Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-20

were opposed to the marriage, thinking It
too hasty, but she was evidently infatuat.
ed with the young man and impressed
with the stories he told of his position and
prospects i'm his western home, and would
listen to no postponement of the wedding
They arrived in Denver on Aug. &c and
engaged rooms at the Windsor hotel. It
was only few days before the people
about the hotel were whispering that the
young couple were given to quarrcling.
The wife was noticed with Redeemed eyes
and Sanchez himself frequently. wore u
forbidd:ng scowl Soon they removed to
the Columbia. second class hotel. and
tere, too the inhar1nonious relations O.
The pair were observed and commented on
by the attaches of the house. Sanchez
spent good part Of his time away from
his young wife, he drank to some e4tcnt
and his companions were not Of the best.
Finally the couple removed to the Colo
rado, lodging house of q cheap and not of
the most particular kind, and here the
final tragedy occurred.
In the meanwhile, however, young San
chez had professed great solicitude con-
corning his wife's welfare in case he should
AAC, eAiiU uoU ocCuIeu upOu
life to the amount of 81, 600 in her favor.
Not to be outdono in generosity she oon-
sented to take out ST. 900 of insurance
upon her own life in his favor. The poll
cies were all made out and delivered, the
last one, for 5000, just two days before
her death.
At this time It was evident that San
CHEFS financial resources were running
low. He already owed his landlord, and
as he was earning no money and probably
hesitated to call upon his father, after hay-
ing got rid Of 81, 200 in about three months,
1t Is thought he determined to get rid Of
his wife and collect tho insurance upon
her life. He was away from the lodging
house on Friday night preceding the muir
der, and about 8 O'Clock went to the police
station with story that he hnd been
"held up" and robbed Of s5. Investiga.
tion by the police failed to discover the as.
sailant, and they concluded that Sanchez's
story was of doubtful truth Subsequent
events, however, seem to show that there
was method in his madness.
At 8 o'clock on Saturday morning the
inmates of the lodging house were aroused
by the sound Of pistol shots, and, getting
up and rushing into the hall, found San
chez, dressed in trousers and shirt, run.
ming about the place flourishing a rcvolv
er. He declared that some one had ahol
hiswife and had run down the back stairs
An examination Of his room revealed his
wife dead in the bed, with a bullet through
her brain and powder marks on her hal,
and the bed sheet, showing that the sho,
had been fired at close range. Sanchez de-
clarsd that the assassin had fired from TIN
doorway, which was at least ten feet FROM
the bed: that he had awakened to see tn
man running away, and taking his pisto
from beneath his pillow had shot Ct and
pafsued him.
The story was not believed, and San
chez was Immediately arrested Sincs
then, by the influence Of solitary confine
mont and . liberal application Of thu
"gweating' process, he has confessed thai
be himself fired the shot, but claims thal
It was accidental, and that he awoke ct 1
O'Clock, thinking of the hold mp, and in q
scmiconscious condition scizod his rcyolv
q, which exploded, causing the tragedy.
This version Of the affair il not sccepted
By the authorities, and, ss Sanches lied IN
his 0zzt story Of The Killing. dot win b.