SOLOMON, JOHN BERYE 18 JULY 1911-19 FEB 1934
Died at the Star Cafe in Carrizozo,, NM. He was a Deputy Sheriff. Cause of death – gun shot through heart. Ball was found just under skin, about 1/2″ above left nipple.
| Name: | John Berye Solomon |
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| Birth Date: | 18 Jul 1911 |
| Death Date: | 19 Feb 1934 |
| Death Place: | Carrizozo, Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States of America |
| Cemetery: | Cedarvale Cemetery |
| Burial or Cremation Place: | White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States of America |
| Has Bio?: | Y |
| URL: | https://www.findagrave.com/mem… |
About 12 o’clock last Sunday night John Solomon was shot and instantly killed in Roy’s Cafe. A coroner’s jury was called and a verdict was brought in holding Dan Lowden 33 an Oscura ranchman responsible for his death. Solomon who was 22 years old had only recently returned from Texas where he had been a peace officer.
Lowden was taken to jail and Assistant District Attorney C. V. Clayton of Tularosa came up last Monday to investigate the shooting. When arraigned, Lowden pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the district court after waiving his preliminary hearing. The Court fixed his bond at $10,000, which to date he has been unable to make. It is alleged that Lowden shot Solomon when the latter tried to remove him from the Cafe, for alleged loud and unseemly conduct.
One shot struck Solomon in the left arm, which by the way was his gun arm, as three of the fingers had been shot from his right hand over a year ago. The other shot entered his back, ranging up through his heart, the bullet lodging just above the left breast. Four shots went wild, one going through the walls into the Western Union office.
Roy Skinner, owner of the cafe was asleep in a back room, and members of the night shift witnessed only part of the affray.
Both men were married. Solomon is survived by his widow and an infant daughter. His funeral was held at White Oaks last Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. John L. Lawson in charge. Interment was in the White Oaks cemetery.
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