Weekly journal-miner., 1911-05-31

 murder of Louis D. Yaeger. Just two weeks, to the day, have elapsed between the murder and the death sentence.
 The crime caused the whole coun- try to stand with bowed head and wonder why crimes like these could occur; how one murderous, ignorant Mexican sheepherder, unheard of and worthless, could, in a fit of passion, shoot down a man who was friend to everyone.
 Too great praise cannot be given those guardians of the law who have in this case set an example to the whole country.
 Gallegos was brought before the grand jury Monday morning. That body found him guilty of murder in the first degree. He was immediate " arraigned before Judge Doe, and pleaded guilty. There is a law which says that twenty-four hours must -elapse between the arraignment and the trial. Therefore, the trial, or presentation of the "essential facts" as it is called in a case where the defendant admits his guilt, took place at 1:3O o'clock, Tuesday.
 Antonio Terra, a little Mexican boy, about six years of age, was an eyewitness of the shooting. His story was practically the same as that told by the other witnesses.
 Francisco Delardo, a member of the same outfit which employed Gal legos, testified that on the day of the tragedy Gallegos had fired three shots at him for apparently no cause and had he not grasped the muzzle of the rifle the murderer would have beaten him over the head with the barrel.
 Gallegos, finding that he could not harm Delardo with the rifle, attempt ed to draw knife, and Delardo, feel ing that the infuriated sheepherder meant to kill him, ran away, and notified the foreman of the trouble. Delardo is a young Mexican, about p years of age, and does not speak English.
 Nicola Baca, foreman for c. C.. Hutchinson, was the next witness. He testified that he had been having trouble with Gallegos all day, and that one of his men had come to the camp and told him that Gallegos had said that if Yaeger came up there to separate the sheep he would run him off with the gun or kill him. Baea immediately telephoned the sheriff, and then went up to see what was the matter with GallegOs. Gallegos said that he was mad because Yaeger's herder was not paying at tention to his business, that he was running to town and letting his sheep get over in GallegOs' flock. He (Gallegos) was not going to work all the time and let Yaeger's man loaf. Baca asked him for the gun and he refused to give it up. Baca argued with him, and he said that he needed the gun, as he was going to kill the foreman of the Colin Campbell outfit fo- having whipped a dog belonging to him, last year. Baea realized that Gallegos was going to make trouble, and told him to get through that night This did not tend to improve Gallegos' humor, and Baca was aware that he would make trouble if he got a chance. Accord ingly, when MT. Yseger arrived he told him to look out for the angry herder and keep out of his way. Yaeger laughed and said that he was not afraid of Gallegos and if Baea was he would be glad to go up there with him and see that everything was all right.
 Bscs stepped into the camp house for a minute to telephone, and Yaeger said that he would wait for him, and they would go up to the herds to- gether When Baea came out of the house he found that MT. Yaeger had grown impatient and had gone ahead on foot.
 When he came near that part of the river bed where the flocks were feeding, he saw his brother-in-law riding along the opposite bank, and spurrng his horse into as fast a gait as he could go. This immediately caught his attention, because as a rule his brother-in-law was a slow rider. He hailed him and asked what was the matter.
 He learned then for the first time that Gallegos had killed Yaeger