Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-01
M'FARlAND IDENTIFIES
SUSPECT HELD At
GALLUP
Says One of Pair Arrested
There Is Man Who
Shot Him at
Belen.
is POSITIVE OF
PRISONERS GUILT
Officer viii Go to Deming Tonight
to View Men Held There For
Alleged Completely
in Crime Last
Friday.

Gallup, n. NJ, August 1.-(SpcciaD
james Mcfarland. the special Off
Ger of the Santa Fe, who was shot
and badly wounded last Friday by
two tramps at Belen, and who passed
through Albuquerque yesterday en-
route to Gallup to view two suspects
held here, declared this morning that
one of the men in the Gallup jail is
the man who shot him, but he cannot
identify the other and does not be-
lieve he was with the man who did
the shooting.
evening to look at two men who are
under arrest there on suspicion of
being implicated in the shooting. His
inspection will determine whether
these men shall be held or not.
The man in Jail here whom he does
not implicate in the shooting will be
released. He was arrested last Sat
urday at this place in company with
the other man but insists that he had
just met the fellow and did not even
know his name or where he had
come from.
Shot by Tramps.
Mcfarland was shot at Belen
shortly after the arrival of No. last
Friday morning. He had started to
walk along the train on his usual In
spection trip, looking for hoboes.
who habitually ride beneath and on
top of this train, when two men
darted off the blind baggage. He
called to them to halt and when they
kept on running. he fired a shot into
the ground in order to frighten them.
The shot, however, had the opposite
effect. one of the two stopped and
fired at Mcfarland. After a running
fight, Mcfarland recei, d a bullet in
his back near his spine and the 9TH
er escaped in the confusion following
McFarland's fall. careful search
was made for him but 1t was not
until two men were arrested at Gal
lup and two others at Deming that
the search began to nave results.
Identifies one Man.
Mcfarland was rushed to the San
Ia Fe hospital at Las Vegas and
owing to his good constitution, he
recovered rapidly. Tuesday night
he insisted on leaving the hospital in
order to identify the men at Gallup
if possible The physicians there as
sented and he went to Albuquerque,
remaining there until last night when
he came to Gallup. On his arrival
here he Immediately went to the Jail
and promptly picked out one of the
two men from among several others
as the man who had fired the shots
at him at Belen. The fellow dis
claimed his guilt and declared lhat
he mad never seen the O1ncef De1Ofe,
but Mcfarland is positive that he is
the man and thinks he can further
prove his identity by citizens of Belen
and others who saw the shooting.
The accused man gives several
names, according to officers who have
interviewed him. He will be taken to
albuquerque tonight on train No. 8,
providing he will go without a war
rant. Should he refuse a warrant will
be sworn out for him in Valencia
county and he will be taken there for
trial as soon as the warrant can
reach Gallup.
McFa rland stated to friends yester-
day that he would have no difficulty
in identifying the men who did the
shooting, as they ran away through
the brilliant light cast from the cleo
trio headlight of No. 9's locomotive,
and were seen by the enginemen and
several others.
The arrests at Gallup and Deming
were made through Ben Williams
Santa Fe special officers at Albuquer-
que, who went to Belen Immediately
after the shooting,