Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-09
NO CLUE FOUND TO
MURDERERS OF
ENGINEER
Fate of Silver City Normal
Employe, Found Dead With
Head Caved in, Remains
Utter Mystery.

SILVER city IS NJ Jan. The
authorities in spite 90 hard WORK
since the tragedy are vet utterly m
th dprk a> O.. tho IDENTITY of the
urrot ur p,faou8 VINO uufd. r'd ana
,ohh,d Frank craig uucG ~, cnsi-
i,.r 900 thr heating plant 90 enc stat"
normal sch"ol here. The body was
found about e. ciork saturday mui".
.ur un the Leopold road near the
guthoIi, c-mctcr. with every indica
t.o.. that hc had been murdered ana
Go, bed Tine rieht side of nr mead
had hccn cavcd n by heavy blow
l,,d 60 blood stained ruck lying near
vis without doubt the weapon used.
Two men who had been seen WIN
:ho dcceuscd thc uight before were
arrested by the officers saturday
morning bat they were able tu os-
tthlish their innocence uf the crime
lnn1 wore later released. The detail
uf the crime are shroudcd la mystery
and sD Tar an. officers have been un-
abie to iucatc the guilty parties, The
silver city independent thus re-
views thc crime.
The body was discovered hy John
/ H.. BURNSIDE aud party Of friends
returning FROM haywood Hot Spfing-.
when the lights of tiu automobile
allowed the form of "a man lying ~
I the ruld Nj burnside Thought u WIS
I "a sns, nf drunk when be- scot Out
I nnd rNnmiuod the body he was horri-
/ fled to see that n was Tying in e pool
of blood ON attempting Co raise the
/ bodc 10 vns found stiff in death. The
man was wing face Il wu nnd was ~
I tis stocking feet anH 'rnirt sleeves
/ Ills hat was also missing Shoriil
McGrath WINS notified, ANA he ANA
his deputies went out at once After
mnt,ing "a careful examination 90 tho
ground aud vicinity. the body YVES
|t4fen Go Humans undertaking
rooms.
Tho murdered MON was a compare
tive stranger ln SILVER CITY he having
been employed at the normal Tor onN
in fev months Prcvinus 20 coming
here ne WAS boz Arizona. lie was
miner and b. ststcd 90 have spent
many wears be- Alnsln, whore he NC
ouirod onsidcrlhlc fortune which
ho later speut in hlvh living Tie 4
rcpnrtod 90 have % wife and family W
colorado. hut no relatives have 90
set bccn located.
CRAIG drew his months wages me
dny of the crlinc ana proceeded "a
lrrtebrnic Sc was of % most gencf
nug diaposition when drinking ans
soon had quite following az tempo
lrary friends nurlng the evening
lnftor buying treat, he loaned uNel
lao the bartender ana said that h'
would pay later az he had his monel
In his shoes and didn't want 10 tak'
In out before tie crowd. This wa
lio "A whisper. but the news must hatl
gotten around Tor the mans shoe
were or whom he was found tina
lthev we're taken of after death wa
evident from the fact that the soiee @
his stockings were perfectly clear
No money was found upon him
seems evident that he was ured Z
! the lonely spot where he was found
. possibly on the pratcxt that he wa
Z being helped home when he shove
r. that he was not as drunk as he locke,
p the man or men. rcsnrtod tu vloienc'
4 cralgs knucklos were skinned an
b there was smad cat On his chin s
2 addition 90 tho fatal wound Ev
= IDENTIFY he had attempted 90 prutos
himself aud had gotten the first bio
4 on his hands
2 JudNe Newcomh held an innufl
I yesterday afternoon, when pr T.
!, I.oewy, county physician who hn
e made an autopsy, gave evidence d
a. the nature ~ the wounds vel
dloi that the man came % his dcpt
nj The hands ~ parties unknown WI
rendered
The deceased was or aindly dlspoa