Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-27

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Trujillo, according to his own statcnentl
refused to participate, but upon being
threatened with death, he consented and
the plot was made. Silva was to signal
the time by shooting of a pistol at his
hiding place, which was the ruins OF .
deserted house up Moreno street In a very
dark and deserted part Of the town, about
$50 yards. from the court house, an the
three policemen we're to ''invite bandovai
to come along and find out who was
shooting" As agreed, the police went TO the
Cdntina Imperial, = saloon kept by J. II.
TeitIebaum, on the site of the present
Veeder block. In this "dive" Bandoval
was found leaning against the counter.
Chavez and Alarid stepped In while Tru-
jillo remained at the door and Chavez
called the young man.
Shortly before the arrival OF the police
at the saloon, Sandoval had q quarrel with
Caballero, on account of This ~(Cabal.ero)
being a tool and pimp Of Silva" at whom
5andoval was very angry, remarking that
silva was a thief and that Caballero al
helping silva in his crimes. Some by
stander asked Caballero why he allowed
himself to be so aoused, he answering,
ms fire will soon be lowered"
After the police arrived, the report OF a
pistol from the direction described was
heard, aud the police remarkiDg 'let as
go and see who fired,' started away in
Ohavez said to Sandoval that silva was at
Rosarla's, (Silva'being at the time a fugitive
rom j~ustice) and that they were going 70
arrest him. Sandoval was much pleased
with the news, as he wanted Silva arrested.
rney all entered the dark alley In front OF
The court house, and following 1t, turned
uorth on Moreno street. immediately up
on reaching the deserted premises, Chavez
md Alarid took hold Of the boy, disarming
aim and at the same time Silva jumped from
inside the walls and while the two police
men held the boy, Silva saying, You arc
acre, you %scoundrel; you have BEEN
your own sister," stabbed him Ia the
breast and the police striking him on the
mead win their revolver simultaneously.
The body was placed inside the deserted
walls. Silva gave his orders; Alarid, be
som mis- stoned to stand guard on the corner
Of Pacific and Moreno streets; Chavez and
rrujillo, he sent to Rosaria's (Silva's mis-
tress) to wait for him, and he went to
Cabeiiero to borrow his mare. To Cabal-
ZERO he remarked that the matter was con-
aud bring her TO Rosaria's. Silva started for
Rosarla's found Chavez and Trujillo there,
ordered some water from Rosario and
washed his hands. Shortly after, Cabal-
lero arrived, Silva gave him 81 and told
him to go after some whiskey. Caballero
brought the liquor aud they all drank;
thereupon, Silva took some money from
MS belt and gave IS to eacn Caballero, Ju-
iian TrujIllo, Chavez y Chavez and Rosario.
Then he said ''let us go'' aud thence the
our men went to the deserted house where
Gne body lay. Silva and Cabaliero took
mold of one arm, Trujillo of the legs, and
Chavez marched ahead. Thus the funeral
procession arrived at q corral across the
street from the rear of Silva's saloon,
where was a deep ptivy vault, and there.
dead foremost, they threw the body Of poor
Gabriel Sandoval. They threw upon it wood
chips and dirt until they thought 1t must
have been well covered, and then they
dispersed.
About the some time, there were several
mysterious disappearances. One party
named Sals, school treasurer Of a rural
district, who had come to town to get some
.unds for the school, was never seen alive
again and Chavez confessed to Trujillo
that they had killed him. and a human
skeleton was found buried in a ravine On
tn mesa, east Of town, which is supposed
to have been that Of the Wells. Fargo K
press driver.
1t is supposed that Silva wanted the life
# young Sandoyal because he was afraid
tnat he would give him away for the
murder of Patricio Macs aud several rob-
oeries he had committed, be (Silva) having
the emnity of Sandoval through the rob-
ding of the child, Emma, a little girl whom
be and his wife had reared and whom
Sandoval and Mrs. Silva loved aud cher
ished, Siiva having separated from his
The body Of Gabriel Sandoval was
from the vault and decently inferred.
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