Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-15
WIFE OF ONE Of
THE KILLED At
SANTA FE
Mrs. Mclaughlin Too Poor to
Have Remains Of Husband
Shipped Home For Burial.

A battered 5000 Winchester rifle
standing Ia one corner OF her room
az the Claire hoicl. Santa Fo is the
CHASTITY relic OF The Killing of her hus
band which Mrs William McIaugh.
tn. ia taking with her 90 her homie
in Salida. Colo William Mcl.augh.
lin, a telegraph operator ANA iamua
hillinEaiea we're shot aud killed with
With this Winchester. Mclaughlin
own gun hy Ellscn Wales and Carlos
eaia. native boys. in The Minzaa1
mountains September 80
According 10 Mrs. Mclaughlin. tho
hodies are SIN lying where they fem
unhuricd except for o crude niiu Of
stones raised about them 90 guard
lhcm from coyotes
with tears ia her eyes me llile
Womna said Ia an interview.
/ would like 10 have the corpse OF
nay hushaed ltrled hui / am too DOOR
am hdi without dollar and With
,hrer hulc children Co clolhe aud
feed"
Mm Mclaughlin is On route % sa.
lida. Colo. from Socorro. where She
went tn attend the trial of her nus,
banda murderers She arrived too
late. for both had hcfn convicted and
1rc now awaiti1g sentence
The story Of their crime h we'll
known. iamea Hilllneslea. william
Mclaughlin and Mrs niilingfiea form.
ed rruapectiRg party tor sl1
moniha trin into the Mnnzann noun.
iains When Wales and Sais enter
Ell ne camp they we're treated we'll
by the prnspcciOrs Ia return they
formed plot 60 KIN the two men aud
carry Mrs HllllrEsiea away Both
pfurpt clufs we're dccoyed 10 Il lanpiy
spot and after being eaioled ont 81
their weapons, werr treacherunsly
killed With their own guns.
Ms, 1ciaHsAlin repeated the story
OF me killing az u had been told TO
her by Mrs. Billlngslea. ar she SAT in
ihe Claire hotel W.tb her fourteen.
moaihh-old baby on her lap. she cried
sofily
- have been trying 10 ana n my
husband he'd any other property bc
Aldea the weapon with Whieh ne was
killod,' she said "Af noion. they
Elvc me- nis horse and aHddlo and !
sold them for q few dollars 90 not
know which way Ca iurn tor assist
since have % relatives who art ih
position 90 help me. Tic sndden
death or ms husband camr as garh 3
shock io me that have been unable
90 work aH sea- although shall De
forced 10 Do SO us soos aa ! can end
employment ! am glud they convict
cd hia glayofa never heard az gncn
"a irnachrrOus murder as hos com.
mitted Mrs BIlilngalca ls heart
broken She had even more harrow
lng experiences than did, being len
alone in ihc camp with the mufderurf
Whoa she finally made her way 90
town. sho wrote me az once. bui
through sonic fault Of tho postal sogr
ice her letter las in the pOslufilce I'D
sallda Tor twelve days before Il was
finally handed 10 me was kent 90
suspense all that time. not knowing
whether The reports published la the
Colorado and New Mexico papers
were TRUE 90 aot
Mrs Mclaughlin iefi Santa g. yes
torday Tor snlldn. Her children are
seven aud hge years 90 age. nnd we
baby bat fourteen months old.
As soon aa can secure mnney
she said Il viii rniufa to New Mexico
and glye my husband decent burial
y is aNiul 20 think % him every day
and OF bis corpse LYNX there in the
mountains where hc was shW iu
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