Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-28
HOW GONZALES WAS
KILLED BY CARL VOGEL
vooEL GIVES THRILLING &C.
COUNT or HIS ENCOUNTER
WITH IRE ESCAPED CONVICT
WAS CASE or LIFE on DEATH.

Was CAST OF LlFg on DEATH
A Telephone message from Captain
Erred Norm n. of fhe moun.r0 police /
FROM los Cornioa. received m The !
Evening Dtilcn Office at $3.50 this az I
ieuQon. gives the Information that
Runcrto Gonzales. emo escaped from 1
the uenitontiary no santa Fo ou April |
20 last was shot ana killed. Wednes
day nleht july lS. al O'Clock. by
Carl Nornl a deputy sheriff Of san
d0tnl county Captain Furnon Ran.
gor Julius Meyers and sheriff Emi'l
ano sandng1i arrived nd the Seem uf
the Milling q few minutes AFTER N0gel
/ fired ihe shot Gonzales VAS Hs Wild
rs deer ANA was escaping when iho
officer yelled al dim go surrender Not
lbsrding ihu command thc 0hiccr fired
land ihe oacaH'us convict feii. msWaily
wounded The shooting took place
,abew eighteen rallies from Cahezon.
The story OF the hnins 81 The des'
lpoudo. Rupeuo Gonzales IN me Jcmex
mountains on "Wednesday ovenlnH hy
lCafl Nueel Young catileman livlns
lnoar Cabezon is even more thIiliihe
than me MOST iurld newspaper iN
\ ports lnVo as yct nalHH u. imaf
ino Two men uq horseback cropping
each other in desperate embrace. each
tearing ior his lih with their h'rsei
siandIng on iho edse so an abrupt
| ufoclp.ca fhty feet deep and one
can see the hghi which took place be-.
weon Nogcl aud Gonzales resulting in
ho death cd the escaped conNlct
70 was memhDr of posse in1i
/, $50 hafl hunting Gonzales iT srV
leai iHgF said Nogth this morning
1--WE httv fh1 hc sos in ihe neigh.
nolhonl and were mmoninrily eN.
ucrihg in come up go him We nQd
= oucrlXel ae native people fn the of
tent Than they were to ihofnnEhl
, luehien % Chat many ui them went
80 iar ls f0 take their horses inu
I heir houses at night io prevent pin
ircm stealing them. However that
Z should ae the member of The posse q
-llnl Gonzalez Was meFe accident,
had lefi che main posse ana was hplni
little scouting un my own accord
u vas gcttiug dusk and ! war gal
lnping dowu rOnd ihni skiu"d
/. ldcep arroya. golng hack go camp, wheI
on making "a turn ln the road WE
should meet bat Gonzales. knew
ihim she moment We met. : had ha'
trouble with him hefore. His hora
4. was walking and By a violent pull
y brought my horse 90 stand RANT h'
sldo his horse. commanded hlm g
q throw up his hands, and at the sam
!, time brought my rife 10 bear on nin
y This brought the end of the gu
y within an arms length ~ him, and y
stead nf oheylng my command, p
grabhed ihe end of my rife A. b
grabbed the gun ! hred but donzale
ie had pushed The gun barrel to one sia
lsiund tho bullet went aatray We bot
,v lgripned the uIn ana uuF horses Wgi
ID pulled 90 asainsi each other W
M we're go closo that cuid have gruo
lhim in ihe face had I dared iet looi
Ia Zoo the gun ny q violent gesture,
H. pumped another she'll Into lhe su
le Gonzalez was curs.ng me by this tim
q. aud ~ we tagged az the gun thore wi
ia a question which of us would eume %
IA on top n seemed ages That We snrgi
10. bapk and forth with tho gun betwe,
us but evidently the struggle had 81
isl lasted over a q uple 0i minutes Wh'
id hy snmmonlng 40 my strength,
nr ierkod she mn Boz a way that ! thuug
81 would bring fhe mu22le 20 ODE hrca
.sc Iuf The desperate, and as did
ID pulled eng risarr rhr reanh was
is : had planned The bullet entered q
lefi breast and came oHi on che
inf nOsite side Gonzales lcll from
,ul horse Ia the ground aud hIs dea
80 grin to0k the gun with him, pail
nm ms glatoi and leaned over him in Z
lerl ia8t gathering darkness III be- b
rlv moved would have fred again. Z
ie. tho body lay still Death mad been
me Simultaneous
% went 20 camp and seeui
on hflp ANA che body was moved io
iap hcgon whore t Was buried the
nee lowing day"
IN Gonzales escaped from the iei
lao .Orlnl poutentiary ON April so.
AZ though hts Whereabouts we're aim
An constantly $50 Wn and many ONO
NE experienced IN man hunting had n'
arni auer him, be- escaped them
ohm n q manner made easy only hy
iey. relatives. many of whom resided ln
al Iemag mounialua Gonzales was 4
hne sant 10 the penitonuory from
Miguel county lur cattle Htenling
~ had the reputation oi being one OF
$50 Imosi hardened cattle thieves in
san. country. and vas a desperate and
fhr nfrous man Mr. NOgc was NOT a
sni uty sheriff. bu q momner OF w
beaded by Captain Fret fornon'
hoe New Mexico mounted police