Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-23
Floyd Is Sent
To County Jail
Has Nsw nsllucinasion That
women Laid For Him DIS
sused . Csrn Ssalk,
and Bales d Nay.

am going 70 send you tc Jail for
sixty days. or until ! hear from some
one uho Is interested IN you You
are dangerous man 70 have running
II large around Las Vegas Won are
charged this morning with a serious
oifense. that of flonrishing danger.
Gus weapon and In q threatening
manner | know you ars In poor
health but ,ou are d hard drinker and
| believe ypu are on the verge of del
irium trcmens. said Judge Bope III
police court this morning when 3. A..
Floyd was arraigned hy City Mar.
shal Coles. Mr.. Marshal take this
man to jail and see that he has such
comforts while be Il In confinement
sas are necessary 10 the personal com.
fort of one iii his state III health..
. Mr. Floyd. | have your witch, 4
knife. u calibfe smith u wesson
revolver and sass In money which
will be returned 10 you when further
disposition Is made of your case
the judge concluded. and then Floyd
was marched ont of The juujice sane.
tum 60 become guest n 6otel do
Romero
Floyd Is the man who Was appre-
hended yesterday afternoon In Lincoln
park al the point OF a rifle by city
Marshal Coles He was fiourishing
revolver In = threatening manner and
declared he was looking for five In
dians who had shot at him with bows
and arrows. When the marshal APP
preached him Floyd pointed his re-
yolyer at the marshal who was COM
PEELED TO cover him with his rifle be-
fore he could take him into custody.
New Halluclnsticn.
When Judge Bope asked him what
he had 20 say about his escapade Of
yesterday No declared that three wo-
men disguised 40 corn stalks and
bales OF hay yesterday afternoon ap-
preached his tepee In the tent colony
on Tenth street between Lincoln and
Tilden avenues and then and there
threatened his life and that he was
In pursuit of them with his revolver
when he was arrested. He got this
far with his new concoction when he
was interrupted by the court as quot.
ed above.
Yesterday Floyd said he was from
North Carolina Today he stated he
IL from Welborn, Florida where he
Gays he has wife and family. He
declared Ne has been In Las vegasif0r
bis health since the End Of May. He
has black hair ana beard. heavy eve
brows. dark eyes and Is apparently
about nifty years OF age.
F1oyd's neishbors ii the tent colony
state that he has been saturated with
liquid disturbance for several days.
He had q row Of bottles in front Of
his stcpee. dead soldiers. enough 10
make q new case look like company
Or jkg cure students had been camp
ed In the tent instead Of one man
seeking better health" neighbor
dec3ared.
& Tmseis my first trip to the west,
~ u The Optic. ! thought all the
Ihdhn4 but here had been moved to
|reseryations" "
Were they real Indians or was It
4 cigar sign you encountered. the
reporter inquired.
Real Indians, Of course they were,
he responded with an injured ~
They had bows I'd arrows and bexo1
and paint and 9
Were those women trying e ~.
oh. yes those women, you nIean
the ones ! told the Judge about bnt
/ af this junctsrs the marsAaI was
ready and the interview was snfinisA.
ed. II Is thought that mentally Floyd
Is temporarily unbalanced.
The f,,rr rnf ~ Fro nei anuifa Gan.