Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-04-12

That's the man. I could pick him
out from among 100 hundred men. 1
took a good look at him Monday
night and l know him now"
This was what Conductor VIII
Thomas said last evening when he
was asked to Identify the man he
saw examining the remains of Felipe
Banaelas, who was killed at Barr sta
ton Monday night and placed on the
railroad track, where the body was
ground to pieces by No. s, The man
Mr.. Thomas pointed out was Irineo
Rodriguez, one of the three men ar
rested on Tuesday night on suspicion
and since held in the county jail.
II lifted my lantern up so that the
glare fell full in his face and there is
no danger of me being mistaken" ;"
continued the conductor. My train
was standing on the siding at Barr
and when l saw No. stop and begin
to back, / knew something must be
the matter. Desiring to know what
ii was walked over to the main line.
There laid the mangled remains of a
man. L looked around me for as
sistance. A Mexican appeared out of
the darkness and approached the
body. l walked up to him and put
my lantern in his face. This man you
call Rodriguez was that man."
was also attracted to the scene of the
accident by curiosity, Joined Mr..
Thomas when he was looking at the
bruised and torn body, and he also
saw Rodriguez there and last night
identified him as the man pointed
out by Conductor Thomas.
Putting together the fact that Rod
eriguez was at Barr Immediately after
Banaelas was placed on the track
OF A ~
was not there, but was two miles
from there and at the steam shovel,
the police believe that they have suf-
ficient evidence to hold the men un-
der suspicion until word can be had
from Jerome, Arizona, where letters
have been written for further infor-
nation. The suspects say they We're
working at jerome previous to COM
ing here and the police have conclu-
sive evidence that the murdered man
was from the same place. And while
this information Is being obtained,
the suspected trio will be confined In
the county jail. The transfer from
the city Jail to the more secure place
was made this afternoon by Chief of
Police McMillin and a deputy sheriff.
Another feature of the circumstan-
tial evidence against Rodriguez de-
veloped yesterday afternoon, when
the trio were taken to the undertake
ing parlors to view the body. Two Of
the men looked at the corpse COM
placently, but Roderiguez. It was no.
ticed, drew back and gave a little
start as the shroud was removed. All
three men will answer any question
put to them but nothing of import
ance has been obtained from what
they say. excepting in the case of
whose story about being
two miles from Barr at the time of
the accident has been found to be
false.
Letters have been written to the
authorities at Jerome and answers to
them are expected within a few days
If 1t can be proved that the men un-
der arrest and the dead man left
Jerome together and came all the
way here together, 1t will be another
strong piece of circumstantial evi-
dence pointing toward ROderiguez as
the guilty man. The police are con-
hdent that the men under arrest know
how Banaelas came to his death and
are sanguine OF getting 1t out Of them
before quitting the case.