Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-01-26 | Page 1 | Store Employes under Arrest as Murder Suspects

STORE v ir UNDER ARREST AS MURDER SUSPECTS SANTA SANTAFE FE FB N N. M M. L Jan 2 Hunter Hunter Hobbs Hobba and A A. H H. Burke Burks ofa ot or ota a a. mercantile store at at Capitan N N. M M. Lincoln county count w were re arrested by tn taU sheriffs sheriff's office there and are held helt pending hearing as suspects in connection connection connection tion with the assassination of nob Hurt ranchman II whose body riddled with f bullets n was found beside his hi wagon two miles out of Capitan on the road to his ranch Wednesday afternoon after after- noon Evidence showed that two men hid behind bushes and opened fire on Hurt with a 30 rifle and a 12 gauge shotgun shotgun shotgun shot shot- gun loaded with buckshot Five shotgun shotgun shotgun shot shot- gun shells and five rifle rUle shells were wore found on the ground One of the horses e was a wounded They did not run owing v to hoFa the fact that h hiru Hurt when no fell out of the wagon held to the lines which were gripped fast tast In hi his hi hands