Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-12
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follows
Virgins Confession.
La~ Vegas. y NJ. Npril ~ a. m.
Joseph Virgins. being duiy sworn.
on his oath. dvpos"S ana says That
when u -. Bursum was sheriff OF
SocOrro county was deputy shrrin
IN said county located In san Mar
cial while ~ that position shu,
aud killed Eraquio Jaramillo on ac-
count ui his attentions To- my wife.
WAS sentenced 80 th,. territorial pen
itcntiary Ia ~anta Fc IN 1901 To- scrv.
ninety mine years Th" sentence was
commu,cd 90 twenty years by Gov
"rnor pt.ro. In 1903 Tn. governor
gave ~" complete pardon wnila
was employed nn the scenic high
way constructing IT, | went to wy.
oming in May 1910. | came then to
Madrid aud got married to Mrs
Louise Bdca and remained there I'm.
I'll the latter pa. of February. 1911.
while was in Madrid. received
letters from VIII Rogers, whom had
known ia Las Vegas for about two
N,arS. when ! worked on In. scenic
highway aud before | was pardon.d
and before I went to wyoming one
letter was sent To- M about tn. tenth
81 Februu.v. That he wanted M To
come 10 i~iS Vegas. that he could
make ten thousand dollars IN ON.
night IN - former letter he had
said that n | had a house To com"
10 Las Vegas ~ onc. came tu Las
Vegas ia Response to that letter
I came 10 Las Vegas ahou, Feb
ruary 80. 1911. After | came I had
e. ~prnincd ankle at the time | went
to see VIII Rogers ~ the Office of
the Aqua purs company aud he ask
ed mo NOW I was fixed told him.
badly fixed" H. went good tor me-
81 DhnZigcrs ior sixteen dollars
Dansigrr stopped my credit and said
hr Wouldnt let ne have any NOR" on
Rogers account. | went to see win
Rogers At the Aqua Pura company
al night Vas going ~ the place
here he Keeps his auto. next door TO
his fathers shop dur,as tho same day
ana he told m" he wanted To SEQ me-
at the Aqua pura Office that night |
came to the Aqua Pura office tlat
same night There was another fcl.
low thr.r that same night. The other
fellow asked m. for tn" Ms" oi my
house. while Rogers vent tu get two
cigars ! told him I wouldn't let him
nav. the house. hut ne could have
! the stable " they wanted II. "a | was
going away Tor three or -four days.
went with my VIII. and three child
rem TO- the house of my aunt. Sclipia
Leyou. who hVss near thu cemetery
stayed there until tie morning of
March ~ l, was Friday morning
when J came back | found - note In
| ~" house saying Destroy every
| thing YOU hnd The not. was signed
Nv. Il destroyed II. From The
itcrS | he'd received from VIII Hog-
crs at Madrid n" always asked me
10 destroy them after reading them
- destroyed these that | found III
| IN" house on my return. found
/ two pairs uf baby pant-ll-t"~. = pair
/ ot mans pants cap and q mask,
N'st. pair ui uNcrshut~. about
number srVcn~ That vas FRIDAY.
pat them ia tic outside vault, ili but
! the vest and oVcrshurs tn, over
shoes Mrs Virgins burned saturday
| VIII Rogers came To- my hnus" and
John Rogers stayed uut In thr aut"
Wll came In ana asked me rs
there amy on" here but YOU that eau
talk English said NO Ny
Wife was there also. WiIl said "Di,
you DESTROY rycrNthing?" sait
yes" VIII said "You know m,
we'll ." | said Yes" win said 81
Nlll make this an right with You
said then "vou go on and attent
10 your business. h., me alon.
That was all that was said. Apoloni,
S"na came To my house April \ an,
Uskcd me some questions Sunda'
afternoon IA. came back and ask
m" 20 come to his house. prumisrC
him would come back and tel
him everything knew and that
would secure that Nth my neck ~
IL the man who told me how every
thing was dom. then told him al
knew on the cl.y nth of April
told him everything know and tina
ne should have tn, credit of discoN
.ring this matter came with hin
To the 'astanod, brcausc captain
Fornnif sent Tor mc ~. SAID that Tin
ol..arv wanted t. scr me This d
what know of m" mattrr ! forgo
to say that I found flat KEY Will
the other things In my house when
rrturncd few days ai'rr IN. kid
, naping I went iu see VIII Rogers a
thr Aqua Purn office and hr told m
tu leave IN. uiiicr and he didn't pa
me anythins Nl he has done fo
M h. Ia stand good tor m. AZ Dan
> ,ing.r's for sixteen dollars.
(.ipnodb JOSEPH WlGGiNS
Witnessed aud sworn to ocfor
r Gcnre, A f'lcming. Notary pubii'