Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-06-04
JURY IS CONSIDERING
FATE OF MURRAY
At Los LUNAS
Murder Case Completed Last
Night and Given to
Jurors This
Afternoon.
MURRAY ON STAND
TOLD OF KILLING
Both the Principal In the Case
and His Wife Testify About
Affair That Led TO
the Death of
Cermann.

Los Lunas, n. NJ, June 4.-Tne
case of the territory against George
f. Murray, former mounted police
man named Germann, because the
latter despoiled his home was con-
cluded in the district court here at
noon and was given to the jury ABOUT
2:3O, after Judge ABBOTT had finish |
ed reading his instructions. Argu- !
ments were begun this morning and
the entire morning consumed by the |
attorneys in reviewing the evidence.
The defense stuck to the plea that
knowledge of his wife's unfaithful- |
ne SIS and of Germanns part in 1t |
| weighed 50 heavily on Murrays mind |
that when he discovered Germann in |
his home he became mentally ire |
sponsible, and possessed of but one
idea-to find Germanu and take his |
life in reparation for the wrong done |
him
Murrays testimony, which was CIV
en- at the session of court last night, |
bore out this defense and the testi- |
mony of other witnesses for the de- |
fense. Murray's testimony substant- |
tally was that he had learned of his |
wife's intimacy with Germann and |
that he had told Germann TO keep
away from his home. The night of
the killing he storted for Thoreau on |
a freight train, but that he began
thinking of his family troubles and
decided to return to Kettner. He /
jumped from the train, which was
moving at a rate of about twenty
miles an hour, and went back 10
Kettner.
Approaching his house-he did not
know the time-he knocked at the
front door but there was on re-
sponse Then he broke in the door
and as he entered the house. Ger
mann ran from the rear door. He
then went out to find Germann and
when he did find him. killed him.
His testimony made a good impress
sion on the spectators IN court. 1t
was told calmly and Murray display
ed little emotion when speaking Of
his knowledge that all was not right
in his family affairs, and of killing
the man he held responsible.
The introduction of testimony be-
gan when court convened yesterday
morning and the trial was continued
all day and at a night session. The
witnesses called for the prosecution
were Dr. John d. Hess OF Las NC-
gas, Walter Villas of Kettner, jim
Childers of Kettner, Joe Syndcr OF
albuquerque. and A. G. Anderson, a
brother of the man Murray is charg-
ed with killing. Il
Tho case, as made Dy the prosecu-
ton. shows that Murray went To his
home rather Unexpectedly about II
a
and discovered Germann there; that
his wife admitted Germann had been
there and that Murray started off IN
a frantic effort to find him. searching ]
nearby buildings and the hotel where
Germann usually stayed. Not being I
able TO find him, Murray went TO the
other side of town, to the home of |
Childcrs.
ChiIders testified that Murray APP
preached him when he was standing
with Germann in front of mis- house.
but that Murray vecred off and went
to the corral Germann after re-
at the Childers house about
half an hour. left win the intention
of leaving town.
4 few minutes later shot was
heard and an investigation showed ;
Germann lying on the ground dead. :
with Murray standing aoout eight
feet from the body. Germann nad
been shot about the apex of the
heart. \
From the evidence, it appeared q
that Murray had asked several people I
it. they had seen Germaun and that B
hc made no secret of his anxiety to
find and kill MIN. Ii, made the ;
statement to the keeper OF a board =
ing house that he would get him be- i
fore sunrise" q
The testimony introduced by tn" 4
tended to show that Muir p
ray shot Germann about two hours 1
after Germann had becu at his hom , ,
Witnesses called for the defense
during the day session of the court
We're Mrs. Murray, Tom BANTER, DR.
Hess and Fred Fornon.
Mrs Murray said that she Was e.
married To Murray in Arizona about q
eight years ago. She admitted that q
Germann was i'm her home for i'm ,
proper purposes at the time Murray ,
arrived but that ne eluded Murray F,
al the door. Murray then started off !
to find him She admitted having