Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-09-25
GUADALUPE To
PROBE TRIO Of
MURDER CASES
Three Sensational Affairs to
Be Investigated by Grand
jury Docket Wiped Clean
at Last Term of Court

/ Ael Flmndl docket wiped clean uN
lhe AptiI Term oi court the Guada- .
] Iope county grand JWN, which goes
INTO session next Monday, viii Dee .
called upon 70 lnNesukale three sen
satonal Killings as We'll as several
smaller crimes. The luNesuSatofs
! Will look into the mysterious dlsap
\ pe'I"hte OF John Is. Lafkin "a sherp
man ot N'ushnn' last seen on June ~.
I lsIt' ana VIII attempt e determine
Nnelher the pul"tlNe Idet ihat LUIS
AEuilar PROMINENT man OF lhe
county, was wearing ihe MISSING
man sull ana could NOT sausl@oN'l
ny explain why mas anNihlns lo u'
with me case Inc kl'llhs oi .. n
l"lum near santa ROSA AS' NAV ana
me tragic murder oil MIS-. M'hutH''
5aca &c AIdSoh az "uNuh ~ 1u"'
also VIII pe taken up.
j. he arrest oil LUIS Asullar on APT"
p IN me mast OF the sptlug court
term, was extremely senS"'i "''"I
i Asul'ar was justice OF lne peace "l
Guadalupe county, ana at the l''",
! OF ms arrest secretary To tine kiah'
jury ne Is ''e So" "l NH'""'"
AEulaf, one ol me most lnHu'hV'l
men IN TINS section It appears lhat
the missing man. John Is. IarNi"'
CAME 70 vaughn from New YORK some
time ago ana TOOK up "a hollesle"u'
lie mad considerable money anu a'-
eording TO the testimony OF hlS
friend, was IN the haolt oI carryinS
a large amount on ms person me
; accused man was in ms employ lfom
January unui june 1914
IArkin Disappears
ON June *, 1919, Larhln went 70
Vaughn TO purchase supplies ne
was never seen again. suspicion
was aroused ma the nelshhorhood ana
Agullar was questioned, ARuIlaI
stated, it is allesed, that Larlln had
come to the ranch house on the night
of June ~ in company with an Am
eilean boy AFTER remaining shoIl
time the two lett LaIkin stating thal
ne was going TO Roswell TO huN some
w cattle, That he misht be back in q
week and he might possibly nave 70
go to New YORK, and lheh To ireland
and II he did $50 he would not return
until october I.
i According to the Officers, a week
. previous TO his disappearance Lar
y kin had purchased q suit of clothes
from a firm IN chicago thfoubh lo-
, cal agent at Vaughn and Asular
stated according to the testimony
that Larkin had Worn this SUIT when
he left. The agent had retained a
sample of the goods When Asu'laf
appeared at santa Rosa last ApIll 10
sit on the grand jury the clothes ne
wore matched the sample The suil
was Identified as the one sold To Lar
kin by the agent. When questioned
as TO how he got the suit Agullar
y stated at different times that ne hau
purchased it from each OF three dii-
terent Las Vegas firms. Later ne
~ stated that his FIRST story was raise
and that Larkin had given him the
d suit before he LETT
False Teeth Involved.
a set Of false teeth found about a
mile from the Lartin cabin, and a
bed spread from which portion haa
been cut and bearing spots identified
as blood, figure i'm the case. Letters
to Larldn dated July 6, more than "a
week after his disappearance, were
found at the ranch house opened.
! The case is the most important in
several years Of the bloody history of
Guadalupe county. AguIlar after
! his arrest, was refused ban by Judge
y David j. Leahy and brought to Las
Vegas for confinement in the San
Miguel county jail Later habeas