| Show MEXICANS MURDER COLORADO MINERS Prospectors Shot Down in Cold Blood With Their Own Guns S INTENDED TO KILL WIVES lJ ins Too Tun B dJ lightened Frightened to toCa Ca Crr Carry rry Out nelll Designs Designs-Cu Captured I They Confess Albuquerque N N. J I JUf Oct 6 De G-De- De- De Of bC murder I the of or two town DInCI 1 J In n 1 1 Oo mn m moun- moun unS un- un t I. S 4 tiTI W mf 1 I it itt t 1 Il t ti kt mI mItI tI It Socorro count county I New GW Mexico hy by h two l H hu hac jU just t b been n received here rite Tho murdered men were Join Johns and James They were ere making an nn overland o prospecting prospecting pros pros- trip with their wives The Tine Mexicans win who murdered them are arc Elimo Valles alies and Carlos Callos Sais They have ha been arrested and annd confessed Thc They sa say the they committed the crime in order ordel to kidnap the widows of their thell victims whom they also ex expected ex- ex to murder murdel after artel forcing forcing- them to subunit submit to their thell desires The double murder murdel occurred Sept 28 The TIne Mexicans l called calle at nt the tine camp of the and antl offered to lead head the tine men to a point where resIn h water could be bl found The prospectors ac accepted accepted ac- ac the Invitation taking with thorn thom their automatic guns Suns The Mexicans asked to be shown the guns and have ha the mechanism explained Mohicans Bl Begin ln Firing Fining After filling filling- their canteens canteen at the spring and antl McClough asked the tile Mexicans to carry their guns The Tho Mexicans foil fell behind a n afew afew few fe feet and suddenly began titling filing McClough dropped dead at nl the first shot three lIe volley was times and ran yards before he fell Coli dead Tho rho Mexicans returned to camp but were In too much of a hurry to escape to molest the widows of oC their victims l They Mole able the tIne live five horses and antl ro rode lode e away After Arter waiting two days for Cor their husbands to return Mrs I and annd Mr tn McClough made their way to San Juan where herc they reported that their husbands husband had been lost A quick Investigation Invest b by a posse disclosed tile the double murder murdel The trail of oC the Mexicans was found and antl yesterday they were captured and ami conCe confessed |
