Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23

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never broke" at the same instant
drawing a $50 bill from his pocket. He
drew frequently upon his father for
money. and did not pretend TO want
to work. No other motive is ascribed
for his coming TO III Paso except to
be with the dead woman.
Father is Prominent.
A Herald reporter was shown sew
cral letters written by the boys father
to him, asking him to return home
to accept a position with the Interna.
tional Harvester company at good
salary. The letters urged the son TO
settle down. From the trend OF the
letters one would Judge that the son
had promised to 20 home soon. The
father has served several terms in the
state legislature OF Wisconsin and is
a prominent business man OF Amherst.
He had enclosed to the son COPY
OF letter received from the Inter
national Harvester company. Offering
the young man n position at a salary
OF SOS month to begin with II is
caiN thdt loNuk IldH WIS SDt0ulUH
an average OF 5000 month. and while
the father had not complained. he in.
sisted on the boys returning home and
fitting himself for business career.
Peterson had Just placed an order
for a suit of clothes with Drummer, the
on today.
The two bodies present a sad sight
in the morgue today. The woman's
face wears a look OF fright, while ,ne
young mans is natural.
Location Of the Wounds.
DR.. Anderson IN speaking OF the M.
fair, said: II was called to the Ramo-
ma house Immediately after the shoot.
ing. and when entered the room the
woman was dying. The man was lying
on the floor dead took careful note
and found that two shots had entered
the woman's head. one entering back
OF the left ear, and doubtless ranging
inward, the other on the top OF the
head little to the left side. Either
shot would have proved instantly IA
tai
II examined the dead mans wounds
and found that two bullets had pene.
trated the region of the right temple.
one OF which. | think, would not have
produced instant death. and possibly
would not have produced death at all.
simply passing through the bony part
OF the face. The other one, however,
would have produced instant death"
He thought that all the shots were
fired by the man, and said: 81 believe
that first he shot the woman behind
the ear, then turned the pistol on him.
self. Then when his wound did not
produce death he rushed out to tell Mr..
Borcherding that she had done the
shooting possibly hoping that he
would live. He then returned to the
room and finished his deadly work
with her to do away with suspicion
resting upon him, and just about that
time his own wound was bleeding pro.
fusely, the blood streaming from his
mouth and nose. and 1t was probably
paining him severely. when he decided
to kill himself, too, firing the fatal shot
in his temple. The fifth shot which
took no effect. lodging in the door.
think. was fired while he was dying |
believe that the man intended at first
killing both the woman and himself.
but as | have stated. think after his
wound did not prove fatal at first, he
thought II possible he woul save his
life"
Another theory is that the woman
first shot Petersen IN the face and then
shot herself in the head; that Peterson
rushed out and on returning thought
he might as well end II all. shot the
woman in the head to make death GER
tain. then shot wild. finally putting a
bullet in his own brain.
Peterson's Body Goes Home.
This afternoon Nagley 4 Carr re.
ceived a telegram from p. n. Peterson
OF Amherst, Wis. father OF George
Peterson. in which instructions were
received to prepare and ship the BODY
there for interment.
The Husband COMING.
Upon a stand In the room were
found some letters written by Mr..
Fairchild to his wife, telling her
what his route would be for the next
week. He was intending to run into
III Paso the early part of next week.
Who She Is.
The lei Paso News, in It's article re.
garding the horrible double tragedy.
says:
The dead woman was a handsome
blonde, hardly more than 20 years OF
age She Is said to be the daughter
of Captain Tyler. formerly a merchant
and policeman of Albuquerque She
is well known there, where she was
Media Tyler. About one year ago she
was married to o. NJ. Fairchild,
drummer of the Corticelli Silk com.
pany. Mr.. Fairchild was a widower
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