Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-04-25

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Mysterious MurderOn Tuesday morning last, Sheriff Whitehill received a letter from James Metcalf, of Man- gas springs, stating that Mr. Metcalf’s sheep herder had found a Mexican shot and dying in the hills, four or five miles from the ranch. Accompanied by Judge Isaac Givens, the sheriff repaired to the scene of the supposed murder. An inquest was held, the verdict of the jury being: “that the deceased had come to his death from the effects of a gunshot wound inflicted by some person unknown to the jury.” The story told by Mr. Metcalf’s herder is to the effect that, while herding the sheep last Mon- day, about 2 o’clock in the afternoon, he heard a pistol shot and saw a black horse with a saddle and bridle on, running away from the vicinity of where the shot was fired ; a man on foot was running after the horse. A short time afterwards one of his dogs bayed some- thing which attracted his attention to the dog. He went to the place to learn what the dog was barking at, when he found the man, now known to be Andreas Enriques, shot through the body in the region of the heart, but still alive and conscious. He asked him, who shot you? and was answered quien sabe. He offered the wounded man a drink from his canteen but he was too weak to drink; he left the canteen with the man and went to look after his herd, returning in a short time.

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eart, but still alive and conscious. He asked him, who shot you? and was answered quien sabe. He offered the wounded man a drink from his canteen but he was too weak to drink; he left the canteen with the man and went to look after his herd, returning in a short time. cut open as with a knife from the front indi- cating that the pocket had been sewed up. The sheriff started George Parker on the trail. The trail of the horse was followed for two miles and a half toward Prescott Allen’s ranch on Bear creek, but no trail could be found of a man having followed the horse at any place. The horse was trailed into the rocky ground on the high hills between the western slope of the Bear mountains and the slope of Walnut creek, where it was abandoned. The deceased had worked some time previous for Mr. Carter who has a herd of sheep and goats on his ranch at the head of Greenwood canon. At the time of his death he was working for Prescott Allen, and on the morning of the day he was murdered borrowed a horse from Mr. Allen, and had gone to Carter’s ranch, got his clothing and was on his way back when assassinated. George Parker communicated the news to Mr. Allen who said he would look for the horse and if found would notify the sheriff, but up to time of going to press nothing has been heard from him. The murdered man is well spoken of by his former employers and by all who knew him.