ADA HUMES PARDONED
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

on the following morning. Dr. Slough with the assistance of Dr. Woodville, analyzed the contents of the glass, and found it to contain a large per cent of morphia. Mr. Luke has commenced a suit for divorce. From the July 17, 1891, Issue of The Enterprise ADA HUMES PARDONED Ada Humes, the woman who killed Jack Brown, a gambler, in Silver City, about two years ago, for supposed infidelity, and was tried, found guilty of manslaughter and sen- tenced to three years in the New Mexico terri- torial penitentiary, was pardoned a few days ago by Governor Prince. The woman was a loose character. It is said one of the excuses for her pardon was her deplorable physical con- dition. From a party in this city the reporter learned yesterday that he received a telegram from the woman when she was freed that her avoirdupois reached the 178-pound mark. Not a very sickly woman, eh? — El Paso Tribune. WOMAN KILLED WITH AX The dead body of Refugia Armijo was found in her dwelling between Socorro and the smelter. She had been killed by being struck on the head with an ax, the bloody instrument of death being found near the body. Pedro Baca has been held without bail on the charge of having committed the murder, he having been the last person seen with the deceased woman. Funeral Baked Meats