Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-08
NEGRO IS SLAIN BY
POSSE NEAR lSLETA;
WOUNDS LUIS ABEYTA
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volver but the negro had rolled to
the other side of the protecting
tree and turned his attention to
Lujan. He fired one shot and
then exposed himself.
Lujan took aim, he declared
afterward, at the glaring white Of
the negros eye and fired once.
ooh My" the negro. youth
moaned and pitched forward, his
gun barrel tanning into his face.
Other members of the posse
hearing the sounds of firing had
rushed to the aid of Lujan and
Moraga.
Single Shot Was Fatal.
There were two m a & n g
wounds on the negro's body. The
bullet from Lujan's rifle had
crashed through the brain, enter
ing the right temple even with the
eye. Another entered the back he
low the shoulder blades, fired
probably by Moraga. one hand
was hit but there were no other
marks.
In the overcoat pockets of the
negro were found several dozen
! shells. He also had a gallon buck
ct of water and a paper bag Of
| biscuit sandwiches, indicating that
he was prepared to go in hiding
| until escape was easier. He haC
the water and food when arrested
| by Abeyta, and after shooting the
officer, stopped long enough tc
pick up the water before his flight
TO the swamp.
Following his escape Thursday
night after shooting Mackey at thu
Santa Fe station. Williams evident
| ~ hid in the yards. Later, Officers
believe, he went to a negro homt
where he obtained the sandwiche:
and water, and early Friday morn
! ing must have started to walk to-
ward Isleta, where, it is believed
he intended to catch a freigh
train.
| Sighted by Train Grew.
! He was seen by an engine crew
! just north of Isleta about 9:3(
| Friday morning. At Isleta Abeytt
was informed that the negro hat
been seen and was headed toward
/! the village.
| He had CROSSED the bridge over
! the river north of the station ant
was walking along: the track, ant
had reached the small bridge neal
! the station when Abeyta stopped
| him.
Williams is said to have denied
! he. was the man sought and wher
| Abeyta asked if he had a gun, h,
pulled revolver from his over
coat with his left hand and ex
tended it toward the officer. A!
| Abeyta reached for the gun, the
negro quickly jerked a second re
! volver from the other pocket an(
fired at the officer, the shot enter
ing the right wrist and ranging up
ward, lodged in the muscles of thu
| upper arm.
Officers Gun Jams.
AS he fired the NEGRO jumped
down the embankmeflt, which is
about ten feet high at this point
and fired again, the bullet hitting
Abeyta in the right size of the abb
domen, piercing the liver and lodg-
ing in the back
The wounded. officer had trans
ferred his revolver from the use
less hand to the left hand, but the
gun clogged and before others at
tracted by the sound of the shots
had arrived, the negro had run
past the Seis store and postoffice
and was we'll on his way to the
protection Of the woods northeast
of the village.
Abeyta was rushed to Albuquer-
que on a special Santa Fe engine
and taken to st. Joseph hospital.
DIR. w. r.. Lovelace, DR.. ]. T.. Ed
er and DR.. L. F. Elliott, Santa Fe
physicians took charge of the case
Immediately
Weakened by Loss of Blood.
| Internal hemorrhages had re-
suited from the abdominal wound
and Abeyta was greatly weakened
from the loss of blood, Doctor
I Lovelace stated. His condition was
declared to be critical.
The condition of Mackey was
4 declared unchanged. He showed a
4 slight improvement through the
| day with the aid of artificial slim
ulation, but last night his condi-
| ton was worse.
! Abeyta, who is about 3S years
old, bears the reputation among
4 peace officers throughout the
state as one of the most capable
! and fearless officers in the south
west. For the past six years he
| has served at Isleta as deputy
sheriff and special Santa Fe Off
! Ger. For the past ten years he
/ has been Indian officer for all pu-
eblos in the district under Leo
Crane, superintendent of Indiar
pueblos in the area adjacent to Al.
buquerque.
Noted for Goodness.
Aheyta is noted for his coolnesl
,and good Judgment and local Of,