Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-04-27
SUICIDE At THE JAIL,
lose Maria Martinez, ACounty Pris
oner, Slashed His Throat.
PARTICULARS or stltOtsrsucros.

Between the hours OF 1880 O'Clock
lnHt night aud this morning. boo the
corridor Of the county jail Jose Maria
Ma.iiuoz committed suicide by CuttirE
hIa throat with the sharpyncd handle
lot % spoon. The man had retired tor
the night az about $3.50 o'clock. Hu.
par.uIly boo the best Of spirits aud
health aud after lying down ON bis
blankets ou tho top oft tho iron cage
be- Joined Boa "a conversation with bis
fellow prisoners until about 1850
O'Clock. when all rolled over again
and went 60 sleep ono OF the priH-
uuDrs. whose conscience wac not what
10 should be-. caused him much uncaai.
nDH and as a consequence ho did not
enjoy % sound sleep Tie was uWahu
lat various times. out declares De-
heard no one walking around during
the night AZ any rate, the alvvplcss
prisoner gut up shortly after o'clock,
when ho discovered Martinez lying on
| hia bach cold iu death un tho floor
LOT the corridor iu the northwest cor.
liner of the Jail Tho alarm was sound.
ed aud Jailor Nicolas IuCcru and his
ASST tauts rushed tu the scene where
!thr horrible decd had been commit
ted From ali appearances ~ was
evident that Marunc2 had planned Tor
| sometime Go take bis own ME. as
arose in the night dressed himself,
] climbed down from the top OF the cage
/ Co the floor of the corridor, where %
/ is supposed Dee was standing when hc
/ began alashiug at hIs throat blood
hau purtod hiEh above his head onto
ltuc iron bars OF tho cage. and when
weakened hy The loss uI blood hc fcll
. d..
was determined Go accomplish self
destruction, for his hands were De-
smparrd with blood and grusppd the
Jagged edges oft the wound The man
laying there with "a fOurluCh cash iu
his throat eyes wide open and cloth
Ing completely saturated with blood
ICvrtuiuN presented % sight which
lsou. of those prisoners viii not soon
forget
40 about daylight curunor's jury
was ,mpauDu,i. and after the mem
boz. had viewed tho body ami visited
che scene whore the suicide bad beer
committed listened Co tho testimony
LOT several prisoners and the guard.
lot COO Jail Following i# tho verdict
"Wu the Undersigned. members u
the DuruucrE jury. duly pmpunCllu,
ana worn 90 hold an inquest over th'
bod. uf Jose Maria Maritime % prison
or ln the county iail of E.rnallll,
county who was found dead loo sail
JAN un the morning uf tho 10Th %
April 1901. after examining the Nud'
OF t.a deceased examining the sur
rourIIugs and iutDrrur0tIng witnHssc
D Iuud. oath. buI tHu deceased came %
{ Ihis death uv committing suicide Do.
ICuttus his tH.UlJ with sharpDuy,
spoon handle. us aforesaid. durIul
som time no che uiEhi OF the -it0
{ ! inst signed Jt..H Romero. Julial
lCcrtlut,s Miguel Iuau " x
, Springer Jacob .tg.l..i ElurrucU
r Zamlra and S. troiIutt Justice of th
. pca0. of precinct So. l3..
. Ihy body Was then removed Go th
. undertaking rooms OF o. W 0trun
ID & Sons, whore the wound was closv
with stitches and preparations mad
n Cor utormcnt
MARTINEZ was resident uf llarola,
! and having been i...| ru .,r uf ai
sault with word uuu as daughter
iulnw last week was utrrcDd Go
term OF sixty Iu. 100 Oh. county ui
&C. WAS about .1 N.H. ui age ana
leaves wife and fuw Ubudr,u q
. griugo. Tho funeral will take plaC
Tomorrow afternoon Iu IfuTyIHH.