Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-06-07

| er's house; when he told me, don't
| be afraid OF him. when he comes,
| open the door. Then Juan told me to
open the door and l opened it. As
soon as | opened the door Eduardo
was back Of the door with big stick,
and hit and knocked him down,
caught hold of him and shot him
twice. He told us not to say any
thing, not to disclose ii. | told him,
what could we do? | have 10 dis
close it. He said no. l will take the
body out and burn It, He took the
body out and burned it. He put the
/ body on horse. He brought the
horse with him. When the shots were
! brought the horse it was dark. He
loaded the body on the horse by him
self He rolled the body up in a
wagon sheet. II was my mothers $
wagon sheet, but it was there in my
! house. 1t was long time until the
shots were fired until my mother saw
him. This boy Eudardo cleaned the
| blood from the floor | was in my
! mothers house when he cleaned up
! body there in my house while | was
rresent The statements | made to
/ Sheriff Meyer were not true. | made
| luuse statements because ! was afraid
! of Eduardo. spent the balance of
the night at my mothers house in
the bed with my mother. He shot
! him with small gun. He said he
shot mri IN tue head He cleaned it
| up the some night. was there
when he cleaned ii up That was
after he took the body away, about
daylight once | got up during the
| night Miguel Trujillo knew nothing
Of the murder. My mother took the
club with which Eduardo struck my
| father and carried it to her house
| The stick is stll there back of the
cupboard. / saw it there when we
came away. The club was II hoe
| handle about four feet long.
Eduardo cleaned the blood from the
club, | did not tell Hercuano Chavez
where my father was. but he came to
our house because | was afraid. l
! don't know whose horse it was nor
what color it was, but 1t had shoes
on. He was only gone from the house
| about fifteen minutes when he re-
/ turned with the horse. The bullet
| entered Juan's head near the left
| temple. He first knocked Juan down
with the club. Then Juan got up and
he shot him. but he did not fall at
that shot; then he shot him a Sec
Und time.
(Siened with the mark of Isabella
Mondragon.)
Statement of Eduardo Trujillo.
At o'clock in the evening of May
! 28, when l and Isabella Mondragon
were in her house, We saw Juan Per-
alta coming to his house. | wanted to
| leave, but Isabella told me not to go,
! that | should have no fear and she
went to the house of Juan Peralta.
! He compelled Isabella to come and
unlock the door of the house where
| was. Then Juan Peralta entered and
| said to me: What are you doing
! here, YOU ---------," and came
| toward me to strike me. We clinched
and fell, l underneath. Then Isabella
came up and struck him twice over
the head with a club knocking him
down, and turned him over, holding
, fast his arms while she killed him.
That was about sunset Then Juana
came and told me to help them wrap
! the body in a wagon sheet and place
it on horse which she had brought.
| told them that | would give myself
up TO the officers and she answered
! that "only fools gave themselves up.
/ Then we agreed to take the hody TO a
place where they had seen lots oi
wood. Juana remained at home with
/ the children. Isabella went with me
+, to show me the place where the Wood
was. When we came to the place we
took the body from the horse
then we built fire and stayed
there until daybreak. The part
4 of the body that was not burned
we took from the ashes. | remained
there clearing up the ashes then we
returned to the house of Juan anu
they said they would arrange every
thing and / shoul tell nothing. From
there went rlnning to M nom
and arrived a. ( ocloch ~ ~" Hi9
luncle eating breakfast
(Slgned with the mark of Eduardo
Trujillo).
| ,Iunna pcralta's statement.
The statement l made TO Sheriff
I Meyers and capt Fornoff Yesterday
about seeing my husband Juan Peralta
on last Monday, MAY 2s, 1871, was a
lie. as he was then dead II Is the
truth that / saw him with my daugh-
ter Teahella on Sunday night MY
daughter did not tell ne anything
about how my husband was killed
She told me thai SHE cleansed the
blood up Off the floor whore II had
flowed from the wounds of Juan Per
alta. Eduardo Trujlllo told me to
hold tho horse while he put the dead