Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-24
Authorities Looking for Grant
Walker Who by Mistake Was
Given an Extra Hundred Dol
lars by Officials,
TAIIQUE MAN BEATEN
UP WITH BRASS kNUCKS
Wolf Shot in Interior of
House by EStancia Man,
Much WetneSS in Valley In
SureS Prosperous Winter.
Especial Correspondence Morning JournaI.I

Especial Correspondence Morning journal ]
Estancia, n. NJ, Nov. 21.-One
Grant Walker has succeeded In get
ting one hundred dollars the best Of
the land office in Santa re, and the
officials are now anXiously trying to
ascertain his whereabouts. A tele-
gram was sent to the local authorities
l~nstructing them TO arrest Walker,
who was believed to be bound for the
south on a Santa Fe Central train.
He did not show up, however, and his
present location Is problematical.
Walker sent one hundred dollars to
the and office with a petition to com
mute one an eighty-acre homestead
two miles from Estancia. His petit
lion TO commute Was denied and by
mistake the land office sent him a
check for 5000 which he at once
gratefully cashed and disappeared.
A Mexican from fatigue tanked up
On hoOze last Sunday night and in a
scrap got his head and face badly DIS
figured with metal knucks. He claim
ed In Justice. court TO have cut his
adversary on the hand, but he failed
TO convince the court that he knew
who beat him up. The native is
known as a bad hombre." and was
accused three years ago Of beating an
other native TO death with a beer bot.
tie at fatigue. Estancia people hear
ing OF the outrage, went TO fatigue
and demanded an inquest. but through
the Interference OF the notorious gang
that controlled the county affairs at
that time. nothing came Of the investi-
cation.
The Estancia News says. Two cases
were TO have come up for hearing in
the local justice court this week, in
which Jesus Ma. Padilla and Candida
Padilla, father and son, the latter
probate clerk OF Torrance county.
were accused OF assault with deadly
weapon and assault and battery on ns-
tives Of the town Of Manzano. IT Is
reported ON the street that prosecu-
ton has stopped, the cases having
been compromised.
An incident Of the streets this week
was the shooting Of "a lobo wolf in
the house of old Man owens. OF Is
| tancia. This was not a wild, bad lObO
invading the town. but one of a pair
OF lusty pets kept by the Peterson
! brothers. The animals escaped from
their pen and chased Owens dog into
the house and under the bed, and In
the scrimmaEc ran over n OF the
children, whereupon Mr.. owens took
a quick shot az the intruders. wound
ing one In the leg
-Four Estancians represented the
Estancia Baptist church at the Bap-
fist territorial convention at Albu-
auerque this week. The party con-
sisted OF Messrs. r. l.. Aaron n G.
b. Howell, Miss Kate Fielder n Mrs.
Formby.
As vet no money Is loaned here,
and the big and little depositor alike
can draw only five dollars In n day
Much Inconvenience results from the
tic-up. and business Of an kinds T.
hampercd. In some eases carpenters
are idle. contractors not being able 10
draw money TO pay them. Almost all
business is being don with checks.
Three inches Of snow fen Saturday.
tho 18th sunday morning the sun Is
melting IL off rapidly As the ground
was warm and 10 was a wet snow.
an abundance OF moisture will be put
into the land. This. added u the
season" already in the ground. in
sures "a fine growth Of the wheat all
winter.
There are only two cases Of scarlet
fever in the town al present. hut quite
"a large number have been exposed,
aud more are looked for
There was one death from dipn-
iberia several miles southwest 81 VIII
lard in "a native family this week. and
q number Of cases 90 scarlet fever at
Mangano and diphthcria al Torreon,
and other places along the Manzano
mountains.
Among The improvements noticeable
in Town this week r. the red brick
building 81 James Walker on the
corner ~ Franklin and Fifth streets.
iust now being finished The build
ing is 25 by f0O feet. lower story. four
frfn-foot walls and the upper room
ls e fine han with ten-foot walls The
building is plate glass front octagon
corner and Is one OF the most orna-