Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-12

AAA7 ~ AAAF @ifTN Na a NRaN- Iaala4--
q very Young mar--who snew il all
when Ne came 10 AInnaueraue and
knew eyen more when ~ lefi u :
not expected thar anybody wili fe-
leve the story. u is unteiseynhle. but
Il = nevertheless true.
lie was the original Johnny Weisen-
heimer- he had sailed the even seas
and had tredden the sod Of many
lands COMPRISED within MS fair
young frame was q .asl fund % ex-
pert@Dce and the knowledge that goes
with experience. He knew il all-ah-
~olutely every minute and infinltesi-
l mai bn q L. Ash he Was from
sr1aa town near Chicago. and pride ~
home was strong within him
How u started.
lie was visiting friends in AlRu-
querqge for q f.W day friends who
+ had known rim hack in the small MI
I NOS town bat who nad lived here
+ long enough n get vel aceiimaiixeA
Thfse friends made hsfn acquainted
ameng the members 20 their set and
he sssInsd a he having about as good
q iime as any visitor cculd reasonably
expect
Il all started one lay when young
T Ntisenhe.mer was playing billiards (
~AHNA q f"NAAt va AAAHlHA41e - DArH Z = aAN4A
arose as 60 the merits 81 various cit
Z les and towns ana th@ subject II this
sketch. after airing his knowledge on
diVers subjects. gave it as his firm /
c"nvicfiou that the people - Alou- 4
aMeFqMe were the hlKEest lof 81 4
slghs on the American continent"
Subsequent Developments proved ,
that. regardless 81 the question Of T.
fact involved. the visitor committed ,
grave error 81 Judgment tn voicing .
this sentiment The rest ~ the crowd 4
didn't like Il. The didn't make a per- (
sonal matter ar q az the time. but
thty decided % find cut al the ear.
Hest possible moment whether the
number Of booos In Albuquerque had 4
been increased OF diminished By the 4
coming Of the stranger
The villa Gunboat.
Thus 10 VAS that sometime later q
casual remark was made by a mem !
her q the party regarding the con-
tsmplated arrival In Albuquerque OF
q villa gunboat with a number Of
Mexican prisoners Of var. The
stranger Was ell attention at once. 4
and asked for particulars In tone
Of astonishment Re was asked II il
could be possible that he was ignor-
ant Of 50 fundamental geographical 4
fact as that the Rio Grante formed
the boundary b@tReen the United
States and Mexico. Certainly not. he
replied. but what had that 10 do with Z
the villa gunboatE
Nothing was the 0ffhamd reply.
except that they are bringing in a
batch u prisoners to be shot az sun .
rise across the river tomorrow morn !
ing
Although he had sailed the seven {
seas and had ,r0dden the soil OF many
lands the visitor mad never seen men
shot az sunrise. of auy ether hour OF z
the day OF night. and ne wanted u
add that experience "a his already :
bong list OF course. his friends were Q
willing 10 pat themselves out q little
bit IN order TO show him the sights
OF The city even though Il WAS 10
them quite a commonplace occur '
renee
Executions ARR Postponed.
As L turned ouf. the sleeping was !
good the following morn v
ing, and nobody was able to get up in t
time to take the trip across the river. c
Fortunately, the arrival Of the gun |
boat Was delayed and the execution :
Of the helpless prisoners was post
poned until midnight Of the follow
ing dav This time the program was
carried through. rs
4 party q sOme twelve or fifteen e
young men wended their way in the a
still hour % the night 90 the "inter- a
national bridge al BarelaS Among q
them was the Young man from the =
small town near Chicago. all eager
for what he was 10 see The long
waIk acrOss the bridge was made Il
without incident until the party MAS b
almost at the end. Then there came
from the darkness a hoarse challenge
in spanish and a fusillade Of shots Il
there came hack \
ward scramble and the fair haired
youth who bnt a moment before had
bsen keen Tor the sight 81 wholesale
executions cleared the length Of the
fridge s. about siv Jumps and was
back in Albuquerque before his
friends. who made the trip IN more
eisureiy manner. had soften 20 the
terminus of the car line.
Threatened With Arrest
ANY reasora Die set OF jokers would -
have been satisfied 10 stop there. but
these joksrs acre not reasonable
The intelligence Of their townsmen
had been lmpugned. and they were
resolved that L should be fully viz
Heated
Consequently. upon their arrival IN
he city they Immediately looked up
he stranger and one Of their num-
ber whose face he had not seen,
broke the news that three men had
Deca killed on the Mexican side Of
he rixeF and that he. the stranger,
must consider himself under arrest
md GO hack across the line and be in
.arc~rated In 3 Mexican jail
The stranger pleaded, but all In
ain. His friends interceded almost
earthly in his behalf. bat 70 no ef-
.ect The only alternative was that he
deposit q cash bond OF s2.5ee Tor his
sppeaFa nee hsfore \ Mexican court. 4
Finally. one Of his friends wrote out
cheek for the amount. handed X 20
he pseudo aSacer. and the stranger
gas a free nan. He saebed out his -
.ratituds on the shoulder OF his de-
iVerex and went soyfaily 10 bed
\ Wonderful Bird.
The next day he vas informed tnat
he affair q the killing across the
order had been sfixe6" BY the pay
nent ~ SIS q real money as gEaft
. the official or course. ne ~aS rS- RA
secfed 10 refund this amount to the N
inn who had saved him from sile
where vas he 70 SCI
ne money! q
Followed nroxrmcfed period % re- =
ltetion- How 10 raise SIS Ia . hGrry =
ind without ne painful expedisnt o.
iRklnx - woFk for IL presented
lrabiem. SzEaeuix. as L nx snspira \
ioE. there e. Sc the kcgotioTl Ahyft
lot catch some .Esaks hirdss
The yoarg mar from neaE Shisago -