The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-10-04
AND BUSINESS
MAN SHOT BY WOMAN

'I''lhl'l l'A lVf fNhNAh ~
Railway Company at Ricardo a station
~ the Bolon ut.of between Vaughn
aud Fort sumner, brought 'he first de.
ais of q double tragedy at Ricardo.
saturday afternoon, in which George
lirislimgham "a business man, was shot
and killed by Mys. Carley and Miss
Cora Zimmerman, postmistrcss ut Ric.
1rdo, probably fatally wounded Mrs
'arlcy Is now prisoner IN the county
iail here, held without bail
The tragedy, which claimed the life
1T iri>lnpham aud may also cost the
.ifc of Miss Zimmerman. wa, the climax
# q fcud or u"tghhorhood quarrel be.
wcen th" Cnrlcy family aud Brisling.
nam aud Miss Zimmerman. extend ng
over several weeks.
According 10 'hc stories Of resident,
IT Ricardo, and the story told by Mrs.
'arlcy, there had been illfceling for
.omc weeks between the two victims
aud herself, dating back - quarrel
aver cow owned nv the Carlcys.
which got loose aud 'rrspasscd on Miss
Zimmerman 5 property NJ the time
Miss Zimmerman and Brislinghnm are
llrgcd 10 have threatened 10 shoot the
ow hut were dissuadcd from doing 50
| hy Mrs. Carlcy, who arrived upon the
,rcnc with a small target rifle and it
snid. toii them II they shot the cow
she would shoot them
This quarrel resulted in some one.
presumably Buslmgham and Miss Zim.
norman reporting Mrs Carloy 20 the
division supcrn'endcnt AZ Clovis. with
he result that that official is said 20
| nave written her lcttcr SEVERELY rep.
| imandng her. This letter ncensed Mrs
6arlcy greatly and aroused in her n hit.
'er hatred for those whom she believed
| 'cported her.
\ few days ago the father Of Miss
| Zimmerman il said 10 have brought a
couple Of watcrmclons 20 the station
placing them on the platform. He went
away, ani Carey, in spirit of fun.
is said 10 have painted them with stripes
When Zimmerman returned for the mel
ans he was greatly angcrod hv the sup
posed Joke and threw the melons on the
ground. destroying them.
Saturday afternoon. while Carlcv.who
IS the day agent for the Santa Fe. NJ
Ricardo. was working on the wire, he
got u message from the Superintendent.
20 the story goes notifying Mrs. Carlev
that u ro!icf operator was on the way
10 Ricardo and that she was no longer
in the company's : employ. Her husband
immediately handed the message to her,
she being in the otIicc at the time,
Mrs Carley, who was very proud of
ler position and took great pride in it,
fcl' the disgrace of losing il kcculy,
pud if her story, told in iail here today,
is to br believed. II suddenly unbalanced
her mind, She says that she opened
rhc drawer of her desk in which she
kept revolver, aud taking the weapon
pui, examined IT, She says she made mp
her mind 10 kin Brslinghnm aud Miss
Zimmerman. whom Sh" blamed for IN"
lass of her position, hut on second
thought decided this would not b" right
From that moment until Nh" was aboard
he train hound for Santa Rosa in charg,
Of the officers who arrested her, she
claims her NINA was hIahk ana th"'
until then she did not realize what she
had done, the details OF the tragedy
coming back 20 her aS If in dream,
IT is presumed that Mrs 'arl"y, on
seeing BriSlingham walking toward 'h'
poS'cfhcc across the street, lnst ~ me
: time III" had been notified u her DIS
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