Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-17
Otto Buchanan Sends Every
One of Five Shots Into Bod
les Of Supposed Highway
men in BareIaS Last Night,
ANOTHER STORY TOLD
BY MEMBER Of PARTY
Santa Fe Employe Promptly.
Jailed by .UnderSheriff Dick.
Lewis When Caught at Home.
Of Friend,

ONO Dutkntnns ildtulnlNt AT tu'
Santa Fe shops. of "a South Second
street. last night shot and killed Luis
Beuayides. and wounded Rafael par
gas ana Prudencio Garcia Pargas
may die. but Garcia probably will re-
cover The dead man lived south of
the city. Pargas' and Garcias homes
also are south of here. The shooting
occurred about a:3O o'clock.
Benavides. Pargas, Garcia and ia
cobo Gomez were driving home from
Albuquerque in Gomez's buggy when
they met Buchanan on a lonely stretch
of road just outside the west fence
enclosing the railroad shops Gomez
said Buchanan struck the horse, and
the three who were later shot. jumped
from the buggy according to Co
mez. lie said thai Buchanan opened
fire without a word.
The first bullet s.ruck Benayides
IN the center OF the .reast. killing him
almost instantly His white shirt WAS
powder burned around the wound,
close range.
Buchanan says ne fired five shots
pargas was struck in the right hand
and in the right side of the abdomen.
Garcia received three bullets Two
entered his right shoulder and one his
lpft hand
Blekmaun's account OF fae shooting
differs He told ndersneriff Dick
Lewis that he thought the men We're
going to hold him up when they
jumped out OF the buggy. He had
nearly $500 in his pockets when he
was arrested
tndersheriff lewis, accompanied
hy Gomez and Justo Leyba. went to
the home Of Fred Lehman, 1901
South Arno street and found Buck
mann and Lehman there The Of
ficer entered the door with his re-
'olNer drawn ana covered Buckmann
buctmann had his revolver with
which he did the shooting, .45 cali
hcr New Police" COTS pattern. He
had reloaded the cylinder.
The ndcrsheriff took Buchanan to
the county Jail in a taxieab. on the
way buchanan gave his statement
saying he believed the men We're
about 10 rob him and he shot them.
Aftorwafd he went to his friends
home he said, Whether he told his
friend Of the shooting. The officer did
not learn
Gomez. who returned to the scene
of the killing. after leaving the un-
dctsheriff, said no one leaped from
his buggy until Buchanan hit the
horse buchanan did not say any
thing, according to Gomez but when
they got out he began firing. Gomez
said he remained in the buggy until
Ruekmann opened fire He ran to
the home of Undersheriff Lewis.
buchanan called out that he would
shoot him, Gomez declared.
Garcia, wounded in three places,
must have climbed back into the
buggy He drove to the home of Pa
holman Pablo Lujan. in Barelas, and
Pafgas, wounded twice, went to Co
mezs house. If Buekmann's story is
true, Pargas must have been one Of
those who chased him. He was not
thought to be dangerously wounded
at first. but a physician sent him to
s. Joseph's hospital. Garcia was
taken to the hospital from Lujan's
home. where he fell in the door as the
officer opened it at his knock
The place where the shooting oc-
CURED is a lonely piece Of road. The
high fence of the shops casts shad-
ow over II and row Of tall cotton
woods on the west side practically
cut off the dim moonlight last night.
Beyond the trees is an open area.
where the new railroad shops are to
be built There is no occupied house
within two blocks Of the spot. but the
firing and the fast-spreading report
brought crowd.
The officers. after telephoning DR..
T. G. Rice city physician and to
Strong brothers for an ambulance.
hurried to the place. The body Of
the east side of the road in the shad-
ow Of the fence The front Of his
white shirt was saturated with blood.
Blood trinkled from his nostrils, but
this probably was due to hemorr-
hage of the lungs. There was only
one wound directly in the center of
the breast. a few drops of blood
spattered his left hand, but this prob
ably came from his own wound. The
body was taken to strong Brothers
Undertaking establishment
We We're driving home from the
city, Gomez said. when ] first saw
the man about $3.50 O'Clock: he was
standing in the middle Of the road.
he struck the horse. Luis. Rafael and
Pradencio jumped out and he began
10 shoot He did not say anything
then. When | started for Dick Lewis |