Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-12-07
WIFE PROTECTED HONOR
WITH UNlOADED PISTOL
Probably SdiS VIII be Sentenced
to Hang. and ValleS Given Long
Berth in Penitentidry.
MOTIVE OF CRIME WAS TO
TAKE YOUNG WIFE A CAPTIVE
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. Special to The Citizen. .
. Socorro. n. NJ, Dec. This .
= morning the jury, il the case of .
. the Territory VS.. Carlos Sais, .
. brought in a verdict of guilty in .
. the first degree, and the court D
. will probably pronounce sentence .
. upon him in a few days First de- .
. gree means hanging. .
In the case of Eliseo Valles,-a 3
. partner of Sais in the double .
. murder, Judge Parker granted .
. him leave to withdraw his plea .
. of guilty in the first degree and 3
. accepted plea of guilty in the :
3 second degree. This means a q
. long sentecce in the territorial .
: pepitentiary. :
b Judge Parker is being congra- .
. tulated on the manner in which .
. he pushed these cases along to a 3
. speedy termination. and the peo- .
. pie, irrespective OF creed or ma .
. tionality, are as a unit that the o
. earliest punishment be meted out .
d to these young arch murderers. .
. Sais and Wales were young .
5 sheep herders last September in .
. the ManZanO MOUNTAINS when .
. they came upon the camp of John .
. Billingslea and william McLaugh- .
. lin, the former a Colorado miner 3
. and the latter a telegraph operat- .
. or and Billingslea was accompa- .
. MED by his wife, a young woman 8
: whom he had married only few .
. weeks before AT Trinidad, Colo. .
II was practically a prospecting 3
. tour, coupled with a honeymoon .
. trip, end on September 26, 3
in the afternoon. their water :
. supply running low they asked Z
: Sais acd Wales if they knew .
. where water could he found near :
. by. The natives answered in the .
. affirmative, and, with Billingslea Z
. and Mclaughlin (the wife re- 4
. naming in camp, Sais AID Val 4
Q les started OFF to find water as 4
they stated "only q short dis 3
3 tance away" II was the walk of Z
. death for the two Americans. as 4
. the natives, on the pretense OF Z
. examining the gucs of the two Z
. men, secured the weapons and Z
. then shot to death. in the hack, I
. their unprotected victims. Z
After committing the double Z
. murder Sais and Wales went I
. back to the camp. and. on be- I
. ing questioned by Mrs. Billings I
. lea. stated that the men would I
. soon return. They attempted TO I
: become Ultimate with the young /
. wife but the brave woman, in I
. that lonesome out of-the way I
. camp, with no friend within hun I
. dreds Of miles, stood off the as /,
. sassiAs with an unloaded pistol I
. and the towards left, taking +,
. along with them the horses he I
: longing 10 the outfit
Mrs Billingsie3 remained in
. the lonely camp that cight. the
. next day and night waiting and
. watching for the return of her
. husband and friend. and f,ally
. giving up all hopes, mad her
. way to the village of San Jose,
. where she told her story and her
. suspicious that her husband and
. Mclaughlin had been killed by
. the two young native sheep herd
. ers. She gave a description of
the latter, and on the day fol-
. lowing her arrival at San Jose
. the two murderers were arrested
. and the two dead bodies recoy-
= cred
. Il is stated here that Wales,
. who is a son Of Domingo Wales,
the suspected assassin of Col J.
= Francisco Chsyes, claims that
. Sais first proposed killing the
. men, so that they could take the
. young wife of Billingslea up into
the mountains and hold her as a
captive. not for a ransom but TO
. be assaulted by them al their
pleasure