Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-11-17
THE CAPITAL CITY
Scene OF A
KILLING
Paid too Much Attention to
Brothers wife and Was
Shot and Killed.

nome uN NNIlNHN HIIH"'f lfANNh N"f
Juan Garcia. gs yenra ola. a tcamstor
shol and killed hls younger brother
Fioronclu Garcia O. sheep hordcr 90
years old, Thursday Dight az the iat
tee ged isto the street says enc Sew
Mexican. which Icached this city last
aiNht Tho slayer tnrn went cody ~
bed beside his wife. who. 81 la alleged.
war indirectly the canEo ui tho traB-
tsiy.
To-day he 4 aylng in cell ln the
county jail.
l'he causs nf tac Killing. me rela.
lives say, o. q mysilly. uui aiherg an
sUrt that Juan Garcia ~ his ncoher-
pnt statements. repeated several
times
"he liked my wife ana had good
Ieasoh tor shooting hini'
sherin Antonio j Ortiz said that
owing lu the condition uf tho man
30 could not allow ans one 10 see him.
The killing IS shg0udod ia iuuch
mystery and the oaiCefa are having
Il hard time 30 SGT facts upon watch
10 base their case.
Dancers Found Body Lying In strcet.
a crowd of young men un their way
home from a dance about 3 O'Clock
Friday morning discovered the body
uf florncio Garcia lying IN iha siroet
Ina front Qi hls hruiherH home They
ca once notified the authorities and uu
investigation Sea 90 the arrest Dl Juan
Garcia The murderer was asleep
when tho officers came. fo was
gaken into custody by Deputy sheriff
Felipe ortiz lle diG not iry 90 uhCr
resistance.
aody n Home Of Man Who Old
Killing.
Justice of The Peace Iuse Mo, Gar
cha. who was also summoned. ordered
the body carried into the house. and
proceeded Vt once with a cOrDntr'g in,
quest after cmpanelllng the iufurh.
Tho shooting was done With q 3Nstaii-
bre revolver. which was found lying
un a table m one 81 t~s yOpmp. Ex-
animation disclosed the fact that the
pistol. which was % fsc-Chnmher affair,
contained three loaded cartridges, one
expiodod cartridge and one empty
chamber. The revolver vas identified
ns belonging 20 Juan Garcia.
Protested Innocence, Then Made
Confess on.
When be was accused uf ihe mur-
der OF bis brother. Juan Garcia AZ
hnst maintained bis innocence ana pro.
icsaed not 10 know anything about the
affair However afer nc had been
questioned during the Inquest be fn-
ally confessed ana stated that the
shooting was lustinnDle. o,hor Wit.
ncgaea woro examined, hut their tea-
i|moHy was of niiio value. SO FAR az
can be- LEARNED there was no eyoWlt.
ness % the murder excepting me per
poirator uf the crime
Both mon had been drinking during
the ovcalng and tho suppoeltion ls
that they were Intoxicated when the
fatal shooting occurred. They re-
manned in the house together after the
others had gone or had retired for the
might aud q Is believed that they be-
gan qnnfreling Juan Garcia was
maudlin drunk whom arrested and
seemed not 90 renliz0 the enOrmlty 0i
hts crime. Later IN the morning symp.
ioma Of mental alteration developed
aud be- became violently insane 10 an
Appearances. Ills preliminary hearing
was set Tor 2 O'Clock Ia the afternoon
before Justice Garcia
Relatives Know Nothing Of Causes
fer Crime.
6ixiO Garcia. a nepnew Of The iva
men, attended the family satherlnp
Thursday night, bust said he loft oarly
in the evening bocauuo his wife com
piaincd OF feeling 40. ile stated thai
he DID not know what the motive ioi
sac shooting was, al the brother,
seemed 20 be- Ia good spirits up % the
tima DO vent away. Juan Garcia has
sent oat aud got two bottles of wlni
when he and his wife came.
30 autopsy has been ..eld a pos
ln0rtem examination was deemed un
necessary, as the cause Of death 4
known. The bullet entered tho bacl
short distance below tine shoulde
sad q little to the right OF the spine
No effort vas made 90 probe faI thi
bullet. but Il probably lodged IA tnI
Jung cavity and death Was directly
dun 20 informal homorrhagoa.
Victim bied slowly 90 Death Alone I
Dark street.
That ihe victim Dled io deafa ffor
his wound is The opinion ol Dr. bavi
Knapp who WIS called io rxHmiuo Oh
hudy hy Justice Garcia The durtn
believes that she victim was shot irnf
hnhlnd as ho was in the aci of walk
ing or running through fhc door. an
then pitched hCadlong into ihe stree
TO was probably rendered uncol
Hrioua and died within "a short tIm
YnoTo wis no sign of struggle.
Young Men Who Found Lifeioas BcdI
Joaquin SNua. Fnriinu Ortiz. Mugla
lonp CasnHs. Nicolas CnaadQ2 fil
horte nloa aud Manuel Lulan n
moro are Dc names Qf tho Young me
who found the body aa thoy were q
iurnlng homie from a "baiie The
wero walking along lalklng and laugh
Ing when their attention WAS dlFecit
70 4 dark object LYNX in tho stree
which proved io be- the remains
tlnroncio Garcia Two of them wo
dispatched t0 ihe county ian 90 nOtl
the authorities while the others J
mainod beside the corpse Nome
them bad heard the fatal shot 1l
body was cold Indicating has liin h
been extinct for an hour nr more
Coroner'o Jury Verdict Fixes Bian
Tie verdict returned Boy the GO
0nora jury was 10 the eject that 4
deceased came 10 BIS death at q
hands Of iuan Garcia The verdi
simply recltod la brief che manner
the Killing and how the body VI
found lt ana not make auy rrco
mundatiOns or mention che cause lei
Ing to the shooting The jurors wa
4eVerian0 Rivera Andres Soma li
Miguel Valencia. Juan lriego, ki
terio Garcia end laeOho padllls
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