Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-05-02

IAHNNAN w MMN
peace and jury. who sat upon the in-
quest held this lst day OF Nav 1888, on
the body of Luis Imbert. fouua In pre-.
cinet No. 2, OF the county OF B~ernallllo,
hnd that the deceased came 10 his death
by reason OF a gun shot wound inflicted
by I. 3. Hubbell, sheriff OF BernalillO
county, while the said Imhert was resist
ing arrest upon a warrant charging him
with murder.
We further hnd that the said killing
was Unsuitable.
IGNAcIo GUTIERREs,
Justice OF the Peace Precinct No. 2,
BernalillO county.
Sheriff Hubbell and Deputy Sheriff
Newcomer then returned 90 the city, and
last evening thu bod y of Mr.. and Mrs.
lmbert we're brought here aud taken to
the undertaking iblishment OF 0. W.
Strong.
MBERT's WRITTEN STATEMENT.
la one Of Imbert's pockets the follow.
ing statement and testament was found,
written for the most part In Spanish.
with a few French words intermixed:
Los COfiales, N. A., March, 1893.
Friends - ihls Is Tor the purpose Of
bidding you my last farewell, because 4
Am ODiiged 70 Xiii "a also xiii myself
BY my " hand. DO not blame Huy one.
4 do my duty aud my Will. | ind myself
persecuted by a woman nc every step, aud
~ far ~ | am cOncernsd l am innocent
OF ali cnRfges made against me. NOV,
my friends, / am about ~ appear and
render an accounting u my God As q
Christian my TOD KNOWS that | have been
falsely prosecuted, and tha according 10
Hts judgment 1 Will be forgiven.
Ny friends, you must excuse me for
addressing you thuse Few words, which 1
DO from tne boston, Vt my heart. ASK
The forgiveness Of any Que whom LOUIS
lmDert may have offended. because 1, as
we'll ~ others, have my failings, aud
hope that II any person has 0esn Uifeud-
ed by ms that | may be- pardoned MS |
forgive them. l have iabOfed fOr twenty
seven years 10 accumulate this property
AZ a Cost OF $4,000 ia Cash that 1 had
earned as q butcher. hen married TINS
woman, or wnen / knew her hrst, she
was COOK Tor AIR. 4. h. Uatr0n, Of santa Ne,
aud since then We have had relations. AZ
That time we used 10 see each other fire.
quently. she took SICK aud told me that she
was going 10 die aud she was going 10
leave me her sou. 1 dld all | could "
save her a paid a wOmA by the name
OK ApOlOniA Sena, VI Tie ClIy VI santa Ne,
" attend her and after she got well 1
commenced 10 live with her, and married
her IN q room Of Mr.. II. Dunand, OF
santa Fe. This was In 1852. This was
bad luck, because, shortly alter wards, 1
discovered IN her trunk certain papers
showing that this On had NOS been
too honest, and 1, having secreted said
papers, i nave not been aDle 10 nnd them
again, but l already knew what this wO-
man was, but stood ~ for several years
with patience, but when her son com
meneed 10 grow both turned against me,
because l indicated 10 him what 1
thought was wrong Well, 1 settled ali
the accounts that WI had up 10 the date
0f our separation, also learned that we
were owing $50 that she had got without
my consent aud without my knowing
anything about II, aud | had 10 pay hair
OF all these debts. First | paid TOti u
Grad tl30; aud Joe. B~Adaracco, $50; Mr..
Is. kOdey, $50; Mr.. kieinwOrt, butcher,
t25; Mr. hunlek, blacksmith, s2S; Mr.
3chustef, OF BernAlillO, $50; IgnaciO Gu
t%lerres, groceries, OF Los Carrales, fl75,
without mentioning a mortgage OF 5000
that encumDers the property.
What 1 write Is not that Of an expert
penman. 1 am a poor farmer, who BY
naTd woTk, like a man must do, 1 have
been able " pay 80 far, aud II my life Is
~ end and my spirit goes 10 God forever
| don't want this woman ~ live after
me, 30 that she may laugh at me. | have
10 Kill myself, but this Is my desire, and
although she may have her pimps, that
nelp her, | am not afraid, nor will give
her any quarter. 1 am tired OF working
80 much for this class OF people. | was
born OF u good family. There are people
here Ia Albuquerque who know that
what | state Ii true because they know
my family and have had dealings with
them. i therefore write a diary OF all
hat has happened 10 me up TO date. | do
not think this woman has any rela-
lives. because since | have been mar
ried 10 her she has never received
q single letter from any relatives, neither
father, mother or brother 80 far as /
have seen, nor have heard her speak OF
ner relatives, she states that she was
born AZ the Canton OF Neufchatel,
switzerland, but / know nothing about
that through any letter that l may have
seen; all | know Is that her name is
Louisa Michel Humbert. Through the
papers that | have | discover that she
mad two children In Paris, France, a
daughter and a son, which she abandon.
cd and then she came 20 America, where
abe married, who with / do not know, all
| do know Is that she was abandoned by
her husband nj New Haven, Connecticut,
and In 1881 she came 10 Santa Fe, where
| had my butcher shop, and 1 then com
menced 10 live with her. but shortly af-
forwards | had 10 marry her. because
she WAS In a delicate condition, and a
month afterwards she gave birth TO a
boy 70 whom l gave my name,
Louis ktienne lmbert. This il
what has happened 10 me. | also OBJ.
tanned her divorce at Santa Fe, so AZ 10
me 10 marry her. How many husbands
she has had II is difficult for me 10 say,
because you must understand that / have
led u very unhappy life for the last four
years, she being addicted 10 drink, and
Tor That reason being insuppOrtable.
There were frequent quarrels in the
house, and, therefore, not being able 10
hitch together any longer, by common
consent we separated, each one taking
his portion Of the wines, ambulances,
horses. wagons. and In q word all the
property was divided In equal parts, each
one taking his share.
But at the present writing, this woman
IL crazy, she don't know what she Is
about, trying to ruin her husband, simply
10 crafty herself, for | do not even speak
TO her, and yet she Is trying with all her
might 10 send me 70 the %penitentiaTy, but
I don't know yet whether | will 20 TO the
penitentiary or not, for | am not guilty
10 any manner | was forced 20 abandon
my home and rent my property, 80 as 10
avoid daily qnarrels, because this has
been a constant ruin uD 10 date. when |
have gone away from the premises. Now
she wants 10 institute two suits, bat as
soon as clear myself Of one, then comes
another and another.
Goodbye, friends, all those that may
remember me. Goodbye, Joe Badaraeco,
good bye Carlos Grande and family, good
bye Pedro PalladinO aud family. forever
GiOmi. good bye, ! am going 60 the other
iide, forgive a brave friend. Bury me on
my ranch. and have Palladino place me
a headgtODe and make nv casket.