The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-03-31

/ by News Butch Price. Mr. Steen
| news butch for insulting ladies and
| this occurred in the Pullman five min
sites before Curtis was murdered in
a day coach. Mr.. Steen said, Il could
see that there was murder in the eye
of the news butch and l told Mr. Cur
saw the butch dart from the sleeper
toward the front of the train and
supposed that he was going for his
gun as l saw him figure in gun play
before. Mr.. Curtis laughingly replied
that he thought his gun was all right,
He went towards the front of the
train and in three minutes was muir
dered by the man I warned him to
watch. This same butch had a fall
ing out with passenger March IS.
north of Amarillo, accusing the pas
senger of taking box of cigars.
Price became violent and secured
gun and was going to kill the man.
The passenger vowed innocence of
the crime, but left the train two sta
tiOns north of Amarillo and he was
through passenger After the man
had left the train the butcher ran
over the train with a sixshooter look
ing for his man peeping into the clo-
SETS
E. L. Price is 26 years old and is
unmarried He has an aoed mother
at Providence, KY, his old home He
has brother, E. M. Price. at Lins-
man, KY, and another c. L. Price, at
Madisonville, KY. To his brothers he
sent messages, telling them that he
was under arrest, charged with muir
der and asking that they come to his
rescue. 1t is reported that they are
wealthy. He said they were worth
100000 He did not want his mother
notified of the killing. Price has been
on the Pecos Valley run since Decem-
ber last. He is an employe of the
Harvey News Company of Kansas
City. One of his first acts after reach
ing the Jail here, showing his won
derfully GOODNESS of brain, was to wire
his company that their goods were
safe at Roswell. Dressed in the San
ia Fe uniform he presented neat ap-
pearance. Since being on this run
he has impressed many with his gen
tlemanly manner and has been of a
quiet, unassuming disposition, some
thing remarkable in news agents.
Before leaving for Portales this morn
ing Price declined to make any state
ment of the case. He said that he
had never had any serious trouble
before. in his whole life, and that he
and Conductor Curtis had been on
good terms. 'FIn fact" he said. 81
always liked the man." He absolute
ly refused to account for the rash act.
A more popular man in Roswell
than conductor Frank B. Curtis would
be hard to find. For the past six
years he has lived in Roswell and all
that time has been constantly wild
ening his acquaintance and friends.
He was genial man, always ready
with a good word for everybody and
a joke for his friends. He was re
spected for his integrity and admired
for his good fellowship. He was the
last person in the world to have been
picked out as man to meet death
through the intentional act of anoth-
er. The whole town regrets his
death
Born at Little Hooking, Ohio, De-
cember 26, 1858, he made that place
his home greater part of his life
Aged AZ years, he had been a railroad
man for twenty years, running on the
Atlantic and Pacific and a number of
eastern roads At times he was away
from Little Hooking for periods. but