The Lamar register., 1905-02-01
BRUTAL MURDER
The Most Horrible crIme In the
History Of Lamar Committed
Monday Morning

History of Lamar Committed
Monday Morning
In the nearly nineteen years since
the town of Lamar was established it
has seen all the stages of pioneer life
in the west, and has been the tempo
rsry abiding place of most all varie
ties of bad men at one time or an
other. but through all the changing
phases of its citizenship, the better
element has been so strongly FREEDOM
inant that it has been known as the
most law abiding city of the valley,
and the crime of murder was never
known here. But Monday morning
this record was broken aud a murder
committed 30 cowardly and brutal
that it is almost impossible to believe
that the perpetrator was human
being.
Julio Rodriguez and his wife have
been running chile parlor in Lamar
for nearly two years and for the past
year have been located in the rear
rear room of Paxton block, part of
the family rooming upstairs and part
in tent back of the building. With
them lived nephew, Felez Cara,
and neice, Guaquina Cara, little
seventeen year old blind girl. The
latter helped them keep the lunch
counter and also slept in the room at
the side.
Monday morning when Rodriguez
went into the chile parlor to open up
about Z O'Clock he found the little
girl lying on the bed with her head
horribly battered up, and a bloody
Ak lying near by. A trunk near the
bed was covered with blood and had
been broken open with the bloody AZ.
Its contents, $500 in cash, mostly in
SIS and SO gold pieces, two watches,
and number of silk handkerchiefs,
had been stolen. Under Sheriff Fred
Lynch and Marshals Kelsey and
Russell were called at once and an
investigation started. Suspicion was
directed towards Mexican named
Jesus Rodriguez, but no kin to the
family, and search was made for him
but he had disappeared.
Jesus Rodriguez has been working
for the railroad with the gang laying
track for the new switches, and has
been living with the Rodriguez
family, sleeping in the tent. He has
been going to work early and always
got his breakfast at the lunch stand
at 4 o'clock, the little girl letting him
in and them going back to bed. There
was evidence that he had cooked and
eaten his breakfast as usual, and it is
supposed that, thinking the little girl
asleep, he attempted to open the
trunk, which aroused the little girl,
and she was Immediately Drained
with the ax.
He is said to have stopped at a
saloon about o'clock and in paying
for his drink exhibited both SIS and
$40 gold pieces, and it was after
wards found that he boarded train
No. and paid fare to La Junta. He
was probably in La Junts by the
time the murder was discovered here.
Sheriff Thomas and Deputy Lynch
went to La Junta last night and are
now on his trail further west
The body of the little girl was
removed to the undertaking parlors
and Coroner Fred Lee impsnelled
the following jury to hold an inquest:
John Curry, Fred Burger, w. i.
Stafford, Geo. A. Watson, James
Hoselton and Dan Carl. The inquest
was held yesterday afternoon and
returned finding of murder without
attaching the probable guilt to any
party.
1t is the hope of all citizens of the
town that the perpetrator of this bru.
tai crime will be run down and
caught and speedy justice meeted
ont to him by the law, as he richly
deserved.