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The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15
MALLET FOUND GUILTY
Government Chinese Inspector
Drew and Flourished a Dead
ly Weapon.
THE JURY QUICKLY AGREES
Penalty Prescribed by Law Is
$1,000 Fine or One Year
imprisonment.

Charles V. Mallet, government
Chinese inspector, was tried in
Judge Parker'S court the first of
the week on a charge of drawing,
flouriShing and handling a deadly
weapon i'll a threatening manner.
The jury must have been con-
viuced that the case against NAL
let was strong one, for they
consumed very little time in
agreeing upon a verdict of guilty.
The circumstance of this case
were quite out of the line of the
ordinary. Last March complaint
was filed with Elfego Baca, then
district attorney, against Mallet,
charging him with carrying a
deadly weapon. 1t was reported
at the time that Mallet sang in a
church choir with his pistol
hanging to his belt in plain sight.
When complaint had been made
in due form, Deputy Henry Drey-
fus, armed with the proper war
rant, went down to San Marcial
to arrest the offender. When the
warrant was served, Mallet treat
ed the matter very lightly. He
announced that he was a United
States officer, drew and flourished
his pistol, and seemed disposed to
resist the officer in the discharge
of his duty. He finally yielded,
however, and his trial followed.
District Attorney H. A. Wolford
was assisted in the prosecution
by Attorney Elfego Baca.
The penalty prescribed by law
for the crime of which Inspector
Mallet has been found guilty is
fine of not more than $1,000
and Imprisonment for not more
than one year.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15
soCORRO. NEW MEXICO. SATURDAY DECEMBER Is 1905
CAUSES FOR THANKFULNESS.
The Flagstaff Gem Man Finds Them
to Be Numerous.

We are thankful that we are
not dead, hung, killed, murdered
or an occupant of a well-kept
cemetery.
We are thankful that we have
no lifetime sentence in the Yuma
penitentiary.
We are proud that we did not
marry New Mexico, but we are
willing and anxious to marry any
other woman under the sun who
will take care of us and provide
for the family.
We are gratified to know that
our .meal ticket is not entirely
mutilated, and that we are able
to stand off the washerwoman.
(To show that our heart is in the
right place, we are willing to
marry her and thereby wipe out
the debt, for it would then be in
the family.)
We are grateful that our de-
linquent subscribers are on the
decrease. Some of them have
died, others have left the country,
some been sent to the peniten-
tiary, and the remainder refuse
to take the paper out of the post
Office for the reason that it is not
worth reading. We wish they'd
thought of. this some years ago.
We are thankful that the cam
paign is over, for now we don't
have to drink mean whisky,
smoke bum cigars nor associate
with candidates.
We are thankful that today is
Thanksgiving, for we have re-
ceived three invitations to eat
turkey, and we accepted. 1t is
not often that an editor meets
with such luck, and we don't
mean to disappoint the inviterS.
We are thankful that we have
so many warm friends among the
business men. They write us a
personal letter the first of each
month. They don't inquire about
our health, but seem to be inter
ested in our finances. The gist
of their letters runs about like
this: Dear Sir-You are due
s.. Please remit" AS some
of them have kept up this corre-
spondence for years, it shows
that they keep us in their mem
ory. Flagstaff Item.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15
SANCHEZ IS ACQUITTED
On the Charge of Having Murdered
His Fellow Sheep Herder
Last April,
JURY OUT ONLY TEN MINUTES
Found That There Was No Evidence
Whatever on which to Base
Conviction.

Dionicio Sanchez was tried in
the district court Thursday and
Friday on the charge of having
murdered his fellow sheep herder
on the first day of last April.
The circumstances OF the case
were very remarkable. Leopoldo
Sanchez, the deceased, was shot
in the forehead. the bullet COM
ing out at the back of his head.
In this condition he wandered
about near the Datil mountains
for nine days before he was
found. He was then brought to
Magdalena, where he survived
seven days more in a half-crazed
condition, being of course unable
to give any rational account of
what had happened him. Dioni-
clio Sanchez, fellow sheep herd
er, was accused of having muir
dered the deceased, and was
brought to trial, but it took the
jury only ten minutes to find
verdict of not guilty. There was
absolutely no testimony intro
duced to warrant any other ver-
dict.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15
MRS. VIM. MCLAUGHLIN
Wife of One of the Men Murdered
in the Manzano Noun
tains
TOO POOR TO BURY HUSBAND
Corpse Now Lies in Noun = -
Where He Was Shot to
Death

