Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-04-29
RELEASED ON. BOND.
Special Policeman Wellington Held
For Murder.
HIS PLEA sELE.pEFENsE.

The FL Paso Herald says that Spec
ial Policeman Wellington, who shot
and killed orrisRosenfield at the Wig.
wan saloon Friday morning. was re-
leased by Judge Spencer after an In
vestigation Saturday afternoon under
a bond y $500, which was quickly
made. the signers being Harry Page
and Charles Wood.
J. M. Jones testified: "At about a
quarter of seven yesterday morning
| was sitting near the roulette wheel
In the club room of the Wigwam.
About this time Morris Rosenfield and
man suppose was his brother came
into the saloon and Morris came on
back to the club room and up to the
roulette wheel. He stood there talk
ing to Mr.. Wood.
into the club room, coming through be-
hind the bar. He sat down on refrig-
orator which Is between the roulette
wheel and the bar. He sat there about
minute and then looked up and re-
cognized this man beside the wheel.
He got down on the box and went over
to the man.
"He said, You are the man that
wrote that letter to me in Colorado
Springs, aren't your
81 didn't hear any more of the con-
versation. The man took off his glass
es with his right hand and went to put
them in his coat pocket saying, What
are you going to do about it?'
Then Wellington struck him,
think with his open hand in the face.
There was no other lick struck. Har-
ris backed off and still had his hands
in his coat pocket. Wellington tried
to get to him and couldn't get him.
Harris ran around behind another
roulette wheel on the west side of the
room. Wellington followed him on
around. AS Harris got around to the
front of this table, Wellington followed
him so close that Harris turned on him.
AS he got right in front of the table
Harris drew a gun from his coat pock-
ct. 1t seemed to go off Instantaneous
ly because the first bullet struck the
floor.
Then Wellington drew his gun and
as he fired his first shot he reached out
with his left hand and grabbed Harris
gun. All this time both men were NOV
ing several feet toward the back door.
They were only about four feet apart.
Then Harris turned around and
started to run. Wellington fred three
times after he started to run. Harris
ran out to the rear door and fell in the
alley. All this time / was still stand
ing near the wheel.
Il saw Harris three minutes after he
ran out and fell He was dead.
Harris had fired a second shot dur
| ing the encounter. This was just as
Wellington threw out his left hand and
caught Harris gun. The shot went
through Wolfington's hand.
Il think Wellington fired four shots.
don't know which shot struck Har-
/ ris.
DR.. Bush was the fourth and last
witness to testify. He stated that
| Rosenfield was struck twice. One bull
| let struck the center of the breast, up
quite high, and came out at the back
on the left side. The other struck on
the left arm and slightly grazed the
skin. He said he was positive that the
body wound was inflicted from the
front.
Judge Spencer promptly announced
that he would hold the defendant over
to the grand jury in the bond of $500,
! but intimated that if that were too
hard to make he would reduce it to
$3.50.
The body of Rosenfield will be ship
ped tomorrow morning over the Texas
& Pacific to New York. The dead
mans brother will probably accompa-
ny IT,
Let's have an Elks' circus during the