Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-24
Murder in Redlight District
in Albuquerque Many Years
Ago Recalled by a Small
Pamphlet.

written by Trout ana circulated cN-
tensivoly about the country In pamph-
let form Is as follows:
on the night o. July s, 1896. I was
playing the banjo In notorious
gambling house IN Albuquerque. n.
NJ. II had been my business for years
and I liked tho surroundings. they
suited me exactly. In fact, have
travelled from nay home n the east,
from city to city. through all the
slumdrim OF tho western cities play
ing my banjo. / thoroughly enjoyed
Il and the company which Il brought
me. Aboet ! o'clock / dropped my
banjo and went across the street 20
see young Japanese woman who
licvd In a little onc-story shanty. and
with whom I was wen acquainted In
fact. sometimes she made me he
banker. and only few DAYS before
had been carrying a large roll OF her
money ! raped on tke door, and.
receiving no reply. I went around %
the back door. Finding ii open !
went Ia. aud to my horror / saw ms
poor companion Ia sin lying ON the
floor with her head crushed to pieces
and the blood flowing an over the
floor. Realizing that she had been
foully murdered for her money. and
that ] was an unwilling witness. ]
ran out again into tho night so ex-
cited that l scarcely knew what to
DO. I afterwards went and got q poo
lice officer (Harry Cooper. now dead
and told him ! feared something was
wrong there, and we went IN together
and found her as already stated.
within an hour and hnlf / was ar
rested as hes murderer on suspicion
and locked In jail / had no money,
no friends and no character. and I
began 20 realize for the first time
what my life was bringing me. I was
finally brought TO trial and convicted
90 ciroumstantial evidence, and sem
fenced To forty years Ia prison for a
crime that knew nothing more
] about than tho judge who sat upon
tho bench
Dear reader. can you enter into this
story With me; can you form an iden
- my despair as I received practically
a life sentence for something which
did not doP My heart was hard
and bitter against myself and every
body else as ! WAS taken 60 the tcTri-
torial penitonilary az Santa Re, y. NJ.
! WAS On the prime Of life only 2s
years old, but, Oh. what steps ] had
already taken in tho downward path
that leadeth unto death. Every evil
habit had fastened itself upon me.
ana after had taitan uy plnce IN the
prison I almost Wta' I'D with terror
and despair when : realized what was
before me. WAS soon set 10 work
with pick and shovel digging out
trenches on tho grounds, and I tried
90 do the work the best | could and
be a good prisoner / presume I was.
for little time afterwards ] was
placed IN tho library, and had charge
OF the greenhouse as we'll.
One sunday afternoon Ia the chap
81 the speaker took for his text 81.
John 3, 18th and 18TH verses; AS
Moses lifted up the serpent ia the
wilderness. even so must the Son OF
Man be lifted up; that whosoeyer be-
lieveth In Him should not perish, but
have everlasting lfe."
The speaker dwelt NJ length on this
lactuni occurrence and also how God
commanded Moses TO erect pole
with the brass serpent. and although
there were people there dying by the
thousands. those that looked on that
braEen serpent were healed. lie
brought the application home to as
lprisoners hoW the serpent az sin had
stung as so deeply and our only rem
edy was 20 look 20 Jesus Christ, who
was lifted up on the cross, and ms
hard heart began TO melt and de-
sire came 20 me 10 ~ healed OF thii
terrible sorpenrs bita. The speaker
Instructed us when we got back a.
our cells 10 read this whole chapter
} and when 1 got back TO my cell ! tool
up the book and read, ana ! prayed
10 God 90 open my heart so that
could understand Whist he wanted o
me. and az ! rend the blessed heA
Shirt came 20 my poor soul ans
showed mo what a sinful man I Was
and } then and there became a chile
~ God, Great peace came To m.
soul. which at first ! could Fcarcen
understand, bur although aiili q pris
J oner ana wearing the stripes, 1 wa
a free man In Christ Jesus, aud ! re
ioicod In my new. sound life. Afte
this prison life was not 80 dreary a
: Il WAS before,
Among the many different worker
8 who came TO the prison were Mr. am
, Mrs. J. r.. Wood Of santa Fe-he
mail agent on the road lie is
blessed RAN and one who loves IN
prisoners They organized a Chris
tlan EndeavOr society On the prison
and also a branch Of the chrisiial
Abalainers union and a Blue hutto
J army, ana ! became an active Nom
her of these organlzoiions Ia "a
2 prison. and commenced 20 work "a
Z best ] could 90 save my fellow me
!. around me. Another person ! woul
q like 10 mention q the person know
na Mother Wheaton. 4 ininA Z Shout
speak Of a little circumstance tina
happened % one prisoner who wen
by the number oll, ana who wot
this number In great big cloth fi1
ures on hls back ne drove Motht
3 wheaton 20 town, as hc was a iyust'
}. aud she hald that she was going I