The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-10-09

Undershcriff Reistes De
tails Of Investigation
Which Convince Him Of
Suicide.


undershersff fred Fornoif. Of
nern4li,v ppaaty, - cons1nrrd that
stAtc Highway Commissioners Eugene
Kempsnich cominitrrd saic.de. This
conclusion had been resrked. Fornoff
said. from a review OF All the facts
he had b<rh able 20 escurs In the
ca<e rince he Joined sheriff Tondre
tion which followed the discovery OF
the bcey Friday morning His con
crpeien. the undnrsherin said. had
been influenced not only ny the etl-
deucf SURROUNDING the body and the
nature Of tho wound. but aito ~
whit has nten learned OF Mr.. kcm-
pcnich's pcuonr FOR several days pre-
ctdtse Me dteth.
hsehar. Fofn0ff asi5. Powder buros
found on hts breast I'd that the
pistol had been held against his body
when firrd. The nxrfoelenn made
the large hole. about an inch square
in hiS nnjamas and N his hrtast V
h hehrfl The s~xplo<ion ncse blew
the hairs against the barrel Of the
Small hits Of bsne were ssufd
near where the bnlies u have eome
oqt IN HIS back, just above his waist
These could not hnvc xuf there n
they had nof been forced there by the
bullet cominE ffen Tho frpus"
Convinced by fhin that tho bullet
had been fired from the 'front.' Mr..
Fornoff discussed other phases OF the
he rasd. had told him that he had
seen Mr.. Kempenich at Aoriafity,
Thursday AZ noon.
Kempenich had t6ld cahfIsld, ac-
cordlng q the lhtter'a statement. that
he was out d look over a piece q
road In thai vicinity. He had known
All of the time. MF. Fornon said, that
he was 70 meet his mother In Aba
AKempenIch probabi, rode around
IA the mountains meet OF The night
Fcrnoff continued. mo one seems
10 know III what time he Kot IN. Whep
Nc aid reach his place, he parked his
automobile In a corral enc block from
hia house. where he had . been
entered the corrnf, one Of the two
cxfts uhs open and the other shut
lie 4 into the closed gate forcins
n open. and leaving b mark on
eafc. After he had driven into ths
corral. the gate swurg closed again
No Evidence 81 struxric.
"fn the room. as well m In the
Y 80 - -. =" -
chtn a struggle or the presence Of
another fsErson. He r<ns shot Will
sffsrr pn the edge OF hts bed, as ths
eonrss Of tfe buiicf through the mt
trsss and pillow show.
s.Consrary 90 the opinion OF some
the rk<fuf which ssns In his haad had
becn nrcd. fhc empty cartridge va,
ssus found nc the enrtridEc loosely
nat the she'll wound naturally expant
~ Tire expiosion. which 10
sheriff Tony Ortiz. after a thorough
Investigation made yesterday, wa
unable TO fad any evidence That Nj
Kompenich itsd been An Albuquerqu'
aIon 81 his faculties, the sheriff said
Il could not have been that he fofgo
that he was to meet his mother her
on Thursday. as Henry Workman
kfs ~bookkoeper AZ the store in Per
alta had reminded him on THURSDAY
morning that he was 20 meet her.
THIS sheriff and Deputy Charlie
orifinsl examination OF the room wa
made on Friday, both agree viii
undcrrheriff Fornon that u IL a cas-
Motlscr searshei IN Vain.
The clerk al the Elks' club state
ysaterdny that Mra Abraham KEN
panich, mother o. the dead man
whom he WAS 20 have mel In Albu
quergu. on THURSDAY. had been az ~
club several timer lookins for hin
She had just arrived from Portland
Ore. where she had been visitin
Henry Kempcnich. her other son.
She felephoned Elka club earl
Thursday afternoon, the clerk state
yesterday, and asked " Nj ken
where he might be found. Thunsda
night shortly after supper, she cam
To the Elks' club. and when she four
that lie was not there. y bad nc
been IN, she IN said 10 have exclaimed
-Oh, 4 know that something fnul
be the matter with him, or he woui
Furcfy be here 70 meet me-