Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-08-14

and so 1t decided to put out the ice
book, and require the driver to turn
In as many coupons as he took out
ice, and Sc there would be no excuse
and no missing ice.
Sheriff McGrath, after spending a
couple of day at his new ranch, rode
into town Sunday evening. The LIB
ERAL interviewed the sheriff regard
ing salaries for county officers. The
sheriff thinks the legislature cannot
make the pay OF the sheriff too high.
He says that last week he earned every
cent he has drawn since he vas first
elected sheriff and all that is coming
to him before the expiration Of his
term Of office, and the county then
will be indebted to him. After com
ing home from Magdalena, bringing
Guy West. who had killed George
King, over on the Mimbres, and com
pairing the stories told by West and
Mrs. King 1t was decided that it was
necessary TO have an autopsy made Of
Kings body, so that an accurate de-
scription of the wound and course of
the bullet could be described to the
jury. He telephoned over to have a
couple of Mexicans disinter the body,
and with the assistant district at
.torney and DR.. Westlake, went over
to the cemetery. There it was found
the Mexlcans had abandoned the job
before getting within a foot of the
coffin. The stencil had driven them
out. The sheriff is game, and tied a
handkerchief over his face and went
to digging, stopping occasionally to
to relieve his stomach. He got the
top Of the box of and found the coffin
a tight tit. He used the tip Of the
pick as a litter and got the coffin part
ly lifted out when it slipped, and the
top was torn loose. 1t was then that
he discovered the remains Of his
Fourth of July dinner. Finally they
got the coffin out and DR.. Westlake
made the necessary examination, and
recovered the bullet. When 1t came
to putting the coffin back in the grave
IL was found that the ropes were too
short, so he took the mud chains from
his car, and heightened them out.
They were not carefully placed, and
when 1t came to drawing them out 1t
was found they were stuck. In order
to get them out the coffin would have
to be brought to the surface again.
The sheriff settled by abandoning the
chains A pair of SIS mud chains
were nothing compared with lifting
that CONN again, and they lie buried
with murdered George King. By this
time the sheriff was in a very unpleas-
ant condition. DR.. Westlake told him
to take a big drink Of whiskey. The
sheriff is not a drinking man, but
swallowed the medicine, and 1t burn
ed more coming up than going down.
The doctor renewed the prescription,
which was taken, and then they start
ed for Silver City, but the whiskey
never got there. On getting nome he
tried to eat, to drink coffee and milk,
but could retain nothing. Friends
stayed with him that night, feeding
him ice and other soothing things,
but Of no avail. The next day he
could not eat, but about five o'clock
in the evening he managed to retain
a couple Of raw tomatoes, and got to
sleep. The next morning he was back
to normal and aftera ~forty-elght hour
fast was ready to tackle a meal with
enjoyment. To hear the sheriff tell
the story, with all the graphic de-
tails places one in a condition to look
with leniency on a high salary for a
who also has to be something
Of an oficial body snatcher. !