Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-15
DANIEL NUANES is
DEAD FOLLOWING
SALOON FIGHT
George Pspini Held in County
Jail on Suspicion Of Being
Responsible for Death; Val
liable Witness Missing.


wanted witness. is IN hiding some.
where, as a result OF a brOwl In the
saloon operated by RlCordnti at ZIG
North Third street, about o'clock
Saturday night Five men, besides
paplni. who we're IN the saloon, have
been closely questioned and WIN APP
pear as Witnesses before cOrOner's
jury al 10 o'clock tomorrow. Reports
of those who we're present are con
ilictlng on somo of the most essential
points. Several OF the witnesses were
partially intoxicated az the time ui
tn0 hight
Whether or not Ricordati was pres.
ent or took part In the fight Is ques-
ton upon which divers opinions are
held. District Attorney NJ. II vigil
states That witness OF the fight
named Mcmillan said he saw the pro-
Erietor OF the saloon In the iracas but
could not say whether he strnck the
fatal blow. Chief OF Police Thomas
McMillin claims 20 have opposite In
formation from the same man and th1
Testimony OF several others tending In
the same direction. These opinions
are unofficial and viii depend upon
The testimony brought out at the cor
|orner's inquest at 10 o'clock tomorrow.
The coroner's jury viewed the re-
mains az Strohg Brothers undertaking
pQrlors this morning shortly afterr
II o'clock and then adjourned. Nuanes
WAS a good looking. a we'll built man
0i about %. Ills widow and four young
children live in Los Candelarias A
throng OF his friends viewed the body,
and accompanied the coffin to the
burial grounds. He was a man OF
good reputation and OF wide acquaint.
lance.
Those who saw the fight were RAJ
non Mares, Antonio MOntoya. Ste.
phen Caldwell. A. II. Mcmillan and
lGuaoalupe Nuanes, uncle OF the muir
dered man. Two blows we're dealt
upon his head. one al least with
piece OF wood, and the other probably
with a piece OF gas pipe or an iron
rod, A dis-COlOration upon the fore
head probably marks the place whore
the wood struck, and the second mark
ON the left side of the head above the
eer is probably the place where the
death blow was delivered.
Following a dispute over dice
game, Papini was In the act OF driv-
ing the dlsputants from the place. A
scuffle occurred on the sidewalk II
was claimed that papini went In and
got q piece OF iron or pipe and came
out again, striking Nuanes at the first
opportunity. papinis statement Is
that he used only his fists and In self
defense from the attacks of Nuanes
his uncle and Montoya. who were pull
ing at his hair. papini wore a brown
-
collar, were torn nealy from him.
Mcmillan, who was passing, was at
tracted by the noise. and became an
interested spectator. lie claims to
have seen man In a brown sweater
striking az someone with a piece Of
wood, and then the wood flew into
tho air
The testimony OF the elder Nuanes
and Montoya was strengthened by the
Subsequent discovery Of n section of
-aa pipe, la lAe basement where Il
could have been thrown through the
Opening from the sidewalk. Deputy
SherlA Dick Lewis made the find yes
terday, while looking over the grounds
for evidence.
Rlcordati wore gray sweater az
the time Of the struggle and could
thus have been distinguished from
Papini, whose sweater was brown.
The sweaters, the gas pipe and the
piece OF wood will figure In the in
quest. II Ricordati who left suddenly
with the statement that he was going
TO Alameda for witnesses. returns. a
valuable witness will be added. lie
has not been seen near Alameda, and
no explanation Of his absence has
been offered by others.
Details Of the Tragedy.
we arrested papinl," said Chief
OF Police McMillin this morning. be
cause OF the direct statements made
70 myself and members Of the force
by those who witnessed q struggle IN
IRicordetti's place on Saturday night
| The men who were ln the saloon we're
stephen Caldwell, w j. Mcmillan. RIA
mon Mares, Guadalupe Nuanes, who
is the uncle of the murdered man, and
the principals In the fight, and prob
ably others.
The frat one 20 receive lnforma-
ton OF the fight was Joe Salazar, one
OF our policemen He hurried into
the saloon when ne heard the racket
inside aud Immediately Mares and
Guadalupe Nuanes pointed to the bar
ltender papini, saying there Is the
man, there is the fellow that done IT,
Later we brought these two men "a
lpolice headquarters aud brought Pa
Ipini in We asked them n he was
the man they meant and they said he
was. Il was not a question of doscrlp'
ton, but OF pointing him ont
"A Ricordettl, who has since dis
appeared was around here at the
police station before this morning
and why he Is missing now we cannot
lsay Ramon Mares and Guadalupe
Nuanes seem 10 have lost their mem-
orlos since making their first state
ments, ana now say they cannot recall
who Il was that hlt the murdered man
on what be was hit with
q have questioned Caldwell and
Mcmillan, who a. stranger In the
city, with about the same results from
both OF them. stephen Caldwell says
he saw Papini come back into The
store (ihe saloon Is In the back endl
with an iron bar IN his hand. We
asked him particularly n Rlcordettl
was there al AL and he said No The
others We questioned said Rlcordettl
was not IN the nght. so / don't zee
why suspicion should point 90 the
man except that ho has seen ht TO gei