Walter E.
Buffers there and-well, the rest is
left unsaid. After a tilt between Law
yers Wilkerson and Wycoff, Justice
Crawford dismissed the charge on
Wilkerson's appeal to that end and
Mrs. b. emerged from the court room
q free woman. On her way out, she
took occasion to call the attention OF
two scribes who were comparing notes
to give her side, as 1t was against her
and hers in precious reports. The
answer was that the court record would
be duly promulgated. And thus end
eth the fourth chapter in the Butler
episode, which began. ten days ago,
THE OrTIc having published details to
date. Our worthy postmaster was as
usual an interested %litener, to-day. and
ssthere were Others"
Postmaster George Denny, Of the old
town, who has been a sufferer for years,
finally submitted to the amputation of
the left leg this morning, an incident
he told the writer about two months
ago would take place. Drs. yesterday,
Tascher, Henry and Hope were present
to perform the work, and the patient
was doing we'll.
The wool and securing mill was in
full working trim, to-day. About
twenty five persons are employed and
1O, 1000 pounds of wool are handled
each day. A switch is laid to the mill.
About 1889, A. A. Grant started the
mill and ran it a short time, scarcely a
year. James A. Wilkins, Of Texas
and Los Angeles. has taken q five-year
lease of the premises; the r%e-opening OF
the mill promises to be satisfactory to
all parties interested In the resurrection
of a plant that seems to be q necessity.
The funeral of G. d. Anderson, who
has been prominently known as the
member of WELLER & Anderson,
took place this afternoon, a large num-
Der attending. Mr.. Anderson had been
IN invalid for over two years, and for
six months had been confined to his
home.
Receiver G. w, Smith said to the
to-day, that be would leave
this evening for Chicago and remain
there three weeks, with headquarters
in the Great Northern building. He
added that his term OF office might
into July, though he felt that
he could close up the receivership by
the end of June. business at the old
stand here will continue without
change until that time, when there will
be q general ~overhauling by the new
.wners-the Santa Fe-of the A. & z.
road.
The "Weary Willies" gave an enter
tainrnent of forty minutes duration,
this evening, after which were dancing
and refreshments, the latter including
punch, The "Willies'' are con-
structed ON the order of the FL Paso
though they cannot quite
settle down on social ideas. II they
10 the footsteps of theMcGinties,
their is assured and on these
alone can they hope to live on
uccaaefullv We aav To Them in the