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Jose Gallegos, Horrible Deed of an Insane Man


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 Las Vegas, N. M., February 23 - Later reports from the murder of Don Miguel Montano and wife last Tuesday at their ranch at Las Narlas, are t the effect that Jose Gallegos, a ranchero and desperate character, killed Montano and his wife in a fit of insanity.

 After assuring himself his victims were dead, he went to his own home and cut the throats of his entire family -- his wife, two daughters and a young son. 

 Posses of citizens have organized to surround the house and capture the manic.

 Evening Observer - Dunkirk, Chautauqua Co., New York - Monday, February 23, 1885



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