Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-14
Mystery of Disappearance Of
Jose N. Chavez, Of San
lose, Last Friday Is Solved
by Finding Body,
FIVE WOUNDS ON HEAD;
EVIDENTLY MADE BY AXE
No Motive for Killing I'm
earthed; -Four Men Are Held
in County Jail, but Are MOI
Charged With Crime.

Charged WIN crime,
An atfocious murder came 10 Ugh
Yesterday morning With thr finding o
the body of jusc \. Chavez, Il talool
keeper ~ san jose, Ia a shallow gray,
In the hriekyafd bctweon tho village u
san Jose ana the snMthcrn limit Of Al.
huquerque. The murderer had used
an axe, officers believe, hacking ebay.
~ on the head
Five cuts were found on Chavez
head. One was on the forehead. rang
ing diagonaliy downward from the
hair toward the right eye Two are
on top OF the head. Another blow
split The right ear IN two and biz into
The bone behind IT, Another cut wns
under the chin. This knocked Chavez
teeth out and broke his Jaw. The hole
behind The ear was az first thought
10 be aunshot wound but Dr.. w W.
Spargo said after an autopsy that Ii
was cnliaed hy the same instrument
with which the other wounds were
made
Killed Friday Night.
chavez was Killed probably last Prs
day night He was last seen about B
o'clock that night. as lar as Under
Sheriff Dick Lewis could learn. lie
was called from his saloon by Anasta-
clio Giiuenes. known at San Jose as
III Flvfcrd, because Of his peddling
paper flowers. Who lives, IN brick
h.. t.i.
came into the saloon Immediately NJ
terward but Chavez did not return.
Gimenes stayed there until 10 o'clock.
shortly afterwnrd Chavez was seen
hy Florentlnu Sanchez. Of San Joae.
walking nurthward tie was ahoul
half way between the saloon and the
brick plant then. II was about s.
O'Clock. Sanchez said chavez odd
him he was Just COINS up here u W.
tie way saachez was the laf, .slan
to see him. us far 40 rndcr sAeu..
Lewis could ascertain
Search Begun SATURDAY.
chavcz was living alone at s.la 4ase
his wife having died about two months
ago He WIS taking meals al The
home Of Frank Arias his partner "a
the saloon business Ariaa did no be.
caige alarmed when Chavez did NOT
eome haek Friday night. thinking y,
had come TO Albuquerque, Whet hel
did not come 20 his HOUSE at mealtme
saturday however a search Wa start.
ed The search continued until ycg-
terday morning when the body waH
found Thc shcrlfrs office was o,
notified Of The disappearance. how
ever
The murder .niRht have gon, undis-
covered Indefinitely had not the akt-
man ltft one nt ehaNez' arma stick ne
gu, Of the Ersse Il was The protrpd-|
ins arm thar attrs ctod Enrique sea-,
va'chinan for the santa Re rnieay
and Diego SANCHEZ. yesterday morn.
ing
Weis,a r:lcd on t.lu,e,
luaice iodro rariagiin. Of the san
Joso precinct war Notified, 10
brought corun,r's Jury. made Up 81
Abel Romero. Aheliuo Sanchez ruus-
iino Gutierrez Urtgori0 Harela. Nic1.
as ofieea and Antonio Gutierrez to
the place The body Was cxhumt n
their presence. The body had been
covered with SANDS earth, Weeds
were piied ua the grave chavez wins
buried without his shoes. Ills hat also
was mlsslnF
u Is believed thll The man was
Killed cleFc 30 the place where HE
body Raa buried 4 splutch 81 dried
blood marked tie spot There was mo-
trail 90 hlood leading away from il AZ,
there probably would have been il the,
body had been CARRIED There
The murder presents mystery THAT
apparently Win ic auleult OF pcpe.
tmtion There Is an absence of mo-
tive as fal as could hc learned san
ehoz had the cpWation " a poacruhlc
man and va not known 60 hnvc ana
enemies
-Four arrests were made by Under
sheriff Lewis The men are Glmenes.
Guadalupe Roebos. Auscl Rodrigue1
and jesse Medina Al are old McNi-
cans They agc held for Investigation
so ehstec connecting them vita tho
crime has been made asains. amy II
them.
hodfiAuet lives uear the brlckAatd.
Rochos and M'dnu who work Tor the
Santa - ~ traek lahoters boarded
With HIM Hoehos and Medina toll
the under rh@lff obey have wives tn
Mexico Chavez 81 sad io haye asked
iodriguez Permission ta sneak t. hi
daughter pretty sh of rs Years ~
marriage Il is said that Eodfieues
COVE his consent
The body wa taken t. flvd Cfol.
lots undertaking fuons a sister.
sirs. Lucinda ORTIZ. o. Maxwell. \ NJ.
The only CLOSE relative ~ Chavos. has
been notified Chavtz was 5a wears
OLD and had lived IN san Jose 81 his
NE
Parallel Gaze In salcncis.
The murder Is somewhat parallel q
that of another Chavez. no relation Of
the san Jose man, who was Killed scH-
eral months ago near Los Chavez. Va
iencia county. The body Of the Los
Chavez man WAS found buried near
his home lie was killed while re-
running home from the fiesta At Los
Luna