A battered 30-30 Winchester
rifle standing in one c.;lec of
her room at the Claire hotel.
Santa Fe, is the CHASTITY relic OF
the killing oi her husband,
which Mrs. William Mclaughlin
is taking with Aer to her home
in Selida, Colo. William Nc
Laughlin, a telegraph operator,
and James Billingslea we're shot
and killed with this Winchester,
McLaughlin's own gun, by Ellis
co Wales and Carlos Sais, native
boys, in the Manzaro mountains,
September %.
According to Mrs. McLaugh-
lin, the bodies are still lying
where they fell, unburied except
for a crude pile of stones raked
about them to guard them from
coyotes.
With tears in her eyes, the lit
tie woman said in an interview:
Il would like to have the
corpse of my husband buried,
but | am too poor. | am left
without dollar and with three
little children to clothe and
feed. "
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15
RICHARD QUEEN PLEADS GUILTY
Of Assault with Intent to Kill Juan
Chavez y Baca

Richard Queen. arraigned be-
fore Judge Parker OH a charge of
assault with intent to kill and
rob Juan Chavez y Baca, pleaded
guilty. 1t will be remembered
by readers of The Chieftain that
Queen and his accomplice, Tom
mie Craig, came down from Ket-
ner for the purpose of robbing
Mr.. Chavez, who was reputed to
have large sum of money on his
premises, twenty miles northwest
of Magdalena. The robbery was
attempted on the 9th of last Au-
gust. Mr.. Chavez was severely
injured by being beaten over the
head with a pistol, but his SON
in-law, Juan Montoya y Castillo,
came to the rescue, killed the
assailant, and grazed the fore
h cad of Queen, who was running
away, with a ball from his pistol.
Queen wandered about for two
days on foot without food or
water, and was then arrested,
brought to Socorro and lodged in
the county Jail to await trial. He
will doubtless serve a term of
several years in the penitentiary
as a penalty for his foolhardy
criminal undertaking.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15
JUDGE FREEMAN SAFE
He Emerges from a Snowy Pris-
on after Two Davs Of
Suffering.
WAS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER
A Sheep Ranger Rescues Him
in an Exhausted
Condition.

A dispatch from Carlsbad, Eddy
county, dated December 10. says:
Judge A. A. Freeman has re-
turned from his hunt for big game
in the Guadalupe mountains, hav-
ing been rescued from the bliz-
zard by James DeMoss, n noun
tain sheep rancher. DeMoss re-
lateS that Judge Freeman had an
extremely irving time for a man
of his age, having been confined
in hunting shack from Sunday,
the first day of the blizzard, to
Tuesday afternoon without food,
fire or water, and he suffered
greatly. Thewhole hunting party
remained under blankets for that
time.
The snow was banked ten feet
high round the camp.
Finally on Tuesday afternoon
late the Judge arose and ventured
forth, and was almost exhausted
from the cold and stalled in deep
snow when he was found BY De-
Moss and taken to the latter'S
ranch, some miles away from the
hunting camp.
During all that time Judge
Freeman's family had no word
from him and did not know
whether he was dead or alive.
Judge Freeman came to Caris-
bad about sixteen years ago from
Washington, ID. c., where he had
been assistant attorney general
under the Hayes administration,
and, after serving twelve years
in that Office, formed law part
nership with Senator Money OF
Mississippi for the District OF
Columbia.
In 1889 hewas appointed United
States district Judge for New
Mexico by President Harrison,
holding that Office for several
years. Judge Freeman is a Ten
nesseean by birth, and was prom.
inent in politics of that state
after the civil war, making a
brilliant canvass for governor
against Gen. John c. Brown on
the republican ticket.
Several other hunting parties
have returned, and all report
trying times in the blizzard. One
party, of whom County Probate
Clerk w. h. Owen was a mem.
ber, was caught in the noun.
tains just few hours after the
storm broke in its fury and be.
fore they had pitched camp. All
hands and teams were compelled
to work all night cutting and
hauling wood to keep from freez-
ing, as they had gone out totally
unprepared for such severe
weather.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15
ZINC ORES IN NEW MEXICO.
Territory Coming to the Front As
One of the Big Producers.

