The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-01
LOCAL LAWYER HELD
WITHOUT BAIL ON
MURDER CHARGE
Escape Of General salazar from
Albuquerque Jail Has Con-
nection With Attempt at
Attorneys Life, Is Hinted.

Attorneys Life. Is Hinted.
Ei Paso. Tex. Feb. pifa-.o r,aca
attorney and prominent y xlcan-
American politician II New a,ex.ro.
was held here today on a charRe OF
murder la connection with the death
BY shooting last night of telentino
Otcro. also known az Or. Pedro
Aoeyta. an itinerant physician. oter.
received has death wound after nis~
tol duel in wheh Baea said hr flrat
WAS shot through the coaa.
The shooting occurred In a lonely
part of Ei Pnao's Mexican quarter
Baca said that Otcro had visited him
AZ an uptown hotel ami asked for an
Interview az q certain aaloon. He
said that ptero wns accompanied by
man whom he recognized ~ a for
ner officer under GeneraI Salnzar
now sn independent operator IN
northern MeNco. Raea lad been rep
feseniing sa.azar legally sntgi SAL
aAars escape from New Mexico iall
ane his tiight acroan me line Into Mex
leo where he has ol ganixed n Emnf
band In the casas uFaades district,
Baca was a Republican candidate
/ A'A ''H9NteA- re NtHdtE AZ AluN~
queugue. His present sojourn In Ei
Paso wss understood 20 be in connec-
ton with the case os his uon. George
Baca, who when a student az the Neu
Mexico college of Agriculture disrp-
poarei after his christmas holidays.
linca was charged with murd,yr be-
FORE a justlce court TODAY. He waved
/ pfeininary eyaminatioK ana asked
10 go immediately hefore tn grand
jury. This was granted
As yet n defaise 'unncction has
been established petNrcn the shooting
1 and. the staspt ,f leueral jose yuex
Salazar 2, tl'irauaf1Re san
some NOR ae SGD Ht'A vas attorney
for Saiazn
| Baca declared flint ne heiieve Syi-
vestre oUofpas q former Saiazar Of
hcer. Wa me man accompanying
otero when nt met him in the Mexi-
can quarter
Baca declared TINT at the meeting
he left tho auton oniie IN which he
arrived O. talk 10 g4cfo. who there
uron began curslng him. Otero. he
! said lhen drew az automatic pistol
500 opened IRE. After the FIRST shot
HIH, r.,Irnei thc ire ard Oiero fell
tr d'cd lr tHe hospital a the police
Httun. n1cn went 10 ae home of a
fr.Hpd .cilphonins The police he
would gi,u himself 10. which he did.
iilcl declared hl had been Threatened
wIfn death asveral times since repre-
Htar -faear at NJ, nsbeas corpus
AetrHE zen he sought releasc from
the anlHnrf camp whore he was In
tcIu.t ft declared he shot In self
defense
otaro formerly nvea in ATbuauer-
que. \ M and - aaid that he had
been Drought iuto court there on T.
charsc Of predicting medicine without
a license.
Baca hnd nal been released on bond
up 20 noon today. he stated today.
since acted as attorney for General
salazar have been told tina. was 10
be killed ou, paid little attention To
the threats So far as | know | never
Wronged any of the Mexican people
hut have brfriended many OF them.
That enemies of my client would at
tempt 10 visit their hatred on me
never believed.
The man who was with Otero. VINO
took TO his heels al the first shot, re-
senblcd sylyestre Qusvedr. ihoush Of
this could not be certain 1 only
saw Qucyedo f,n tim while ne
was "a prisoner Of the military author
tiles and never talked with him While
he was held at Fort Bliss Quovedo
wrote me asking thar I take his ease
Ia an enort GO secure hts release. Al
that time I was busy with habsas cor-
pu. proceedings for the release of
General Sale ar and neglected to re-
ply to his lelsr.
"otoro 1 anow Ons slightly. 7 had
soen him a moer Of times ln Alhu-
queraue wherp he formerly resided.
while 1 rrufoundiy regrrt the
necessity OF 81 yiaE human belngs Z
seemed a case of my liie or his and !
drew ny pistol and nreG. believing. As
stiii hcliev. tha Il was the only
means 10 saving my ne"
AZ the ali0e stuton IN m Paso
Hast night BaCa made "A statement IN
which ho described the events iaad-
ling az to the shooting he was about
10 leave the Paso dei Nerte hotel
with Dr T. q. Romero In the latter n
cav yesterday afternoon. he said.
when Otero. whom he knew only by
sight. approached.
Otero told him. ilea said, that a
AnduiO. NexicRn sn'oonkeepef
whom Raea had defended in a neu-
tr,l'y case. Nanted to see him. Haca
ta1 ne invited Otero % get into the
and accompany him 90 the An
$500 place. hut Otero declinc,i asking
nat naca delay hia going to Anda-
JOS To slve him time 10 SCI there
fret
when Haeg and Romero reached
Anduio's place a. seventh and santa