Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-07-13
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
The Territorial Capital the Scene Of
aTerrible Crime.
GAME or CARDS RESPONSIBLE.

Tho Associated Press sent out yes.
torday only brief account uf the
double tragedy which occurred at
Santa be early yesterday morning
The particulars are as follows.
Early yesterday morning shortly lc
fore % O'Clock. a double tragedy was
enacted in the oxford saloon on San
Francisco street Santa Fc. as the
result uf which two men are dead. The
cause was a quarrel over a dollar. the
stakes in q game of seven up which
both participants, Aibino Arias and
Harry Daley. claimed tu have won
The story OF the anair as told at the
curuuor's iuuucEts s ns follows.
Harry Daley and Domingo Puchcco|
were coming out of the Bon Tor res
taurant after having had n lunch when
thoy met Alhinu Arias. Arias asked
pnCheco tn play a game Cf cards with
him Tor nfty cents ur a dollar pachocu
declined and Arias thcreupon asked
Daley, who consented tn play for o.
dollar and both went into the oxford
Daley got the cards out Of little CaM
not ana both sat down 20 play The
game was claimed by each and a
heated quarrel resulted Daley
reached for his revolver behind the hHf
and Arias drew weapon. One shot
rang out aud Immediately upon IL two
other shots. Arias leaned over and
wrcnched the revolver out Of Daley
hand and then ran out as far as the
Claire hotel turned hack and CutCrod
the Bon Ton restaurant and fell 60 the
ground near the entrance. with the
blood streaming from n wound IN the
left thiEa and still ClutChing DaloyH
revolver Daley fell To the floor IN the
Oyfurd saloon with wound Ia the
LEFT shoulder the bullet lodging In the
spine and paralyzing his body below
the hips In the meanwhile Deputy
sheriff Francisco Gonzales y Bacn
came upon the scene. having heard
the shots and had Daley removed to
81 Ninccnt's hospital Arins was taken
% bis home near the Denver A. Rio
Grandc depot whore be- expired just
ag he was being carried into the
house The two physicians who were
called Ina could do nothing when ,hoy
arrived except 10 determine that death
had Cusuod. Arias leaves a wifc anu
two daughters one single and the
other Mrs ROmulauo TcnoriO. A
mysterious part OF the shooting is that
the revolver that Arias had has disap
pesrcd short time ago he borrowed
D revolver from John V. Conway un
der the prctcnso that he wanted TO &C.
pair H. lie did not return the weapon
and the shotting was probably done
with IL. Only one chamber In Dalcy'f
revolver was empty.
Daley fingered al the hospital until
o o'clock yesterday morning when he
died lie came to Santa Pc from
Ithaca. a. Y. some time ago for his
health and took to gambling To- mako
"a livelihood. Tie had no family.
Justice Of the Peace Francisco An
ava cmpancled coroner's jury as fol
lows 20 pass upon the death OF Alblno
Arias. EnCarnaciOn Sandoval
Charles n. Cunklln, Jose Tapia, Juan
Shoemaker. Nicholas Rodriguez
James Hnvey. They rendered Yer
dict that Arias came 20 his death boy n
bullet wouL from the hands OF Harry
Daley
An inquest was held over the re
mains Of Harry Daley by Justice of
the Peace AnRyn, who empancllcd the
following Jury FREDERICK lopez Hen
itO Alarld Thomas Smith, Ansclmo Ar
milo. Jose &. Sanchez and Crescenico
Martinez. which rendered a verdict
that Daley came 20 his death by bul
let wound from thu hands Of AlhinO
Arlas Dnlcys remains were taken
charge Of by Undertaken James Nc.
CHhe
Roth men were buried In Santa Fe'
this morning. their funerals occurring
az the cathedral,