Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
THE DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
SAD END or ILLICIT LOVE.
III Paso Herald, May 10.

mona rooming house on North Stanton
street. which resulted in the death
OF Mrs. o. NJ. Fairchild and Geo. +.
PETERSON. the former a beautiful wo.
man about thirty years OF age. and
the wife Of o. NJ. Fairchild. who
travels for the Corticelli silk concern
in st. Louis, the latter a handsome
young man twenty years OF age, the
son OF =. N. Peterson, a wealthy pro.
duce merchant of Amherst, Wis.
Mrs. Fairchild roomed on the
third floor OF the building while the
man roomed on the second floor, and Il
was In her room that the shooting oc.
Cured.
MIR. Borcherdlngs Statement.
Arthur Borcherding, proprietor OF
the house. speaking to Herald re.
Porter of the crime said
There has been nothing to In.
dictate any relations between the two
further than that they were close
friends and ] thought they we're re.
spectacle people. The actions OF
these people have been proper as far
as anybody In the house could see.
| | believe that Peterson did the
killing. He sleeps on the floor below
the one on which she rooms and
sleep on the floor on which her room
is located. When Peterson came to
my room | had not been aroused by
the shooting and he awoke me by
knocking on the door. | jumped up
and when | opened the door he was
standing in front of ii, blood dripping
from his face and an awful sight. He
said that Mrs. Fairchild had shot him
and that he was dying.
| told him to return to his room or
go to the bath room and then rushed
to Mrs. Fairchild's room. He went
ahead oil me and when looked in she
was lying on the floor as If dead, a
wound in her head, and he was sitting
on her bed, blood flowing from his
wounds. He again asked me to do
something for him and then rushed
back to get into my trousers and came
| TO the room a second time.
This time asked him how IL hap
pened and he murmered something
that could not Understand. but a
man across The hall says that he said:
How do you know she did not shoot
me?'
| las we turned away for help ] heard
three more shots and rushing back
we saw Peterson In the last throes of
death. a pistol by his hand and the
body of the woman still in the same
position that We first discovered IT,
One OF the shots had entered the floor.
there were two wounds In Peterson's
head and two IN the womans. As one
OF the boarders heard the first shots
and says there were only two of them,
and as the woman and Peterson were
both shot, showing that one bullet
went for each, II is certain that OF
the last three she's fired one OF them
was for him and one for her while
the other went into the floor.
Il am satisfied that he fired the last
shots without doubt, for | believe
she was dead when we first entered
the room and ! am equally satisfied
that Peterson fired all the shots. |
think he went to her room and that
difficulty followed and he shot her
Peterson asked me about week
ago for the loan of a revolver and |
told him had none offered him a
target rifle ard asked him what he
wanted to do and he said he wanted
to go out In the mountain early in the
morning and that target rifle would
not do"
The bodies were removed to the
morgue at Nagiey Il Carr's, where
they have been viewed by many
| friends OF the dead woman today. A
great many people friends OF Mrs
Failchild, seemed TO know consider
able about her private life. but knew
nothing OF any tender relations exist.
ing between the young man and her
self.
Woman Followed From cenver.
Mrs. Fairchld, upon her and her
husband breaking up housekeeping,
went to room at the Ramona hotel on
the 10th OF April. shortly before re.
moving TO the Ramona, Mrs Fair.
child had made visit to Denver,
where she met Mr. Peterson He fol-
lowed her to FL Paso, reaching here
on the 2lst OF April, and began room.
ing at the Ramona. II was noticed
that friendly relation existed be.
tween the two. but MIR. Borcherding
said he never had a more seemingly
perfect lady about his house than Mrs.
Fairchild. The theory which has
gained way today among friends of the
dead woman that Peterson and she
at Denver became fast friends seems
to be logical one in view OF the
young mans following the woman to
Eel Paso.
The mother OF the dead woman Is at
present at San Bernardino.
1t is stated by all who knew them
that Mr.. and Mrs. Fairchild were
very affectlonate one to the other. and