Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-26
SUSPECTS ARE
BOUND OVER To
GRAND JURY
GO TO JAIL IN
DEFAULT OF BOND
Men Charged With Completely
in Robbing Family Near Pro-
greSSo Held for Further
Examination.
Especial Dispatch to the Morning Journall

Especial Dispatch to the Morning Journail
Willard, n. M, Jan 25,-Justice of
the Peace Otero this afternoon bound
over to the grand jury in the sum Of
IS, 900 each the five men arrested late
last week, suspected of robbing and
torturing Epifanio Vigil, and his wife
on the night of January 10 at their
home, four miles south of Progresso,
in Torrance county. None of the men
were able to furnish bond and were
remanded to Jail to await an %investi-
cation by the grand jury. The men
are j. S. C"Tex'') Cravens, d. A.
Tucker. Lazario Cordova, l.. j. Shotzer
and Doroteo Torres, all of whom were
captured after a hot chase through the
Abo Pass country. The pursuit after
the highwaymen was led by Mounted
Policeman j. w. Collier, Sheriff Julius
Meyers of Torrance county and sew
eral deputy sheriffs, and constables.
That the men who robbed the Vigils
were desperate characters is indicated
by the following story of the outrage
which was given by Epifanio Vigil to
the Estancia News of a recent date
and published in that paper:
GOiit lbilt dlitI uuihs is tN1lN
thing about the house was quiet. sud
denly there came a noise at the door
as If some one was trying to lift the
latch and enter. / stepped towards
the door, but before reaching it, it was
hurriedly thrust open and a number
of revolvers were held to my face, at
the same time a voice telling me not
to move or I would be killed at once.
My hands were tied behind my back,
one of the bandits of whom l had
by his time seen there were five, con-
tinued to hold his gun in my face. My
wife, who had beer in the kitchen,
hearing the noise, came rushing in,
only to face several guns. When she
spoke one of the bandits fired His gun,
the bullet grazing Mrs. Vigils fore
head. Her hands were also bound be-
hind her back, ana a handkerchief
vas closely tied about her head, COW
ering both nose and mouth, almost
cutting off her breath. My daughter,
thinking 1t strange that neither my
wife nor l spoke, came from the
kitchen, to meet a like reception from
the bandits.
After securing us helpless, the rob-
bers demanded money and lots OF it,
claiming that they knew we had quite
a bit hid away in the house, M de-
mandcd OF me to tell them where. See
ing that we were helpless, / motioned
toward a trunk. saying it was in there.
one of the party rushed outside for
an ak with which TO break open the
trunk. l begged them not to destroy
the trunk, that the keys were in my
pocket. As my hands were tied. |
could not produce the keys. and one
of them coming over, grabbed the
pocket. tearing the whore pocket away
in his haste to secure the keys. Upon
unlocking the trunk. he threw the
things out until he found the money,
about $3.50. They also took a watch,
for which | had paid $25.
Not satisfied with this amount, the
robbers demanded to know where the
rest of the money was. l told them |
there was no more. That | was a poor
man and that was all l had saved.
Evidently they did not believe me. as
they were not satisfied. one of the
gang took off my shoes. and rolling up
"a piece of paper. placed il between my
toes and threatened to light II If | did
not reveal the hiding place of the rest
of the money. As there was no more,
l could not. and he struck a match and
set the paper a fire. Not satisfied
with this. he rolled up another piece
paper and after placing 1t between
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