Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-08-14
Richard Queen Given Up by
NavajoS Who Rescue Bandit
From Death by Thirst on the
NDeSert.
MAKES CLEAN BREAST;
WOMAN AT BOTTOM
Craig Planned to Kill Chavez
Family to Get Buried Gold to
Pay Way to Chicago to Join
Lady Love,
sneclal to the Morning Journal.

Special to the Morning Journal.
Socorro, n. M, Aug. 13.-Richari
Queen, the man who was with Tom
Craig In the attack on the Chavez
ranch, near Magdalena, Thursday
night, which resulted in the shooting
of Craig by Juan Montoya y Castillo, is
now behind the bars of the Socorro
Jail. He was captured by Deputy
Sheriff Bonfacio Lopez Saturday noon
six miles from the Chavez ranch on
information given the authorities by
Navajo Indians. He was brought To
Socorro last night and lodged in jail,
and today made to the Morning JouI
nal correspondent a full confession of
the crime which he and Craig al
tempted.
The story of the plot and its out
come Is most remarkable and as usual
a woman, and a bad woman at that,
Is at the bottom of the tragedy. Af-
ter the killing of Craig, Queen VINO
fled in the darkness with blood spurt-
ing from a slight bullet wound over
one eye, became lost He wandered
on foot all Thursday night and Friday
in the fearful heat of the sandy mesa
until near nightfall he caught sight OF
a Navajo Indian squaw. Knowing
there must be a settlement nearby he
followed the woman to a Navajo vii
lasSsa8.d 10 Eatcr. as the mar was Al
most dying of thirst. He finally drag
ged himself to a pool of water on tn ?
outskirts of the village and drank
Everything was whirling round me
when I got to the water" said Queen,
"and IL had been a few minutes Ia
ter finding 1t | would have cashed in
Queens actions and the bullet
wound over his eye aroused the suspi-
cion of the Navajos who sent word t0
Deputy Sheriff Lopez at Santa Rita,
The latter at once saddled and rode 10
the village and placed Queen under
arrest, the man being too weak to re-
sist. He was at once taken to Magda-
lena, about twenty miles away and
thence to Jail at Socorro.
Yes, the story as printed in the
Morning Journal was about correct.
admitted Queen to the Morning Jour-
nal correspondent after the latter had
talked with him In his cell for about
half an hour Castillo, who killed
Craig, told the story about as it hap
pened."
Several days ago." said Queen
Craig and l were out at Ketner, In
Valencia county, when Craig told me
that an old Mexican, naming Juur
Chavez y Baca, had an enormous sum
of gold buried on his ranch twenty
miles northwest of Magdalena and
that he, Craig, intended to go out and
get 1t. He asked me to go with him
/ told him that had never undertak.
en- that sort Of a job and that he hat
better not try It. I must have the
money said Craig, because am harc
mp If you don't go with me will
go alone So told him l would stay
with him."
I'VE left Ketner, where Craig hat
been working in the lumber camps, o.
August Q. We made directly across
country for the ranch and arrived il
that vicinity on the evening of the 9th
After he got near the ranch stoppe,
Craig and tried hard to dissuade hin
from attempting to carry out the rob
berry.
"'You are a coward, said Craig, :
am going to have that old mans mo
ney or die In the attempt / could no
stand for being called q coward, 81
we went on up to the ranch house ar
irving, there about O'clock Castli.'
came out and as blind w
made some inquiries about TIL,
Mcbride ranch. We then asked
we could have supper and !
was given to us. After we had finish
ed our supper l went out to where TN,
horses were and called Craig out. 'Fo
Gods .sakef / said to him, give ul
this job Those people know who W
are. they have their suspicious arous
ed. and they are armed and ready 70
trouble
Craig then walked back to tn
house and asked old man Baca for
match, with me after him. He got IN
match and / then stepped out tn
door, thinking Craig was coming afte
me. Just as turned my back hear,
the old man scream and heard a six
shooter click. l whirled around am
fired once or twice into the crowd.
don't know exactly what happened af
ter that, the firing was general and til
mlx-up was frlghtful. In moment
saw Craig fall and supposIng him t
be killed, I turned and ran.
During the fight a bullet Craze
my forehead above the eye where yo
see this scab. 1 got lost and as NJ,
horse was scared away by the shoot
Ing. l wandered around all night an
all day and finally got to the Naval
settlement just in time to save my IT.
When asked the Indians for a hors
they got suspicious and notified Lop
over at Santa Rita"
All Over a Woman.
. II Is understood that infatuatlon IA
woman who formerly lived In Mac
dalena, was at the bottom {
Craig's crime. The woman lei
her husband who is one Of tn