Arizona republican., 1906-08-13
TIGHTENING COIL
 AROUND SANCHEZ
Investigation of the Murder Or Rome.
 TO in Progress.

Every day some new fact is brought
 to light by the police department II through Officer 4. J. Moore. which | fixes greater suspicion on CarmeliO | Sanchez as being implicated in the | murder of Ramon Romero on South II Seventh street on the night of April !. 9th or the morning of April 9th. At first it was but a faint suspicion but ] new testimony has come to hand 1 which strengthens this suspicion and now il is not improbable that before the week ends, a complaint will be 1 sworn to, charging Sanchez with the crime. So far the evidence is entirely 1 circumstantial. Sanchez has never fur 1 nshed his bail bond to secure his re- ! lease from the county jail on the ! charge against him of assault with in- tent to kill and he still languishes in ] jail
 The most recent story told to the po- lice has to do with the actions of 1 Romero the murdered man, and San 1 chez on the evening of April 5th the
 night Romero met h.s death Accord
 ing to this story, Romero with two i friends were seated in a house in the
 south part of town when Sanchez ! passed, offering tamales for sale. He l
 asked if they wanted any and Rome i TO replied in the affirmative He 1 bought twenty-five cents worth and ] offered in payment a dollar Sanchez ! could not make change and Romero l then said he would walk oyer to the 1 saloon and get the change Sanchez ! offered to trust him but Romero in | sisted on settling the account. When i the two were together in the saloon. | Romero bought d flask of whisky 1 which cost 25 cents and paid Sanchez. 1 Sanchez now claims this was in the ! Cottage saloon. Romero left at i once and Sanchez after a time also l lett the place. He went to the Red l Light and there he met Romero. A l lew remarks were passed. the tenor of l which was that Romero had made fast tme in getting there and that Sanchez { was surprised for he had just left him [ at the Cottage. Romero passed. off the i joke by offering to treat and bouebt :. second flask Of whisky. apparently a | popular method of treating in that vii
 entity. A third bottle was bought and paid for and Romero left the saloon alone Sanchez followed a short time
 afterwards but he claims he did not 1 See Romero again that night or af- l rewards until he was found dead.
 No other person who has so far been l located by the police ever saw Rom l ero alive. but there are witnesses who VIII later be produced who claiD, to 1 have seen Sanchez going in the direc- ! tion Tn which Romero's corpse was found Further investigation will be | lllade this week in an effort to verify | Sanchez's whereabouts the rest of tho | night of April 5th. after he left Ro- l mero. He claims to have been with a | stranger whom he had never seen be- | fore and has not since met. Ii is
 known that Sanchez carried a gun that | night and the police at the time Ro- mero's corpse was found. were of tbe
 opinion that the wounds on the stuu
 were made with a gun. although the 1 published stories said he had been kill | ed by blow with a rock.
 | One nice thing about marrying an old wife is generally there is no mother-in
 law problem.-New York Press.