Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-02-20
.STRANGLED TO
DEATH IN BED
"A White Prostitute Found
Dead at Her Adobe
Room.
NEGRO LOVER UNDER ARREST

rllrd street
Omcor Harry Cooper was the hrsl
of tho police department to arrive on
tno scene Tho woman was found ly
ing ON the bed in scantily furnished
room. her face turned on The LETT side
facing the footloarj che body was
st.lI warm and thc oMrer at hrst did
mo-. believe hor dead. hut Worth. who
was ln The house anu was the first 90
Hnd OBJ. corps, persisted that she was
dead The covers of the bed we're not
disturbed and tbc first Eianco nt the
rom and ,fo woman lying on she
bed apparently asleep. would no,
ur1u., suspicion ot foul play
con- DSnmiUmg tLo body the omcor
found the features of the face ter.
U.F distorted and marks on the mock
a mcmnpr of tho medical profession
Hl. called a1l after only O brief OK.
animation pronounced the woman
dead and that Ucs'h bad been caused
by sIanrllat'on
I.p.c.un at once icII ON Ike Worth
tHu Ur.t found igo murdered woman.
and who uaI uu,u ueuuD1,or of
.H' r0uso whore sh. INpI. De huE
700 several lU.a..0ua Drut bor. and
un.. 900 term .u tho county lln for
...Ur h,r boo .h, ..bs aud otherwise
.ra..u. ibo woman. uo bad just
entity boom relies. d rom doing his
and DC o. thought returned t1
punish hor fn. appearing against him
loo che case
And arns TO- .s spid by come Oil, tha
luo.tu,s of ths section oI tas cts
nat Worth uns Jealous and outraged "a
le woman iur attending The funeral
~ thc oolorci man. John Perkins. yos
to-day morning u company with an.
other negro.
Worth g. a.0u. 'U years of age aud
came Co Albuquerque from Gallup sc,.
aral years ago. Bee never engaged
Loo any steady employ myl,. but bad az
times worked as porter about $3.50
'arrul resorJs of the city. BE &. CON
sloryd q worthless follow aud ald
r.en ordered one oi tho y,ty by thc
police department
IHu woman was HImDlImes known
as Hattie white but whothor or not
hat BE- her right name ls not known
I.lp shr E1s reared uy woman
.urrig m rHp Third street district
HHl now OF W.ualoV. Arizona. by the
aWD 90 I.uhIur De MAus
~. Hr as known Hattie white casa,
900 Albuquerque about CON years ago
from Denver, and .n Denver a o. girl
Nnu called her muthc, She 's known
H Josephine Humphrey and rosIdct
TO 1926 Arapahoo street. Denver Jo
.pu.uU pu MgIs is bel Hol mother
Two ywr ago Worth aud the muir
InrDd woman wen. to silver City and
resided therc some time living 90
seiUer She rwrrneI here and 1v '1l
.9UUt There s mo- record of thol
marriage
The doaI body ui Hattie white va,
moved 90 d. W. strong's Sons morgue
where 10 Vbs viewed hy the roronori
jury
worth was tnkon 90 Tire police sta
ION. where De was put through
sweating process by Sherin Hub
heIl and chief McMllHn He denied
the murder uut said that he saw Fili
herto Gurule leave the house vher,
the woman was found This mar
was arrested and o. held IN conano
ment A close watch was kept ovei
Worth and Gurulo last night
IN searching the cluthing uf th'
uogru the officers found LADY,
watch two finger rings, So In silve
and a breast.pln in which ls the pic
turr of another white woman 1f tht
city who Is wellknown. but whoFu
record is not very nice That W0ul
should have the money che police be
love ls strong circumatantaI oyidenc'
against him. as he had no money whel
| ho came over To- the new town from
the county iail where ho oflCiated NJ
cook aud trusty before being released
While a majority OF those who Gee
quont this section OF the city. whrr
halt a dozen lewd characters hsv
met horrible deaths the past hhec
years, are wllling 20 fasten the ahoy
/ crime upon me negro Ike Worth NOR
on account Of hlb Jealous disposition
and his wcIlkrown brutality towar
! fh woman there are q few who b'
l love that the woman was strange
ln death py another and on tho the0r
advanced by those believing D
! wortb's innocence Chief McMiuIn am
other members of tne police unpar
mont are working on certain clues