A search of their joint possessions revealed…
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

e, and a pistol lay just between them. Her head was hanging slightly over the edge of the bed and she had bled terribly as the bed clothes were saturated and there was a large pool of blood on the floor. The bodies were immediately re- moved to Dolan’s undertaking parlors. A search of their joint possessions revealed about 77 dollars in cash. They evidently ex- pected to remain here but a short time as their effects were very few and contained in a hand bag. The revolver was a Colt’s 41 caliber and when seen had two empty chambers, two loaded and the two empty shells. There were a great many empty champagne bottles in the room sufficient to leave no doubt but that they both had been drinking very heavily. The only papers left were a bill of sale of a log cabin in ( 43 ) Silver Creek to Victor Croenne by Joe Britton, also a slip of paper bearing the name of Nevei Perea.” The husband of the murdered woman, Vic- tor Croenne, left for El Paso Tuesday. Arrest And Escape Of A Notorious Rustler