Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-11-19
DYING FROM
MANY WOUNDS
Secundino Macs,
FoundNearUnion
Station.
WAS HE RUN DOWN BY CAB
Struck by Engine or Beaten
by Enemies?-.-Died While
Unconscious.

and mead, his chest crushed in and
partly intoxicated. Secundino Macs.
laborer 5b years old, who lived with
his wife near Guadalupe Church on
the street of that name was found in
an unconscious condition by train
men, lying near street crossing at
the Union depot, shortly after mid.
night Sunday morning. He died at
MS home yesterday afternoon at 3
O'Clock without regaining conscious
ness.
Was Macs run down by cab while
trying to make his way home after be-
coming intoxicated? Was he struck
by a locomotive and after dragging
himself from the tracks, did he fall at
the crossing? Was the man the vic
tim OF a cold blooded assault by
unknown enemies who brutany beat
him into the condition in which he
was found? These are the three
questions now puzzling the police. Of
fcers Romulo Lopez and Bernardo
Baca who were summoned to the
Union depot and who removed the
injured man to his home have made
an investigation, with the result that
they believe he was run down while
drunk by cab or buss, which had
been to the depot earlier in the even
ing to convey passengers from an in
coming train.
A coroner's jury has been empan.
eled and a post mortem examination
and inquest will be held later. When
found. Macs was paralyzed from ex.
posure to the cold and from loss of
blood superinduced by the effects of
bad whisky.
Had Started Home and Lost His WAY
While Drunk.
From indications, he had started
home from down town saloon, after
drinking all the evening and instead
OF following San Francisco street,
then turning to the bridge across the
Rio Santa Fe, which leads to his home
In Guadalupe Street, he took the
wrong street and after becoming lost
wandered about the streets in the vi.
cinity Of the Union station, dazed and
unable to inquire where he was.
Policeman Lopez said that in his
opinion, the drunken man, staggered
In front of a cab or buss. The night
was dark and the driver probably did
not see him. The horses were going
at lively gait and the end of the
tongue may have struck Macs in the
breast. knocking him down and crush.
ing In his ribs like an egg shell. The
wounds on his face and head and per.
hAps several on his body were made
by the sharp shod hoofs of the horses
or the wheels Of the vehicle.
Trainmen Found Body After It Had
Lain for Hours.
Unconscious and alone, the injured
man then lay in the dark for several
hours until train man, Conductor
Barry by name, of the Denver and
Rio Grande, came along the street
swinging lantern. He saw the DARK
form huddled in the road and called
assistance. Macs was carried to the
platform of the Union station. The
trainmen did not believe Macs was
seriously hurt, as he had the appear
a1lce of being the victim of a drunker
brawl.
Blood stained his face and clothing
His hair was disheveled and he wa
covered with dust and dirt from tn,
street.
The policemen placed him in a cal
and drove to his home, after first Sc
curing several men who identified
him.
Surgeon Found Chest Crushed an,
Other Wounds.
A surgeon was summoned and
was then learned that the man ha,
not long to live. All attempts to re
vive him In order to learn how h
came to be injured failed. Hi
breath came shorter and shorter ur
til he finally gasped and died, muttei
ing unintelligibly, as his life fed r.
cardo Alarid, ju 1tice of the peace, wa
notified and at once impanneled col
oner's jury, which after viewing tn
body, adjourned to meet later. In tn
meantime the police were asked t
investigate. At noon today, they re
ported that they were unable to thro,
any additional light on the myster
and mystery 1t will probably alway
remain.
Arrangements for the funeral hav
not been made.
EPISCOPAL RECTOR