Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-01-11
DOBSON DECLARES CLIENT HAS
BEEN MISREPRESENTED

If latest reports be true. Gregory
Page, of Gallup, has been placed in an
entirely false light before the public
in connection with the death of Wal
ter Jones. the Indian department en-
ploye, whose demise has caused such a
sensation in the Carbon city.
f. w. Dobson, of this city, who has
been advising Mr.. Page since the coro-
ners inquest was called returned
from Gallup yesterday and reports
that the people of that town are in
dignant over the reports that have
been sent out to the newspapers re-
garding Mr. Pages connection with
the deplorable affair.
"Mr Page has been entirely misrep-
resented" said Mr.. Dobson to the
Morning Journal last night 81 be-
lieve the animus of the newspaper re-
ports sent from Gallup is entirely po-
litical jealousy and that they have
been sent with the plain intent of in
juring Mr.. Page
I'm the first place the verdict of the
jury has been incorrectly quoted.
While neitherI nor some other persons
were allowed to see the verdict. talk
ed with the officers present at the sit
ting and heard the doctors who per-
formed the autopsy and / am in pos
ed a verdict to the effect that Jones
met his death as the result of menin-
gifts. caused by blow given by Page
and from his own negligence, and 9TH
err complications The skull of Jones
was not fractured. The skull was pro-
duced at the inquest by DR.. Johnson.
the c., F. q /. surgeon at Gibson, and
by Doctors Coudert and Stofer, who
made the autopsy They discovered
no sign of a fracture. The physicians
also testified to this effect at the in
quest There was not an indentation
and the only peculiar thing about the
skull was that there was on top of 1t
place about twice the size of silver
dollar where the skull was as thin as
paper
1.-THE evidence showed that Page
struck the man, not with any instru-
ment. but twice. with his bare fist
once on each temple or at the corner
of the eye. From this blow the fibres
became infamed. later resulting in
erysipelas and meningitis. Had the
man taken any care of himself II Is al
together probable the blows would
have had no serious effect. AS 1t was
II appeared that Jones was up and
around and drinking freely between
the time he was struck and the time
he walked off the roof at the Hinch
hotel and fractured his hip. And this
was In the face Of the express order of
his physician, DIR. Stofer that he
should keep quiet until he recovered
from the erysipelas,
The story of the whole affair is Civ
en- by Mr.. Dobson as follows;
Jones arrived In Gallup on No. 2
from the west on the morning Of the
Doth. He went to the Page hotel and
ENGAGED a room. He first made an in
sulting remark to an 1S-year-old girl
employed at the hotel and later to
Mrs. Page, insinuating that the Page
hotel was a house of poor reputation,
n remark which OF course, aroused the
Just indignation of Mrs. Page. Mr..
Page was down town at the time Up
on his return an hour later the Incl
dent was reported to him and he met
Jones short time after in the bar
room below. No one else was present
but Bartender Chrlstman. Page first
4 asked Jones II he was the man who
had made the Insulting remark re-
~arding the character of the house.
Jones said he was. but did not mean
ANYTHING by t." well. you made 4
mistake" said Page and struck the
man with his fist Jones returned the