Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-05-28
A STOCKMAN KILLED
He Fell From His Horse In Front
Of a Herd Of Stampeding
Cattle.
RANCHER COMMITS SUICIDE
B. NJ. Greeley Of Near Lake Valley, Sierra
County Ends His Own Life With
Small Pistol-0thsr Territorial
News Items.
EDDY COUNTY.

| There is movement on foot to give
| Carlsbad another large hotel.
Crozier & Bobo will put in tele-
phone system at Carlsbad
John D. Cantrel and Miss Kate Bes-
ing were married at Carlsbad.
Carlsbad Is making another effort
this year to get rid of the caterpillar
| pest.
The Pecos Valley & Northeastern
railway has donated $1OO toward the
| midsummer carnival at Carlsbad.
M. D. Burns, of Amarillo, has been
appointed station agent at Carlsbad to
succeed ]. r. Fusselman, resigned.
DR.. Franklin, formerly of Carlsbad,
| father of Attorney John Franklin, died
| at his home at Columbus, Miss.
Miss Louise Blodgett, who spent the
past three winters at Carlsbad for her
health, has returned to her home at
Cleveland, o.
Miss Evelyn Rush, a school teacher
at Dark Canon, temporarily lost her
| reason as the result of nervous pros
tration, and was brought to Carlsbad
for treatment.
The fire department of Carlsbad has
reorganized and elected the following
officers: R. Ohnemus, chief; Edward
Orr, assistant chief: w. G. Woerner,
treasurer: John B. Harvey, secretary;
Theodore Kerr, foreman of hose com
pany No. l; George d. Lucas, foreman
of hose company No. 2; Philip Kircher,
foreman of the chemical engine COM
pany.
Monroe Clayton, a wealthy cattle
man of the Pecos valley, one of the
owners of the Figure ranch, near
Carlsbad, while riding in advance of
herd selected for shipment, was thrown
from his horse and the herd stampeded,
many cattle passing over him, fractur-
ing his skull. He died Thursday after
noon. Mr.. Clayton's tragic death is, in
la measure, similar to that which ended
the lives Of two of his older brothers,
one of whom was killed during a stam-
pede. and the other by the accidental
Ais'Shoi u ploloi uuLlh6 q Ul6
roundup Of their herds. Clayton was
taken to the hospital at Carlsbad at
once, and all that medical skill could
do was done, but it was plain from the
start that there was no hope. He leaves
a wife and three children.
SIERRA COUNTY.
R. w. Fulghan has accepted the po-
sition of assayer at Andrews.
Hillsboro is indignant because Fran
cisco Rascone publicly horsewhipped
his wife. but no arrest has been made.
Hiram White, of Kingston, was
struck on the nose with stone from
a slingshot. The hemorrhage that en-
sued lasted thirty hours, and almost
caused his death.
Judge D. Stocker, father of Mrs.
George T. Miller and father-in-law of
Nicholas Gales, at Hillsboro, died at
Prescott, Ariz. The funeral took place
at Minneapolis, MINI.
James Wilson Parker, father of
Judge Parker, of Hillsboro, died at his
home at Sturgis, Mich. He was aged
II years. Judge Parker was on his way
to his fathers bedside at the time the
death occurred.
B. N. Greeley. a ranch owner living
three miles from Lake Valley, shot him.
self at his home with small pistol and
died soon afterward. Mr.. Greeley, pre-
vious to his suicide, complained Of not
feeling WELL and stated that he had
fallen from his windmill and injured
his side. Greeley was found lying on
his bed with the revolver by his side.
He was unconscious, and died before
medical help arrived. The bullet en-
tered his chest on the left side and
came out just below the shoulder blade
on the right side. A battered bullet was
found on the floor A coroner's jury re-
turned verdict Of suicide. Mr.. Gree
ley was so years old and unmarried. He
served one term as county commission
er, and returned last June from Alaska
where he had spent year or more. He
has brothers and sisters living in New
Hampshire and Connecticut.