Public feeling ran high, and when Sheriff…
source date: 1891
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ld be lynched, and Sheriff Luna conveyed him to Albuquerque and placed him in the Bernalillo county jail for safe keeping. Public feeling ran high, and when Sheriff Luna was on his way to Romero’s house to make the arrest, he was followed by a crowd of in- censed citizens. Friends of the accused are trying to shift the responsibility of the dastardly crime on to tramps who were said to be lurking in the vicinity of the depot, and that the shot which extinguished the life spark of the beautiful young girl, was fired at them. Be that as it may, the guilty party will surely be brought to justice, and ’tis said that strong circumstantial evidence has been found, which connects the name of Frank Romero with the crime. The young lady victim had an army of friends who will see that the guilty one, if he can be found, is brought to justice, and her cruel death avenged. Murders have become entirely too frequent in our territory, and murderers are too seldom punished to satisfy the ends of justice. If a few more hangings took place they might have a salutory effect inasmuch as they would intimi- date intending murderers. Wm. Davis, charged with the murder of Huey Fox, at Pinos Altos, Christmas last, ob- tained a change of venue to Dona Ana county. To Miners, Mine Owners and All Persons Interested in Mining in Grant County: