The evening herald., 1918-01-24
4 KILLINGS IN LESS
THAN A MONTH STIR
GRANT CO. CITIZENS
District Attorney and Sheriff Plan
to Begin n Vigorous Cleanup
With View TO Stopping Gun
Toting and Murders.

Silver city. y. NJ, Jan. %. Four
killings since December 25 I'm Grant
county have served 20 awaken public
continent To the necessity Of vigorous
action 10 put down q crime wave that
has assumed serious proportions. The
authorities are fuiy aroused to the
situation and both District Attorney
j s. NduEht ana sheriff Frank ShrNcr
have determined to begin a cloau-up
and put a stop to promiscuIus killing.
Since the last session Of the county
grand jury in September, 1917. a to.ni
OF 10 murders have occurred This "
a record for Grant county In any like
space OF time u Is believed
Beginning with the assassination of
Deputy sheriff James Dickerson at
Fiorro Christmas night. there followed
the past week the brutal staying of
l.. T.. Burke. - service ear driver, pf
Bi9bce Arizona. on the public road
short distance from Rudco, In the
southern part OF tn" county. \ few
days previous, u. G. Gntlin was shot
and hilcd at stems and on last Srt.
urdny afternoon. Elias Chavira shot
and Killed Pablo ibarro 0t liohep.
Chayira claims this shooting was ac-
cideutal.
Four Held for Murder.
The alleged murdered og Deputy
sheriff Dickcrsou escaped, following
the shooting of the officer and Is slilI
al large. However iu each OF tue
other murders, the alleged sla\ets
we're promptly arrested ana nov are
prisoners IN the county jail.
Manuel Lopez. Charged with shoot
.u4 -. g. Gatlm 80 Stems Is one oI
these prisoners; while the c"nirSs""
slaycrs of Burke IN" Arizona srrNi'"
car driver. John Wilson aud James
" smell members uf regular
cavalry regiment stationed AT Doug
la. Arizona. are also occupying cells
iu the county iuil, as l. Elihs Chn''r1
who shot Pablo Nparro. az l'"o"'
Satutduy.
Each of he accused men must await
the action of tho grand jury meet
ing in March. ut which nm' lh'
snriur t,rm uf the district court Ter
Grant county opens Indications no"
are that murder trials wiz ihE" ny
considerable, portion of IN" torih'"'N.
mg court t"rm AS there dtc -'N'l"
mtd,r cu4ce pending "u c"nunu'I''
iu addition "a the new cases ARISING
since tn, fan osssion
Killing oT burke
The murder week ago Of J.. T..
Burke near Budco hy two troops1s.
was much ike tho killing of Frank
Bruwueli Iordsburg chauffeur. last
summer uy George CaNonurr The
1.-TWO soldiers hired Burkc to drive thom
rroW Douglas 30 Ep"do. ia secure
liquor according To- thcn slatcmcu.
a
th'N lost their muucN gambling ana
were unuuhlc to pay BurEc for m,
iIp The auto driver ana he -uldior,
| th"u u'Hrr"lod. il seems avid accord
! INK to the soldiers. one of them. Wilson
shot Burke in solf-defeuS', So he
| claims Th'y dumped the bod, mar
the public rnid and then stole IN, dcai
| mans car ana started for Lordspurp
TGc car broke down near the town oi
Scpar ana was abandoned, the soldiers
boarding freight train there and
| heating their WAY to ~ Paso. IT.
tho meantime, the crime had bccn dis
| covered the shcrifrs office notified,
ana steps promptly taken to oyertakr
| the fugitiVes. Officers ~ LordsNure,
| D"minr and El paso were notified ia
br on the lookout for the slaytrs and
| thyy were arrested ~ thcy got off a
train nt ~ paso. sheriff Frnuk
Shrivcr aud Deputy sheriff &. @
Putnam OF Rodeo. went tn III Paso
Iprd brought the prisoners to Silver
ICity Yesterday the men were given
u preliminary hearing at Lordshurg
| and held without bond to await the
action of The grand jury. They admit
| tel the killing OF Burke at th@ir eN'
domination offering to plead guilty 20
the charge
Trag, dN saturday at IiodesI.
The Investigation OF the latest kill-
ing. that Of Pablo ibarro, hy ELIAS
Chnyira. al Rodoo, last saturday, in
dicatcs that II was accidental. Ac-
cnrding to ChaN ira = story at the pre-
lminary hearing hold yesterday al
Lordshurg he ChaNira, and his vie
tim, Yharro. were target shooting win
la small cdliher rifle Chavira said he
WANTED tu play Joke on ibar!o, su
he took bullet out of n cartridge
lnlcd the shell with paper and rclond-
ed th. gun. However, he put IN 4
loaded cartridge by mistake. he says
land when he fired az YrarrO, th'
bullet struck hm in the lctt side an,
ranged upward through his lung a.
nictinp a mortal wound from which h'
dird soon after. The slayer and ms
victim we're members of rnilrul'
section gang working az Rodto. 'hn
Nira was held i'm bond ~ f2.V1t ''
await action by tn, graud jurs on M
,... ,.t .t,d t.Ittua tn furnish bond VA