The output of zinc ores in New
Mexico for the year 1906 will ex-
ceed that of any previous year.
and it will be much larger than
that of the year 1905, which has
the best record in the production
of zinc ores in the Sunshine ter
ritory up to date, says the New
Mexican. From the branch line
of the Atchison. Topeka & Santa
Fe railroad from Socorro to Mag
dalena, where the output of the
Kelly and Magdalena districts is
handled, about three car loads of
ore are now being shipped daily.
1t is expected that this will be
increased after the first of the
year. New Mexico is coming
steadily to the front as one of the
big ore producers not only of this
country, but on the globe.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15
INTERESTING CASE IN COURT
Brought from Sierra County on
Change of Venue.

The records of the office of
District Clerk w. E. Martin
show that an interesting case
has just been brought over from
Sierra county for trial in the
district court for Socorro county.
The style of the case is c.. l..
Turner q Sons VS.. Santa Rita
Mining Co. and Santa Rita Store
Co. The complaint sets forth
that the plaintiffs were doing a
profitable business in selling sup
plies to the employees aud lessees
of the defendant companies aud
to others, when the defendants
entered into a conspiracy TO in
jure the plaintiffs in their busi-
ness, and did so injure them, by
threats against the employe es
and lessees of the defendants
who should have any business
relations with the plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs, therefore, seek to
recover damages in the sum of
$4,000. The case is the first of
the kind to be brought in Socor-
ro county, if not in New Mexico,
and its outcome will be awaited
with considerable interest.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15
Marriage Licenses Issued.

Marriage licenses have recent
ly been issued in the Office of
Probate Clerk b. A. Pine to the
following named persons:
Mauricio Gallegos. aged 43
years, and Mauricia Silva, aged
43 years, both of San Marcial.
Willie Cline, aged p years, OF
Kelly, and Teodora Madrid, aged
20 years, of Magdalena.
Lorenzo Vigil, aged 30 years,
and Doloritas Romero, aged IL
years, both of Carthage.
Grover c. Woodland, aged p
years. and Rosalie BroyleS, aged
1S years, both of San Marcial.
Donaciano BuStos, aged a
years, and Romelia Silva, aged
"a years, both of Kelly.
Juan Ma. Gomez, aged % years,
of San Marcial, and Rufina Con.
zales, aged Is years, of Magda.
lena.
Jesus Ma. Lobato, aged p
years, of San Pedro, and Angel
lea Silva, aged 10 years, of Car
thage.
Felipe Padilla, aged 21 years
of Pinoville, and Sofia Gutierrez
aged 80 years, of Largo.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15
SOCIETY IN SOCORRO
Was Quite Cay During the Week,
With Card Parties and Various
other Entertainments.

Mrs. p. j. Savage, assisted bv
her charming little daughter
Alma, entertained a number of
her lady friends Wednesday after
noon at her home in the eastern
part of the city in honor of Mrs.
w. +. Murray (nee Greenwald) q.
Mrs. Murray, who is an accom-
plished vocalist, rendered several
beautiful vocal selections during
the afternoon, while Misses Alma
Savage and Hazel Howell did
their share of entertaining on the
piano, which instrument was a
present to the little daughter
from her parents a year ago.
Mrs. Savage is a charming,
gracious entertainer, and this, as
do all her efforts, proved a
social success. The ladies re-
ceiving invitations were: Mes
DANES II. M. Doughertv, ]. G.
Greenwald, w. f. Murray, f. G..
Bartlett, w. E. Martin, h. p.
Noble, w. G.. Hammel, John
Bowman, w. d. Ncwcomb, e. T.
Brown, II. o. BurSum, Thomas
Jaques, M. Cooney, Phoebe How
ell, ]. f. Cook. VIM. Driscoll,
George +. Cook, j. II. Hilton,
A. Mayer, and Miss Hazel How
ell.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

