El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-04
ONE OF THE THREE.
The Supposed Murderer From Lord
sburg Identified by an Officer.

The Supposed Murderer From Lord
sburg Identified by an Officer.
The delayed train from the west last
night brought to this city Constable
Harden from Lordsburg. N. M, 70
Identity the young man who was looked
up here Sunday night on q charge of
being implicated in the murder of Q
Mexican, which occurred here last
Saturday night.
Tnis morning at 10 o'clock the sup
posed murderer was brought from his
cell into the Office of the jail by Jsiler
Blacker and Immediately vigorous
search was made of his clothing. He
had on two shirts, two pairs of over
alis and two pairs of socks. Nothing
was found on him excepting Is cents
which was in one of the pockets Of his
overHlls.
After the examination of his cloth
ing was completed the prisoner start
ed further investigation by asking:
| "What time was this man killed?'
"Where were you between IL and
o'clock on last Saturday night?" asked
the constable.
81 was in a saloon gambling at that
| time"
"What time did you in company v ith
the other two start down the raj road
| track in the direction of the stock
pen?"
There were only two of u.s."
"What kind of looking man was he
that you were with?''
"A short, thick-ses man, with q
"Ssne man that was killed." said
the constable.
did you drink any whisky that
nigbt?"
"Yes, we bought two small bottles
just to pass away the time"
'You say that you left your part
ners a. the stock yards. What did you
1--WE were all coming east on the
freight train and they told me to 60
on down the track and get on and that
they would get on where they were. /
went as directed and boarded the train
when 1t came along and supposed
they did the same thing"
''What Is the murdered mans
name?"
81 do not know. We were all three
together and neither knew the others
name"
Did the murdered man have q knife
with him."
Eyes, he had a dagger with him
about that long" Indicating with his
hands about foot long,"
As regards to the stains on his over
alls which is supposed to he blood, the
prisoner said that it was axle Rreese
which he received while working at
Bowie, his jumper shows similar
stains.
There is one thing certain; the
prisoner was one Of the three men who
were in Lordsburg Saturday and one
OF this number was murdered. He
gave his name as Uvalde Silva and
says that he has been in Ell Pa-o be-
Is L. l.
be went to Bowie few weeks ago TO
work on the railroad.
During the examin9 tion the pri-
soner never hincked. He answered
every question put to him in firm,
positive voice and never showed the
slightest nervousness. He will be
taken to Silver City on the afternoon
train and will have hearing tom0r
row.
ed Saturday night WAS shot through
the bowels and in the head and stabbed
in the breast close to the heart, and
with all these wounds he lived
several hours, but in dying copdi-
ton. He could not speak plain
enough to be understood and could not
tell who the assassin was. When asked
If he had money with him when he
WAS shot he shook his head In the
who shot him took his money, he gave
the same answer
The murder occurred sin the 8. p.
railroad yards about . mile from the
N ain portion OF the town near the stock
pens.
There has been another Mexican ar.
rested in Lordsburg who is charged
with the same crime. It seems as If
the man arrested there was bitter
against the murdered man. whom he
claimed had insulted his wife and that
he would settle matters with him be-
fore morning. Now, the question Is,
did he carry out his threat aud murder
this man, or did the boy who was ar
rested here do itP
not be learned, is said to have . wife
living in Juarez and it is also said that
he has been sending her money regu-
larlv.