Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-10
EVERY Line A LIE.
Pipe Dream StsI" With Sensational
Trimmings From Cincinnati.
STATEHOOD ENEMY At WORK.

III II ~. 1Ouio ltOpupiiS VI oulIuoy
appears a western pipe dream" evil
IDENTIFY the low and base work of some
enemy of statehood, that is false and
without any foundation whatever. In
the first place albuquerque is an AM
~ericaniZed town, and the natives here
are as peaceful and law abiding as any
citizens in the United States. In the
second place Albuquerque has no such
dance halls as described in the arti-
Gle. The story, injurious to an extern
sive degree and which reflects on the
patriotic characters of the westerners,
is as follows:
Republic Special.
Cincinnati, Feb. Tossing in de-
lirium. Doctor Nathaniel Powell Ora
ham lies in a private room in the Good
Samaritan Hospital critically i'll. An
adventure, such as would try the stout
est heart, is the direct cause of his
present condition, and that he is alive
today is only because a kind provi-
dence diverted the bullet that vas in
tended to lay him low.
Doctor Graham, whose home Is in
Madison. Ind, where his widowed
mother and a sister live, is well known
in this city.
Three years & he was an inferno
at the city hospital. When his eighteen
months term at the hospital ended he
accepted a fiattering offer from a min.
ing company in Albuquerque, N. NJ, to
be the physician for the 1900 men in
Its employ.
Visited By Classmates.
Until four weeks ago he filled that
position to the satisfaction of the CON-
pany, and then one night two tourists
arrived at the Mexican town from the
east. They were Arthur Trumbull and
William French, from New York, class
mates of DIR. Graham, when he was
studying in the east. AS a matter of
course they hunted up their college
chum, and the following night was set
apart to see Albuquerque by gaslight.
In their wandering they struck a dance
house and saloon kept by a Mexican.
The reputation Of the house was shady
and it was known that the most dis
solute characters and ~"greasers" fire.
Quented the resort. The three Ameri-
lions of the motley throng congregat-
ed there from a distance.
Murderous Mexicans.
Just as the ~revelry was at it's height
two Mexicans, with revolvers strapped
to their sides in true cowboy style, en-
tered the place. They walked up to
the bar, and noticing the Americans,
invited them to take a drink, The in
vitation was In Spanish, and Doctor
Graham, who speaks the language like
a native, made a forward movement as
If about to accept. His friends, how
ever, only looked at the "greasers'
with contempt. In a twinkling of an
eye both Mexicans drew their revol-
vers and their weapons spoke almost
simultaneously. At the first shot
Trumbull fell, shot through the heart,
his death being instantaneous. The
, second shot struck Finch in the left
arm and he, too. sank to the ground
The man who had shot Trumbell again
lifted his weapon and a third report
rang out, but the bullet intended for
DR.. Graham missed its mark, and be,
fore he knew it one of the crowd
friendly to him had showed him out OF
the door. The police soon were on the
scene and the men who had done the
shooting were quickly placed under
arrest.
/, Died on Operating Table.
An hour afterwards Finch was
placed on the operating table. II was
found that the bullet had completely
, shattered his arm and amputation
would be necessary. Science, how.
!. ever, could not save him and he died
/ on the table. The next day DR.. Ora
: ham, broken in spirit, packed his be.
/ longings and took a train for New
, York. On the journey he lived over
the agonizing moments of that fatal
night, and when he reached his des,
tination he was a very sick man and
had to be taken TO a hospital. Con