Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-05-11
HORRIBLE LAGuNA MURDER.
Particulars Of the Killing OF a Husband
BY His wife's ParamOur.
INDIANS BECOMING CIVILIZED.


Special Correspondence.
Laguna, n. 81, May l0-Thst the
Pueblo Indians OF New Mexico are ab
s0rbing some Of the vicious practices OF
civilized society, ~ well ~ its virtues,
IL found Ia the following chronicle OF
| one OF the most vicious murders on rec
ord:
In Laguna village. occupying one OF
the adobe houses, lived Ssuni. All Indian,
with his wife. la an adjoining room
Valentine. All alleged hermaphrodite, who
dressed In womsn's clothes. had his
dwelling. But Seuni's wife felt cifcum
scribed In her cODjugsl relations and all
intimacy sprang up between her and
Jose Hilario, a young Indian living near
by. Last Sunday night Seuni, return
ing home from n prolonged absence at
his sheep herd. found a strange man with
his wife. IL was dark but a struggle
commenced which. with two against
him. resulted In the defeat OF the hus
band. and he was left bleeding, on the
dirt floor. The paramour then left the
building. but q short time later when
the hermaphrodite came IN SeunI's door
he wa met by Seuni's wife who told him
TO 90 and tell Jose HilariO 10 ZONE back
and kill her husband right, ~ he was
not dead.
AT the summons Jose returned and the
sound OF blows sOon announced the con
summation OF the dastardly act. and
when the hermaphrodite was allowed TO
enter he found the dead husband with
his skull crushed aud u bloody 4 by his
side. The floor Of the room wa be.
spattered with gore. Together they hid
the body In an unused cellar and all day
Monday went about planning how to
dispose OF the body.
The murdered mans wife left for her
fathers home st Mesits, and the para.
mour to his duties ~ section hand on
on the Santa Fe Pacific railroad, but on
Monday night he returned and with the
help OF the hermaphrodite took the muir
dered man from the hiding place and
carried him TO the railroad bridge west
Of the village and deposited him on the
track, placing him 30 that the train az IL
run over him would demolish all evil
dences OF the crime.
But murder will ont and the next
morning when the body WAS found the
evidences we're not all destroyed, and An
investigation by the white men living
near soon found discriminating evil
dences.
SlnnOn blUO, yustlct OF tnt peace, im-
paneled q coroner's jury. consisting OF
Col. Walter Marmon, Ben. Bibo, John
Gum, Robert Msrmon, Major Geo. Pradt
and Louis Trainer. who. with DR.. G. 4
Lukens testifying AZ medical expert,
found the man had come TO his death at
the hands OF Jose Hilario. principal; the
murdered mans wife and the hernia
phrodite ~ acc0mplices.
Later the hermaphr0dite made n de-.
tailed confession substantially ~ above.
The parties are held to await the sher-
III who has been notified.
To the credit Of the pueblo the Indians
are all anxious TO see the guilty parties
punished TO the full extent OF the law.
b. 3. Rodey, al attorney OF Albuquer
que, who was at Laguna and Cubero on
some ! gal matters, attended the coro-
ner's inquest, and made some valuable
suggestions TO the jury. LAGUNA.
(Note-A deputy sheriff left AlbuQuer-
que last night for Laguna, and Ia ex-
pected TO return TO this city this evening
with the murderer and his two accom-.
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