Albuquerque citizen., 1908-05-04
WHO OWNS THE GUNS?

Persons in the vicinity of the New
Armijo building at Third and Central
| this morning were considerably sur
prised To see "A man dash down stairs
from the building and out upon the
sidewalk
The man was c. Il. Gleckler. a
rancher and owner of a building on
Fourth street between Gold and Cen
tral. in which until recently was the
office of La Opinion Publica, Span
ish weekly paper of which Efego
Baca is the principal owner.
Mr.. Gleckler told friend that Mr.
Baca had drawn a pistol on him
without provocation.aM Mr.. Baca on the
other hand asserted that Mr.. Gleckler
mad kept him 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
ana the story as told by Mr.. Baca
varies widely. The only thing upon
which they are agreed IS that there is
an ownerless pistol. 1t is i'm Mr.. Raca's
possession. Mr.. Baca says the pistol is
not his but that ne took it away from
MT 'feckler. Mr.. Gleckler says he
has not owned a gun of any kind
since his eleven years of residence in
New Mexico
Citizen reporter askci Mr.. Baca
concerning the affair. Mr.. Gleckler
was also asked for his version of il.
Nj. Baca i'm substance said:
- vas in my buggy driving from
my office to the postoffice. Near
Third and Central met Mr.. GlcckIer.
also driving.
La Opinion Publica had been mo-
titled To vacatc its office in the build
ins owned by Mr. Gleckler and We
had done so, except for a few small
articles. | had paid the rent to Mr..
Gleckler until May - and ! consid-
cred that the paper was still entitled
L. the use Of the building until Nav
.. when our time was up. Mr..
Gteo kler or his agents had taken pos
session of the building and had
thrown out some of the things be-
longing to La opinion Puhlica. When
I met him this morning / asked Mr..
GleCkler why he had taken possession
of the building before We had vacated
j. and before our time was up He
said that il was his building and he
had a right to do so. / noticed that
ho kept his hand In his overcoat
pocket and appeared 10 be angry He
demanded set Of keys 20 the build
ns which ! had ! told him | would
give them to him and reached into
my pocket for them. Then recalled
mat they We're in my office and told
him to call at my office and get them
~, demanded that / go to the office
and get them for lim. was
satisfied that he had 4 pistol I'm
ms overcoat pocket, holding (.
With his hand went to the
'i1ce, as he directed and he drove
behind me. | tied my horse and we
went INTO my office. asked him to
be seated ana he curtly refused /
got the keys and pretended to hand
them 70 him As | aid 50. let them
'all 10 the toor Mr.. GleckIer stopped
10 pick them up. / gra~ped him by the
wrist ierked his hand from his over
'oat pocket and wrenched a pistol
rom his grasp. He had been holding
Il concealed in his overcoat pocket.
Mr. Gleckler turned and dashed out
# the office and down stairs. I did
not follow. He was iu such a hurry
hat he even left his hat behind. |
INV '"e h'NS an" IN" pistol SUN IN
my possession. ! can not account for
his action as | have never had any
words with him That IS all there is
20 the affair. / do not care 20 prose-
ute"
Mr. Gleckler talked win a Citizen
representative over the telephone. He
was al his home He said at first
hat hc did not care 70 discuss the
matter and would prefer that it be not
published but he said ne would per-
nit The Citizen representative 10 use
1is own judgment aoout the matter.
Both statements are given as nearly