Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-05-03
RELEASED ON BOND.
Spec.aI Policeman Wellington Held
For Murder.
HIS PLEA sELF.DEFeNSE.

TIA, III puso Herald says tina, spec.
ial Polio man Wellington who shot
and killed. Norr,Roscnfcld a. the Wig.
wan -a.oor Friday morning. was re-.
leased boy Judge spencer after an in.
vest cation SATURDAY. afternoon unler
q bond Of $500. which was quickly
made the signors being Harry Page
ar1 Charles Wood
J. VI Jones testified. AT about
quarter OF s'you yc tcrday morning
! was ,t,u. near the roulette wheel
In tn club room of the Wigwam
About this time Morris Rosenfield and
@ man ! suppose was his brother came
into the saloon and Morris came on
back TO the club room and up 10 the
roulette wheel lie stood there talk
ing - Mr. Wood
About that time Wellington came
into the club room coming through be
hind the bar. He sat down on n refrig.
orator which Is between the roulette
wheel and the bar lie sat there about
a minute and then looked up and re
cugni2ed this man beside the wheel
He got down OF the box and went over
II the man.
"Hc said. You are the man that
wrote that letter to me in Colorado
Springs. aren't YOU
II didn't hear any more of the con
vorsation The man took OFF his glass
cs with his right hand ana went to put
| them in his coat pocket saying What
are You going to do about it,
Then Wellington struck him. |
| think with his open hand in the face
| There was no other lick struck Har-
ris backed off and sull had his hands
in his coat pocket. Wellington tried
| to get 10 him and couldn't get him
Harris ran around behind another
roulette wheel on the west side of the
| room Wellington followed him on
around As Harris got around TO the
| front Of this table. Wellington followed
| him soClosc that Harris turned on him
| As he got right in front Of the table
Harris drew gun from his coat peck
| ct II seemed TO 90 off Instantaneous
! ~ because the first bullet struck the
| floor
| Then Wellington drew his gun and
as he fired his first shot he reached out
with his left hand and grabbed Harris
| gun. All this time both men were NOV
| ing several feet toward the back door.
| They were only about four feet apart.
Then Harris turned around and
| started 10 run. Wellington fred three
| times after he started TO run. Harris
ran out to the rear door aud fell in the
alley. All his time was still stand
ing near the wheel
| II saw Harris three minutes after he
ran out and fell He was dead.
! Harris had fred a second shot dur
ing the encounter. This was just as
| Wellington threw out his left hand and
caught Harris gun. The shot went
| through Wolfnston's hand
Il think Wellington fred four shots
don't know which shot struck Har
ris
Dr Bush was the fourth and last
| witness To testify. He stated that
Rusonheld was struck twice. One hui
let struck tine center of the breast. NJ
quite high. and came out at the back
on the left side The other struck OF
the left arm and slightly graZed the
skin He said he was positive that the
body wound was inflicted from the
front.
Judge Spencer promptly announced
that he would hold the defendant over
to the grand jury in the bond of $500
but irtimated that If that were toe
hard to make he would reduce IL to
$3.50
The body Of Rosenfield will be ship
ped tomorrow morning over the Texas
Il Pacific 10 New York. The dead
mans brother viii probably accompa
I