El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15
SAN MARCIAL
MURDER MYSTERY
Will the Remains Ever Be
Identified?.
AS YET THERE is NO CLUE
To the Perpetrators Of the DiabOlical
Crime and the Assassins May Never
Be Known.


Another mysterious murder has
taken place in New Mexico that
threatens to rival the celebrated Foun-
tain disappearance OF three years
ego.
The mutilated remains of an Amer
lean have been found in water hole
near Crow Spring and although two
weeks have elapsed since the CHASTITY
dis covery was made no light has vet
been thrown on the mystery and it now
looks as If ianOther adiabOlical killing
had taken place in New Mexico where
the murderers will not only never be
known, but never punished. And yet
there are some people in New Mexico
who obi zct to the establishment of a
force OF rangers to hunt down murder
ers and thieves.
According to the San Marcial Bee of
week ago and to an Associated Press
dispatch of yesterday the body was dis
covered Feb 2. The Bee says:
THE mutilated remains of q man,
supposed to be American, were found
in a water hole near what is known as
Grow Spring on the east side of the
San Marcial, on the road from Mag
dalena to Rosedale. The head and one
leg and one arm had been severed and
were not found. The remains were
naked and no means of Identification at
hand. Justice of sthe Peace Carmody,
of old San Marcial, and a
jury went to the scene of the tragedy
last Friday, to investigate the case. A
rumor that could not be substantisted
said that Jack Best and Nose DERRICK
who were recently found with a wagon
load of stolen beef, may have been
caught by some unfortunate man while
in the act of killing stolen cattle, and
acting on the theory that dead men
tell no tales, committed this heinOus
crime"
The latest issue of the Bee which
reached here yesterday contained the
following further details:
There are but few new features to
chronicle regarding the finding OF the
near the Rosedale Mining camp last
week. James Carmody, the justice OF
the peace in Old Town, T. B. Torres,
constable. and jury made up of Joe
Virgins, Ramon Con tales, A. Chaves,
Juan Sanchez, and Severe Gonzales,
went to the scene of the finding last
Friday and returned Saturday after.
noon.
The jury found buried in a hole
about three feet long, two feet wide
and sixteen inches deep, the legs, one
arm and portion of the body proper
of large sized man, in fair state OF
preservation. The head, one arm, low.
er part of the body and iptestiues were
missing and could not be. located. The
legs lay lengthwise in the hole. The
arm between them and across all the
portion of the body placed. No blood
covered these parts, none was observed
in the hole land search of the vicinity
failed to show traces of the life fluid.
The location of the grave is only a
short distance from the public road
just about 200 yards from Cbaves' sheer
ranch, and over the fence in his past
ure some fifteen feet. The eXcava
ton had been made with pick and
shovel and about its mouth were no ev
dence of a struggle. The presumption
is that the man was murdered else
where. dissected and disposed of in
different ways, the parts liable tG
Identification being destroyed OF
securely buried at some other point
Not particle of clothing was found
and there was not the slightest clue tC
guide the coroner's jury to reach any
been murdered by person or persons
unknown to them.
| The remains were replaced in the
same shallow excavation and the board
of cracker box placed over them
That horrible murder has been com
mite d there is not the least shadow o.
q dou bt, but who the perpetrators were
and the identi v of their unfortu ate
victim will probably always remain
mystery.