MRS ANTONIO ENRIQUEZ
FRANCISCO ZAPEDA
April 8, 1910
Az Republican Newspaper

Globe: Believing that his wife was giulty of illicit realtions 
with her own father, Antonio Enriquez, a Mexican murdered her 
with an axe, and killed Francisco Zapaeda, his father-in-law 
with the same weapon near Solomonville early yesterday morning 
according to advices received here yesterday.  Enriquez made an 
ineffectual attempt at suicide. He was later arrested and placed 
in custody. His injuries are serious but he will recover.

According to a Mexican  woman who lived near the scene of the 
tragedy the trio quarreled violently in the early part of the 
evening.  Later she heard Mrs. Enriquez scream for help. It 
is thought that Enriquez had attacked his father-in-law with 
an axe, to avenge a fancied wrong and that when his wife 
attempted to interfere he cleft her skull with the axe and 
stabbed her.  Both bodies were horribly mutilated.

Enriquez cut his own throat after the tragedy and fell 
exhausted in a clump of bushes where he was later discovered 
by a posse.  Enriquez admits killing his father-in-law but 
claims that he acted in self defense and killed his wife 
when she attempted to interfere.



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