Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-04-10
Mans Name Was BdnueldS and He
Came From Jerome, AriZOnd--ThieVeS
Strip Remains of VdluableS, Then
Placed Body on Track.
ENGINEER RHEADER SAYS MAN ON TRACK WAS lIFElESS
Suspects Arrested at $50 O'Clock Last Night dt Local Sd
ia Fe Station by Depot Master Fields
and Parolman Babbett

throttle of the engine that mangled
the remains of Banuelas beyond rec
ognition, says that when the head
light OF his engine flashed upon the
body lying across the track at Barr,
he Immediately applied all the air
the brakes would stand. but the velo-
city of the train was so great that II
carried the engine over the body at
a violent speed. The engine lurched
but very little as 1t struck the body
and he heard fragments of flesh and
bone striking the cab. There is no
doubt in his mind that the body was
lifeless when hit by the engine, but
had not been so long.
On closer examination, Undertaken
Strong found last night that it is
hardly possible that the cut across
the neck of the corpse could have
ben made by a knife. 1t was too
deep and too wide to have been made
by a knife or razor. Banuelas was
murdered in some other way. He
may have been shot or killed by
stab in the heart, or he may have
been beat into insensibility, the body
stripped of its valuables and then
| placed on the track. This last theory
would be given more credit had not
Engineer Rheader felt quite certain
that the body was lifeless when his
engine hit it,
|
| The arrest of the three men was
! due to officer Babbett and Night De-
pot Master w. $. Fields. Fields
| was standing near the ticket window,
! when the three men walked in with
! a party of other natives, all en- route
! to Ell Paso, and purchased tickets.
| After securing their tickets the sus-
poets walked out on the promenade
! and began talking in S panish to an
! other native, who was going to some
sheen cam pS west of hers. After
/ trying to buy his pass, they began
talking about other things, and in
! cidentally mentioned the accident at
| Barr.
AS Fields understands Spanish fairly
well, he was able to follow their talk
and when the accident was mention
I ed, he became alert, straining his ears
| to catch each word. and finally heard
| one of the three men say that they
were at the east switch when the
body was struck, just about ten min
utes' walk this side of the west
| switch, where the train struck the
| body. The men continued talking
and one of them said that they were
/ from jerome, while another said that
/ they had ridden in a box car, and in
a few minutes each contradicted the
| other. Keeping his eye upon the
4
| two officers placed the suspects under
arrest as suspicious characters
Contradictory Statements.
When questioned the men made
| several contradictory statements. but
still said that they left Jerome on
April .. walking, and had arrived
here Tuesday afternoon. The dis
tance is nearly 500 miles.
Judge Craig was undecided this
] whpthar IN
now or not, but he will probably do
so if the railroad decides to prose-
| cute the MeXicans.
| According to a story told at the
/ Santa Fe depot, William Thomas, a
freight conductor, saw two natives
| near Barr yesterday morning, walking
| towards this city, and when he ac-
! cused them of numbering the un-
known Mexican, they stoutly denied
| the charge.
| Was Man Murdered?
A Santa Fe official said yesterday
that he believed that +. $. Werner,
the bricklayer found at Rio Puerco,
whose card was issued at Oklahoma
| City, Okla, but who lived at Coffey-
| vile, Kan, was also murdered, as
I the position of the body when found
! Indicated foul play. He said that
| the man was found lying On his
stomach. with his hands to his face,
as if to ward off blows, and to
/ strengthen this theory the hands of
/ Werner were bruised and lacerated,
and long wound or cut extended
across the face from cheek to cheek
Whether this version Is true or not
cannot be verified, but the abrasion
I on the head and over one eye of
/ Werner in a way bears out the Of
! ficials story. He said that the body
/ was found about thirty feet from a
[ little bridge near Rio Puerco. Santa
| Fe detectives are working upon the
case today.