Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-19
HIS WlFE'S LOVER.
Woman Admits Intimacy and Hus.
band Shoots Her Paramour,
JAMES BOLTON THE VICTIM.

w. Il. Pearson, q coke washer work.
ing at Segundo. neal Trinidad. Colo.
went to the spot where his wife had
met her lover. James Bolton. clandes.
timely. and shot him down before her
eyes. At the inquest held the woman
admitted the intimacy, but accused her
husband of having been first unfaithful
to her. The shooting was the result
of the betrayal of Mrs. Pearson by her
10-year-old daughter. Deputy Sheriff
Kreeger. who was sent to arrest Pear
son, was stoned by Mexicans and came
near losing his life.
Pearson moved to Segundo from
Trinidad. He was employed Under the
street commissioner. Among his ear
liest acquaintance and closest friends
at Segundo was Bolton. So friendly
were the men that Pearson asked Boil
ton to board at his residence.
Bolton Ordered From House.
According to the story of the wit
nesses at the inquest-it was during
the time while Bolton was rooming in
the Pearson home that the intimacy
between him and his friends wife
sprang up. The little daughter of the
Pearsons informed her father of the
state of affairs and Pearson ordered
Bolton e leave the house. Bolton.
however, Mrs. Pearson says, called
quite often during the absence of her
husband.
Sunday evening he came and per-
suaded her to take a walk with him
After the couple had left the house the
little girl al to the coke ovens, where
her father was employed, and told him
that they had gone and indicated the
direction they had taken.
Pearson ran to the house and Sc
cured his revolver, then set out in
search of the pair. He encountered
them at the top of a hill and informed
the man that there would have to be
an immediate settlement between
them. Bolton turned and ran. Pear
son. hurting epithets after him. drew
his revolver and fired. The bullet
struck Bolton in the back and passed
clear through him. The heart and
lungs were penetrated and Bolton died
within a few moments.
Another Woman in the Case.
Pearson telegraphed Sheriff Clark
anu Coroner Sipe at Trinidad. The one
he requested to come and take charge
of the body of the dead man and the
other to take him in custody. He
claims that he did the shooting in self.
defense. Mrs. Pearson denies this and
says that her intimacy with Bolton
was caused by the un~faithfulness of
her husband. She testified that Pear
son at one time brought a woman into
her house and said that she must be
allowed to stay there. Mrs. Pearson
said he admitted that the woman's
past had been questionable, but that
he intended to reform her.
While Deputy Sheriff Kreeger was
driving to Segundo to arrest Pear
son, he was attacked by several Mex
leans who stoned am from the top OF
the hill. The sheriff had his head
heavily b~andaged as a result of wounds
received by being thrown from a train
recently. and these bandages n a
heavy blanket, worn to keep h cold
air from his wounds. are all that saved
his life. One of the rocks, weighing
two pounds. hit him a glancing blow
on the head. Later he returned to the
spot and arrested Cruz Cordordozar
whom he recognized as n of his as
sailants.