There is more catarrh in this
section of the country than all
other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pro-
nounced it Il local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it
incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional
disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
+. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitut ional
cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops
to teaspoonful. 1t acts direct
Is on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure. Send for circu-
lars and testimonials. Address:
+. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
slipation.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

Max b. Fitch came up from his
mining property at Engle this
morning, and is spending the day
in the city. 1t will be unpleasant
news to the Socorro friends of
himself and family to learn that
he has just purchased home in
FL Paso and will take up his res
idence in that city in the near
future. Mr.. Fitch and family
have resided in Socorro for sew
eral years, and their many friends
here will have excellent reason
to be sorry that Socorro must lose
them.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15
OLGUIN TAPPED THE TILL
At Geo. Z. Cooks Livery Stable and
Was Caught ir the Act.

Miguel Olguin was caught in
the act of rifling the money
drawer at Geo. f. Cooks livery
stable Thursday night. For
month the cash in the drawer
had been mysteriously short
from one to three or four dollars
nearly every day, but last Satur-
day night the shortage took a
big jump. That night S14.9O
disappeared. Tuesday night
about the same amount came up
missing. Thursday evening
Mr.. Cook marked several pieces
of money in the presence of wit
nesses and put those pieces in
the drawer. He then bored a
small hole in the iron ceiling of
his office, stationed himself where
he could look through the hole,
and awaited developments. He
had not waited long when
Olguin entered and went at the
business of abstracting the cash
very much as though he were
used to the business. He took
the precaution, however, to step
out two or three times to be sure
that the coast was clear. Early
yesterday morning Olguin was
arrested, the marked money was
found in his possession and he
was brought into Justice Green's
court where he was given hear
ing and released under a 81, 900
bond. This. case may possibly
throw some light upon the num-
erous cases of burglary and lar
ceny the perpetrators OF which
have escaped detection and pun
ishment in Socorro of late.
Charlie Cooney is expected to
arrive in Socorro from Mexico to
spend the holidays with his pa
rents, Captain and Mrs. M. Coo
ney. Charlie has been engaged
in mining down in Mexico for
some time and is doing eX-
tremely we'll.
Messrs. Nazario G.. Baca and
brother, ID. b. Baca, merchants
of Quemado, arrived in the city
Thursday. They left this morn
ing for ST. Louis to purchase tn,
seasons stock of merchandise
They will return home in abou
two weeks.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

]. s. MactaviSh, manager for
the Becker Blackwell company at
Magdalena. and cashier of the
newly organized Bank of Magda-
lena, was in town Thursday on
his way to Clifton, Arizona. The
occasion of Mr.. Mactavish's trip
was the fact that the Becker
Blackwell company's Clifton store
had been somewhat damaged
by the recent flood that nearly
devastated the city.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

Mrs. c. G. Duncan provided
a birthday surprise party for the
doctor last evening. A number
of friends were invited in and
the evening was very pleasantly
spent at whist. Those present
were Mesdames Berry and Grif-
fifth, Misses True. Price, and
Berry, and Messrs. Kittrell, Crit
fifth, Batchelder, Robbins, Hill,
and Drake. All took leave wish
ing the doctor many happy re-
turns of the day.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

w. S. Fullerton was visitor
in Albuquerque yesterday. The
Citizen speaks OF him as one OF
the prominent cattlemen of Socor-
TO county.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

H. II. Maybery, one of Socorro
county's substantial stockgrowers
from Datil, was among those
whom court business brought to
town Wednesday.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

Rumors reached Socorro We'd
nesday evening to the effect that
Magdalena had just been visited
by a windstorm that threatened
dire disaster to the town. Parties
from there say, however, that,
while the wind blew pretty hard,
there was no cause whatever for
alarm.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15
CRIMINAL DOCKET.

