La Junta tribune., 1902-03-29
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tuesday evening, has oil course
been the main topic OF converse
} ton among the citizens OF this
community during the past week.
} The general opinion seems to be
that justice was meted out to the
right man and there are few il any
! regrets because OF the notoriety
given La Junta all over the coun
try. Since the lynching more evil
! dence has been secured and our
citizens are more firmly convinced
than ever that Wallace was the
} guilty man.
Coroner Green held an inquest
Wednesday afternoon. and the ju-
} ry returned verdict that Wallace
} death was caused by strsnguistion
:. and gunshot wounds inflicted by
} parties unknown, The dead man
} had s3e. 10 aud an open-face silver
watch upon his person when ar
, rested. which were turned over to
} the coroner by Sheriff Barr. After
the inquest the body was viewed
} by hundreds OF people at the un-
I dertsking rooms OF the Mayhew
House Furnishing Comp any.
} among them being a large number
of women.
Ii is now an almost positive fact
that Wallace IS the man who has
I been guilty OF number OF .previ.
GUS assaults IN this city. Mrs. g.
w. White positively identified
Wallace as the man who entered
. her house on the night OF Novem-
} Der goth, but who was frightened
I away by the screams OF that lady.
4 The train register at the depot
} shows that Wallace was in this
I city on that date. Miss Jane Dodds
I also viewed the remains of the
} dead man. but is not positive in
I her Identification, although she
. says he resembles the man who
} assaulted her on the night of De
I cember I'd. The train register
I also shows that Wallace was in
} this city on his regular run on
that date. He was also in this
I city on the night OF March Ath,
J when Miss Nellie Pearce was as.
saulted. Wallace has been the
regular porter on Nos. 6o7 and 6o3,
between this city and Denver
since November Sth, and has been
in this city every other night since
that date. He made n lumber of
extra trips on the same run previ-
! GUS to that date, as far back as July
There is now no question but
that Wallace has been in trouble
before on account OF committing
similar assaults. A despatch from
! Sedalia, Mo-, says that he served
term in the penitentiary of that
state for an assault and attempted
rape upon little girl.of that city.
A young man who was born and
. raised in Sedalia, and is now work
ing in the Santa Fe shops of this
city, positively identified Wallace
on the night of the lyrching as the
man who was tried and convicted
! of rape while he was living in Sc
daiia. The assaults were just as
numerous and mysterious as those
that have taken place in La Junta,
but Wallace was finally run down
, by bloodhounds, receiving a mini
mum sentence by agreeing to
make a confession.
II The remains Of the dead man
were prepared for shipment to
Denver by Undertader Cook, and
Rev. John Z. Ford, pastor OF the
Zion Baptist church, arrived in
this city Wednesday night to take
charge OF them, returning to Dem
yer on the noon train, Wallace's
regular run, Thursday. Mr.. Cook
says that he made thorough ex-
animation of the body and found
rwenty-six bullet holes, some Of
which were probably made by bull
lets passing entirely through the
body. One bullet entered the ab-