Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-07-18
BOLD HOLDUP
IN The DARK
At Point of Pistol Sabine
Salas Is Forced to Give
Up Weeks Wages
FOUR YOUTHS IMPLICATED
Justice Garcia Binds Them
Over For Grand Jury
Action.

A bold hold-up, rivalling a Diamond
Dick story in its setting, and contriv.
ed by youth who played the role OF
Fagin to finish even instructing his
proteges how to assume the Jeffries
crouch position while ritling the pock-
cts of his intended victims, was per
pertated Saturday night almost within
stones throw of District Attorney
E. c. Abbott's residence in this city,
when Sabine Salas a delivery boy for
HayWard's market was forced at the
point Of pistol to give up S., his
weeks wages.
AS result the clever work of Dep
uty Sheriff Seferino Baca, who made
the arrests, the four youths alleged to
be implicated in the hold-up, were
bound over for the action of the grand
jury in Justice Jose Maria Garcias
court this morning, after a hearing
conducted by District Attorney Alb
bott himself. The youths are Flor
encio Apodaca, who the sheriff has
learned was driven out of Albuquer-
que some months ago for alleged mis-
conduct; Ben Tucker, who appears to
have been the one who acted the role
of Fagin in the affair; Ezequiel Cor
tez, and Adolfo Quintana; all of Santa
Fe. The charge against them is high
way robbery and assault with a deadly
weapon.
The news of the hold-up, of an en-
ploye of Hayward's meat market, com.
ing so closely on the heels of the rob-
berry of the meat market this week,
spread quickly and at the hearing this
morning scores of young men lined
Bridge street and crowded around the
office of Justice Garcia, but only those
directly interested in the case were
admitted to the Office.
AS a result of further Investigations
made by the sheriff's Office, and es-
pecially by the clever work Of Deputy
Sheriff Baca, whom Sheriff Closson
warmly praised this morning in dis
cussing the hold-up, charges will like
ly be pressed against several of the
youths now held for the grand jury,
because of the finding Of pickles, but
ter and other articles supposed to have
been stolen from Hayward's meat
market last week when his back door
was pried open.
How 1t Was Planned.
With the serenity of a trained story
teller of the Hal Reid order and in
concise language Ezequiel Cortez
gave a description of the hold-up and
told minute details of it's planning
when put on the witness stand by Dis
trict Attorney Abbott who led him by
shrewd questions step by step over
the occurrence Saturday. Cortez is a
good looking young chap, neatly dress
ed, wearing smart low cut shoes, fash
ionable colored socks and dainty laces.
He said he lived on Manhattan avenue
and had known the other young fel-
lows, all of whom looked between the
ages of 16 and 20 for some time. He
said that Ben Tucker, who also work
ed at Hayward's had been the inspir-
alton of the hold-up which may send
all OF them to the penitentiary for a
term of years. According to Cortez, it
was Ben Tucker who told him that
Saias would be paid off Saturday night
and that by clever work he could be
relieved of his weeks wages. Ben
Tucker himself was to lead the prey
into the trap, and was to feign being
held up, too, for he would put couple
CT dollars in his pocket so that the
highwaymen could make the affair
more realistic" This was agreed tC
Cortez said that Apodaca was to dc
the heavy part in the tragedy, the
plat ing of a pistol at the nostrils OF
Salas. The pistol was procured from
a trunk of a man who had roomed al
Cortez's house. Cortez himself and
Quintana, a slender youth, were in
structed to crouch "au Jeffries" anG
with hats well over their brows
search the victims pockets. Ber
Tucker would come along with the
victim and he too was to be covered
with the pistol and one of the boy:
was to go through his pockets. Cor
tez said the trio to play the role
o. highway robbers met near the cap
itol, having already been informed by
Tucker the route he and Salas would
come on their way home. Apodaca
had the pistol but Cortez and Quint
ana were armed with bicycle wrench
es.
Worked Beautifully.
Cortez described graphically how
the plans had worked beautifully and
VIXEN Salas and Ben Tucker came
along, the three robbers held them up
went through their pockets and found
S. in Salas' clothes. They also re-
mover 81 from fuckers coat. Corte2