Perfecto Chavez, a Hispanic sheepherder, murdered in Saguache County; Anglo man accused is described as a cow-boy
He was also a banker and a legislator in the House of Representatives in the Colorado General Assembly. Photo from 1920s.
And with freight wagons loaded with sacks of wool near the Denver and Rio Grande railroad station in Fort Garland (Costilla County), 1910
Anglo man and son charged with assaulting Hispanic sheep herder and killing/stealing his sheep
Paper says that “men who own great herds of cattle" were responsible for jury’s verdict, as in similar cases where perpetrator has gone unpunished
Man accused of killing Chavez refused bail; admits he shot him but will claim self defense
