Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-10-31


and he could not shake them. But
he fought furious.y and like a wild
beast Getting mold OF Mr.. Chadicks
hand. ae completely twisted the skin
from oae OF the fingers When the
handouts were produced he at once
became submissive. but the way he
cursed all Americans was absolutely
appalling. The squaw had instantly
disappeared down the almost perpen-
dicular side OF the ravine. leaving no
trace whatever. me only otner in.
habitant of the camp was n thirteen
year old boy. brother OF the squaw.
The shackles were put on and the
Indian was marched afoot to Chad
ick's. he walKing all the way. five
miles. so fast that his guards had to
trot their horses TO keep up with him.
While the posse were eating dinner
at Chadicks nve Indians appeared on
the brow of the blum aoove the house.
but perceiving that they were seen, at
once withdrew. From Cnadick's the
prisoner and the deputy sheriff. with
a driver. went To Chaves in a buck
board. the remainder of the posse,
now increased To eight or nine pee.
sons accompanying on horsebacA.
When Chayes was reached, the place
was nlled with ABOUT l 500 Nayaioes,
gathered there Tor the dance. ,he
prisoner was chained to pipe in the
pump house. while all the white peo-
pie present. about twenty in numper.
were deputzeu as guards.
mere was considerable excitement
in the assembled crowds Of redmen.
white people expressed extreme sat
isfacuon. The chief o, the Indian po-
lice made speech TO the crowd, tell.
ing them that he nad sent word TO
the prisoner 10 come IN and give him
self up This he refused to do. and
now II would go hard with him. The
chief described the crime as the FIRST
OF the kind ever committed by Ma.
vajo. and one of which every Navajo
was heartily ashamed. and for which
| the criminal shouiu ue severely pun
ished. However, he attributed II to
the fact that the man had never re-
, ceived any education. So he advised
his hearers to sena their children to
the whitemans school that they may
grow up wise and good men, and so
avoid such crimes as the prisoner
had been guilty OF.
Mr.. Baca left Chaves for Grants.
on the 2:30 p. m. freight. leaving the
| In, oil 40 Anta a
| No. 3, and reached albuquerque after
O'Clock Sunday morning. The pris-
| oner was conveyed from the depot 70
| the Jail in a mack. and safely placed
under lock and key.
When the crime was committed, an
indictment was gotten out against the
J offender under the term of unknown
| name" II was learned in Cnaves,
where many OF his relatives were as
| sembled. that his name as Mich Cha
1 3yger, or what sounds like II. nd
means Old Owls Sonin-law. rie
speaks fairly good Spanish but very
little English, claims to be q years
old and doeG not look TO be any more,
is nearly six feet In height, an0 rather
| slender, and has two wives. One
lives on the reservation and ne had
! not seen her for more than a year
| till they met in Chaves, Saturday
| when each looked at the other but
neither spoke. The second wife. the
one VINO vanished down the ravine. is
only ls years OF age. and Is the owner
of about forty horses and some 800
sheep. The prisoner was fearful HI
would be killed on reaching Albuquer
que. and In token that he never ex
pected to see her again, he took hi
handkerchief from around his heat
and without a word or gesture, hand
ed IL to his sister Frequently on thu
road he asked Mr.. Baca IA they would
kill aim when he reached Albuquer
que, and he made the same inquiry o
Mr.. Hubbel on reaching the depot Z
course ne claims that he is not thu
man who committed the fearful crime
|, He was dressed in corduroy trousers
black shirt, good SOCKS, and moccs
SINS.