Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-07-28
Young EmpIOye Of Holmes Sup
ply Company Dies in Hospital
Here as Result of Fearful
Assault.
GAGGED WITH PILLOW AND
HIS HEAD BEATEN IN
Santa Fe Detective Force on
Trail but No Glue Has De-
veIoped to Mysterious Crimei
Robbery Not Motive,

Unconscious and bleeding, with his
head nearly beaten TO pulp, with II
portion of his brain protruding from
the fracture, a victim of the murder
Gus attack Of unknown assassins, ly-
ing on his bed with part of the
blood soaked pillow upon which he
had been sleeping, stuffed into his
mouth William Phipps, the store
keeper of the Holmes supply COM
pany commissary car at Suwanee, was
found by Firman Regnosa, a work.
man of the washout gang. AT o'clock
yesterday morning.
The Mortified native Immediately
gave the alarm and in a moment half
the gang of some so men, went to the
scene together with f. w. Culp, the
Santa Fe timekeeper and his Wife
and General Foreman McNutt. 1t
was soon seen that Phipps was beyond
any aid that could be given him at
the camp and he was ordered brought
to the santa Fe hospital It Albuquer-
que, where he died at 3:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. never having re-
gained consciousness nor spoken q
word after he was found. In addition
to the fractures in his skull he suf-
fered other injuries that would have
killed him. DR.. John w. Colbert OPP
Grated upon the injured man at the
hospital yesterday morning in hope
of saving his life. but ne was undoubt-
edly beyond human aid when he was
found.
The murderers who evidently at
! tackled their victim during the night,
! left no clue to their identity.
The body was taken to Strongs
| undertaking parlOrs and viewed by
Justice of the Peace George II. Craig,
who set the inquest on the body for
this morning. M. Sandoval, foreman
of the gang in which Firman Regnosa
is employed, came in with the body
and was held over to testify at the
inquest. Regnosa was also telegraph
ed for and will be in this morning.
William Avery, agent for the Holmes
Supply company at lsleta, caught
train ten, which was bearing the
wounded man to this city yesterday
morning and has since been here as
sistlng as far as possible the efforts Of
the officers and attending to the az
fairs of the dead store clerk.
The Santa Fe detective headquart-
ers at Los Angeles was notified as
soon as possible Of the crime, and
Chief of Detectives Cade Selvy i'm
| mediately ordered all available Off
GERS On the ccse. The secret service
operatives took up the case at 7
o'clock yesterday morning and are
now securing the country for miles
in every direction for a clue which
| will lead e Tho identity OF the men
1 bp ha N
have been sent in every possible di-
rection. warning the officers to be on
| the lookout and all gangs working on
| the Santa Fe coast lines and the cut
off are being watched
The similarity of the crime with the
! killing OF young Abel Sedillo at
| Duor0, N. NJ, on April 10, last,
| leads the officers to think that pos
| siblv the crimes were both commit
| ted by the same gang Both the men
| were commiss1ry agents, both or
| them young fellows In the prime Of
| ,ile. Phipps Is about 27 years of age
| and Sedlllo was 49, both were asssls-
sinated In the dead OF night, and both
/ were found In the next morning with
| their heads split by some blunt lnstru-
| ment, and in both cases robbery does
not seem to have been the motive of
the crime. Phipps valuables. fine
watch and some money was left un-
| touched, and Sa!rlos money WAS also
| not nr1lested And singuarly enough
| both men were found fully dressed
and both were gagged when found.
| Special Officer Ralph Probert acting
nder orders Of Chief Cade Selvy left
| yesterday noon on the limited for
Suwanee To fcdke q thorough invest-
! cation Of the affair.
William Avery, manager or the
| Holmes Supply company at lsleta'
| Immediately telegraphed to the rela-
tyes Of Phipps in Los Angeles. Phipps
| was a likihle young fellow and had
| many trieIds who are at a loss to
know why he should have been the
object of so murderous an attack.
| Both the Holmes Supply company and
| the Santa Fe are doing all In their
| power to unravel the mystery, and
! with the work of the officers clue
as to the identity of the perpetrators
of the foul deed is expected to be
| shortly unearthed.