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!A bullet from the rifle of Patrolman Pablo Lujan, of the Albuquerque police force, ended the mad career of Jim V\ illiams, nejrro bootblack, after he had been brought to bay in a swamp three-quarters of a mile northeast of Islet* yesterday morninK by a posse of Albuquerque officers. The posse rushed to Islet a on receipt of telephone messages that the negro had shot Deputy Sheriff Luis Abeyta and escaped. The wounded man was brought to St. Joseph’s hospital.Late last night Dr. W. R, Lovelace, attending physician, said that both Abeyta and Lawrence Mackev, the first victim of the negro, have a chance for recovery. It is very slim—but a fighting chance, he said.•haw, of the prohibition fore*** her«% Other* of thi prohtl itton off kef ii arrived aft or t he negro was slatf) and IBheriff Fred Pornoffal m arrived Just aft or Ike shooting.A number i f Bantu Wm mmpleyM*by Station Mam or Fd Bin** n lb* I .is g* f mu M i- k* . H'* **! i w K**coh ,* Lo Wi*nt toV ■ ■ VBIrTh«* erased n»fro died fightingfleeing to the wood* mar the Indian village after ne had seriouslyand perhaps fatally mounded Abeyta, I air ta Inman r.nd apee-ini Manta t officer, at. the fjj* age, when the* Indian arrested himrail boy, ath#r* Thun-r 9II $«year*otd Manta. Fi the railroad station day night.I Ires Shot at \\ ottifinAnd in his flight through the*lua of ill# .0 littla %aroused tg Up wonted fxrltrmtit by the anund* of firing and :h«* cry «f M'o u funded Offh * ’ * ta■ rt ■ '» ' r Inegro fired a Phot from hi* murder* ” ' Mof tb# postmaster at Islota Mi la had ^ ttoamad tki struggle i * twipn the negro a* Abeyta, and hud the- officer faf 1 wound* dHer cries to the negro to halt draw hi* attention and, without cheeking hla pace, he turned hi* smoking revolver In the direct ion of the de-fen**legs woman and fired, Huf. the shot, went wild.•rare'ely hid the Btfro dkSSD-peiircfi into the Bo«ky swampnort hr ant of the vlPage when * ■ ;*• of lalata Indian*, armedi bent upon revenglog fhcirtribesman, surrounded the ova!*shaped patch of wood a where hewan hiding rutting off hi* eseaps*i*‘* so Forma Qstik khIn the mean? I me telephone me**sagra to All? ufurn | u # of thewounding of Abeyta sent severaltone ' ids of officer* onth* ir wa to f*’# ?;i and the swamp Where the negro had fled Patrol-an, * on- * « ■Moraga. Sheriff Tony Ortiz andDeputy-'•hertff Charles HangFtr?were in one of the first * art to•; h I*!eta, w ml..* * . ■ afterthe negro had shot Abeyta In another car was Chief of Polios J, ft.A. L lt;Is lata arid arrived Just a* the negro was* engaging in his last gun playwith Lujan and Moraga*btirrntiml*Moraga and Lujan entered thn' * WhlP ' •' : *Iff ortiz and Banghart eirelodeasta of the w want.On the west side of the woods wereChief of Police i lalushu, Gregg and Shaw, and to the sooth escap# wascut off for the negro by throngs of Indian* and Sheriff J. e Tondr# 5 jfValencia cmiPty, and a deputy Then the posae began to cJaM Inon the negro youth who hadwounded two non and who was knt*wn to thiding *c insw here in tl-f lit!It bt♦ *ky ready to light todeath.Moraga and Lujan came together within the wood and foundthf tracks of the negro, Thasir ids of his footsteps showed that he was running They separated again around a patch of bushes, a moment later the negro, with hi* eyes pepping out and giving him ,4grotesque appearance rose without warning from hm hiding placebehind a large tree and fit * d four shot* at Moraga, who was not mots than fifty feet distant.\i*rr*»% \tm Has (tad.The negro s aim was had andMoraga pumped three shots from his rifle in the direction of the tree where the black had fallen proyta to the ground. From the other aids of the tree. Lujan fired In the direction of the negro Moragas rifle was empty and he jerked his re'tjnSpe^i ifrinlt;M'n|iJ.jflTwo *
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Albuquerque Morning Journal
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Sat, Jan 08, 1921
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
David J.
NA, 11 Mar 2023
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