Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-21
DESPERATE FIGHT
AGAINST GREAT ODDS
Room Where Killing Occurred Was
Scene of Disorder. AtteStinq
Aged Mans Fight For Life
Three Men viii be Tried
dt Las Vegas.

Las Vegas, n. NJ, Feb. 2t-By the
| arrest of three natives, one of whom
| has made a confession, the mystery
surrounding the murder of j. H. Teit-
| lebaum, who was found dead in his
store at Tecolote Sunday morning, has
been cleared and the manner of his
| death is known.
| Mr.. Tetlebaum was a wealthy resi-
! dent of Las Vegas and owned a gem
eral store at Tecolote, eighteen miles
| from this city, where the Tecolote
| copper mines are situated. Sunday
morning his body was found in his
| bedroom in the rear of the store, his
| head crushed, his nose severed.
knife wound in his temple and finger
marks on his throat. The store had
been ransacked for money and part
of the stock had been taken.
The only clue to the murder, for
such it was generally believed to be,
was that furnished by a man who
said he had seen two men going to
the store Saturday evening Sheriff
Romero went to Tecolote Monday to
investigate the matter. but was unable
to find ANYTHING that would lead to
the Identification of the murderers,
and he returned to this city. He has
been working on the case since Mon
day and yesterday again went to Tee
olote where he arrested native
named Eneinias
EncInias was closely questioned and
after considerable persuasion con-
| fessed his part in the crime. implcat-
ing Leandro Romer, a clerk in Teitle-
baum's store, and Estevan Domin-
guez. They were arrested and placed
in jail with Encinias.
In his confession Encinias told
Sheriff Romero that Dominguez and
Romero came to him about o'clock
Saturday night and proposed that the
three of them murder the old man
and take his money. After talking
the matter over he consented and
they arranged their plans
Got Forty Dollars
They were to divide equally all the
money they got, and all three were
| to take part in the murder. After
arranging their plans Romero went
to the store on the pretext of buying
coal OIL and Encinias and Dominguez
followed a short distance behind him
| and lay in wait While Romero en-
gagged Teitlebaum in conversation in
| the rear room of the building the 9TH
er two entered unobserved At the
prearranged signal Romero grasped
Teitlebaum by the throat while En-
| cinias and Dominguez took hold of
his arms.
The chair on which he was seated
| tipped over and the three men held
| him on the floor, beating him in the
| face and on the head, Stabbing MIN
| and choking him until he was dead.
They then searched the premises
| for the money TeitleDaum was re-
| ported to have, but found only $40.
| They took a quantity of cigars ani
| whisky and left the store, going to
| the home of Leandro LucerO, a friend,
| to divide the money.
Scared by Dead Woman
When they arrived there they
| found the house in mourning. The
| sight of dead woman was TOO mucn
for them I'D they fled to the home
| Of Encntas where they div ded the
money, CigaI and whisky.
An examination of the RI ON in
| which Teitlebaum was killed IT jicates
| that he fought desperately for his life
| The furniture Tas overturned and
the room was i'm disorder. Blood was
| spattered about on the floor and
walls and Tetlebaum's clothing was
disarrInged as though he had made
"a hard fight.
Teuebaum had recently sold every
/ thing I'm his store and expected to
move 20 Las Vegas to live, From the
fact that many people had paid him
accounts during the past few days it
| was thought he carried a large sum
of money with him, and the murder
ers had evidently heard this rumor.
The crime Is the most horrible in
| F,f- of a