Semi-weekly herald., 1908-12-10

iuSl "euue5udy huiueTeu IOur mem
Il bers of the Garcia family. and thel
/ eloped with Maggie Garcia, aged II
4 early yesterday morning killed tn
d girl and then committed suicide.
k The bodies of the two were foun,
d by the pursuing posse when they wen
/ tc canon yesterday to capture tn,
; pair. Martinez had shot the CIR
through the head with Wincheste,
e rifle which he carried, and then sen
a bullet into his own head. Bott
I died Immediately.
r Word of the fifth murder and suicide
4 of the wholesale murderer was brought
' to Trinidad this morning by Under
sheriff Kreeger. other officials and
newspaper men who went to the scene
: of the crime Saturday afternoon. They
brought the body of the girl back to
the Garcia ranch yesterday and in
TERED 1t with other members of her
; family
! Martinez body will be allowed to
lie in the canon where it fell until
later today because the posse was un.
able to carry both on account of the
ruggedness of the mountains and al.
most impossible roads. His remains
win be brought out from the noun
tains today.
Martinez and the girl had gotten
but short distance away from the
scene of the murder, due, it is be.
lieved, to the difficulty they had in
travelling, They were not mounted
and had no conveyance of any sort
The first trace of them was gotten al
the Alex Mckenzie ranch. where they
stopped Friday morning for breakfast
Nothing further was heard or seen
of Them until Saturday when they In.
quired for food at another sheep camp
further south. The posse trailed them
through great canons, but gained lit.
tie ground despite the fact that the
officers were mounted. On several
occasions they were forced to get off,
and lead their horses. 80 narrow and
dangerous were the trails.
The posse got close onto them Sun.
day. In fact, at times. they were
around the hill from one another
The fugitive couple were finally traced
into deep canon, where there was
no outlet. but owing to the fact that
darkness had begun to set In the Of.
ficers were unwilling to take any
chances with the desperate murderer.
and no effort was made to capture
them. A guard was thrown up about
the spot and was kept up all night
to see they did not escape.
Yesterday morning the canon was
entered cautiously for fear Martinez
might be hiding behind rock and
in this be enabled to shoot down ev-
cry man who came in sight. No trou
BILE was experienced, however, and
1t was at first believed that possibly
the couple had scaled the high walls
of the canon and escaped. but search
revealed the two bodies In the further
most regions of the canon. Evidently
from appearance of the bodies the
pair had suffered intensely, especially
the girl. 1t is believed the exposed
portions of the body, together with
her toes and hands, had been frozen
before the bullet, which cost her life,
was fired
The posse nad made all arrange
ments for lynching the murderer, had
he been taken alive. A rope had been
obtained from a ranchhouse which
passed along the route and a tree to
which the man was to have been
strung up was selected Sunday night
while the men stood on guard about
the opening of the canon In which the
pair took their last refuge.
i NEW YORK CITY, Dec "a score
Of passengers, third of whom were
women, were helpless spectators early
this morning during the operation OF
a gang of toughs, who boarded a
southbound Eighth avenue car near
| Jul btitttp hhOChtu uOWn anu
beat the conductor. robbed him of all
the money he had with him, and ter
rorized him into an attitude of non
accusation when an officer appeared
Passengers were warned not to leave
their seats until the gang had worked
its will with the conductor and es
capped
In the midst of the fracas the motor
man, who had kept his car moving a
l its usual pace, blew his whistle for
policeman. When the officer appear
ed, although the men who had com
y nitted the robbery were then on tn,
car, terrorized the conductor VIII,
/ meekly said they escaped. When tn
/ car had gone few blocks further tn
e conductor was beaten again and sc
i verely brushed. Then leaving tn
II car with their loot the men escaped
g COLORADO SPRINGS. Dec. g.
General William J. Palmer is failin
IT rapidly according to reports fror