Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-27
WOMAN TELLS OF MURDER OF
 ROMERO
Sanchez in Jail at Phoenix Ac- cuSed of Crime Committed a Year Ago Last ApnI- Mistress BetrayS Him,

PHoENIx. June 2e.-The murder of Antonio Romero on South Sevensa street. . little after midnight of April 5, 1906, is about 10 be avenged. The murderer is in the county jail on an- other charge and warrant charging nm with the murder has been issued.
 The crime of which he was suspected at the time has been brought definite " 10 his door by the confession of, a woman.
 The name of the murderer is Cor. nelio Sanches and the name of inc woman is Efracina Suarez, who until
 lately was thought to be his wife. Sanchez and the woman had been
 lying together for several years but
 1t 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 iaborer. On
 the night before his dead body was
 found he was in the southeastern part of the city and had been seen at va 1 rious places until the saloons closed
 little after midnight.
 Sanchez is 'minuda man." that is peddler of Mexican noodles, tribe and other delicacies. About midnight Romero bought some noodles and Sanchsz was unable to make the change. They left together and Ro- moro was never aftsrward seen alive. His dead body was found short dis
 tance below the old NJ & P. depot. He had been sSot to death. Persons had heard shot fired in that direction and it was supposed that it was the one which had killed Romero. 1t was also believed that the killing had been witnessed by well known character who had been hanging about town for 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 burglary the officer satisfied himself that San chez was the murderer. but there was the same lack of evidence. Sanchez 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 rled to Sanchez and then at the so- licitation of Marshal Moore she came forward with the story. 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 5. 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 demanded 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 disgracefui name He cleaned the gun but the officers did not come She would have told at the time what she knew but she was afraid of San chez, who she knew did not place a high valuation on human life. She also said that after the killing of Romero Sanchez appeared to have come into what was for him state of affluence.
 The coat which Sanchez brought home he said was the coat of the man he had killed. There Is now other evidence against Sanchez which has not been disclosed.