Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-01-31
WAS MURDERED
AND ROBBED
Captain Fornoff Receives
Letter Describing Fate
of Mcclure
LUIS TAPIA NOW IN JAIL
Strong Evidence Is Said to Be
Against Man Charged
With Murder.

of the Santa Fe railroad was murder |
ed and then robbed, was ascertained /
today when Captain Fred Fornoff of !
the New Mexico Mounted Police re- /,
ceived a letter from a resident of !!
Mountainair. The letter states, the !
body of Mcclure was found and |
brought here yesterday, Saturday, |
January 28. There were five bullet
holes in the body, one under the chin,
one through the upperteeth, one in
the forehead, one through the left
side and one through the body. The
body was thrown into an old well
after it ad been thus riddled with bull
lets. Mcclure was robbed of all his
valuables including good gold
watch, an automatic pistol and other
things on his person.
Find PIunder.
"The special agents of the Santa Fe
found five wagon loads of plunder in
a cave on the premises. The plunder
consisted of corn, chop, dried fruits,
etc. The Howes took four horses
away with them and stolen saddle.
Heard Shots.
The letter goes on to state that the
day of the tragedy which was We'd
nesday, shots were heard about noon.
A short time afterwards one of the
Howe boys came to the Bartell ranch
yand asked for the loan of a saddle.
He was refused, but it appears he got
the saddle anyway.
1t is said that the stealing from
the Santa Fe freight cars has been
going on for year or more and that
others besides the Howes may be i'm
plicated.
Captain Fornoff has received word
that the Mounted Police have arrest
ed Luis Tapis and taken him to Jail
in Santa Rosa Guadalupe county, on
the charge of killing Miss Nora Stew
art, who was shot twice in the back
the night of January 10, just u hours
before she was to have been married
to Lujan Tapia, brother of the pris-
oner. It is reported that strong ev-
idence has been found against Luis
Tapia 1t is thought that the murder
was the result Of fit of jealousy.
Murder Trial at Santa Rosa.
Santa Rosa, N. NJ, Jan. 31.-Dis-
trict court for the sixth judicial dis
! trict of New Mexico will convene in
Santa Rosa February 6. The venires
! for both petit and grand juries have
| been drawn and served. The most
| important criminal case to be tried is
the murder trial of E. G. McNabb, a
| travelling salesman for st. Louis
house, who was arrested and held by
the justice court for the killing of H..
H. Hargis, station agent of the E. P.
S. w. railway at Vaughn, on the 18th
of October, 1910. At the preliminary
examination before the justice in San
ia Rosa, McNabb did not go on the
stand and it has never been given out
by the defendants attorney, nor by
the defendant what the defence will
consist of.
Mrs. E. G. McNabb, the wife of the
accused man, and on account of
whom Hargis was supposed to have
been killed, is beautiful young wom-
man of refined appearance. She has
visited her husband once or twice
since he has been confined in the San.
ia Rosa Jail.
Hargis was shot in the barber shop
of L. Moore while he was putting on
his collar and tie after being shaved
McNabb was arrested five or six min.
utes later by Officer Pope. He was
in bed when arrested and in a room
in the Darlington building, directly
across the street from the barber
shop.
To Hold Post Mortem.
Santa Rosa, N. NJ, Jan. 31.-The
sensational Developments in the in.
vestigation of the mysterious killing
of Miss Nora Stewart, on the 10Th OF
this month, at the Bailon ranch, on
Mesa Aragon, in this county, have cul,
, minated in the arrest of Luis Tapia
at Antonchico, by Toribio Salaz.
Sheriff Casaus, deputy Felipe San
: chez, Mounted Policeman Al.c Street
and Martin Serrano have been work
ing on the case, and facts were
brought to light which they consider
justified the arrest of Tapia. Mem
: bers of the coroner's jury investigat
ing the case say that although the
girls hands were smeared with hel
blood, where she had been evidently
holding it against her breast, the CUR
had no blood on it. After being shot
the girl was supposed to have carried
the gun 60 feet, as it was found lying
q by her side and 60 feet from where
! the empty shell was found.
}. Tapia will be brought to Santt
/ Rosa and have his investigation here
E He is the husband of Miss Stewart
b mother. The body of the girl will b.
E exhumed and thorough post MOI
tenn held.