The chronicle=news., 1914-06-17
MYSTERY SR0uD$
FATE Of MISSING
Gallup CITIZEN

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Cross. . youns 0aa about - yesss
0f age Who hes bseo employed IN shs
aAnis re store hosas u this iaoins fos
the pasi twS ysass. vas foaad dssA
In the hills = shoss distance out a
ioxs BY = ssssrhihs psrty iass
Thursday. The yosas mas usst oss
for . wsik IN tho hiils shortly sfses
disnes time. lie snek With hin .
Colts six-shosier 70 - = iittle Pre-.
lIeinx just To raas the ii0s away.
no told hi. auss. Mn. Harry SPsss.
si vhns~ house ho vas son0ias.
lie ~as ~mploye1 ss sisht elesk
With the store hossss force. sad vhes
be- DID not svsusa about G o'clock u
the eSesihE 10 % to his work. .
s~ssrhias PARTY vsst oa, To hook fns
him. They searched Through tho hills
and no issD a hin hsa b~ea foasd.
The party returned II that ttne aad
ssoshes party vest oss and searched
the halasre of the aishi-
The following aossins a. isdiss.
Who 10 -MpIoyeA st sish, Al the Has'
n ~ shos~. ssd vho claims that he
~as oas o. the hiiis dufisk the dsS.
stated that ~ heasd . shos fired ~
II the hills is . essssia pisre si
about sac O'Clock IN the sfi~ssons.
tic iooa the pssty 10 th- place where
he thoashi the sosad came fsua. saA
The i.ody Vas found.
The sis-shaasss lay ei''s~ i'~sid~ the
i-,.iy. Ills hs-sss waa pierced With .
ballet. The hall hsd catered = little
hish si,osc the h~ast AMI had ssssrd
oa, h~s~e-a his shoulder hisa~s'
rh-sr u~s- no snwArs masks o. the
shirt uhish shr maa ~os- To show
that tho qua hsd b~-a held eiosc
10 the body whca the sho, ~ss tts~d.
That lac hsa aos died ias'snsiS
from the effects of the shot ~as IN.
dieaie<a by the way that the ~arth
VA, ,oss ap aroaaa Sh~sr the body
lay. The body was found about sss
feet frnm tho rlar~ where u fssss
fell. The sis.shooleS b~sldc the
tosiy. eoassiacd oaly three car.
sr,dsrs. swo Of which were loaded
aud ono vas disrharxed. The 'osds
In tho rua anprared io he sofs. nnsrsi
bullets, hut the ~oaad In the maa's
br~as, showed that Il had bsca made
by n hard. uaard ballet - the wound
where the bullet pas-ed out q the
body wss no larger thAa the oac
where the bullet eatses1.
There was absolutely no knowa
r. asou Why the man should commit
suicide. and he had not complained
Of ,,cins In ~ health. lie had heeu
sick for . few days and had not bcca
a, work. hut had reported 10 Sorc-
keeper e. ~. Rouse that he would
he hack on tho Job that nisht. lie
must have bccn playing with the
sun or fallen upon Il In some way
causing tho accidental discharge.
One peculiar Circumstance con.
ncctcd with tho event II that tho
body or Cross was found within 20
feet Of the aIot where the body o'
4 negro was found over . year axo
the head oS whom had bccn removed
and never wns found. nor any trace
of the murder. Some Of tho party
Of srarchcrs were on the opinion
that the man had taken hts own Tie
bu, many others who were acqaaint'
cd With him personally. refused se
,,,,cu To nny such explanation. H'
had on his person letter from
Young lady which he had received
from the postofficc that morn
ing. The letter contained moth.
Ing tha, would cause tho man 't
take his own iitc. within few
wcnths he was to he married to the
Young lady who had written the let
ter.
Uts home was nj Newton. Miss
where his father and mother and ont
sister reside. His aunt, Mrs. Harr,
Spann, mud an uncle. G. l.. Laugh
Ridge, and a cousin. Otto Hoyc. re-
side in Gallup. These three rc'a'
tivcs will accompany the body to th'
old home In Newton. Miss.