Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-31
SlASHED TO KILL.
Constable PIacido SaIazar the Victim
of q Stabs and Cuts.
DR.. PEARCE ATTENDING.

Placldo SalaZar, the well-known con
stable OF precinct CBarelas), lies al
MS nome just south of the city limit
In dangerous condition-in fact, Dr.
). +. Pearce, who was called to see
him early this morning, gives the in.
formation that if he survives it will be
a miracle.
Last night, the new adobe dance hail
recently erected by Thomas Guruie on
south Second street, Just beyond the
city limits, was initiated by dance
and everybody in that neighborhood
was invited and expected to attend.
A large crowd was present and ev.
erything went along merrily until Con.
stable SalaZar, with party of young
men, left the hall This was about 2
o'clock this morning, and from all ac.
counts they entered the house of Fran
cisco Molino, No. 1919, adjoining the
hall on the south.
No special noise was heard after the
departure of these men from the hall,
but an hour later Salazar was found
lying on the ground, in the small pass
age between the hall and Molino's
house, in an unconscious condition,
blood flowing from many cuts on his
face and body, and no one around to
tell the tale.
Ii was then a messenger was dis
patched for deputy sheriff and E. c.
Newcomer appeared, who soon put un-
der arrest Estanaslo Sais, followed
shortly afterwards by the arrest of
Solomon Armijo, Celso Romero and
Francisco Molino. AS the crime was
committed outside of the city limits,
the men arrested were put in the coun-
iail and Saic cox hot ha
prit-the man who used the knife--is
Juan Armijo. He escaped after the cut
ting and up to o'clock this afternoon
had not been apprehended.
A Citizen representative, accompan-
led by Policeman Martinez, visited the
Salazar home in Barelas this after
noon, and found him too ill to talk. DR..
Pearce had been there, and had skill
fully sewed up twenty-one wounds, a
majority of them being dangerous.
Fourteen wounds were found on the
body, the abdomen being ripped open
for several inches, and seven wounds
on the face and neck. The cut in the
abdomen is very dangerous, likewise
the cut in the left side of the face.
the knife penetrating the mouth and
clipping off portion of the tongue.
This cut extends almost from ear to
ear.
1t appears that Salazar was held for
his antagonists knife, and that the
left side of his body got the majority
of the wounds.
Sais is accused of holding the vic
tim, and Juan Armijo, who has evaded
arrest, is accused of handling the
knife.
The victim is a well-known citizen
of Barelas, and, while he had his enc
mics, he was nevertheless a good con-
stable for that precinct where so many
tough characters reside and charac-
ters who are always ready to use the
knife or the sandbag. Salazar is a
married man, with a wife and a son,
the latter aged about IL years, and an
aged father, who has the esteem of
everybody in that precinct These peo.
pie have the sympathy of their friends
over the fate which has overcome
Placido SalaZar-son, husband and
father, and if he survives his danger
Gus wounds it will be through the
skilful work of DR.. Pearce, VINO is
watching his patient carefully.