Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-06-18
M'COMRER'S DEAD
BODY IS FOUND
Near a PinOn Log, About a
Mile From his House, and
His Body DeCOmpoSed.
EVIDENCE or A MURDEk

When sheriff Hubbpu was y
= notified ol the mysterious dis y
y appearance Of O. W. McC0mbor. y
y from bis ranch in a small can. y
y yon near Escabosa. in the Nan. y
y z..n9 mountains, ho immediately y
= sent word TO Jose Manuul Mon y
y toya. deputy sheriff at Chuul. y
y to form a posse OF ton men auA y
y search Tor the remains; also Go y
y collect together tho stock of y
y tho missing man and tako care y
y 0i same until further Instructed. y
y Day before yesterday Tho Clt =
y iEcn, on Information obtained y
= from nearby ranchmou John y
y and Frank soibert. published the =
y news Of the McCombor diaappoar. =
y ancc and the fear expressed \
y that ho had been fouly dealt =
= with. y
- Monday ). j. Votaw and a man y
y named "fronchy" we're at the =
y McCombor ranch looking Tor the y
y body. and while az the search =
y found six young calves dead froin y
y starvation, two more dying. and y
y the other stock. about rs head y
y OF cattle. IN an almost starved y
y condition. These latter were col. y
y lectod together and were being y
y driven 20 "Frenchy's" ranch % y
y bo fed. but later ON request. =
y were turned over 20 Deputy sher. y
y riff Montoya. =
y Tho rumor yesterday that two =
y men, with Froncsy. had been ar. y
y rested, ia false. y
y Yesterday the search for the y
y old man was continued. and y
y about o'clock in the afternoon y
y the body was found. =
y Deputy Sheriff Montoya came y
y 10 town this morning and re-. \
y ported 90 sheriff Hubboll The re-. =
y SUE OF hia search Ho stated \
y that ab-ut q milo fiom tho old y
= mans house. az tho foot OF che y
y mountains. tho body was found y
y partially hid behind a plnon log. =
IL was badly doc0mposod. but y
= an examination revealed the fact y
y that the head had seen crushed y
In with some blunt instrument. y
Further examination uf the sur. y
y roundings showed plainly that y
= the old man had engaged In =
y struggle for his life. and that bis y
y body had been daggod from y
= nearby GprInR OF water whero y
y McCnmbor had evidently ridden y
90 wator his horse or cattle 20 \
= the place where Il was found. y
= Horses hoofs wero plain. and y
y following the draggod body y
walked a man wearing mecca. y
= sins.
y Deputy Sheriff dontoya la Of =
y the opinion that McCombor had =
loft his house for the spring. \
y and after watering bis horse and =
y stock was returning 90 tho house \
y when attacked. A bic pinon stick =
y picked up midway bet tween the =
y spring and tho place whore the =
y body was found, was the lnstru. y
y mcnt with which tho cowardly y
y decd was done % was bloody y
y and bore olots OF me hair from y
y the old mans head =
The remains were 90 badly \
y decompOaod. says tho ieputy \
y sheriff that after "a was exam. \
= ined by five other men no or. \
y dored u buried where found y
y Two men. doputizod as officers. \
= were p'-ood IN ehargo OF the y
y house and stock Of tho dead man. =
y Deputy Sheriff Montoya says =
y he is working on some clues and =
y hopes % land the murderera bo. y
= hind the bars OF the county jail y
y Ia a very short time. -
This afternoon Sheriff Hub. \
= boll wired q. A. McCombor. the *
= son az Prescott. Arizona, tho =
y news relative 20 finding the dead y
y body OF hts father. and advising =
y him 20 come and look after bis 4
y effects az soon as possible. 81
y IS SIS NNNN NNN \ y