Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-10-01
Ricardo, Guadalupe County,
Scene Of Double Tragedy,
Motive for Which is Believed
to Have Been Revenge,
'NEIGHBORHOOO FEUD
ENDS IN MURDER
One Victim Dead, Other Dying
Slayer is in Jail at Santa
Rosa, Awaiting Preliminary
Hearing,

! Hearing,
( Especial Dispatch to the Morning JournaI)
Santa Rosa. y. Nj. Sept. s0.~~The
lurrival here today in the custody Of
deputy sherifts OF Mrs. j T.. Curley,
right telegraph operator for the san
Ia rc Hallway Company at Ricardo,
station on the Bclcn cutoff between
Vaughn and Fort sumner. brought
the first details OF double tragedy at
Ricardo. Saturday afternoon. in which
George Brislinghum. a business man.
was shot and killed by Mrs. Carlcy
and Miss Cora Zimmerman. postmis-
tress at Ricardo. probably fatally
| wounded Mrs Carlcy is now pris-
oncr in the county Jail here held with
out lail
| The tragedy. which claimed the life
OF Brislngham and may also cost the
life of Miss Zimmerman. was the eli
max Of a fcud or neighborhood quar-
rel between the Carley family and
Erisling ham and Miss Zimmerman ex-
tending over several weeks
! According to the stories OF residents
of Ricardo. and the story told bA Mrs.
CarlcN, there had been i'll feeling for
some weeks between the two victims
and herself. dating back to a quarrel
over n COW owned by the Carneys,
which got loose ana trcspassed on
Miss Iimmcrman's property. At the
time, Miss Zimmerman and Brlsling-
ham arc alleged TO have threatened
to shoot the COW but were dissuadcd
"A.
rived upon the scene with Il small tar
get rifle and II is said told them IL
they shot the COW she would shoot
them
This quarrel resulted in sohle one,
presumably Brisllngham and Miss
Zimmerman, reporting Mrs Cnrlcy toI
the division superintendent at Clovis.
with The result that that official Is
said to have written her a letter. Sc
verely reprmanding her. This letter
incensed Mrs. Carey greatly and
aroused in her sitter hatred for
those whom she believed reported her |
A few days ago the father OF Miss |
Zimmerman Is said to have brought a !
couple Of watcrmclons to the station
placing them on the platform. |
~ N'hi away fiiN 'HNi l'Nf ~ - |
spirit of fun. Is said To have painted |
Nvin with stripes. When Zimmerman
rfl ltl4cd for the melons he was
& ifaN Ynscred by the supposed Joke
and thryA~ the melons on the ground, +
destroying them.
J Saturday afternoon while Car
ley. who is the day agent FOR the san
Ia Fe at Ricardo, was working on the
Wig he got message from the sup
1<antendcnt SO the story goes, mott
Tying Mrs Carlcy that relief opera
tor was on the way To Ricardo and
MAT she was no longer in the COM
panys employ Her husband imme-
.liately handed the message to her she
being IN The office al the time.
Mrs carlcy, who was very proud
If her position and took great pride
n il. felt the disgrace of losing II
<ccny. and If her story, told in jail
icre today. is to be believed. IT sud
lcnly unbalanced her mind. She says
hat She opened the drawer Of her
lcsk in which she kept "a revolver,
md taking the weapon out. examined
I She says she made up her mind to
sin Brisliusham and Miss thinner
nan. whom she blamed for the loss OF
icr position but on second thought
lccided this would not he right. From
hat moment until she was aboard the
rain bound for Santa Rosa IN charge
If the officers who arrested her. she ,
lains her mind was II blank and that
intil then she did not realize what she
iad done. the details OF the tragedy
oning back to her AZ il in a dream.
It is presumed that Mrs. carlcN, on
o.ing irislinghdnI walking toward
he postoffic" across the street. Just AT
he time she had been notified of her I
discharge. was seized with a mania
or revenge. for she went directly Il
cross the street to the postofficc. En- {
criug II. she fired two shots at Miss /
who was attending to her I
YORK as postnistrcss one bullet d
truck her forehead hut was deflect i
d. The other pierced her right lung. .
then rushed into the Of {
Ice aud Mrs. CarlcA. 1t il said. turned
pom him shooting him through the a
rcast and the abdomen. inflictine y
lorta wounds. from which he died D
ftcraard O.
Mrs Carley then walked out of tho
ffice aud back To the station. where g
he was arrested soon after. offering
o resistance. 81
Her husband declares she was IN a
ine at the time of the shooting and Z
ersons who talked with her at the
Al today share the belief that she il
III insane. People ~ Ricardo saw :
le woman has shown signs of iusan- Il
q for some time past b
The grand jury. which was tu have v
cen discharged today has been heid
session until tomorrow. when II H. II
spected 60 investigate the tragedyAn ~