Arizona republican., 1907-06-23
THE MURDER
 or ROMERO
The Mystery Solved by a
 Woman
The Mistress of COrneliO Sanchez Points Her Fin ger at Him.

The murder of Antonio Romero on South Seventh street a little after midnight of April 3. 1906. is about to be avenged. The murderer is in the county jail on another charge and a warrant charging him with the mur- der has been issued. The crime of which he was suspected at the time has been brought definitely to his door by the confession of a woman.
 The name of the murderer Is Cor nelio Sanches and the name of the woman is Efracina Suarez who until lately was thought 10 be his wife. Sanchez and the woman had been living together for several years but it only came to the knowledge of the authorities recently that they were not man and wife.
 A day or two before the murder Romero came to town and exhibited considerable money for laborer. On the night before his dead body was found he was in the southeastern part of the city and had been seen at va rious places until the saloons closed a little after midnight.
 Sanchez is a 'minuda man." that is a peddler of Mexican noodles. tripe and other delicacies. About midnight Ro- nero bought some noodles and San chez was unable to make the change. They left together and Romero was never afterward seen alive. His dead body was found a short distance be- low the old NJ. & P. depot He had been shot to death. Persons had heard slot fired in that direction and it was supposed that 1t was the one which had killed Romero. It was also believed that the killing had been wit messed by well known character who had been hanging about town for a long time but nothing could be got out of him about it.
 Marshal Moore. who was then a member of the police force. went to work on the case and though he sus- pected Sanchez. he could get no tangible evidence against him. About the time Of the Hammond bur giary the officer satisfied himself that Sanchez was the murderer. but there was the same lack of evidence. San chez was once arrested on suspicion but was discharged.
 His wife or the woman who was supposed to be his wife could not tes- tify against him and the authorities naturally made no strenuous effort to find out what she might know about the case.
 Since the arrest of Sanchez on a charge of assault made by the woman she divulged that she was not mar ried to Sanchez and then at the so- licitation of Marshal Moore she came forward with the sto-y. She made a confession to the marshal and yester- day she was taken before District At torney Bullard. to whom she told the same story
 She said that on the morning of April Sanchez came home greatly excited and was carrying a coat which did not belong to him. He asked where he could get some oil to clean gun. When the woman asked some question he again impatiently de- manded the oil. saying that he wanted to clean the gun before the officers came. He said that he had killed a man who had called him a disgraceful name. He cleaned the gun but the officers did not come. She would have told at the time what she knew but she wa5 afraid of Sanchez. who she knew did not place a high valua- ton on human life. She also said that after the killing of Romero Sanchez appeared 10 have come-into what was for him state of affluence. The coat which Sanchez brought home he said was the coat of the man lie had killed. There is now other evidence against Sanchez which has not been disclosed.