Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-08
WAS Caldwell KILLED
BY A CRIMINAL?
Whom he Had Arrested as a
Secret Service
officer.
TRAILING NOTED CRIMINAL
SuCh q Story Now Comes From
Los Angeles People. Who
Claim 20 Know.

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rounds che identification of che dead
man Hi Borders undertaking rooms
ana who was supposed io Deg Charles
a. Caldwell continues 90 deepen. NE
corpse win become noted because
the undertaken aud local peace on
rera. with the aid of santa ~ secfet
Service Olieer Williams have
worked nll SHOWN cinWa in lhe hope
oi hndlnE out something thai would
lead Oh a positive Identification 0l the
dead body. bm all efforts $50 ur have
IallCi
u remained. however. fof los An.
gales people iu como 90 tho front
with a murder ciea. as the following
article from iho los ARkeies Exam.
liner az November es indicates
% b possible that Charles "A. cald.
weli Formerly of i.os Anaclea whose
body was found about twenty ave
miles north ol Alhnuu rQuo 81 H.
hesldo the ennia Fe tracks, nearly
three wcohs ago came to bis death
ne The hands OF e desperate criminal
whom Be had captured and whom a.
was taking back eesi.
For three weeks thu body has been
/ lying IN the mofEne at Albuquerque,
! while the authorities have b en tele
graphing nll over the country trying
l 90 definitely establish the identity 81
ihe mar and end hla relatives.
The first clue was discovered yes
tordny when "a telegram was received
by abe Examiner that among Che dead
mans effects was q lctirr which stat
ga that Caldwell once worked as q
quarantine guard IN Los Angeles
under Quarantine Inspector George
Miles. OF the city health ono
lt also was stated that a badge was
found upon she body indicating that
/ Caldwell had been employed la tht
/ unhed States secret service and that
d. probably was engaged upon dctec
I tive work when he came 20 bis death
AR. Miles said last nlght he re-
membered Caldwell. who worked foi
him as a quarantine guard and whom
he always regarded as most reiia
be man. lie knew that he had beer
| engaged In detective work and from
what he had told him be knew that
ho frequently went after desperate
men.
i n sirlckler. Of 1891 North
/ Spring Blreel. also had known Cald
well in Los Angeles. and 90 goon a,
/ he learned that hls body had beer
/ found ln New Mexico. aud was told
| the circumstances. be- said Dc had lit
I be doubt thar iho mgn had been muir
dsred
Was Trailing Murderer.
"As Caldwell was on the trail of q
man wanted fcr murder when lasi
"a D..
De probably captured the man. and
everything points 90 me fact thai he
was killed by the criminal Caldwell
always carr q handouts end had
two good reYOlvpra The Telegram
says no weapon was found upon The
body and there is 40 mention OF hand.
GUNS The men probably got The bei.
ter Of him in some manner and after
taking his guns placed the body on
the railroad track. where t would he
struck By passing train and give
the impression that be had been run
over"
Mr. SiFickler said that Caldwell had
been in The employ oi "a rhlfl de-.
tecilve agency al Denver and bad
been engaged IA several important
cases on this coas,. He was not GER
tain. hut b. thought hin relatives
lived IN Denver
Secret Service Agent J. y. Crpnln
said last night that he was certain
that Caldwell never had worked for
the government and he was pcslflve
that he was not connected With the
secret service BE said he thought
Caldwell probably was an employe OF
SOME private detective agency. and
thought he had friends here who
could tell about his eastern connec
lions. Inquiry had been made CON
corning Caidaell By a woman living
in semc town near here "a short time
ago, bat be- could not remember the
name.
Captain A. j. nrudlsh remembered
Caldwell He said he had be en-.
gagged here as a private detective and
had inside application for a place on
the local force. hut hq had failed 60
puss iho sxnminaiiuu,
u % probable that the friends o.
Caldwell la Los Angeles will take
steps toward Seating bis relatives ln
The cast with a view % solving the
mystery Of his death