Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-30

Sister Admits Miss Montgom7
cry Was Subject to Despond-
enoy; Assault Theory Still
Finds Supporters at Capital,


| Especial DispatcI, 10 the Morning journal II
Santa F'e, n. NJ, Sept. 29.---The
coroners jury, impaneled to inves-
tigate the death of Gertrude Mont
comery did not complete It's work to-
day and has adjourned until tomor-
ow morning at 3 o'clock. A consid-
cradle number of witnesses remain TO
be examined The officials are more
unate girl killed herself. There are
great many people in Santa Fc, how
ever, who do not believe It and who
stick to the first theory, that sho was
a victim of assault and that eonvicts
employed on the road work in Santa
Ifc canyon were her assLilants 1t
has been proven conclusively. how
ever. upon the expert testimony of
physicians that IT assault was at
tempted It did not succeed Dr j. II
sloan, who was in charge of the girl
after she was brought to the hospital
here. agrees that criminal assault was
not made If attempted lie holds,
however, that the girl could not have
iAfiicted the vouFD IN the back Of he
head C11 tie ttlAr hand. the wound
was four days old when first ex-
amined Suppuration had long since
set in and the wound had bled freely
This, ii Is claimed, would have ef- |
fectually covered mp any signs of
powder burns there might have been.
Mrs w II Polk of Shreveport, La. |
was the first of the young woman $ |
relatives to arrive. Her mother and |
an unmarried sister from Greenboro, |
Miss. arrived this morning. Mrs, |
Polk, on her arrival last night, told |
Captain Fornoff of the mounted po-
lice that her sister was subject to
fits of dependency and that the sui
eide was not unexpected She said,
however, that she did not want her
mother to know that it had been sui
ride, This morning. however Mrs.
Polk had changed her opinion and up
% this afternoon insisted that il could
lot have been a case of suicide. In
his she was Joined by her mother
|
Yrs Polk went with the officers to
he place in the mountains where tho
sirl's hat. coat and veil were found
md when she returned she was APP |
,arently inclined to accept the suicde
heory again. The mother and sisters
ave retained Attorney r. II. Hanna
O combat the suicide theory The |
violence brought before the coroner's
-. |
very fact which can be ascertained
n connection with the girls death.
'hus far it tends to confirm the sui
ide theory and at adjournment to-
light il was apparent that. without |
ONE additional evidence or some new |
xplanntion Of the existing evidence.
he jury would find n verdict of sui
lde
There has been some talk here on /
he streets to the effect that the sui q
ide theory has been advanced to {
over up carelessness In handling the n
onvicts who have been employed on \
,ad work near Santa Fe. II is being ,
lid that convicts have been allowed / =
} come into Santa Fe even without
yards and at night and have been u
lowed to obtain liquor. ,
That there has been carelessness in | I,
10 handling Of convicts on the road
ork. particularly Of the TRUSTEES. | c
ems to be agreed. But no one who q
As followed the work Of the officers ]
this case. particularly the efforts Of
aptain Fred Fornoff of the mounted q
1llee, can question the complete sim /,
'rity OF the suicide theory Every n
'tail OF the investigation has been n
ado public and since the moment of IL
e discovery of the girls body no
fort has be get at the ST
- detail oil tHs -s>e Captain | Fl
Drnof ~ tie beginning Of the in al
we n. Brat one to ad-
lnce the b itef inal enc convicts n
ere resnons ,le ~ aij not ahan- NJ
N this belis IrA .hs evidence he e.,
thered himself led him TO accept II in
CASE Of -licidf r.,
"T am now thorcurhi.. convinced Of
at This was "a ease 7f iicide." said az
.ptain Forn1e o. q Morning Jour
u represent tif. -l.4eht 'T have -
led every other tIeotr to account IL
p the case Ha .rh. Is sstisfac-
~ The airn was not
ped. she taf rnf u. victim Of
bber2. for t-r lnsrer was not u
uohcd Sh- Naa d,si ondeut and 81
nne and ~ WEAPON SIC had with -
r. was the aaaipu u-e1 10 infict the ~