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ends h^ showed a pistol and said he had an enemy whom he ex- pected to kill. He had considerable money and was drinking heavily. On Friday last in com- pany with Lucy Croenne he left for El Paso. The following from the Times gives an ac- count of the murder and suicide : “It was on Friday evening on the arrival of the Silver City local,’ said Mrs. Moore, “That the dead parties registered at my house. They seemed quiet and were very good lodgers. At about five o’clock this morning two pistol shots were heard. I looked out my window thinking it was in the street but was told that it sounded as if the shots were fired inside my house. Thereupon I went into the hall and found noth- ing and so returned to my room. About 9 o’clock yesterday morning in answer to a spirit of un- easiness I knocked at the door of No. 3. As I have since found out the next door lodger asked “Who is there?” I mistook the voice for Blane’s and so thought it was all right.