The Socorro chieftain., 1908-05-09
A GUN BUT NO OWNER
Albuquerque Citizen Contains an
Article That Will Be Read
with Interest in SOoorro.
MESSRS. BACA AND GLECKLER
Each Accuses the other of Being the
Owner and Manipulation of the
Weapon.

Weapon.
The Albuquerque Citizen one
day this week is to be credited
with an article that will be read
with interest in Socorro county.
1t anybody expects to get the
start of Attorney Elfego Baca in
a gun play he will find it neceS-
sary to get up early in the morn
ing. The article is as follows:
Persons in the vicinity OF the
New ArmiiD building at Third
and Central this morning were
considerably surprised to see
man dash down stairs from the
building and out upon the side
walk.
The man was &. T. Gleckler. a
rancher, and owner OF building
on Fourth street between Gold
and Central, IN which until rec
emily was the Office of La Opin-
ion Publica, Spanish weekly
paper Of which Elfego Baca is
the principal owner.
MIR. Gleckler told a friend that
Mr. Baca had drawn a pistol OH
hlm without provOcatiou. Mr..
Baca on the other hand asserted
that Mr.. Gleckler had kept hun
covered with a pistol held in his
overcoat pocket and that he had
overpowered Mr.. Gleckler and
taken the pistol away from him.
The story as told by Mr..
Gleckler and the story as told by
MIR. Baca varies widely. The
only thing upon which they are
agreed is that there is an owner
less pistol. 1t is in Mr.. Baca'S
possession. Mr.. Baca says the
pistol is not his but that he took
it away from Mr.. Gleckler. Mr..
Gleckler says he has not owned
gun of any kind since his
eleven years of residence in New
Mexico.
A citizen reporter asked Mr..
Baca concerning the affair. Mr..
Gleckler was also asked for bis
version of it.
Mr.. Baca in substance said:
Il was i'll my buggy driving
from my Office to the poStoilice.
Near Third and Central | met
Mr.. Gleckler, also driving.
La Opinion Publica had been
notified to vacate its Office in the
building owned by Mr.. Gleckler
and we had done so, except for a
few small articles. | had paid
the rent to Mr.. Gleckler until
May Is and | considered that the
paper was. still entitled to the
use of the building until May Is,
when. our time was up. Mr..
Gleckler or his agents had taken
possession of the building and
had thrown out some of the
things belonging to La Opinion
Publica. When | met him this
morning | asked Mr.. Gleckler
why he had taken possession of
the building before we had va
Gated it and before our time was
up. He said that it was his
building and he had a right to
do so. | noticed that he kept
his hand in his overcoat pocket
and appeared to be angry. He
demanded a set of keys to the
building which | had. | told
him | would give them to him
and reached into my pocket for
them. Then | recalled that they
were in my Office and | told him
to call at my Office and get them,
He demanded that | go to the
Office and get them for him. ]
was satisfied that he had a pis-
tol in his overcoat pocket, hold
ing it with his hand. / went to
the office, as he directed and he
drove behind me. | tied my
horse and we went into my Office
| asked him to be seated and he
curtly refused. | got the keys
and pretended to hand them tC
him. AS / did so, / let then
fall to the floor. Mr.. Glecklel
stopped to pick them up.
grasped him by the wrist, jerket
his hand from his overcoat pock
ct and wrenched a pistol from
his grasp. He had been holding
it concealed in his overcoat pock
ct. Mr.. Gleckler turned anC
dashed out of the Office and dowr
stairs. / did not follow. lie
was in such hurry that h,
even left his hat behind. have
the keys and the pistol still il
my possession. / can not ac