Territory VS.. Pedro Serna, sell
ing dressed meat without keep
ing a record of the brand; nolle.
Territory VS.. Luis Silva, sell
ing dressed meat without keep
ing a record of the brand; nolle.
Territory VS.. David Lopez, sell
ing dressed meat without keep
ing a record of the brand; nolle.
Territory VS.. Frutoso Barreras,
larceny of cattle; nolle.
Territory VS.. Donaciano Ara
gon, assault upon his wife; nolle.
Territory VS.. Octaviano Chavez,
assault and battery; nolle.
Territory VS.. Charles Mallet,
drawing and handling deadly
weapon; nolle.
Territory VS.. Jose Romero,
drawing and handling deadly
weapon in a threatening manner;
nolle.
Territory VS.. Charles V. NAL
let, drawing and handling a dead
ly weapon in a threatening man.
ner; verdict of guilty, and de-
fendant placed under $500 bond
pending motion for a new trial.
Territory VS. Eliseo Wales and
Carlos Sais, murder; Eliseo Wales
pleads guilty to murder in the
second degree; verdict of guilty
of murder in the first degree as
to Carlos SaiS.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

Baca & Torres have moved
their stock of groceries into the
room formerly occupied by Felix
Garrett's barber shop. Superin-
tendent Torres also occupies one
side of the room with his stock
of school books and stationery.
This makes very convenient
arrangement for all concerned.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

Hon. and Mrs. II. o. Bursum
entertained a small party of
friends at a six o'clock dinner
Thursday evening, which was
dainty and charming in appoint
ment and effect, at their hand
some home on Baca avenue.
Those accepting Mr.. and Mrs.
Bursum's hospitality were: Judge
+. w. Parker, Hon. and Mrs. H.
A. Wolford, Hon. and Mrs. w. f.
Martin, and Miss Minnie Nc
Glinchy.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

Mrs. George f.. Cook enter
tanned the ladies' high five club
Thursday afternoon at her pleas
ant home on Grand avenue.
After dainty refreshments had
been served, the prize for the
afternoon handsome hand
painted china dish--was awarded
to Mrs. c. G.. Duncan by a draw
with Mesdames ]. G.. Fitch. w.
ID. Newcomb and A. Mayer, the
four ladies having won FIVE
games each out of the six that
were played during the after
noon. Mrs. Cook was unani-
mouSly voted success as an en-
tertainer by all present, who
were: Mesdames {. II. Brown,
j. G.. Fitch, c. @. Duncan, C. f.
Blackington, H. M. Dougherty,
w. F. Murray, w. H. Hill, J. f..
Griffith, ]. G.. Greenwald, h. p.
Noble, w. E. Martin, h. w.
Twining, A. L. Mitchell, w. ID.
Newcomb. J. f. Cook, A. Mayer.
and Misses Lena Price and Anne
Fitch.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

f. II. Gregg, manager for the
Graphic Mining company, in the
Magdalena district, was in town
Tuesday. Mr.. Gregg is very pos
tive in his opinion that he has
developed in the Graphic mine
the biggest body of high-grade
zinc sulphide ore that any mine
in the world can boast, and he
predicts that the year 1907 will
be a record breaker for the Mag
dalena district.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

By one of those slips that will
occur in the best regulated news.
paper Offices, in spite of the ut
most care, the name of George E.
Cook was omitted last week from
The Chieftain's list of officers
elected by Magdalen Chapter
No. 9, o. f.. S., at the last regu-
lar meeting. Mr.. Cook was elect
ed Worthy Patron.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

An assortment of fancy sta
tionery at the Chieftain office.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

Subscribe for The chieftain.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

The masquerade ball to be
given by Socorro Hose Co. No. l
on the evening of December rs
is being looked forward to with
anticipation of great pleasure as
the social event of the season.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

The society editor knows some
other things that are on the
tapis, but the word is mum"
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

Mrs. w. f. Murray, who has
been the guest of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Greenwald of
this city, left for her Denver
home this morning. Mrs. Muir
ray was the recipient of many
social attentions during her visit
of the last three weeks.
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15
IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
Cases That Had Been Finally Dis
posed of up to Last Night.

The cases that were finally dis
posed of in the district court this
week up to last night were as
follows:
The Socorro chieftain., 1906-12-15

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