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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
6
A woman was shot by her husband on Christmas Day and, fearful to call for help, stayed hidden even after he died by his own hand. The incident unfolds at a private residence where neighbors reported the aftermath and authorities opened an investigation into the domestic violence case and the couple’s history.
New York is the scene of a domestic murder suicide in Morris Park Log Island. Mrs John K Courke shot in the head lies for half an hour with her husband beside her. He then shoots himself, ending his torture after a long, agonizing wait. Witnesses and neighbors recall the grim scene as she endures further hours before aid arrives.
New York reports Mrs. Elizabeth Mitte of Ida May Miller Kuhn recounts seventeen years in an asylum in Morristown Pennsylvania and alleges coercion by her husband and others to silence her. She claims only $200 from her husband’s will, legal action against Dr Kuehn for assault, and vows to expose a large estate scandal.
Mrs Alexander Trautman was arrested on a charge of stealing $13 from a man who identified her as the robber. The magistrate ordered her held for trial after Peter Hogan pressed the identification. Dr Trautman defended his wife while others doubted the accusation and noted the across-town tension over the case.
St. Petersburg reports Count Witte’s group asserts Secretary Boot supports Japan against Mumelae, aiming to extend American possessions beyond the Hehring strait and divert Japanese emigration westward. Also notes Stokes and a New York financier’s retirement plans and charity contributions.
Stokes laments new departure and urges support by the young for honest work. Metlarg, who sold parts of the Virginia and Southwestern rail line to the Southern, distributed a Christmas program along the road. Claus presented employees with gifts and one month salaries. top officials received substantial tokens and a year’s salary bonus to conclude the year.
A proposed irrigation district near Sacramento would reclaim about 13 900 acres, forming eight miles long and up to seven miles wide. The Clark & Cox Farm Company, with prominent investors from California and New York, has purchased 10 050 acres and expects the land to be valu able at under 26 million dollars after levees and dikes create perpetual use.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that federal prisoners from the New Mexico penitentiary near the city will be moved to Leavenworth Kansas in the coming spring. Oklahoma statehood shifts care of its inmates, reducing Leavenworth’s load as other federal prisons in Joliet Chester Sioux Falls have already received inmates. Some may later go to Atlanta. The United States pays sixty cents per day for territorial prisoner support.
Local readers report a surge of thefts in Las Vegas over recent weeks with items stolen from carts and vehicles on front street and Christmas day. Incidents include four items taken from a buggy, a blanket lifted from a horse, and a Navajo blanket stolen from a bogey near the Mora road area.
Rakerstick Ontario December report recounts a miner asking how he could endure 18 days entombed under ore dirt and airless conditions. He describes decomposing bodies, starvation, and suffocating steel air delivery, imagining suicide as the only escape. Miner I Hicks survived the ordeal.
A 1400 foot Duitt shaft landslide at the Edixon bluesis mine trapped five miners. Hicks survived two to three days in a narrow ore track space, using a pipe and matches to signal rescuers. Relief teams drilled 60 feet to reach him as his companions perished. Hicks was saved, though exhausted, and doctors expect full recovery.
The Silver City Independent notes steady progress on the Elks Opera House with an iron front in place and preparatory work for a north end gallery. The stage will be 21 feet wide and 24 feet deep with central arch support, aiming for completion by February 23 in time for No. 413’s anniversary. Also mentions Chamberlain's salve for nipple care and its availability where sold.
An old recruitment ad urges readers to contact Occidental Life Insurance Co of New Mexico and Arizona Albuquerque NM for full details of their guaranteed dividend policy. It claims several sales reps earn about 200 dollars weekly and calls for energetic men and women to join, advertising a straightforward contract and honest terms.
A list of upcoming events includes the marriage of Kitty on January 1, stage plays from January 28 to March 14 such as King Richard the Third and Julius Caesar, Hoyt's Comedy Company and other acts like Sis Hopkins and The Messenger Boy. A testimonial notes Bucklen's Arnica Salve easing facial soreness.
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