Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25
Of CHINESE
FOUND GUILTY At
SILVER CITY
Second Degree Murder Yer
dict Is Returned Against
Grady L. Rhodes: Ybarra
and Wilson Acquitted.

! fapeeie' Corresesnaeate % tne fIrrnial
Silver CtN ~ AZ. sept 25.--Graas
~ lihudss tharEed with The murder
~ CuE fsn. q Chlnhman. 90 Leo
pole. was convicted Of second deeree
murder hy the jury IN the district
touri here d W. Wilson. charged
with iht mElll1 III hts mother-in-iaw.
tCarolIna See end Pablo Yharra.
lcharrcd with the shooting 90 Julian
lCslics Ia silver city on J0la So. were
acqultted
M the Rhodes case enc testimony
for the state showed that on June
1a5h Wft onE Dan, CninniuNn
tnnmcuit called "ralsy," WAS killed
at Leopold this county There nsa
no eve witness 10 Ire kiilins. About
two n'clock in the afternoon of that
dap the defendant went o. ihc store
Of the Burro Mountain Copper com
pary and took an automatic pistol
from the show cnst. holdins q up and
telling SIR nyrnc. tho manaser Of
the store ta ch8rEe o. few min
aies after two shots were heard in
the vicinity 80 the mess Mouse just
little later the defendant came 90
TIE office 81 the company and told
ar Hutchins and Mr. Kcdeerlcc. who
were there. that there was a dcaa
Chiuamnu AZ the mess house. From
thtre the dceindani returned 60 the
store. handed thc pistol 90 Mr. Mc-
Cntsnty. there employed. and asked
that the deputy sheriff be- sent for.
when the officer arrived. the de-
PENDANT surrendered himself into his
NualodS saying that he "guessed ho
had hllleo a ChinamAn" An invesii-
cation showed that the Chinaman
was dead. having been shot twice.
once w the left shoulder and once in
the head. either Of which wounds
would have proved fatal
The compleic story OF the tragedy
was furnished by the defendant when
A. took the stand he admitted the
killing but claimed 10 have acted ia
self defense. According to his story.
he went 10 the mess house. at which
be boarded. for dinner Tie was late.
having been detaintd on the road
from Silver city. where he had made
trip With Air. Sawyer. the superin-
iendentl IN hls capacity as chauffeur.
The chinanan refugrd 20 serve him.
saying. No dinner today; dinner to-
morrow Rhodes then went and Sc
cured the san and returned Co the
iness house he then started 90 60
into the pantry. according % his
story 90 gei someihing 90 cat when
tho chlnamon picked up bucket
containing what ho thought was hot
water but which later proved 60 pc
slops. Rhodes then fired the first
shot. and fired the second time when
the Chinaman was trying 10 get pos
session Of a butcher knife SO he
claimed. Several witnesses for the
defense testified ns 90 the preViaus
good character of lhe defendant
The Wilson Case.
Wilson was charged with the muir
der Of his mothcr-in-lau. Carolina /
See. a. Gayaian canyon. this county. /
on May 25th Tho testimony showed /
THAI on that dag the deceased had |
come 10 the house OF the defendant |
and started quarrel. in the course /
of watch che had picked up rock |
and iniiiciel quite "a severe SCALP |
wound on che defendant The de- |
PENDANT then foreihiy elected hcI
from his house.
one witness Tor the state declared /
than he had hit her on the head with J
piece OF weod. but this was naty
denied hy Witnesses Tor the defense. |
who testified that he had only slapped |
her. shortly after the trouble the dee /
csased heraHlr f Hnd WsH taken 10 /
thc Almhrr aoi Springs for treat |
meni bog br k. D. SinNalL Her con- /
dillon did not improve and an autop- /
sy developed thht her death had hccu /
que 90 q blood eliot on the brain. Dur /
Ing her latter days her mind had be- !
come affected and she becaiae very 1
viulent 30 that % Was entirely pos /
sihlc ihat SHE bad injured herself in 1
some way There was NO testimony /
10 show concluslVeiy that death was
the result of amy wound inflicted by /
trouble Gas rcnrhius "a verdict, and /
the defaudant was discharged from /
custody
tn the ease of Ybarrn. che testimony /
showed that on the morninE of the |
killing the deiandhnt had been ss-
fauited near che scene of the shoot
Ing hy the decreased and three com
imnions, tha he finally got away /
from hiE pursuers and took refuge I
behind "a neurhy fence where The at- I
tsek uns continued by throwing |
stones thai ut this time the mother /
~ the defendant came ont and re-
nuencd CABLES and his companions 90 |
defiet aMd let her boy alone, that /
rNlies ts.sn caught hold of. violently 1
shooF aHa struck tho mother that /
he dciand1ni tkNu ran and secured /
b l,-fg and camo around an adjoining /
buil0inE telling CABLES io do0lsi and !
lHt his mother alone. that CABLES ANA |
the three men with MIN then started /
toward tho defendant md that within /
"a short dlfl1nco the defendant SHOT /
ana Killed Cslica There were many 1
lu thc testimony che
state ondfHYofinE to show that Gales
had approached ihe defendant with
sFmf appraised end asked him not 90
shoot This was nafN contradicied
hy witness Cor the defense who eaid
ihai four mcn. hended hy CABLES 90
lanced with rocks IN their hands ana
nporinr threats The prcworg good
reputation ~ Ybarfs was shown
llarrn 7. nuIr nnronloer wears ~ age