Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-03
SKELETONS FOUND
IN SEWER ALONG
GRAND AVENUE
YESTERDAY
One Was Body of Cowboy As
Leather Chaps and Boots
Were Still Intact. Another
Was Probably a Soldier.
PAPER MONEY AND
COINS ALSO FOUND

minders oi long forgotten past, were
uuearlh'd Yesterday py worhmcn On.
gagged IN making sewer connections
ON East Grand avenue and chapter
al the history OF Albuquerque was
mOught 20 light which Is remembered
D. bat few OF her citizens OF The pres.
day
The CHASTITY find was made by Ed
Snapp and Tony Nicto. NO worin.n
who we're making excavations for the
LAYING oi sewer pipes into n residence
a. Grand avenue 10 connect with the
main sewer running along that street.
nnd during the greater part OF the day
the skulls and various bones OF tho
human anatomy lay out on the street
FOR the inspection of the passers.bv.
investigation developed thar IN the
dim past, when the west was Young.
and the thriving bustling city OF Al.
hnquorguc of today was but a fond
dream OF the pioneer. the section of
The city IN the vicinity OF what a. now
The corner of Grand avenue and North
I'M street was occupied by GENE.
tory IN which were Inferred the mort.
al remains OF large number OF the
early settlers of this section OF New
Mcyico With the march OF time ana
Tho advance OF progress. IL was found
necessary 10 abandon this cemetery
70 make way for the building OF the
thcn new Young city OF Albuquerque.
and the land occupied hy the GENE.
tory passed into the ownership of prl.
ya,o parties 20 whom II was far moro
valuable for private purposes than
for use rs n burial ground The rcla.
lives or friends of those Of the In.
habiiants of the silent city o. the
dead whose names were known were
notified TO remove the bodies of their
loved ones and many OF these are
now Inferred IN Falrvlcw cemetery
There were many unmarked gravs.
however. for those were the DAYS of
sudden deaths In the western cour.
Try. and also the DAYS when a mans
nhme ana family connections were
~ relatively small Importance. and
so 81 happened that quite a number
of the bodies Inferred In the Gene
'erv were not removed for the reason
thaf nobody could be found who was
sufficiently interested in the matter
10 undertake The work OF removal
About the year 1855 the cemetery
lf'l''iiN BhHN'N lUiU 'Ut Ninfh OF
John W. McQuaie who subsequently,
subdivided II and sold II as residence
property Ovcrlyinc the bones Of the
oid-'ime Albuqueroeans liz now one oi
the most beautiful residence sections
ot the modern Albuquerque From
'lme time. as the work Of building
has gone forward. the rude pick of
The eNcavators would disturb the
eternal slumbers of some old pioneer.
ana the minds OF the old timers would
recall the existence OF the forgotten
cemetery Some wears ago body
was unearihed. ana buried In the cas-.
h"i with the remains wan found u
pockoibook containing several hun.
cred dollars In bills. so far decayel
That they fell to pieces on exposure
=" The air, and handful OF gold
coins
The skeletons found Yesterday fur.
nish material for much interesting
speculaiion a. 10 The Inc ividuality at
nc bodies when IN life. one of them
iad apparently been cowboy 'or
lhor" was still remaining the nodded
remnants % u. pair Of thick boots on
ne feet, a heavy wool hai 90 tho
head and pair OF leather chans on
me legs. An old ring. almost eaten
away By corrosion, bu, with what had
evidently been very ornate setting
Tor those DAYS still easily discernible.
Was found on IA. bone OF one of the
fingers, indicating that the dead aud
gone Norick, II NOT fellow of infinite
i"H ann mos, cxcelleT fancy al
i"aai had liking tor personal aiorn.
in'nt ami MOI bad taste In the sclec.
lion o. iewolrv
Tho other skeleton Nigh, well hnyc
hren that OF soldier Tor tn frnu
nents of clothing fouad with the
zones bore strong resemblance 10 the |
military uniforms OF a by.gone dat |
and q ghasily hole in tho skull gave !
strong evidence of violent death
The casket In which the skeleton was
ionnd was OF finer and more durable
material than most Of those which
nave heen unearther heretofore. as Ii
Was onls partially destroyed M the
fnYaRes oi time and decay
Foreman 81 Snapp. who h IN
charge OF the work on Grand avenue
snid thar 40 the work progressed u
was more fhan likely that other bod
les would De discovered