Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-16


some distance from The point where
the blow was struck
At present the tall man he names
A unknown. The man IN the brown
sweater Is said 60 be George Papini.
now in Jail Ia connection with the
murder vi Nuanes, and the man IN
the gray sweater Is thought 90 be blc-
ordat. who is missing
Mcmillan testified o. seeing the tan
man pick up the board ana strike an
OLD man, apparently friend OF Nua-
nos behind the ear with Il, SO that
ne was folled 90 the ground He then
went into the saloon, Mcmillan SAID.
The same witness said that the TWO
short men went into the saloon az
aaoR-Hs tha man m the gray coat fell.
Mcmillan and a negro, whom he
ala not name, decided that boaru
nearby was the one which had peeh
used. and Mcmillan today sWore tha'
ne had seen where u was thrown "it'r
tho tall man had used Il striking the
"oid man with the blue scarf
The hoard was idcntined by him
In court. II d % piece OF a beer bar.
rel head, ab6ul IS inches long anu
four wide. not PARTICULARLY heavy on'
at strong wood somewhat lighter than
/ oak.
MIR. Mcmillan vas examined by
D,strict Attorncy ~ 4. vigil and later
cross examined by Modesto ORTIZ MI
! ortiz did nos state whom he repre-
/ scented. AZ
pr. l.. q ARe wac then called To
/ the stand. Dr. Rice was one oi W
phys,clans who treated Nuanes before
/ hc died. He went into consideraul'
detail regarding the wound IN Nu-
nnes scalp and skull saying they
wer, caused. IN his estimation by
some heavy smooth instrument Tic
said Nunues' skuil was fractured Tor q
short distance along the line of the
cut I'm his scalp. and for much
LONGER distance across the top OF ms
head. at right angles 20 the cut whil,
a short fracture extended downward
from thn cut
/ Dr. W. W. Spargo, one OF the physi-
! clans who conducted the autopsy, tes-
titled that hemorrhage OF the brain
caused by fractured skull had
4 taused death He stated the cause
of the fracture. ia his estimation, "a
be soma exterior violence, but as h'
Il had not seen the man before death
or before the SURGEONS had opcrate'
on him ln un attempt to save his iiie
he was unable TO say exactly Wha'
sort OF a wound had been made. TIC
said "a blunt. smooth, heavy weapon
might produce the fractures seen by
him,
! The fury then excluded spectators
, land after ten minutes deliberatiOn
rendered the following verdict:
I've. the undersigned Justice az th'
peace ana jury, who sat upon the 'n
quest held the 18th and 18th DAYS %
b january 1912, upon the body of pan
lei Nuancs, found dead la Precint
12. nnd that the deceased came e
his death by reason OF "a hcmorrhag'
ct the brain. due 10 q fracture OF tn
skull. caused by blow from som
, heavy blunt instrument held In tn
hands OF some party or parties un
known Ia the jury at the prcsen
time.
GEORGE n. CRAIG,
Justice Of the Peace,
! ~. j. GURuLE,
co. GlOMI,
"W. NJ COTE
GEORGE NJ. BINLER,
ID. COPPt.
. &C. g. ROMERO.
Foreman
Preliminary Hearing Friday.
= Friday morning az ~ o'clock Jus
ticc az the Peace George r. Graf
lwill hold the preliminary hearing
u George papini. who rs held Ia conne'
" ton with the death of Nuanes. Dis
, trlct Attorney NJ a. Vigil viii repr'
( sent the state
papini denies that he struck a
u fatal blow. ana Il Is not settled in n
a. minds OF the officers that he is real
% the man wanted
But IL Hes between HIM and on