Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-12-21
THE O'BRlEN SCHEME.
Ex-ConVle,s Working on the Sympa'
thles Of the Sanchez Family,
COLORADO MURDER RECALLED.

A dispatch from Albuquerque. n. NJ,
says that J. Il. Brien. who claims to
be a Colorado newspaper man, has
been In tnnt town working me family
Of FREDERICK sanchez the vile muir.
derer, Tor money under promise OF rct.
tins him out OF the pcnltentiary, where
be D. serving life term.
OBrlcn himself ia twice convict.
having served time la San Quentin
prison, California, and n term In the
Colorado ponitentiaTy lie was sent
10 Canon CITY November "a, 1889. tor n
year tor burglary. and waa released
Dnly seven weeks ago lie b. an irish.
man, nearly 90 years old, bald aud TAI.
IT he was ever a newspaper man no.
body knows when or where.
Associated with OBrion On the col.
lection OF money from families along
the borders ct New Mexico ana Colo.
RADIO 10 Ciihofu Marye. another con.
Wet who Is now out OF the ponitent.
larry az Canon city on parole. lie was
sent mp from Arepanoe county for lar
ceny for a year lie Is well known la
Denver, having served n torn az clerk
of the town o. MOntclair.
ORGANIZED AN ASSOCIATION
THESE two. while they were confined
in the pcnltontiary, organized what
they call the Martin Relief aBsucia.
ton Nominally. Il ~ intended 90
raise money Tot the aid OF couviCtn
who have served their time W have
been pnrolrd. Mnrye has been out OF
the pnnitCntiary only q little more
than two months. and the last heard of
him he was Ia Trinidad. holding meet
inFs la al the various churches and
collecting money for the Martin Re
lief"
Il don't know what kind OF stories
they are telling 20 get the money,
said Secretary StnunkCr of the state
board OF charities and corrections.
"O'Briun may bee working ON ,uc sym
pathios OF the sanchez family tor any
thing 4 know. nht all / know about %
IS in the dispatch you have Just shown
me"
Sanchez. IN whose behalf OBriru ISL
said 20 have been raising money from
his relatives ia serving q life sentence
for one OF the most brutal murders
ever commided In Denver The vic
tim was hie own bride whom he shot
60 death. after lusgllng her life FOR
sli.000-~all the money the insurance
companies would risk ON ner.
Sanchez claimed that be had been
held up and robbed on the evening OF
the murder. and that white he was
dreaming Of the robbery. he ianCipd
that the robbers entered the room. lie
seized his revolver and fred a mum.
Der OF shots. killing his wiie His
story was picked all to tatiors by the
prosecution, and the Jury ,ound him
guilty of deliberate murder. the CAPT
tnl punshmCnt law had been repealed
OF he would have been sentenced TO
hang.
II is for the release ot this man that
O'Buen b. said 90 uo working or az
any rate 30 be- procuring money from
his relatives. who are rich New Mex
cans The dispatch says that ne So
cured some money. but that the sun
is not known.
The above article Is clipped from thD
Denver Post since leaving the Cola
RADIO pcnitentiary q Bren. by leisure
travelling aud walking. has come south
and ls supposed now 90 tc m El Pas1
Wnile lu ! as Vegas aud san MarciGi
he stopped Ions enough To- give ehOri
lectures ou CHINA. and, OF course too
up collections
IN this c4,y hc attempted 20 interest
several citizens Zoo a scheme 60 sQCui,
the release %. Sanchez from the Col
RADIO peutcUtiaIy. aud thus 0ptaln 70.
his service sl uoi of money beiongin
20 sanchez which he said was leine
held ia gs.ioW mere hy an attorney
This 81 0uU b.. hv lOurienl could Sc
cure z. was tl ls divided among those
who n.l assist him n working u-
k.a aUh.mr o. o. sanchez pardoue.
Iou the r.utUutnrt
As lnI as iac Citz0n can ieau
OBncu proposed 90 set mp a&5avlti
from the SANCHEZ family and rolat eH
10 the eject that ,ue youns man no"
In the peuitCuuary was, AMI han az
WAYS uoeu. afflicted with somnamhh
Ism. and Ia was during one OF These
alta F rt 'c walked 'n bic slice
and sla 81. h.s young wife.
or er. while here told hls seham'
30 "a broth. $3.50 yuuu uau aI.
from HIM secuted some .uuv.
how much ia not 6uDWn % brIou tat
suddenly lett tlc Cit! and got down
los Lunaf with his pal supposed q
be- another convict Chnord hnrye IS
name. Rae WIS tnen ON his way to Ga,
tlu. .p. .. .Hf PA. aud uguhahl.
saw the relative down thcro bat thos'
.att have aui reached tine city II i
eyldan, That Hc got the cold snOuly r.
al Os uuus iur the convict wrote
commun.rat ton hack TO the muruln
paper no.c. telling that os uuas wa
not a ycry lood place for traveller q
get into at nigh,a. as tine town pos
sessod neither nOtel or restaurant
The last heard from O'Iircn and hi
pal was they had worked their wa
as far as san Aarcial, where a lectur
on Chlne was made and more none
obtained.
In Justice Ia the Sanchez family
VINO are not held accountable for IN
cruel act OF q son and brother hu
Nho are 20 bee sympathizod with owe
his crime. IL would he wise 60 tur
deaf ear 20 all schemes for his libe
alton which come from such men a
tao O'BriCn stripe