Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-31
MAY FUouA PEPPERS
CHARLES VANDERBILT
.

Rosa May Fuqua. whom ne had maj
ried several months ago. 1t appear
that although Rosa May had agree,
TO live ''on the square" after marry
ing Vanderlip, she has been runnin,
a bagnio across the track for som,
time. 1t Is understood that wher
Vanderlip went to the house las
night he was refused admittance
when he threatened to go In anyway
Two shots were heard In the neghbor
hood. both of which took effect IL
Vanderlip's body, one passing through
his arm and into his stomach, the 9th
er passing through als bladder.
Vanderlip was taken to Mercy hos
pital. where 1t Is thought there Is nc
possible chance for his recovery.
Vanderlip's friends express little
sympathy for him since he would moi
go away from such conditions as nc
was living under. but he had married
the woman and had considerable val
liable mining property which is under
sale. He realized too late that the
woman married him to get n clutch
on his property, and finding himself
In wretched dilemma, did not know
what 10 do, It appears.
The shooting occurred Just after
midnight when people who remain out
till the saloons close, were going
home and drew large crowd from
that section across the track. The
woman admits the shooting, but no
one knows but herself who is guilty
unless there was a man In the shack
who did the shooting, And there are
those who believe that she did not
do the shooting. Another inmate OF
the place will probably be arrested
as an accessory to the crime.
The murderess was taken to the
county Jail where she will be confin.
ed until she has a hearing. Her com
panion In shame AYERS that there was
no other man in the shack at the
time of the shooting. The pistol used
was a Az calibrc.
May Fuqua was 10 or 12 years ago
proprietor of one Of the more fash
ionable resorts on the row, but during
later years has given herself to strong
drink and drugs until she became
dangerous Individual, one without
reason or fear of punishment for any
thing she might desire to do
Vanderlip has been In the San Juan
country about Is years. engaged In
prospecting and mining. He has
made two trips overland to Arizona
where ne prospected during winter
months. He sold group of property
in the Silverton country about two
years ago and has received number
OF remittances or payments, but he
was not assured that the purchasers
would complete the purchase.
DR.. Lackey, who examined the In
juries OF Vanderllp Just after the
shooting, expressed no hope for his
recovery, but gave him relief by in
lections of morphine until he could
be taken to the hospital.
vanderlip was found at the hos
pital by Herald reporter at IL
o'clock this morning. He was con
scious and quite rational. but writh.
ing in pain and begging for hypoder.
mic Injection of morphine and for
cracked ice to quench feverish
thirst.
The first thing he said to the report.
er was a request that ne see that the
people did not give the woman the
worst of 1t, that she was not the par.
ty who shot MIN, whatever she said.
that he knew she had no cause or de
sire to shoot him. Asked who he
thought shot him he said he did NOT
know Asked who else was probably
in the house at the time. he said Vol
ley Anderson and Berney Gillespie
were In the next room.
He said May. his wife. had refused
to let him In and that he started to
push the door in; May had told him
before that II he ever pushed door
in on her she would snoot him. He
said Volley Anderson was Mays
brother and that volley had 1t in"
for him. .
He said "lf was shot with AS
II was my own gun. and should have
been laying on the mattress OF the
bed where May slept Whatever they
do hope they will protect May. for
she Is innocent. Even II she had shot
me she never intended to. but am
sure sne didn't"
Asked about the property at Silver.
ton which was sold some time ago,
Vanderlip said he had been paid
about $1,000 out of the total amount
of $4,000; that the last payment OF
$4,000 was past due. He said:
II decided the property. my interest.
over to May last July. aud 1t is all in
her name. The property has nothing
TO do with the shooting"
A patient in the general ward whom
VanderlIp had asked to intervene
with the nurse TO secure a hypodermic
injection Of morphine, walked over
to the bed and said you know you
must be governed by the doctors In.
structIons; and you must not use SO
much ice; you know you are shot
through the bladder
Vanderlip then raised the covers
and said to the reporter: you can