Murder At Pinos Altos
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

Murder At Pinos Altos One Lucy Small, a daughter of Catrino Baldonado, of Central City, shot Edward Foun- tain, son of Col. A. J. Fountain, of Las Cruces, on last Sunday morning between three and four o’clock. The circumstances which led to the killing are about as follows. Fountain, on the night in question, was at the house of Lucy, and during the evening several bottles of beer had been disposed of, and during the possible mellowness which followed, a quarrel ensued in which Lucy asserts that Fountain called her vile names. He then left the house and Lucy followed him to the door, and wishing to scare him, fired the shot which proved fatal in a few hours. The deceased for some time had been employed on the Kleptomania mine and won the esteem and confidence of all with whom he came in contact. The remains were shipped to Las Cruces on Monday last for interment.