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t»i *t #**# etifetf i' ha «»#**»Mm «f th# **idw«o up** i|| *P))tk*atl*rti of•i-'•» t Oliver St. U* and .T a me# Tuckerhefeted u- ball, The aaaoiiftatfoahem*ffter® to giant*4 with ■#, . m 4*wet* 'nltttkkfeil te-hhU M« tl* tumdr••Ch.;W »«« W *m#» Camperi came the #ecuntv of Ollyer M, I**,. 'V n;. Karbari, Oliver h«*, \ls». Lee,A fCaral®, MAt« Ifolm, lu Itoher, John I* Mat* WtHer Fetwwd IB! **4 i%rw Altman becametttretk# «f Ja#ae»i Tha avid#***ttbowad that _fc7} the d*eea*#d,o« the _ morning of the Hiltfor .ranch of Perrr Alt-»«a . «m* « f Hi# tf*fta4»Rt«. The «l»y t«lt;§*p»# tare fie h«d fee** hwtuffti fey1 i Altman tint « fcom » hh Si he tad Imgti f mw »##M»g rah* ««i‘y to AUmftn*# toKti§«*»aemtisr, «il that if h« #»iiM jp there eftAltoit.fi would haft* It b*»r«*t*d. For tl«*f purpose lw* started to A Know**, He was } I mm to arm# «.»! «** spurted fey tht## »rfour men t bvra wh#» h«» r* de op. He w« Jtettf woo adra aftar wards. *1 to# defend*h«», Lee, Tu* S;«*r and CM**** alsokee hit} mm »t Allman*# thatbsfor*. nil heavily armed.t» j He W and Tfoirsday following,fe j she people of L* Lu» end T«tto*Vo*a turned | f»t»t «I»#t to # men to M»l*t in searchingw f for the miming hlt;y, »ud they continued the search tin til hi# coyote-eaten Wv wa* found about two weeh* later lit an laolatwl teri ofe■rIfromlitrmnte, with two bullet hoi**# throneb bte,} h««d aad other* in the tody. The defend* I | unu «i «n«e attracted t«»|*iou»n t,» them-f f *ch e*. Within tw# dure efto-r fo« M#reti immmefieed they all left tlmr home*. Th«y»e{Were iccasionaily «#ett in oiit*lt;if*«le1 j piece* ert’ompenied hr n bund of «L* | armed o.« n. and muM he Is* ard of in the,! wilds of *h.* foot hill# o( ti e Macrnmento «aoutitaiAe-**hiit n«*t ««#»• A* •*«»» a* the?. j h*h h the plain# :»» d motiMeina Aim an** 1 j house wb* burned; htit tod before he hadr j rtmofi*d everythin# out of it. hum*| {in* »f Adtmaa** bowse led to n tetrch of hi* ranch* Two large #pot| rf hi*»od ««ro tound' back of the ci-rrai. They had evidently been *i»ortly before covered up whh drv tnaaure, but a min hud In part unent efrd tlm*, mimk hd to theirWith I hi# bfood mm c- n#id«mM * hair which mm pealtivoly ldout»8rd ae Wii _that of the tuurdvred boy. ilack (f tro*im# I t?•rt*tlbi-x.ii _ _______ _________fence of this corral were found nunum u* i frceb bullet holes. A Wagon track Ud out| from the bou*e towarde the widte *s»nJ»| about two miles, and then turned and Went hath to the house. It w»» eridctd that this a«#i»tt had been drive® in the night.Tb« trii!I developed **®# very interesting,episode. It appeared that tha pnwcutfo® nhad another wjtnm, n n ^ro b v, who had Ibeen «n eve-witness to tin* mur-ter. Thisadtse** had sworn lwf.*re the fraud Jury that at the tin;* „f the murder he in the service of I'. J, ilrahaoi, a bif»ther ta* law of AhrxtHr., whw,liv'd aimut a mile fur* th**r west, M.« ttiv lafure the tnur icr It-bad beard the defoncfonfs end l'her*bee H M plan to cMfup Job® (I.*d into » place where they might uesasfoiite him. end bad beard Ahtmtn agree to undertake the task of petti** hr. 0»od it* tie right place, be*ily. H» *W the liih, tbl«was gtkm b» Altma»*s from Urn*% w hen, m be ant near to the hm*% be Walter lt;io«. 1 fide up. 1 wo • f the dear*#, Ai tttan and Tucker, wu.t out v*»so,.® alt; they bad■bh hands tbey puTted him « ft of hi* fcefsw, f t*They then earned him barb of tin? cpmd, tied him to t'« forum, «poka a few mftstftaato him, #«d tbra et«v fl «ft \nm 1 » * vtep* .t!wv*r p!ft*»li Info Ws b‘»d,r. | _ w*s than w*t**d HA lald on the i “Wftjpca yheat. WPS', procuredtl* bmm the 'b*4y *■'«» idvydd «i«*a it andtitrbd iaiatfct 'trfti***,''1 witae* thawtun.*! *»»*! want bar* te .tlwtbsta, wfom*}t‘“ fold of lit# murder. II wham at one*11aup stakes, aii*«tfon*d b®n*. RflL.. ture *wd all, Had uft th# county, | *The impMfttti.ee of this It «{wfiCartd, had tmeu appreciated by the pm#.isrutbn and between t*m tin* of the fl '-l*fof of th*mdk'Uor*»t by the grand Jury «»4 tl*- iatdag not of *)* w rit of habeas C *rpu^be had h»«® provhiad for. Thiw** day* before th# fowiujg, hrwaver, the dcfoimsnt#and ti*sr frilt;u;ds captured bhu and from that time till the tnwrfpg be sm(wmsrd with them, with the rasult thatdwlsl ft* tmth of all he bad before w#pt!•?, Judge bVh*ti{»u-t** #1 »*#* haudcd Wh» nvrt fo th# tAvriff fo he prorccuttd for per*a’m #* ov. esran hieg for the b*dr, the dcfemiants hadwaylaid and dmt inti the b lt;dy ®f rearch* »•». hut Without doing inert harm thaukMUm of two c»r three hwim.
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Las Cruces Rio Grande Republican

Las Cruces, New Mexico, US

Sat, Jun 29, 1889

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