Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-07-21
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could not be carried out in the small
city of Cerrillos, so they came to the
Meadow City on the Fourth, leaving
hubble wondering where his wife could
have gone. He soon got wind that
some erstwhile friend of his was the
one that had liberated his bird from
the domestic coop, and that they We're
in Las Vegas He boarded the train at
once and arrived here Friday. Chief of
Police Ulibarri on the west side was
consulted, and description of the
guilty pair given. 1t so happened that
the police had already noted couple
of strangers that he had seen on the
street that tailed with the description
given and he directed the husband to
the house where he understood the cou-
pie had taken rooms as man and wife.
The husband soon returned and report
ed that they were the guilty parties
spouse. Policeman Ulibarri Immediate
ly went and made the arrest and now
the guilty couple are behind bars, the
husband is swearing vengeance, and
there is blood on the moon in general.
1t has not yet been decided just what
legal action will be taken, but present
feeling is that they will remain in Jail
until the next session of court in Santa
Fe county this fall.
Mrs. James Kennedy visited Judge
Wooster's court Friday night to tell
the Judge how her husband had been
treating her during the day, and asked
to have him put under peace bond. She
says that Kennedy came to her house
Thursday afternoon, tried to kick in
the doors, and caused trouble in gener-
al. She alleges that he slapped her, al
so, and otherwise abused her. Judge
Wooster required Kennedy to give $500
bond to keep the peace and refrain
from troubling his wife. There is di-
vorce suit pending between the couple
and Kennedy says he went to the house
to secure some of his personal effects
when the trouble occurred.
Springer came in for worse storm
than Las Vegas. Incalculable damage
was done there yesterday evening by
hail and rain. 1t was the worst storm
known there in years and large num-
ber of cattle and sheep were killed. 1t
has also been reported here that cou-
pie of men We're killed by lightning, but
the report has not yet been verified.
The Santa Fe depot had every window
broken, and the houses over the city in
general had all the glass broken out of
the north side, letting the heavy rain
in and damaging the interior of the
homes considerably. The losses are es-
timated in the hundreds, If not thous-
ands of dollars.
The cavalry dance Friday night at
the Montezuma hotel in Hot Springs
was one of the most delightful func-
tions in the annals of local military
circles. There was an unusually large
crowd out, there being 116 on the spec
ial train that left at $3.50. The dance,
while given by the troop. was open to
others, and advantage was taken of
the open invitation. The ball room was
resplendent with uniforms and the
beautiful evening toilets Of the ladies'.
Ehler's orchestra furnished the music
and a splendid banquet was served at
midnight. After supper dancing was re-
sumed, and pleasure held sway until
O'clock in the morning, when the tired
crowd returned to the city.
The rainstorm on Saturday night was
one of the hardest in many months, and
quite little damage was done around
town. The rain which began shortly
after 8 o'clock came from the northeast
and came down in binding sheets for
over an hour. flooding the streets and
making the gulleys small torrents. One
may Judge of the amount and swiftness
of the water in the cutters, by the fact
that a couple of dogs were drowned In
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