Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-19
Victor Wezer ConfesSeS Tie.
Was One OF Party That In-.
flicled Mortal Wounds on.
Indian Trader and EmpIoye.
duplicates THREE;
ONE IS ARRESTED
Bias lozano, Who Confess
sion Declares Was One Of
Two Who Fired Fatal Shots,
Nabbed at IsIeta,

OaHnp. n. a. Aug Victor We
grf last night confessed that Doe Was
one uf b pnrty Of fuur Mexicaua who
killed curt Cr0nemeytr aud Dos ems
pl0ye. Red Mcdonald truncmoyer
nnd McDunnld were Killed in one Of
the ftefes belonging 600 Crunemeyer a.
Allentown. a small place near mere,
ahpui five weelgs ago Wezer WIS arg
rested az IN PaHa few DAYS ago ana
VAS brought here yesterday
Wezer Declared that the party which
went 90 the store the might Of the Ia
ial nffray was composed ~ NJ Nu-
pnez and Bias l.pzano. who entered the
store and did the shooting. ana Del
hlnO RonloH and himself. who waited
outside
Tho four. he said. we're travelling
across the country without money or
food NuHnox formerly had puWntd
"a suit 81 CiOthea with Crnuemcycr and
wanted 90 redeem them for watch or
60 secure money on the tlmepieco
They went 90 the place for THIS end
hut Cronemeyer. Woyer said would
not trade with them but gave them
food They then went ont into the
hills. About dark. according to the
confession, Nuanez ana lnzano decld-
ed 10 20 back Ia the store aud try TO-
scare cronemeyer into giving them So.
Each man had six -shuoter.
wanted a. Scare Crunemcypr
The couple went ON THIS errnnd ana
after they had been gone some time
Wpzer and his companion became
alarmed and went 90 see what had
happened just as they approached
the store they heard two on three shots
and the other pair came running from
the store. An -four ran toward the
hills None Of them knew they had
given either Of the men IN the store
"a mortal wound
For three DAYS they stayed in the
hills Then Wpgef got hungry aud
tired and came Go Gallup whore he
stayed for u day. later Hulng 90 the
McGaffey lumber camp lt0aaloH fol
lowed him ana they Quarrcllud FROM
this quarrel arose the reports, started
hy the two men. which later Involved
Wear rode d freight train into AL
Weget road a freight train into AL
buuneraue, walking thence O. l9l PaAn,
according 20 hts confession Nuuuc2
and Lozano are supposed a. have gone
west. Rosaloz followed We2er.
watch Was Stolen.
The watch which the men tried To-
pawn Is believed a. have been stolen
AANAAA IA "NANWNNA tNA NNN''''''NNi ~ NNN' no NfAN
robbed few weeks before lhc tr1R-
Ody. From Information obtained from
Wrxer and other sources the local uf
ficers assert the probability of the
capture OF the others of the party at
an early date
Crouemeyer was "a very eccentric
character he was widely known
throughout western New Mexico and
eastern Arizona and had many fricnda
among the Indians tie owned sew
oral trading posts
Word OF Tie tragedy Waa FIRST ODD
tainoa through telephone message
from the store whore the crime was
committed. Crunemeycr dYuE al ih,
time, mastering strength to can for
help and Hay he WAS shot
shortly after the crime two MeNi.
cans were arrested but later were re-
leased for lack Of evidence Thon un
Indian was arrested. but he too, whH
released Then came word ot tht
Wcgor-Loaan0 quarrel and hint us
20 Wezers place of residence. THIS
arrest followed