Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-21

companied home by the parents who /,
were here in attendance during the |
child's sickness. Mr.. Beckwith is book /
keeper for the Gobel Lumber company. /
G. l. Han is spending day or two
Ia town, having arrived last evening
with his wife. Mrs. Hall went to Aztec
This morning TO make a short visit
with sister. In few days they VIII
90 TO Sllverton where Mr.. Hall has
business. He has sold his magazine,
Mines and Mining. and will take things
easy for q while. He started that lit
lie magazine some years ago In Ouray.
where il was called the San Juan
miner. Then he moved TO Denver 10
get into bigger field and later when
The magazine had grown SO as TO
cover the state, he changed the name.
Later when it had become a publica-
ton of national note he changed the
bhht' afsaih ot 10 w ihSiNt'
on all parts OF the globe. Mr.. Halls
success has been no small one, in
deed
Rev. DR.. Francis and wife departed
this morning for Oklahoma City where
The annual conference OF the Baptist
association OF the United States con
venes Thursday DIR. Francis made
many friends while in the city and his
meetings at the Baptist church were
well attended by the Christian people
OF Durango, While in the city DR.,
francis and wife were the guests OF
Mr. and Mrs Geo. n. Raymond
Yesterday was a busy day for DIR.
rrancis. In the morning he addressed
the Sunday school then preached the
morning sermon, addressed ap ex-
clusively mems meeting at $3.50 which
was well attended and where three
men declared themselves on the Lord s
side for the first time Then in the
evening the doctor address the B. y
r. u which was attended by the NJ
u. church Epworth league members
and then concluding with the evening
sermon, there being a large attend
ance TO listen to the closing sermon
Dr. Francis is an earnest and hard
worker and has convincing way oil
presenting the gospel. he is not OF
the spread-eagle sort, but gets righI
down to bed rock facts and backs
up every assertion with the Bible
The members of the church regret
very much that his stay was so short
but it was just by chance ne was able
10 visit Durango for few days, beine
one Of two of the general evangelisti
covering the United States.
A murder was committed at Georg,
w. Thompsons sheep camp abou
| twelve miles back OF Basin mpuntaiI
Saturday evening. Agapito Lucer,
was killed by Jose Vigil, and the new
was brought to town by a messenger
from camp, arriving little before
O'Clock Sunday morning.
The dead man was shot four times
and the following story of how tn,
tragedy happened was told to Sheriff
Clark by Witnesses:
Lucero had a boy working undel
Vigil. who was In charge of the sheeI
in Mr.. Thompson's absence. lie bea
the boy Tor not doing his work az
told TO do, and the boy reported the
matter TO his father. who went to Vigi
and told him to not beat the boy, bu
| to discharge him il he did not dc
his work right. At this Vigil got {
gun and deliberately shot Lucero Tn,
wounded man ran around the tent ant
was pursued by Vigil, who shot hin
four times before bringing him down
When he had killed him he compelled
the other men who were In camp tC
fill a sack Of provisions for him anc
he shouldered the sack and went away
whistling
Sheriff Clark went out as soon as
the matter was reported TO him ano
made search for the murderer, bu
the fellow is hiding out in the hills
a-foot and could not be found The
BODY of the dead man was brought il
by George Goodman and an autopsy
was held at the Goodman undertaking
rooms at o'clock this afternoon.
one OF the men in camp who wit
messed the shooting was so scared thai
he ran all the way to CASTELAR, almost
dropping dead from exhaustion He
thought Lucero was going TO kill the
whole outfit II is not known today
whether the man who ran so far is
past all danger from the exertion or
not.
The autopsy revealed that the man
was pretty badly shot up. One bullet
went through the right hand, there
was one wound ON the right wrist, one
wound on the right arm an inch above
the elbow, another wound two inches
above the elbow, one on the right side
over the seventh rib, one four inches
from that around towards the front,
one on the front of the chest two inches
from the nipple. one on the left side