Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-06-25

you want me TO work on that assault
Case?"
He quickly cooled down. however,
as the woman stared him out of
countenance and nodding her head,
muttered:
81 recognize his voice better zen
he speaks like he was mad"
Pfeiner said when he left the,'~~>
ture show and went home, he as--.--
companion stopped en- route sat
viaduct. He was asked II he mad Il =
aiso stopped at a lunch wagon.
He replied that he had not. but
/ later said he stopped at Charles
wagon" The tamale wagon in ques-
tion is located near First and Silver
avenue, and the police had previous
| information that Pfeiffer had been
there earlier in the evening.
Evidence Sufficient.
Chief McMillin said that he consid-
cred the evidence he possessed suffi-
,3eu' 4, e~t* p b. I'D az Pfss1er
CT the charge of assaulting the wom-
| an but when she positively identified
him, nothing more was apparently
needed to complete the case and the
| chief did not question him further.
Pfeffer then asked to see the chief
in private and his request was grant
ed What he had to say in that in
terview is not known. He denies any
knowledge of the assault and said he
was not I'm the vicinity of Abajo sta
tion and can prove it, If necessary.
Chief McMillin believes that event
uaHy. Pfeiffer will name his compan-
ion. but says it will not be necessary
as the police can find the man with
out H.
, Pfeincr was arrested by Chief Nc
Miiln several years ago and was sem
ltenced to serve year In prison On a
minor charge. He said today that h"
served seven months, was taken Ill
. and released Later he was employ
, ed by the santa Fe as a special Of
fiCcr and assigned to work at Aba ,.
lie was discharged about seven
= months ago and told the chief he had
B. done no work since that time. His
, address is given in the city directory
as $50 South Broadway, and he Is
designated as a laborer.
! The Womans Story.
Mrs. MajoTibanks story as told un-
> der examination by the chief Of police
, ana District Attorney Klock this
what she said last night. although not
on the point Of assault
: This afternoon she admitted that
she aud her husband had not paid
. fares from San Marcial to this city,
iut had "bummed' their way in a
box car, and tnat It was while leaving
} the box car they were accosted by
: the fake officers and their knowledge
tFia
law made them easy victims of the
men who represented themselves to
- b. railway special officers.
The womans story was told I'm such
/ % straightforward manner that il
. carried conviction despite the fact
. that she reversed one Of her state
s ,ments completely and admitted to the
= chief that she had lied because she
r had been told to do So" She de-
I clined to say who told her to lie but
. |u is believed she was cautioned by
. some trainman VINO through sympa'
, thy. allowed herself and her husband
p to ride on freight unmulestrd. This
however, is only surmise.
According to the woman. she and
her husband We're cooks and were
, married in Denver September 20th
l. last year. They found it difficult t.
, keep employment and travelled ID
: Greeley. colo. thence TO various
. Kansas towns, to Oklahoma anC
through Texas, ending their trip II
FL Paso about a month ago. Whef
, they had money they paid fare Wher
they did not the woman said they
rode trains She said she was adep
~ in catching fast trains and that heI
, husband oftened cautioned her about
the chances she took. From ri PasC
: the MaioriOanks went TO san Marcia
. and the woman said they worked toi
, the Harvey house there. They left
, that place ana decided 10 come t'
this city.
i, Did YOU buy tickets here o" asked