Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-04
AWFUL FATE Of
AGED WOMAN
At vELAROE
DETAILS OF KILLING
OF MISS TEMPlET0N
Self Confessed Murderer
Lodged in Territorial Prison
At Santa Fe-ReIigiOuS Pre-
judice Had No Part in Crime,
Especial Dispatch to the Morning JournaII

Especial Dispatch to the Morning JournaI,l
Santa Fe, n. NJ, Dec 3.--David
Martinez Sanchez is in the peniten-
tiary here, the self-confessed murder
er of Miss Jennie Templeton, who was
killed at Valerade last Saturday after
noon. He was brought here this
afternoon by Captain Fred Fornoff,
of the territorial mounted police.
Miss Tempeton, who has resided at
Velarde for the past eighteen years.
was about 6S years of age, and re-
sided with her sister, Mrs Raley, a
widow who has a married daughter.
Mrs. X b. Esmay. residing at Taos.
Mrs. Raley and Miss Templeton had
n small ranch and orchard and ran a
store at Velarde. Miss Templeton was
slghtly deaf and had poor eyesight,
but took an active part in the carry
ing on Of the store. Last Thursday
morning Mrs. Raley went to Taos 10
spend Thanksgiving with her married
daughter and family. leaving Miss
Templeton alone. That night the store
was burglarized. and while II is not
yet known what merchandise and
money was taken, package of pa
pers. bills, merchandise license and
number of cancelled checks were
number of cancelled checks were
been given by Miss Templeton to II.
b. Cartwright and Brother of this
city and which had been returned by
the bank, was preferred by Martinez
Y Sanchez to Elicio Lujan to be
cashed after the robbery
on Friday Miss Templeton told a !
number of her neighbors that it was
David Martinez Sanchez VINO had
robbed the store, and on Saturday
afternoon Placido Garcia, a brother
in-law of Martinez Sanchez. VINO I
had heard the story told Martinez
that he was suspected of the burglary
as he was seated at the dinner table.
He Immediately got up from the tabie
and was not seen again until he came
home about dusk Miss Templeton
was murdered i'm her store on Satur-
day afternoon. The woman was dis /
covered unconscious at 4.3O O'Clock I
in the afternoon by two children VINO |
came to the store to purchase coal OIL /
and they gave the alarm. DIR. I. +. |
Martin. of Taos, was Immediately sent |
for. as the woman was not dead When I,
she was found. She remained uncon- /
scious until the time Of her death :;
which occurred at about s O'Clock on |
Saturday evening.
Saturday night the Baptist minister. 4
the Rev Mr. Reithel, With the local I
constable and other citizens OF the /
town, took Martinez y Sanchez INTO /
custody and accused him OF the I
crime. but he stoutly denied having 1
anything to do with IL. On Sunday
afternoon Dr. Martin and Constable /
Pollock searched the house of the |
prisoner and found a pair Of shoes
smeared with blood behind the wood |
box in the kitchen. and pair OF over
alls spattered with blood behind |
dresser in the front room. DR.. Martin |
tclegraphed Judge Merle and yester-
dav morning Captain Fornof, Lieu
tenant Collier. Judge McFie and Dis
trict Attorney Gortner left this city on
the Denver and Rio Grandc train Tor /
the scene of the murder. They ar
rived at Velarde shortly after noon
when the prisoner was turned over 10 /
Csptain Fornon. The day was 81" 1t
by Messrs Fornoff. Collier ana =, u
ner investigating the affair, and II vas J.
not until midnight last night that me
murderer confessed the crime III &C.
tail.
undershlrt and found blood where the
garment had come in contact with MS
wrist. He was put through what Cap
tain Fornon calls the third degree.
and told the story Of the killing. ne
described how he struck the woman
with a club and how he threw the |
club into the river, which Is close by'
but he denied jumping on her face
with his heels, but the marks OF the !
heels Of his shoes were plainly ais
ccrnable on her face. which was COW
cred with wounds. The skull was
crushed In aud the nose was broken.
The murderer Is a man about y
years Of age and was born at Nelarde.
He has a wife and two children. re
had a hearing before Judge Mcfle IN
the office OF the justice Of the peace
ihis morning. at which he admitted
the killing in the presence OF a num-
ber Of people. He was ordered 10 De
taken 10 the peniteniary for saie
keeping. pending the action OF the
grand Jury. and was brought mere thi7
afternoon BY Captain Fornoh.
The murdered woman was porn sl
Louisiana. Mo. but came 10 Neiarue
from Colorado and engaged IN busi-
ness here about eighteen years ago.
The motive for the killing was 20
remove a damaging witness as 10 the
burglary OF Thursday night ana the
circumstances OF the crime show tnal
IL was committed by an ignorant man.
The story sent cut from mere thst
Miss TcmpletOn was missiohaIs
teacher was utterly without touhua
tion. as well as the statement that ,.
was racial or religious prejudice tha'
inspired the murder