Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-10-08
LINCOLN COUNTY HAPPENINGS.
Two Murders Created Considerable Excite
ment-Social and Political Items-Fire
cnara-Tast Case Over Poll Tax.

Two Murders Created Considerable Excite
m~ent-social and Political 1tems-Fire
Scare-Test Case Over Poll Tax.
White Oaks, N. NJ, Oct. 5.-Last week
the people of Lincoln were shocked by
the killing of Francisco Romero y Va
I~lencia. an old citizen of Lincoln county.
J He was unmarried and lived alone on a
ranch near Lincoln. He was shot
through the head, evidently by some one
from the outside shooting through the
window. Robbery is supposed to have
been the object of the murder.
News of another and more shocking
affair has just been received here. On
Tuesday Frank Coe, a ranchman, who
lives with his family on the Bonito. shot
and killed Irwin Lesnet, of Lincoln.
| Young Lesnet was a son Of Frank Les
! net, who at one time served in the ter-
| ritorial legislature, and later held the
| office Of receiver in the United States
land office at Roswell, and from which
he disappeared under a cloud. Full par
ticulars of the killing have not been re-
| ceiyed, but it is reported that a woman
! was in the case" and that the woman
is a Young daughter of Mr.. Coe, in which
! case the killing was probably justifa-
Bile.
C. M. Chew, a former resident, and
furniture dealer in White Oaks, has re-
turned to Lincoln county with his fam
ily, after an absence of more than eight
years. He returns for the benefit of his
wife's health. His son and another
gentleman from Philadelphia, Pa, &C
companied them and all will engage in
sheep raising. They will locate In the
Jicarilla district.
The Democrats are mentioning the
name of j. T.. Wharton, late county at
torney. as a candidate for the territorial
legislature. They could not do better
than to select him for that position. n
it would be a vast improvement e
former selections they have made. The
Republicans have not yet made any
public expression as to choice, but the
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ranks and it goes without saying they
will make an excellent choice when the
time
The children and young people Of this
community are taking great enjoyment
in nutting expeditions, while the men
who love the chase have already begun
to bring in the deer and antelope In
large numbers. Everybody Is making
| the best possible use of the superb In
dian summer that now prevails.
The Woman's club Of White Oaks has
I resumed it's meetings and taken up the
Biographical study Of American naval
| heroes, beginning with John Paul Jones.
Mrs. Geo. w. Pritchard has painted q
| magnificent portrait of the colonel, in
| oil, life size.
Frank J. Sager, cashier of the White
Oaks bank, has taken his family for a
two months visit among relatives and
friends in Ohio. 1t Is his intention to
put his daughter, Lorena, in school
there.
Mrs. Roberts. of Nogal, has come to
| White Oaks to keep house for her son
while he attends the public schools.
The White Oaks merchants are kept
busy selling goods to the ranchmen, espe-
| cially sheep ranchers. these days, as the
second wool clip has been disposed of.
Genial Albert Zeigler is wearing a
smile of happy expectancy these days.
His wife and two little daughters, who
have been spending the past two months
in Los Angeles, Calf, are to home in
a few days.
This evening, about 7 o'clock, the peO-
| pie of White Oaks had a real fire scare.
! An immense volume of smoke and flame
was seen shooting upward in the direc-
ton Of the Old Abe mine. 1t was soon
learned that the fire was the burning Of
a miners cabin a short distance this
side. A great relief was experienced
| when it was ascertained that the Old
| Abe buildings were in no danger.
A rather interesting law suit was held
in the justice court here this morning.
The postmaster refused to pay his poll
tax on the grounds that he was an old
| soldier and should be exempt. The
school board thought differently about
the matter and brought suit in order to
test it. The case was tried before a
jury. who decided that the tax should be
paid.