Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-21
RescuerS Attack Deputy Sher-
if Armijo With Knife and
CIubbed Automatic, Fell
ing Him.
SHACKLE HIM TO POST
AND UNLOCK CELL DOOR
Mexican Commander Ready,
Suitcase in Hand; Buggy
Tracks Indicate How He
Left; Posses Out,

Gen. jose Ynez Salazar. forme.
commander In the lIuertista army, es-
caped from the county Jail at Old Al
huquerqne shortly after $3.50 o'clock
last night.
Two masked men overpowered Dep
uty Sheriff Charles Armiio. stabbing
him and slugging him with a pistol.
unlocked Salazars cell on the second
floor of the Jail and were whizze !
away in covered automobile. Sala-
zar evidently drove away alone in n
buggy with a single horse,
Half an hour afterward posses
armed with high power rifles left the
Jail in automobiles. one going through
Tijcras canyon and the other south
along the Rio Grande. They planned
to scatter when they thought they
had reached a point beyond which Sa-
lazar was not likely to drive and comb
the country. At l o'clock this morn
ing no word had been received from
them.
One Deputy Called Away.
Deputy Sheriff Dolores Muniz was
at the Jail with Armijo. At 9:30
o'clock the telephone in the jailers
room j,ngled, Armijo answered. There
was stabbing at the White star sa-
: loon on the Indian school road and
an officer was wanted there, someone
said Armijo sent Muniz Armiio
glanced at the clock, noting the time,
and stretched on the bed with a book.
He had hardly read a line when the
men jumped in the door. They had
climbed over the high board fence at
The north side II the jail and entered.
the building through door on the
north side The door was unfastened
because the lock had been broken.
From the entrance to the door op.
ening into the room where Armi1o lay
was only a few steps. They were In
the room before Armijo was aware OF
their presence.
Armijo Oyerpowered.
Give me Salazar, or you die" cried
one as he sprang toward Armiio.
Armijo reached for his revolver at
the foot Of the bed and one of his
assailants made pass with a knife.
II was long blade with a guard, Ar
milo said. The knife passed under
his left arm. ripping his sweater open.
The man with the knife kept strik-
ing and Armijo, defending himself
from the thrusts with his hands, was
unable to reach his gun. The other
man attempted twice to fire with an
automatic pistol, Arnijo said. but 1t
apparently jammed
The deputy finally got IN stiff
punch to the knife mans jaw and
dropped him This, however, gave
the other a chance to club his gun
and hit him on the back Of the neck,
Telling him. The man whom Arml1o
struck was up in an instant
Deputy Iiandcuffcd.
They took handouts from the desk
and slipped them over Armijo's
wrists. They took him outside,
through the door they had come in,
and fastened him to fence post
with the shackles.
They went inside. took the keys to
the cells and went upstairs and
probably straight to Salazars celi'
since they awoke none Of the other
prisoners. Salazar occupied a cell on
The north side overlooking the street
car office.
lie was waiting inside with his
suitcase packed. lie left nothing
there but an old pair of trousers.
Salazar and the masked men |
came down together They had not
been upstairs long. Evidently every /
detail had been carefully planned ana (
the men were familiar with the IN
terror Of the Jail
May Have Used Buggy.
Tho two climbed over the north- 4
east corner of the fence while Sala-
M pitched his suitcase over on the
nther side of the post where Armllo Y
Wood. The post was marked WITH
blood that dropped from his hands'
You stand there Salazar com
nded. speaking to the deputy as
climbed over.
hrmijo heard the sound of the au-
obile being cranked and heard
explosions as it raced away AZ
it was thought Salazar had gone
Ihe auto. This belief however
pared to be refuted in the Ind
of buggy tracks and the imprints
horse, freshly shod, outside the
n The horse evidently had been
where Salazar went over the
4}tracks were followed TO the
AZ Traction park, where they
lnd came toward the city. AT