Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-04

saurian, but could not. The city
would not take il. SO in self-defense
he shipped it up to Alamogordo to
revel in the park near the Ell Paso
& Northeastern station.
The San Bernardino Times-Index
says: The Santa Fe's big decapod, No.
9SS, has turned out to be a man-killer.
Last night at about 7:2S the engine
crushed the life from one Mexican and
so mangled his companion that he died
at the county hospital nf shock and
loss Of blood this morning.
The engineer and fireman, w. II.
Heap and r. p. Klinehaus, were run.
ming the engine at the time. They
had taken a siding to let a passenger
train go by. and while backing onto
the main track some moments later
heard the screams of n OF the Mexi-
cans, Jesus Rodriguez. The engine,
which was running light, was stopped
and it was found that the men had
been stealing a ride. They had either
been concealed somewhere beneath
the engine and had fallen off or had
alighted from the fender and were
knocked under the wheels. Juan Val
dez, one of the men, was killed out.
right, while his companion. who had
his right arm mangled near the shoul-
der. lived for several hours.
Chautauqua for cIoudcroft: The
Houston Post, in a recent article
about Otero county's famous summer
resort, says. In line with the policy
Of the Southern Pacific to make traffic
come Its way by securing the location
of attractive features along its route,
the announcement was made recently
to a representative Of the Post that
prominent educators Of national repute
had been interested in a plan to estab-
fish a chautauqua at Cloudcroft. N. M.
Present plans are that the C~loudcroft
annual chautauqua will surpass that
which during the past few years has
made Boulder, Colo, famous. Colonel
.&&
Anderson. who is the authority for the
above statements, is enthusiastic over
the project. and asserts that In a few
years the renowned New York Chau-
tauqua will be surpassed by the in
stitution at Cloudcroft. At present
the project is in the embryo and it Is
impossible to enter into details. There
is no question in the mind of the
general passenger agent, however, but
that the promoters will carry into eff
feet the present conception
Fatally Shot: The post norton in
vestigation of the death of Ambrosia
Pinela. who was found fatally injured
in the closet of a Santa Fe day coach
last Sunday morning at Ell Paso, was
held and the cause ascertained, but
the facts in the case are as much a
mystery as ever. The bullet from a 32-
calibre revolver was found imbedded
In his brain, and the coroner rendered
a verdict Of death by shooting at the
hands of unknown persons. The rail-
road officials can not account for the
murder. except to blame the Mexicans
who were with the dead mar. Each Of
the other men had q wife and a large
lot Of luggage. They acted suspicious
ly, some of the trainmen say, and were
anxious to get away from the station.
Their extraordinary haste was remark
ed upon by the station men. but they
at that time had no reason to suspect
them. The party hustled on their bag
gage and went to Juarez in a wagon.
In less than half an hour they were
on the Mexican side and safe from
pursuit. There is now no doubt that
the Mexican was shot In the closet by
two others, but for what reason, ex-
cept for robbery, is not known. The
theory OF shooting from the outside
has been declared impossible. One
passenger claimed he heard a sound
like a pistol shot, hit paid 20 atien-
tion to 1t.
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