Unprovoked Murder

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Flag- ler, had ordered him to hold the house with his life, so says Curry. McAllister fired a second shot which struck Woodward in the foot, and made a painful wound. McAllister has been arrested. Dr. Stephens thinks Woodward’s foot may have to be amputated. Unprovoked Murder There was a murder at Coomer’s saw mill, near Pinos Altos, last Tuesday, which, so far as heard, seems to have been unprovoked. The circumstances, as reported, were about as fol- lows: A Texan named R. J. Carson, who work- ed awhile at Black’s mill, as a carpenter, ob- jected to sitting at the table with Mexicans. Mr. Feasel said that if Carson could not endure such an association he had better depart. A Mexican named Dolores Salaiz, who has a family in town, rather resented the attitude of Carson, and the pair quarreled. This was a day or two before the killing. On Tuesday the talk was renewed and Carson fired a fatal shot into the mouth of Salcido. The deceased was a teamster and was of a peaceable nature. Carson is said to have been irritable, and was considered a dangerous man. He was elderly and his par- tially gray hair and beard were habitually dyed. This gave rise to a supposition that he was try- ing to disguise himself and that he was a fugi- tive. After the killing he disappeared and is supposed to have left the country.