Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-09
Efforts Of C, W, Hunter 10 Take
Horse From Owners Draws
Policeman Into Grave Shoot
ing ARRAY,
FRANCISCO VARGAS SHOT
BY POLICEMAN GUAVARAI
Charged That Strenuous
P%oundmaSter Went Outside
City and Official Limits in
Effort to Grab Animal,

! The somewhat feverish activities a
the eve, strenuous q. ~. Hunter. dog
catcher and poundmastcr 70 the Al
buquerque CITY government, were tn
direct cause of 4 serious eucounte
on the outskirts Of the city ycsterda,
morning, as a result Of which Fran
cisco Vargas, fifty YEARS old, lies il
81. Joseph's hospital with an ugl,
gun shot wound ia his left shoulder
Policeman Tony GuaYarn or tho Al
buquerque force is under bond IN tn,
sum OF Sl,00o, charged with an at.
tempt to murder Vargas and Hun.
ter's countenance Is badly disfigured
Camille Vargas, son OF the wound
ed man, is under S25 bond to appear
before Justice Of the Peace Craie
Monday morning, charged with re-
sistinG an officer, the resistance con-
sisting in his refusal to allow Hun
ter to take away a horse belonging
to the Vargas family which young
Vargas declares was IN his charge
ana outside of the city limits and the
jurisdiction OF the %dog-catcher.
The incident began about II o'clock
yesterday morning near the corner Of
Fifteenth street ana Harrison avenue
and ended half an hour later Il block
further west, outside Of the city lin
its and in precinct t3.
Five or sis weeks ago Hunter was
appointed dog-eatcher by Mayor Les
ter, succeeding the late lamcnted
Warde, who at that time ~languished
IN dufance vile. Warde was not "a
gt4as.eu uo l,.r. .t tgI,l. -. ~ -.
get the dogs.
Hunter, when he took the office,
did 50 with the announced intention
TO cXtcrminatc every dog in Albuquer-
que which appeared without the alum
mum ~dog-taX-tag required by city
ordnance, Hunters powers as an Of
ficer are not very clearly defined In
the ordinance. 1t is not understood
that he has police powers. yet in vari-
Gus ways he has assumed those pow
ers and IN a number Of cases which
have been reported, he appears to
have made himself exceedingly OBJ
jectionable, particularly to women.
Hunter has been heard 10 boast Of
the ways in which he has succeeded In
himself into private houses
ana onto private property and as to
the language he used in addressing
in their own homes: and. il he
quotes himself correctly. deserves to-
be locked up In his WI canine eaia-
boose. A number Of Instances have
been reported In which the man APP
pears 10 have exceeded all possible
limits both in his language and ais
lotions and his work yesterday af-
.ernoon which resulted in the shoot
ny OF Vargas and the arrest OF Of
icer GuaYara. seems TO have been
'ut another instance Of the kind.
As nearly as IAN be learned Hum
or, travelling with his red dog wagon
up Ia this time treated as more or
Of q municipal pleasantry-aud
nioying ~ the fun the preroeitavcs
go with his office, had been on !
ialnt out to Fifteenth street and y
harrison avenue and the vicinity Fri \
ny afternoon on the lookout FOR
oSs without tugs. IN the course Of
Is Wanderingg be spotted numerous Z
ogs which We're not tagged The dog q
atchcr tried TO onticc them into his <
.agon, but failed. The owners rallied
) the relief 90 their puppies and In
case succeeded III getting them
ONE. Hunter then made q note oil \
lc houses yesterday morning
wore out John Doe warrants against
number Of persons. Policeman Il
was detailed 10 serve the
arrants, Hunter accompanying him
point ont the houses Hunter had
,inted II one or two houses where
e officer served the warranta with =
~ fV,f4If. .fftp. sl.. ID. A. 49, "a
in police court. TIP to this time n
e dog catcher had been we'll within
authority At the residence OF
'dncisco Vargas Gnavara went in to a
rye "a warrant. Hunter. waiting out-
ie, spied q horse wandering loose a
an unfenccd field which lies partly
"a partly out of the city limits
d on which The people OF the neigh
rhood havc been accustomed TO
their stock from time imnlcm- .
at once attempted TO take
secession of The horse. II is declared.
IN IA" Intention of taking it 10 the
lnd as a stray No soone had ht
hold of the animal. however.
IA Camilo Vargas ran from the
reas house and protested that the
belonged 10 him and that NIL
q not a stray. II appears that nell
does actually belong to Narens
q was Keeping watch on IL. Words
ssed between the men Hunter re-
ing To- give zap the horse and N"argas
isting that DC had mo right 60 takc
lp as q stray. Policeman GuaVara
7 the elder Vargas were ~attracted
the quarrel aud arrived ON the