Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-07-30
SEQUEL TO
SOCORRO TRAGEDY
Sweetheart,,of Murdered Man
Tried to Kill Herself
With Poison
VERDICT OF CORONER'S JURY
Ten Posses Securing the Country
to Locate the Assassins of
katzenstein.

Socorro, \. NJ, July 30.--An unsuc-
cessful attempt on the part of Miss
Amanda Montgomery to commit sui
eide. the organization of ten posses in
various parts of Socorro county to
pursue Frank Schmidt, alias Frank
| Conway and Sam Johnson, the al
Ileged slayers of Emil Katzenstetn,
who was shot and killed in front of
the Richards hotel Thursday night
and the return of a verdict by tine
coroner's jury which held an inquest
over KatZenstein's remains, were the
most important developments today in
the affair which has kept the town of
! Socorro in the throes of excitement
for the past twenty-four hours.
The excitement incident to the muir
der of Katzenstein had hardly begun
to subside when the report was sent
broadcast through the town that Miss
Montgomery, who was with the man
when he was killed, had made an un-
successful attempt to end her own
life. In her room at a down town
hotel she swallowed a liberal dose of
sugar and lead. But for the fact that
Iher condition was discovered by
friends who had kept watch, expect
ing some such action, the woman
would undoubtedly have died within
a short time. The arrival of physi-
clans and prompt administration of
antidotes saved the girls life. When
she had fully recovered Miss Mont
gomery refused to assign any reason
for her act. An investigation devel-
oped that early this morning Miss
/ Montgomery made an effort to pur-
chase morphine at a local drug store
Being refused this poison, she return
ed to her home and took the sugar
of lead, purchased some time ago for
use as an eye medicine Other than
to say that she was sorry that she
was not successful in her attempt,
> and that she wants to die, Miss Mont
gomery refused to make any state
ment.
Justice of the Peace Amos Green
early this morning summoned a coro-
ner's jury and held an inquest over
Katzensteins body The jury exam
,, ined a large number of witnesses,
: among whom were several men who
, were standing in front of the Richards
hotel at the time Katzenstein was
shot. After hearing the testimony of
all the witnesses the jury returned a
verdict fixing the responsibility for
: the crime on Frank Schmidt, alias
Frank Conway, and Sam Johnson.
Schmidt or Conway, is a cook and
johnson was formerly cashier of the
Harvey house at Rincon. Johnson is
described as being six feet tall, slen.
der, with the appearance of a con.
sumptive, blonde complexion, light
=, hair and eyebrows. According to tes
:, timOny of some of the witnesses be
fore the coroner today, it appears that
! Schmidt or Conway and Johnson came
out of the Richards hotel and follow
ed Katzenstein and Miss Montgomery
Schmidt walked around in front of him
and fired, while Johnson almost sim
One bullet, evidently fired from a .3S
revolver, caused Katzenstein's death
\ entering just under the heart anC
= passing out the back. The other bul
let was A and passed through the
lapel of Katsenstein's coat.
Ten Posses Organized.
s Ten posses are now securing Socor
ro county in search of the escaped
murderers and it is doubtful if they
can remain at liberty much longer
Governor w. ]. Mills and Captain
Fred Fornoff of the New Mexico
Mounted Police have interested them
selves in the case and four mounted
policemen have been detailed to as
c sist in the man hunt.
Text of Jury Verdict.
The verdict rendered by the coro
ner's jury empanelled to investigate
the cause of Katzensteins death. is
- in part as follows:
I'VE find that Katzenstein came to
Il his death in the city of Socorro, coun.
% ty of Socorro, territory of New Mexi
e. co, on July 2S, 1910, from the effects
n of two gunshot wounds inflicted hy
!. Frank Schmidt, alias Conway, whose
a true name is not known, and that he
# was aided and abetted in the crime
n by one Sam Johnson
Il JUDGE AMOS GREEN,
5, Coroner
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