A special from Espaneta, New Mexico,…
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

r Indian, twelve years; one for murder of another Indian, ten years; one for murdering another Indian, life imprisonment; and four making murderous assault on Chief of Scouts, A1 Sieber, seven years each. A Mexican was also sentenced to one years’ imprisonment for embezzlement. A special from Espaneta, New Mexico, says: “News from Los Truches, sixteen miles east of here, that a very old Mexican lady, who, with her son, was in a pinon grove, several miles from home, was eaten by a bear. The mother and son separated during the afternoon, and at night the son went to camp and built a fire, but waited all night for his absent mother, and as soon as it was light he started to find her, and after several hours search found her torn cloth- ing and bones and hair. There were plenty of bear tracks where the remains were found.” James Woodward and W. A. Raymond started Tuesday for Lake Valley, but were obliged to return home on account of the snow in the mountains. In the Mimbres valley the snow was hip deep, and in the foothills of Cook’s Peak reached to the backs of their horses.