El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-28
Turquoise King Of the JariIIas
Slain.
MURDEREDTHIS MORNING
By A Mexican With Whom He Had
Quarreled.-The Assassin Is Now
Under Arrest And Guarded By Men
Armed With Enthusiastically
Body Of DeMules Will Be Brought
Here Tonight.

A. j. De Mules. known far ard wide
as the Turquoise King of the Jarillas,
was murdered in cold blood this morn
ing at his camp in the Jarillas while
seated at his breakfast table, by q
Mexican laborer with whom he bad
bad a dispute about a settlement of the
latter's wages.
The details of the assassination as
received this morning are meager.
j. A. Eddy, Of the Ell Psso aud North
eastern railway, received dispatch at
$50 o'clock from Jarillas, which stat
ed briefly that De Mules bad been
murdered while eating his break fast,
by Mexican employee named Jacobo
Flores.
The murderer used q six shooter.
One bullet penetrated the victims
neck and another his back, killing him
instantly. The assassin attempted to
escape after wreaking his vengeance
upon the mine owner. but was pursued
and surrounded by other Mexican en-
ployes armed with Winchesters, who
forced him to surrender.
Undertaken Ross OF this city left by
this mornings train for AlamoRo ordo
with q coffin and the remains will be
brought here this evening and doubt
less forwarded to Las Cruces for inter-
ment.
A. J. DeMules was well known in e
PasO and his sudden death and the
manner in which he was killed shocked
the 1entire community. His famous
turquoise mines, five miles from ia
rillas on the White Oaks railway, had
brought him into prominence in all
parts of the country.
When assassinated he was on the
threshold of the realization sOf the
dream and ambition of his life, which
was to possess mine of fabulous rich
ness. To that end he had schemed and
toiled for years and undergone untold
hardships and privations.
In the turquoise mines of New Mex
leo he had at last found the means of
gaining an immense fortune. Already
stones from these mines had been cold,
which netted the owner an amount
bordering on 900. and, the unde-
veloped wealth was considered limit
less.
But little is known of De Mules's past
history. He was born in Jefferson
County, New York, 38 years ago and
was resident of Santa Fe, New Mex
ico, in 1887. It is believed that he
served as an enlisted man in the Uni
that.
He was barber by trade and located
in Las Cruces about ten years ago. He
became prOspectOr and
speculatOr in mining property but was
not successful until few years ago.
Three years ago he became con-
vinced that the turquoise claims north
Of this city in the Jarillas were of great
value, but had no money to de-
velop them. He persuaded j,
A. Baird, of this city,
to furnish the necessary capital and
the mines subsequently proved to be q
veritable bonanza. One shipment of
turquoises therefrom to Tiffany of
New York netted De Mules 100000
Recently A. 81. Richards, jeweler, of
this city, had on exhibition in his
window a collection of stones from De
Mules's mine that attracted much at
tentioD. Among them were the larg
est and most beautiful turquoisee ever
seen in this city. One of the stones
On exhibition was the largest ever cut
ln the United States.