Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-02

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eosfaks On nsnrasd ave. where the
dossie ussssy ~ss enacted Mrs m.
non Sanchez had been assisting her
bs aalnr same o. the plain sewing
ard Il VAS this ~anan Who nrst M
peetsd something 20 be wrong IN tho
house. Nobody % IA ~ has bern.
learned beard me sxo shots thgt
waaw fifsa.
Mrs. Sanrhex hxd heen Nj shs house
haif N honr before 80 crime ~
committed and ~as taking 10 Mrs
Crfsf n ths sims. Tho latter appear
ed d, b. much pcrturbed then. hut
cts not even hint III the terrible deed
she vas contemplating Mrs San
ehez went down fovn 20 secure =
dress pattern and ~hen she returned
she found The outside doors Of the.
house al locked. s~aspIcioning that
everything VAS not right after trying
Che 6oors and not receiving any ~
sponxs ID repeated knocks. she peer.
"a Into i window ANA then notined 4
neixhhor woman Who N turn appraised
another of her sex az the circum
stances The three women went "a
che hopsa and one Of them climbed
n through i window. II was then
that the discovery Of the grewsome
double tragedy was made.
Thinking mat possibly both the
victims might be alive. one of the
women telephoned for DR.. VI NJ
Smith. Or. Smith was NOT IN his Of.
nee a. The time and tho message was
mot delivered to him until some time
afterwards. Dr. G n. Bradley hap
rened 70 II sin the neighborhood ii.
tending III d patient. however. md
mr. was summoned III the scene M
soon n btu presence became known.
Dr. ~ I y. Fest pnt IN an appear
snee shortly after Or. Bradley.
The news Of the tragedy spread NE
v'ldfre over the city and created q
profound sensation. Why Mrs Grief
should seek 10 murder her only child
u she did want a. bring her own
Me 70 an unnatural ending, IL 4 mat.
ter Of conjecture. II n presumed she
grew weary Of life and its disappcint.
henss. and rather thnn havr her III.
tie onc sall Into the hands On her
husband Or be dependent upon reln
tives she decided 10 Mil him too.
That the deed was evidently prem<di.
trted il proven hy the fact that she
had purchased me bottle or chloror
form which she evidently used 10
putting the child 10 sleep before she
pressed the revolver 10 his forehead.
and vent q bullet crashing into his
brain. She then took deliberate aim
at her own forehead and pulled the
trigger again. She Is supposed 10
have died almost instantly, although
life fingered long enough for her to
release her grip on the blood stain.
ed pistol which was found lying on
her chest.
The roughly written note TINT the
dead woman left has been identified
by q of her brothers.
This message was undoubt-
eddy written very hurricdly. a. the
few words contained we're stretched
ont, and the chirosraphy was larger
than usual. Mrs. Grief wrote q busi-
meas like band. but Their h no mis-
taking the writing. Judge Bope se-
cured several memorandum which
The dcad woman had made In regard
10 measurements Of dresses she was
ID make. and the similarity OF the