Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-06-23
NAVAJOS KILL
DICK WETHER|LL
Well Known Trader Murder
ed at Pueblo Bonito
Last Night
CHECKS BOTHER SECRETARY
MIR. Jaffa Decides to Accept
Only Bank Drafts or Money
Orders.

Captain Fred Fornoff received
dispatch this forenoon announcing
that the Navajo Indians have murder
ed Richard Wetherill at Pueblo Bonl-
to in Chacon Canon, near Putnam
southeastern San Juan county. Weth-
GRILL was one of the best known trad
ers of the reservation but lately the
Navaios have been very bitter against
him because they claimed he took ad-
vantage of them in trading. Threats
of violence against him had been
made repeatedly.
The dispatch was sent from Thor
eau, 60 miles from Pueblo Bonito, by
Sheriff Tale and stated that Wether-
i'll was killed at p. m. yesterday.
Captain Fornoff at once sent two
mounted policemen to the scene to
investigate.
Wetherill came to New Mexico
about ten years ago with the Hyde
Exploration Company which had a
dozen stores in various parts of the
country. On several occasions he
brought Indians down to Albuquerque
and other cities, acting as their guide
and was well known throughout the
territory.
Game and Fish Warden Gable has
appointed J. w. Morris, the postmast-
er at Bland, N. NJ, deputy game and
fish warden. Alleged violations of
the game and fish laws are reported
from that place.
Word has been received by Captain
Fornoff that John H. Malone who was
indicted in Mora county on the charge
of destroying property, has been ar
rested by Mounted Policeman A. A.
Sena at Maxwell Camp and has been
delivered to the sheriff of Mora coun.
ty. Mounted Policeman Sena also ar
rested Eligio Gallegos yesterday at
Chaperito. Gallegos is charged with
cattle stealing. He will be brought
here today and given hearing soon
at Cerrillos.
Mounted Policeman Rafael Gomez
has been sent to MADEIRA in Manzano
county and with District Attorney
Klock of Bernalillo county will inves-
tigate the finding of partly buried
corpse of an American.
New Company.
Articles of incorporation were filed
in the territorial secretarys Office to-
day by the Estancia Mercantile Com
pany which is capitalized at $4,000,
consisting of 500 shares at $100 each.
The incorporators are Milton Dow
who is named as the New Mexico
agent with Office at Estancia, 19
shares; J. H. English, 20 shares, and
J. S. Kelly 1 share. The company
will do a general merchandise busi-
ness.
Appointed Notary.
Acting Governor Jaffa appointed
one notary public, John K. Stauffeur
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe county.
To Address Institute.
Assistant Superintendent of Public
Education Acasio Gallegos will deliv,
er an address at 1 p. m. tomorrow be-
fore the teachers institute now being
u0lu Ill IuS ulSh oChOo1. 111o IouUJSS'
will be "The Personality of the Teach
er."
Trouble With Checks.
Territorial Secretary Nathan Jaffa
has had great deal of annoyance
recently with dishonored checks
Since assuming his Office he has tried
to accommodate the public by accept
ing local checks, although he becomes
responsible to the territory for fees
as soon as papers are filed. A mum
ber of checks have been returned tt
him unpaid recently and while IL
many cases they have been made
good, the collections involved a grea
deal of annoyance and expense. HI
has decided to make uniform rule o
accepting only bank drafts, expires!
Or postal money orders hereafter il
payment of fees for which he is re
sponsible to the territory.
Game and Fish Warden Thomas P
Gable has returned from Syringe
where he went to get some baby
bass for stocking lakes.