Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-20
HOBO ASSAULTS
BRAKEMAN UPON
/, SOUTHWESTERN
Revenge Said to Be Back Of
Attack Made by MaCado
Lopez on Pair of Trainmen
Near Corona,
,.ssst.l CONSEQUENCES TO sosmss 1ouss.u


,.srst.u CONSEQUENCE TO SosMss JouRSAu
Carrizozo. y. NJ, Aug. 19.-Macario
1opez IS in the county Jail here
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon. w. A, Pittman, a south
western brakeman, is the complain
ant. Police Judge Massey is custodian
If dirk and slingshot, taken from
Macaria, which he is holding as evil
dence TO be introduced at the prelimi-
nary hearing Friday next
Lopez got into the clutches of the
trainmen at Corona last night Brake
men Pitt and Evans, working on a
freight. had elected a couple of Amer
lean tramps from their train, but
when they endeavored TO put the Mex
lean off he resisted The dirk was
flashed and the brakemen had con-
siderable difficulty in overpowering
their pugnacious opponent. He was
brought to this city and turned over
10 the peace officers, and at his re-
quest the court granted a continuance
until Friday Lopez claims he is q
resident of Corona and says he has
many friends there from whom he
can get assistance at his trial.
Revenge Is Rumored Motive.
II is pretty generally rumored here
that Lopez was out for revenge. n
the night of August 4, Brakemen Bell
and Daniels had a fight with a Next
can tramp on top Of moving freight
train a few miles this side of Corona,
Daniels was seriously, although not
dangerously, cut in the mixup with
the Mexican. Bell used his brake
stick on the intruder and the next
morning the dead body of the tramn
was found on the side of the track
close to where the fight had taken
place The officers here went to the
place ana brought the body to this
city. where the coroner's jury found
that the man had come to his death
by falling from a moving freight
train. An examination of the body
showed that he had been beat over
the head and shoulders, as testified to
by the brakeman, Bell, but found that
the largest and most serious bruise
was just over his heart. The jury de-
cidcd that In falling from the train
he fell either on stone or on the
end Of railroad tie. So far as the
inquest was concerned, the verdict Of
the Jury exonerated both Daniels and
Bell Daniels was unable to testify,
he being under the care Of his ply
sclan
The train last night carried the
same caboose as that which was on
tbe train from which the Mexican fell
and was killed The trainmen are
quite sure that Lopez is a brother of
the dead man and that he waited for
this particular train in order to
ayenge the death Of his brother.
While the crew was an entirely diff
ferent one from that handling the
train on the night of August 4, this
did not seem to make any particular
difference with Lopez. He was out to
get q cuple Of brakemen, whoever
they might be, according. to the story
of the trainmen.
Sheriff Investigates Dead Man.
Following the inquest held over
the body Of the dead man couple OF
weeks ago Sheriff Chaves wrote sew
eral letters to addresses which were
found among his papers and received
Information that the mans parents
were living at some point in the state
of Durango, Mexico, Lopez, the man
now in custody, resembles the dead
man very much, seems to be native
Of l0d Mexico, and it is understood
h. has been working in or near Santa
Rosa The singshot taken from him
was evidently one he had made him
self and while some damage might bt
done with it in the hands of siren
uous scrapper, it was not a very dan
gerous weapon The dirk was q
spring-knife with stiletto-like blade
measuring five inches. 1t had beer
honed to razor edge. It was vi
cious weapon,
The freight caboose which was at
tached to both trains on which th'
brakemen had trouble with Mexicaf
hoboes has become established ire
vocably as a hoodoo among the tran
men of the Carrizozo Duran freigh
division