The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-04-27
MORA CO. COURT
HAS BIC CRIMINAL
DOCKET
Almost Every Crime on the
List Included in Matters
Pending, Including Three
Murder Gases.

East Las Vegas. n. NJ. April H..
The busiest term of court In the re-
cent history OF Mora county. with
the heaviest criminal case docket On
record. opened yesterday al Mora.
with Judge David ]. Leahy presiding
and District Attorney Charles w. g..
Ward in charge for the state.
The docket contains three cases on
the charge OF murder, n az least
one additional killing will be lnvesti-
gated by the grand jury. assault
with intent 20 kiln ape. perjury n
larceny and killing Of cattle make
up the remainder OF the serious
crimes on the docket. The grand jury
will investigate several charges, the
majority being On cattle and horse
thief complaints.
The most important case TO be con-
sideerd H. that OF the state against
Oscar Kidd and Bert Jay for the
murder Of Paul r.. Tyler at Roy last
October. Both mon were indicted for
tho killing at the fall term % court
II appears that Kidd ana lay vent
to the hotel run By the dead mans
father. Kidd. previous TO that, hnV-
INK HMu FNuWlN WIN WV NNAfrV
Tyler. who accused him OF being too
friendly with his, Tyler's. wife a
quarrel ensued between Kidd N
Tyler which led up 10 the shooting.
IL IL not definite whether Kidd or the
other man fired first or whether Jay
took any part in the affray other
than that OF a would-be peRcemaker.
Kidd, however. Il. Is said. admitted
shooting tho man. claiming self de-
Tense. The fight occurred In the
presence of several witnesses. After
the shooting both OF the accused men
secretcd themselves In IA blacksmith
shop, but finally were apprchended.
They have been In Jail since the kill
Ing, no bail having been granted. On
a habeas corpus proceeding Instituted
by the defense an application for bail
was denied by the court.
AZ the time OF the homicide feeling
In Roy ran high against the two men.
They were brought To Las Vegas for
safckecping. being incarcerated In the
san Miguel county jail fJr a week.
and then taken to the Mora county
jail at Mora. ). q. Davis. Jr., and
". W. Clark. both Of Las Vegas. are
uNAtfntlH iNi INV uttthNti
The Luccro Case.
Another important case to be con
sidered by the petit Jury is that Of
the state against .iacobo Luccro on
the charge Of numbering Saro Pache-
co In a saloon fight at Wagon Mound
last July. The defendant was indiot-
ed for the offense at the ali term Of
court.
It Is ALLEGED that the two men
were drinking and got into an argu-
ment. Words ran high. II is said
Finally. IL Is stated, Lucero got the
other man out doors and attacked
him with a knife. severing his jugu-
lar vein. The body of Pachcco was
found later, II Is said.
Alleged Wife Murder.
The third murder charge 10 be con
sidered by the court Is the case OF
the state against Abelino Manzanarcs
on a charge OF killing his wife. Mar
RaritB sales de ManEanares. last Au~
gust nj their horne near Iona Parda.
Mrs. M~anzanares was killed by a gun
shot wound.
According 90 the story Of the case.
Manzanaros. his wife and his wlfc'a
~12-year-old brother returned from
hunting. The man carrying the gun,
Mrs. Manzanares told her brother 20
put the gun away. hut the accused
man called the boy M took the gun
out of his hands. He pointed what
he says he thought was the u~nloaded
gun at his wife, and the weapon cN-
ploded. wounding the woman terri
bly,. she die soon after. MAMA
mares was held and was indicted last
term. The case will be disposed Of
by the state az this session. either on
the theory of murder or OF killing
through gross carelessneEs.