Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-06-27
TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
A Bale at White Oaks With Its U.s.
uaI Results.
PISTOLS AND KNIVES USED,

Last Saturday night the Mexican 400
had one Of their periodical bailies.
which resulted very seriously TO three
White oaks Eagle.
Jose Maria Rivera, a Yaqui Indian,
generally known here by the name OF
Aguinaldo. and Justo Salas, also a cit
izen Of Old Mexico, both intoxicated
went TO the dance and demanded an en-
trance, which was refused by the floor
manager. Jose de la Lug Leal. They
became noisy, and threatening when
Leal ordered them out. Both refused
to- go and offered fight. Salas drawing a
knife and standing in the door. would
| allow no one TO pass him. Aguinaldo
quickly following Salas' display, drew
from his pocket a 3s-cahbre British
Bull Dog revolver. and threw down
on Leal. At this point h women in
attendance ran screaming in every di-
rection and a bloody fight ensued among
the Infatuated males at the o
Salas was struck in the head with
some kline OF a blunt weapon which
fractured the ckull at the edge OF his
hair on the right forehead, and was
landed outside In a ditch, nat on his
back until officers removed him TO the
city hospital In a precarious condition.
When Salas was struck A~guinaldo fred
on Leal hitting him in the abdomen.
inhicting "A mortal wound. Leal was
carried back and the fight continued by
his friends against A~guinaldo, who fred
three more shots into the crowd, none
| OF them taking effect. Aguinaldo was
soon lying unconscious near his friend
with a hole in his head, which, when
examined later by DIR. NJ. @. Paden, TO
whom all the wounded were taken,
showed his skull broken in Ave different
directions. and portions OF the broken
skull lying on the brain at the center
of the wounds
All three are yet living, but Leal and
jose Maria Rivera are very neal
deaths door, and il Is thought neither
Of them can cov Salas may re-
cover. but his wounds are serious. Sa-
las, the only one of the three conscious
is now, as the Eagle goes to press, un
dergoing a preliminary trial before Jus
tice Rudisille's court.
Leafs friends are greatly wrought vi
over the affair N heavy guards have
been placed over Salas and A~guinaldo
for fear an attempt would be made e
give them a hemp trial by q vigilance
committee. Americans, however, will in
tervene, and see that the law Is allow
ed to take It's course, and the only thing
that saved the instigation Of thii
slaughter, who. 10 far as a be learn
ed, Is salas. will be the impossibiity q
secure a jury that believe In the infic
ton OF the death penalty.
Nothing is known concerning the de
tails OF the fight further than hav,
been stated in the foregoing. Not al
b American wac present, and all Mexi
cans approached by the Eagle refus
to divulge any thing further than ha
been stated. claiming hal 1t is no
positively NOW who hit either Sala
or Rivera. d.. N. linen was the frs
American on the scene and he foun'
both Rivera and Salas lying Wounds
near each other, and IA crowd OF Leal'
friends around him trying to discove
how seriously he was shot.
!, Later-Rivera and Salas were give
; a preliminary hearing before Justic
Rudlsille to-day and were held unde
: bond OF $4,000 each to await the actio
, of the grand jury. As we go to pres
It Is announced that Jose Leal is deat