Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-05-21
A Sheepshearer In Chaves County
Is Shot Down By Another
Near Hagerman.
THE MURDERER HAS FLED
The Murdered Man Was Unarmed-Indica.
tions That the Decd Was Premeditated
News Items From All Parts of
the Territory.
CHAVES COUNTY.

| defeated the team of the agriculture
college at Ell Paso by score of q to
Miguel Muniz, sheep shearer em
ployed by Cameron & Davis, shot an
killed man known as Tranquilllno IL
a quarrel at the shearing corral nea
Lake Arthur. The murdered man wa
in the employ of w. F. Daugherty as
| sheep shearer. The two had had SOM
| difficulty, and Muniz had been heard t.
| say that if Tranquillino came over tt
the camp again he would kill him. H,
came and the two went to one sid. ant
had conversation, during which Mi
guel was very much excited. After thu
conversation, which was witnessed b!
five men and boys, two Of whom wer,
Anglo-Saxons. Tranquillino, who wa
ready to leave, went to his horse, light
ed cigarette and was preparing t,
| mount when Miguel, who stood abou
| Is feet from him, shot him in the righ
side, just above the hip. Miguel watch
ed Tranquillno moment, and seeing
that he was helpless, took the dying
mans horse and escaped. tranquil
| no died before sundown, the shooting
occurring about p. m. A. N. Miller
justice of the peace at Hagerman, held
| an inquest on the body on Saturday
| and the verdict of the jury was sub
stantially in accordance with the above
facts. Tranquillino had no arms, while
Miguel was known to have a pistol hid
under his coat on the ground near the
corral fence for several hours before
the shooting took place. None of the
owners of the herds were present when
the quarrel and killing occurred.
RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.
A dog poisoner is getting in his work
l at Chama.
John Reilly, of Williamstown, Pa
has located at Chama.
Court Interpreter Alexander Read
will build himself house at Chama.
Charles Painter killed an eagle nea1
Chama that measured over feet from
wing to wing.
The newly elected officers of Chama
lodge, A., f. and A. NJ, were installed
last Thursday. James McHolland was
appointed grand marshal, and the fol
lowing officers were installed: DIR. J. S
Wood, acting as w. M; John Schakel
s. W.; w. E. Broad, J. W.; J. v. John
son, treasurer; c. M. Marshall, secre-
tary; John Owens, S. D.; d. M. Wright,
J. D.; David Rusk, S. S.. G. w. La
Porte, J. S.; William Edwards. tyler.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
w. V. Mathews, of Detroit, who spent
the winter at Socorro, has returned
home.
William G. Gosslin transferred to the
United States 2,719 acres on the Gila
forest reserve.
DR.. Charles G. Cruikshank bought
two lots at San Marcial from Mrs. Eliz-
abeth ]. Allen.
Cowboys killed two very large noun.
tain lions between San Marcial and
San Augustine.
Bruce w. Cruikshank and Miss Pear
C. Troxell were married at San Marcia
by Rev. w. A. Shelton.
County Treasurer Abran Abeyta pur.
chased the L. M. Brown property at So.
corro from ]. c. Bald for $1,000.
The International Trust Company has
transferred to Frank N. Bancroft al
its real estate in Socorro county fol
$4,000.
Captain French and H. M. Porter, two
of the largest cattle owners, are TAX
ing their cattle from the ella forest re.
serve to Colfax county.
Lorenzo P. Garcia. son Of Juan Gar.
cia, of Magdalena, and Miss Encarna-
clan Abeyta, daughter of Abran Abey.
ia, of Socorro, will be married in the
near future.
Probate Clerk H. G. Baca is authori
| ty for the statement that Socorrt
county will lose $4,000 year in take!
through the setting aside of the Gilf
forest reserve.
The board Of trustees of the school O.
mines met at Socorro and reelected th'
present faculty. Provision was made
for an additional instructor as assist
ant in drawing and engineering. The
faculty consists of the following: F. A
Jones, e. M. c. e. (School of Mines OF
the University of MissourD, director
and professor of mining, metallurgy
and engineering; W. c. Phalen, s. B
Massachusetts, Institute of Technolo
gy) professor Of chemistry and geolo
gy; e. A. Drake, A. M. university Of
wisconsin,, principal Of the prepara
tory department.; Julia F. Atkinson, B
L. (Stephens College, MOI, assistant II
the preparatory department. Edward
Chamney, assistant in general science
and an assistant in drawing and engln.
eering.
UNION COUNTY.
The court house and Jail at Claytor
have been thoroughly renovated
F. ]. Alexander and Miss Kate JOS
were married at the home of the bride
at Clayton.
COLFAX COUNTY.
Frank Martel, aged one year. died a
Murdoch, III.
The Floersheim Mercantile Compan!
Of Springer has put in an acetylene ga
plant.
A freight wreck occurred at Colmo
last Thursday, and traffic was delayed
for several hours. 1t was a head-ol
collision between a coal and stock train
The engineer Of the freight train, dou