The San Francisco call., 1898-11-29
TURQUOISE KING
 0F THE JAR|LLAS
 FOULLY SLAIN Mexican Murders A. J.
 De Mules. QUARRELED OVER WAGES TWO BULLETS FIRED AT THE
 MINE-OWMER.
TWO BULLETS FIRED AT THE
 MINE-OWMER.
Tragic Passing of Man Who Pos sessed 8 Limitless Fortune in New mexican Turquoise
 Fields.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

FL PASO, Tex, Nov. 2S.-A. J. de
 Mules, known far and wide as the
 Turquoise King of the Jarillas, was murdered in cold blood this morning at his camp in the Jarillas, in New Mexico, fifty miles north of this city, while seated at his breakfast table, by Mex ican laborer with whom he had had a dispute about a settlement Of the lat ter's wages. The murderer used six shooter. One bullet penetrated the vic
 tim's neck and another his back, kill ing him instantly. The assassin at tempted to escape after having wrecked
 his vengeance upon the mine owner,
 but was pursued and surrounded by American employees armed with Win chesters. who forced him to surrender. After the arrest of the murderer the entire force of workmen employed at the mines endeavored to lynch the pris- oner. Their intention was frustrated
 by guards who threatened them with
 Winchesters. Ghe guards were as- sisted in the protection of the prisoner by several railroad men who hastened to the mines from the railway station as soon as they learned of the killing.
 The prisoner was brought to Fl Paso tonight and TOW occupies a cell at the County Jail here. He is morose and re- fuses to talk. The corpse of his victim arrived on the same train and will be buried at Las Cruces, New Mexico.
 A J. de Mules was well known in Fl Paso and his sudden death and the manner in which he was killed shocked the entire community. His famous tur- quoise mines, five miles from JarillaS,
 on the White Oaks Railway, had
 brought him into prominence in all parts of the country. When assassin ated he was on the threshold of a reali- zation of the dream and ambition of his life, which was to possess a mine of fabulous richness To that end he had schemed and toiled for years, and un- dergone untold hardships and priva- tions. In the turquoise mines of New Mexico he had at last found the means of gaining an immense fortune. AL ready stones from these mines had been sold which netted the owner an amount bordering on S50,000 and the undevel- oped wealth was considered limitless.
 But little is known of De Mules past history. He was born in Jefferson County. New, York, thirty-eight years ago and was a resident Of Santa Fe N. M., in 1887. It is believed he served as an enlisted man in the United States
 army in Colorado prior to that. He
 was a barber by trade and located in Las Cruces, N. M, ten years ago. He
 subsequently, became prospector and speculatOr in mining property, but was not successful until a few years ago.
 Three years ago he became convinced that the turquoise claims in the Jarillas
 north of this city were of great value,
 but he had no money to develop them. He persuaded J. A. Baird of this city
 to supply the necessary capital and the mines subsequently, proved to be a veri- table bonanza. One shipment of tur-
 quoise therefrom to Tiffany of New York netted De Mules $10,000.
 Recently A. H. Richards, a jeweler of this city, had on exhibition in his win
 dow a collection of stones from De Mules mine that attracted much atten- tion. Among them were the largest and most beautiful turQuoises ever seen in this city, One of the stones on exhibi-
 tion was the largest ever cut in the United States.