The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-09
.DLANCETT| INDICTED
BY GRAND JURY FOR
MURDER ARMOUR
True Bill Is Found Against Young
Man Who Is Alleged to Have
Slain His Travelling Companion /;
Arrangement Tuesday.

Special Correspondence 20 The Herald.
Santa Re. y. ~. April e-The grand
jury In the district court late Saturday
afternoon returned an Indictment
against Ebert W. Blancett. charged
with numbering clyde u. Armour on
oct. "a, last. Biancett win he ar
raigncd at 10 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing. In case he IL tried here. II Is be-
lieVcd the trial will begin Thursday
morning.
The charge against Blancett II be-
lieved by lawyers and others who
have studied It's many details to be
' unique In American ~criminoiogy. Here
Is a soung man. just % years OF Il,
IND out OF the high school only n
couple OF years. charged with murder
ine his motor companion In coid blood
aud then im-personating him Tor eight
days, although Armuor was 10 years
has senior. He Is alleged To have
: obtained money under his name and
apparently wrote postcards To- friends
OF h murdered man under the
assumed name. II Blancett h
guilty. he was courageous enough
not only TO send "A box OF candy TO an
Albuquerque girl with "A card bearing
the Inscription. compliments OF c. II.
Armour" but with equal sang frold
he wired his mother" and his broth
cr-in-law" deceiying them rs To his
identity and making them believe for
weeks after the death of Armour tina,
Armour lived but was under a cloud
due To- speudthrift habits. IL Blancet;
Is guilty, he was 50 clever not only 20
Deceive the relatives OF the dead man
but also newspaper men in Albu-
querquc who refused to believe the
possibility Of his remarkable GRIM,
aud Albuquerque newspaper editors
or at least one-who declined 10
print the Associated Press r,port ~
the tragedy. dismissing IL with the re-
mark that IL was absurd.
Briefly stated. the leading facts In
this tragedy as staged In New Mex
leo. follow;
october %. 1915: Two young mo-
florists In an Oldsmobile So car ar
rived at Troy hotel. Las Vegas. AMI
register as &C.. d. Armour" and "E. W.
Blancett."
october 23, 1916: one young man
arrives at about 1880 y. IN. in Santa
re in an OldsmObile IS" car. regis
tiers at the MGntezumo hotel as &C. y.
Armour He writes first the letter
"E" and then over It q &C" showing
hesitation. This blunder led TO n sus-
picion OF him later on and caused de-
tcctiVes 10 be convinced that the man
who wrote "E. W. Hlancett" IN la
Vegas october g at the Troy hotel
had written the IL" in signing his
name and then changed 1t Ia a &C.
Tor a purpose. He borrows $40 from
Proprietor Doran, begins To- sell ar
tlcles ia the car such az camping out
fit. Ratchet. etc. and al 4:53 sends
telegram from Western Union office
10 Mrs. Armour in Fresno. cal, an
nounoing that he has met with motor
accident which Will delay him In santa
Fe six weeks FOR repairs.
October 90 10 80. 1916: GO. H.. Ar
mour" spins around Santa Re, takes
parties Joy-ridiug. spends money Law
ishly. %frequents saloons. smokes Gig
arettes excessively, manifests inter
est in hunting. as the season had just
opened, and makes frequent trips to
Albuquerque. spending the last three
days there az the Combs hotel whore
he disposed OF the Oldsmobile car for
$500. although II was said To be worth
$1,000 "a ffeo0 or more. Late 90 night
oct. so he leaves for California. car
rying no baggage but two ur three
kodaks. Gives Instructions 20 send his
valises left in the Mousezuma hotel.
in Santa Fc. 60 his mother IN CALI
fornia.
october 81 "C. u. Armour" wires
Mrs Armour from Needles, Cal. THAI.
he has sold ear and is returning on
train.
November o: G.. y. Armour. four
days overdue. fails ,o arrive iu Fresno
and his mother grows Alarmed VI
.T sawyer s~ou-in-law Of Mr.. Armour
ls called into consultation ana takes
In fixing trip Albuquerque, iuyosti-
gates conduct OF "C. y. Armour" x
shocked that the quiet, athletic. Glenn,
frugal sensible chief clerk of the
Northwestern railway ticket office in
Sioux city. Iowa, has left tho recoIl
"f high and fast living he hears de-
scriDcd ny some Of those who drank, .
smn6od and motorcd with &C. ID. Ar
Mr, sawyer. fuI The sake o.,
the family ana hccause Mrs. Armour
De- ~ poor health, fails 60 report am
tho details 60 Mrs. Armour. bar writes
% four page letter Co Armour two
hrothorf hoy and Glen, well-to.do far
mers VINO reside Zoo Nebraska. saw
. on EN N'NN'N mat w.. ~ AIlflNNi D
has grown reckless and als u hiding
unt' the cloud is nfted hy time.
December 10. 1915 Glen and Roy
Armour arrive In Slum Fe. can ou
Attorney Melvin r. Duulayy and de-
clare that their knowledge of the nab
its Of their brother clyde Armour COW
ers many years and they are porsuud-
ed Armour never reached Santa 70
but was murdered hy o. companion he
picked up in Denver 10 have company
while motoring 20 California. Thoy
declare they believe Armour was
lured from his motor after leaving
Las Vegas on the morning of October
-3. and that a rank imposter pulled
OF the raw stuff ln Santa Fc and
Albuquerque. For the sake ~ their
brother name. which they desire
cleared. they Offer 70 regard OF $1,000
=" the finder Of his body and $1,000
for IN" arrest Of the man posing as
T.. ". Bloucctt Mr. Dunluyy with
tho aid ~ the santa Fo Vow Mexican. |
starts an agitation which is later
taken mp in this state by tho Las
vegas Optic ana The Albuquerque Her
aid, ana about q month ancrward hy
me Albuquerque Morning Journal !,
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