Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-12-13
etsroLs AND DEATH.


me Citizcn puDiisneu. the Othcr day.
brief account OF the shooting and
killing OF David Baca by City Marshal
Felipe Baca. the crime being commit.
ted In Socorro. The full particulars
or the tragedy are here reproduced
| from the Socorro Chieftain:
| One of the most determined and
deadly pistol duels ever fought In so.
zorro began in front OF the w dsor
hotel Wednesday evening at o'clock
and ended on the stairway inside the
hotel when David Baca fell dead at the
fcct OF the stairs. pierced with two
pi tol balls fired by City Marshal Fee
| ipe Baca.
This deadly affair created some ex-
element in the city. but no surprise.
Just such an event has been confident.
Is expected since about three weeks
ago when the man now dead and two
OF his friends fell upon City Marshal
| 3aca In one of the saloons OF the city
end beat him over the head with
heavy cane and other weapons so Sc.
cral days.
AS nearly as can he ascertained
! from many conflicting reports the
facts Of the affair Wednesday evening
are about as follows:
! The marshal entered the Windsor
bar room and David Baca entered the
Office at about the same time The lat
ter was seen to look through the win.
dow in the partition between the two
rooms as though .ntently IN search OF
somebody and then to 20 out pistol in
! hand at the front door. A moment later
the two men met on the walk In front
of the hotel and the fusilade began.
Deceased then ran into and through
the Office and started up stairs. closely
followed by the marshal using his pls-
tol as fast as opportunity offered. Cir
cumstances seemed to show that the
victim turned to run up stairs. when
the fatal shot entered his right side,
ranged upward to a vital spot. and he
| fell dead at the feet Of his slayer. The
marshal escaped with a pistol hole in
his hat and powder burn on his
| face.
Just how many shots We're fired in
| the affair cannot he told. There were
probably no less than eight. The office
door of the hotel bears the marks Of
three. one penetrated the wall of the
office inside as pursuer and pursued
were running toward the stairway
two or three were fred in the hallway
and probably two at the foot Of the
stairs. II was found that the dead
man had suffered one shot through the
groin. II Is supposed that this wound
was inflicted during the shooting out.
side, and that 1t caused the victim to
drop his pistol and seek refuge within.
a pistol. full cooked, was picked up in
front OF the hotel after the affair was
over.
AS soon as Marshal Baca saw that
he had killed his man he walked back
into the Office and threw the shells out
of his pistol and reloaded II. Sheriff
Blackington soon appeared upon the
scene. took the marshal into custody
and lodged him in the county Jail.
This deadly affair has its comical
side. There were eight or ten guests
of the hotel in the Office when the
shooting began. In an instant splint-
ers and glass were flying from the
front door. Then followed a mad STAN
pede into the bar room, into the din.
ing room, up stairs. anywhere to get
out of range. One man enjoys the dis
tinction of having plunged heels over
head through the wire screen on a
screen door and alighted broadside be.
yond A bigger man made the same
attempt but made a ludicrous failure
OF II. A stranger In the city who was
guest at the Windsor was hit by
some flying putty from the window and
was sure he was shot He vowed that
he served four years In the civil wal
and was wounded two or three times
but that he would not go to bed that
night. He would sit up for the mid
night train to take him out Of town
A coroner's jury consisting Of J. J
Lesson. A. Il. Howell, Henry Dreyfus
G. Biavaschi, Francisco Jaramillo and
Amado Chaves was empanelled Thurs
day. The jury examined the remains
; OF the deceased and gave verdict tina,
he came to his death from the effects
OF gunshot wounds.
The funeral was conducted ut thu
church of San Miguel yesterday after
, neon and the remains were laid to res
in the Catholic cemetery. Company II
In uniform, was in attendance. as wal
also Socorro Hose company No. 1, o.
both of which organizations deceased
was a member. The attendance o
these organizations lent peculiar i'm
pressiveness to the funeral ceremo
/, MES.