Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-28
WAS 1T MURDER?
More Particulars About the James
Young Case at Las Vegas.
THREE SUSPECTS ARRESTED.

The Citizen, yesterday, published an
article briefly reciting some facts re-
garding the killing of James Young. an
old stonemason of Las Vegas. The
Record goes into details and gives
more particulars of the crime, as fol-
lows:
While Thomas Haywood and Edward
French were returning home Saturday
night on Railroad avenue, they found
the PROSTATE form of James Young,
the brick mason, lying near telegraph
pole on the sidewalk south of the Raw
Inns house. They went to the Opera
bar and summoned aid and Pierce
Murphy. the night policeman, and John
Booth went with carriage. picked Mr.
Young up and took him home. They
supposed him only drunk, and did not
know at the time that he was badly
injured. Mr. Murphy undressed him
and put him in bed, and as he did so
laughingly gave him a tap to try and
awaken him. Young replied: That's
enough of that" and that was the only
sign they had that he was conscious,
though during the night he gave evil
dence that his head hurt him and there
was considerable blood on the pillow.
Mr. Young was addicted to drink and
his family did not think anything un-
usual was out of the way and went to
church yesterday morning. When they
returned about 8 o'clock he was dead.
A post mortem examination showed
a bad fracture back of the ear, a clot
of blood over the eye. and an injury
under the jaw. evidently caused by a
kick.
Looks Like Murder.
The physician who made the post
mortem said that the blow he received
was enough to fell an OK, and medical
aid could not have saved his life. II is
his opinion that the injury could only
have been made by another man. and
not caused by falling on the hard ce-
ment walk, as was at first supposed. II
looks decidedly like a cold-blooded
murder for the purpose of robbery. Mr..
Young had only As cents and one of his
pockets was turned inside out when
| found. although he had drawn about
s25 from Mr.. Higgins that afternoon
for work done.
Suspects Arrested.
There have been three arrests made
on suspicion, Elias Padllla, a half
breed Indian, who is a driver for H. G
! Coors. and Francisco Sanchez and
Melton Lucero. The circumstantial
| evidence against the first two, at least
| is quite strong. they and Young hav
/ ing been turned out of a saloon after
! midnight Saturday for quarreling. and
/ il was known that these fellows were
with the dead man up to few minutes
| before the body was found.
! Lucero had been with the crowd
during the evening and he was taken
/ in on general principles. Padilla is in
the county Jail. The arrests were made
yesterday afternoon.
A coroner's jury, composed of Nj. j.
! Crowley, John Ensign. William Fresen
| ius, R. X. NJ. Cullen, l.. ]. Myer and
! n. j. Dillon, has been empanelled and
will hold an inquest tomorrow after
noon at o'clock.
The deceased who was well known
around town, was a brick mason by
trade. and was about so years of age
| He was a member of the A. o. u. w
lodge and had $4,000 insurance on his
/ life. He leaves a wife and four chill
dren. The funeral will be held tomor
row morning at 10 o'clock at the east
side Catholic church.
The deceased was known as a free
spender of money and a whole-souled
fellow.
He was robbed of $40 about foul
weeks ago. but made no complaint anC
it is possible one of the accused was
mixed up in this trouble.