Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-01-14
EXPRESS MESSENGER
KILLED ON the CENTRAL.
r. a. LArTA, WHO LEFT a. PAso
TUESDAY MORNING. MEETS HIS
DEATH AT LAGuNA.

Roy stevens. local agent of the
Wc.ls.farE0 Express company. rel.
cclyod telegram this morning an.
nounolng that h. a. Iatta. o. messcn.
ger for his company. who lett acre
Tuesday morning iu charge OF The cN.
press car of the Mexican Central. was
biiicd mst evening at Laguna. saya
tho vi paso Herald.
MI stevens says that mo- particulars
were con aimed ln the advice regard
Ing the mans death. the wire simply
stating that he had been Killed, and
not even stating whether 10 was in a
wreck from an accidental shot or lf Do
was murder
Asked % be- mad any adylcos az 10
whether an tempt had been made o.
rob the express car MT stevens said
Ac had not. that he had absolutely no
information except that the mossen
ger had been killed
The deceased messenger resided az
Ibllia san Antonio street he was a
single man and had been ln the en-.
pIoy OF The Wcus.Fargo for the past
four or hye months. according 10 Mt
stevens.
This afternoon it Was stated that
laita had committed suicide boy shoot
| ing himself In the head
Lattas run was between EI Paso
and Iacateoas. on the McxicMan Cen
trail
he was tweniyiour years old
The cause of his dependency Is uu.
known His brother. W. X. Latta.
freight train conductor Cor the El Paso
a Southwestern. will leave tonight for
The body
Prior To siN months aro Latta wa
Tor several months 10 tho employ of
tao United States Express company as
a messenger in Kansas.
tFrum Fridays Daily Ciuzeul
Trafic at the present time ON the
M Paso Northeastern has never
been better and every trainman who
shows up ana can pass muster, Is be-
ing hired and put 70 work a number
Of train crews were put to WORK Thu
week
s u. G.imsnaW. general manager uf
the Santa Pc Central railway, has o..
turned AFTER having spent some time
at 81. Louis aud Chicago ON roallrold
business General Manager GrImshuW
viii 10 10 El Paso In few days 0u a
business iaunt,
"a. a.. ...I|.F.
seems 10 have visited an parts OF New
Mexico. and especially the Estancla
/ plains, work Of laying rails on the Al.
buquerque Eastern at the MorIarty end
has been stopped Two miles OF track
have boon laid from the Y az that
point The work Will be- resumed a.
soon as possible
Colonel Theodore W. Herman of tn.
cumcarl, agent Of the Quay Land com.
pany and department, commander OF
the Grand Army of the Republic. viii
take up his residence AZ Santa be f.
ter next week, having accepted the po
sitIon OF land townslte aud right Of
way agent o. the Santa Pc Central
! Railway company
From one to two feet OF snow lies
on the level along the Denver A. Rio
Grande railroad between Embudo and
Antonio. Yesterday morning the cuts
on Barranca hin we're reported
showed shut and train orders were is.
sued for the passenger and freight
train which ler Santa Re at n O'Clock
60 proceed only as far as EuT0udo
Just to show J A. Edison. now OF ths
Cincinnati. Hamilton a Dayton ran
road. but formerly Of the Denver 4
Rio Grande. their high regard for blm.
the penyer a Rio Grande employees
have sent 10 him and his wife a hand.
some dining room set, and to Mr.
Edison personally they present q hia.
mond ring. the pure white stone u
which weighs nearly three carats.
Surveyors az TueumearL
Citizens Of Tucuwcari are perplexed
By the presence IN their vicinity Of a
corps OF engineers. Il Is naturally stu
posed that they are In the employ
either Of the Choctaw or the Rock H.
land but FOR what purpose no one has
az yet been able 20 learn. one sup
position IL that they are Connected
with the proposed limo from Tucum'
carl 10 Amarillo which was partially
graded after previous survey, bat
was soon dropped That the engineers
are there for a definite campaign is
established by the fact that they have
opened offices aud are preparing 10 do
| Heid work