Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
WIFE SLAYER IS
HELD FOR TRIAL
NO BONDS ALLOWED IN CASE
OF ALBITRE
Man Who Slew Woman Who Was the
Mother Of His Child Stands
In Peril Of His
Life

Adehno Albltre, charged with the
murder of his common law wife on Sep
tember 2, yesterday faced preliminary
examination before the township court
of Monrovia and was bound over for
trial In the superior court without bond
being allowed.
AlDitre was remanded to the custody
OF the sheriff yesterday afternoon and
VIII spend the time until his trial I'm
the higher court behind the bars of the
county Jail.
When the man reached Monrovia
yesterday under the charge of officers
lnere were several hundred people out
TO see him. Many of them were Mexi-
cans and, while they said nothing, their
looks indicated that they felt but little
sympathy for the wife murderer
Albltre, however, maintained the in
diHerence which has been his since his
arrest on Christmas day at San Diego.
lie paid little attention to the officers,
less to the court and its carryings on
and still less to the people who watched
MIN as though he was some curiosity.
lie asked to see his little girl and
when he found that he could not see
her at that time he relapsed into 81
lence.
Inc examination was in itself brief
Attorney Horace Appel appearing in
court presumably for the prisoner, al
though Mr.. Appel has stated that he
has not as yet decided whether or not
ne Will take charge of the defendants
side of the case.
Woman's Awful History
The tragedy of the morning of Sep
tember was quickly rehearsed. Al
bitre, according to the testimony, had
become infuriated at the woman whom
ne called his wife according to the
common law marriage. She had called
MN almost all the vile names in the
Mexican vocabulary, and there are quite
number In that language, and he had
drawn his revolver and threatened her
She mad seen that sort of play many
times before and laughed at him and
he fired twice, both bullets striking
vital spots, and the stricken woman
with her little girl clinging to her, fell
to the floor.
Albitre carried the dead body about
a mile before he dropped it and escaped
to the hills, remaining secure until
Christmas, when he was captured
Albitre had no defense to make and
nothing to say and he was held over
for trial in the superior court. No bond
was asked for none could have been
secured for the prisoner and the court
would not have graned it.
According to statements made yester-
day by witnesses who had known the
dead woman for many years, she had
seen much of trouble during her life.
About nine years ago she went to live
with sheepherder named Pedro Lo-
pez One evening Francisco Duarte,
another herder, and several of his
friends went to the Lopez home to
have great drunk. During the course
of the orgy the Ramirez woman began
to make eyes at Duarte and Lopez be-
came jealous. A quarrel ensued and
Lopez chased Duarte from the house
and struck him on the head with a
brick. AS he bent over Duarte to fin
ish the work the prostrate man Ssnw
his revolver and killed Lopez.
Duare was turned free by a jury and
year later attacked an aged woman
and she died from the effects of the as
sault and Duarte is now serving a
twentyyear sentence in San Quentin
for the crime.
The woman met violent death at the
hands of Albitre who, in turn, is facing
a charge of such character that there
seems but little chance of his escaping
the gallows.