Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-17
ALLEGED SLAYER
Of POSTMASTER
IN THE PEN
GOSSETT'S VICTIM MAKES
ANTE M0RTEM STATEMENT
Prisoner Who. Faces Murder
Charge Fled Through Noun
tains and Slept Out in Bitter
Cold Before Capture.
Especial Correspondence TO s.ornins Journal

Especial Correspondence TO morning Journal
Santa Fe, N. M, Dec. 15.-A. II
Gossett, charged with the murder OF
Postmaster S. Conover at the latter's
store at Lyden, Taos county, Satur-
day night, was brought to the peni-
Tertiary tonight by Sheriff SylvianC
Roybal, who received the prisoner al
Chamita from Captain Fred Fornofi
of the mounted police. Receiving q
bullet in the neck. Conover fingered
until Sunday night, when he died
previously making an ante-mortem
statement of the killing to a justice
of the peace.
Gossett. whose wife and sister-in-
law run the Denver n Rio Grande
eating house at Embudo, had abused
the privilege he had of shipping sup
plies to the eating house over the
railroad at half rates to ship in sup
plies other than those for the hotel,
and had disposed of these in COMPETE
ton with Conover, who reported the
matter to the railroad authorities.
These sent an auditor and, it is said,
compelled Gossett to refund. Gossett,
Is said, made threats and Conover re-
fused to send Gossett,s mail to EN-
budo except on written order. This en-
ragged Gossett and he went to Lyden
to upbraid Conover. The word liar
passed between them. Conover picked
up a wagon spoke, whether before or
after Gossett lar pulled his revolver
statements differ, and Gossett dis
aln,-0l It1 raualynr tUina ono h1l11at
piercing Conover's neck. Gossett fled
and after wandering through the un-
inhabited portions of Taos county and
sleeping outside in the bitter cold for
two nights, was arrested at the lum-
Der camp of Hodges, Gossett is forty
five years old, a native of Knoxville,
Tenn, and a former business man OF
Trinidad, Colo. He had no lldr
He was known as a drinking man
Conover was an old sea captain and
leaves an aged wife.
Captain F0rnoff says Sheriff Syl-
viano Roybal rendered every assist
ance in tracking Gossett. 1t being
Sunday when Captain Fornoff arrived
at Lyden, which is not a telegraph
station, it was difficult to get word
to the county seat, but finally he cut
into the telephone line to Taos and
thus got word over to Ute Park and
other points in the mountains.
The murder occurred in Rio Arriba
county, but being on h Taos county
border the people of both counties are
much aroused over the deco because
Conover was well liked and Gossett
did not stand in high favor. Much
sympathy, however, is expressed for
Mrs. Gossett and her sister, a widow
of a Colorado officer, who was shot
and killed recently in the perform
ance of his duty.
New Rio Grande Line.
Territorial Game Warden Thomas
p. Gable and Druggist Fischer, who
returned last evening from a rather
difficult overland trip to Coyote anc
Ell Rito on the Jemez forest reserve
and Lobato grant in Rio Arriba coun-
ty, during which they suffered much
from the cold and deep snow, report
that a surveying corps of the Denver
and Rio Grande railroad has been
quietly driving permanent stakes for
a standard guage railroad from Cha
mita on the Rio Grande up the Chama
as far as Abiquiu, and that the inten-
ton is to follow the river to FL Vado,
there to connect with the branch line
from Lumberton and later to STAN
dard gauge the line from Chamita
into Santa Fe, the work to be done
next year.
Game Warden Gable found game to
be very scarce in that part of the
country, despite reports to the con-
trary.
school Row in Tucumcari.
The town of Tucumcari, Quay coun-
ty, has managed to raise another pub
lie school row, just after the excite
.ment over the recent accusation OF
race segregation had been satisfac-
torily explained by the board of di-
%rectors, and Superintendent of Public
instruction J.. f.. Clark is hurrying
there to pour oil on the troubled wa
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