(Ref: CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, dated for Monday, October 19, 1959, front page, reads as follows:
QUEEN RITES
SCHEDULED
HERE TUESDAY
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday for Hillman S. Queen, 90, retired rancher who died in a local hospital Sunday night.
Services will be at West Funeral Home and burial will be in Sunset Gardens Cemetery.
Queen was born Nov. 15, 1868, in Carroll, Tex. He married Abbie Tulk in Carlsbad Jan. 31, 1906. He ranched at Queen in the Guadalupes for 35 years, then sold his ranch there and operated a ranch near Malaga until his retirement in 1944.
Following his retirement, the couple moved to Carlsbad, and had lived in the city since that time. At the time of his death they resided at 607 South Eighth Street.
Survivors include the wife, of the home; two sons, Millard of Carlsbad and Victor of Loving; a sister, Mrs. Mary Montgomery of Carlsbad; six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Mrs. Josie Finlay of Carlsbad is a niece. John Montgomery of Sanders, Ariz., a nephew.
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Additional info from FAG contributor Patti Jo #47525177
Hillman Samuel Queen
Hillman Queen or Hill Queen was born on November 15, 1868 in Carroll County, Texas. Hillman apparently left the Queen family while they were in Ysleta, Texas and moved to Colorado; he may not have reached the mountain homestead until about 1900.
During the late 1880's mining activities peaked in the Golden Colorado area, and in 1890 twenty-two year old Hillman Queen left the family, and headed to Colorado to work in the mines. In spring 1896 Hillman was working in Colorado, perhaps in a grocery store, when a large male began to verbally harass him. The harassment continued for sometime, and eventually Hillman may have become convinced that verbal harassment was going to be followed with physical harm.
According to Helen Norfleet Montgomery (Interview in 2000) Hillman, a small man, was having a beer in a saloon one evening when he had a disagreement with a much larger male. During the following fight Hillman apparently used a knife to defend himself. The facts of the fight were unknown, but the fight ended when the intestines of the man Hillman was fighting fell from his body and landed on the saloon floor. Queen was arrested, placed in jail and likely charged with murder. Everyone expected the man to die, and saw no need when a local doctor placed the intestines back into the man and stitched him up. In a few day the condition of the man improved, and within weeks he fully recovered.
After the man recovered the charges against Hillman Queen were probably changed form murder to "assault to commit murder". On May 7, 1896 a jury in Gunnison, Colorado convicted Hillman of "assault to commit murder", and on May 9, 1896 he was booked in the Colorado State Prison at Canon City, Colorado (General Support Services, AGTS_Information/Archival Services, Denver, CO). Twenty-seven year old Hillman Queen was given number 4028, and began serving a 1 year and 6 month sentence. The following information was provided on his "sheet": Height 5.5, Complexion dark, color of eyes brown, occupation farmer, birth place Florence, Texas, name of parents E.G. and M.J. Queen, Eddy, N.M., married no, read yes, temperate no, tobacco yes, prison before no. A description of #4028 follows: medium built, weight 148, large prominent ears, one-half inch scar on upper fight index finger, one inch scar center front top of head, small diameter mark left upper arm, scar on cheek under left eye, 2 scars back of right forearm, and 3 small scars 2nd joint, 3rd joint right fingers.
Warden John Cleghorn and clerk J.E. Hashouck discharged Hillman Queen from the Colorado Prison on August 30, 1897. After release, Hillman returned to the family homestead in the Guadalupe Mountains, but apparently didn't travel to Eddy or any other town in the Pecos River Valley.
Transcribed from the book by Jerry R Cox, PHD., "Ghosts of the Guadalupes", pages 221 and 222.
QUEEN RITES
SCHEDULED
HERE TUESDAY
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday for Hillman S. Queen, 90, retired rancher who died in a local hospital Sunday night.
Services will be at West Funeral Home and burial will be in Sunset Gardens Cemetery.
Queen was born Nov. 15, 1868, in Carroll, Tex. He married Abbie Tulk in Carlsbad Jan. 31, 1906. He ranched at Queen in the Guadalupes for 35 years, then sold his ranch there and operated a ranch near Malaga until his retirement in 1944.
Following his retirement, the couple moved to Carlsbad, and had lived in the city since that time. At the time of his death they resided at 607 South Eighth Street.
Survivors include the wife, of the home; two sons, Millard of Carlsbad and Victor of Loving; a sister, Mrs. Mary Montgomery of Carlsbad; six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Mrs. Josie Finlay of Carlsbad is a niece. John Montgomery of Sanders, Ariz., a nephew.
_________________________________________________________
Additional info from FAG contributor Patti Jo #47525177
Hillman Samuel Queen
Hillman Queen or Hill Queen was born on November 15, 1868 in Carroll County, Texas. Hillman apparently left the Queen family while they were in Ysleta, Texas and moved to Colorado; he may not have reached the mountain homestead until about 1900.
During the late 1880's mining activities peaked in the Golden Colorado area, and in 1890 twenty-two year old Hillman Queen left the family, and headed to Colorado to work in the mines. In spring 1896 Hillman was working in Colorado, perhaps in a grocery store, when a large male began to verbally harass him. The harassment continued for sometime, and eventually Hillman may have become convinced that verbal harassment was going to be followed with physical harm.
According to Helen Norfleet Montgomery (Interview in 2000) Hillman, a small man, was having a beer in a saloon one evening when he had a disagreement with a much larger male. During the following fight Hillman apparently used a knife to defend himself. The facts of the fight were unknown, but the fight ended when the intestines of the man Hillman was fighting fell from his body and landed on the saloon floor. Queen was arrested, placed in jail and likely charged with murder. Everyone expected the man to die, and saw no need when a local doctor placed the intestines back into the man and stitched him up. In a few day the condition of the man improved, and within weeks he fully recovered.
After the man recovered the charges against Hillman Queen were probably changed form murder to "assault to commit murder". On May 7, 1896 a jury in Gunnison, Colorado convicted Hillman of "assault to commit murder", and on May 9, 1896 he was booked in the Colorado State Prison at Canon City, Colorado (General Support Services, AGTS_Information/Archival Services, Denver, CO). Twenty-seven year old Hillman Queen was given number 4028, and began serving a 1 year and 6 month sentence. The following information was provided on his "sheet": Height 5.5, Complexion dark, color of eyes brown, occupation farmer, birth place Florence, Texas, name of parents E.G. and M.J. Queen, Eddy, N.M., married no, read yes, temperate no, tobacco yes, prison before no. A description of #4028 follows: medium built, weight 148, large prominent ears, one-half inch scar on upper fight index finger, one inch scar center front top of head, small diameter mark left upper arm, scar on cheek under left eye, 2 scars back of right forearm, and 3 small scars 2nd joint, 3rd joint right fingers.
Warden John Cleghorn and clerk J.E. Hashouck discharged Hillman Queen from the Colorado Prison on August 30, 1897. After release, Hillman returned to the family homestead in the Guadalupe Mountains, but apparently didn't travel to Eddy or any other town in the Pecos River Valley.
Transcribed from the book by Jerry R Cox, PHD., "Ghosts of the Guadalupes", pages 221 and 222.
(Ref: CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, dated for Monday, October 19, 1959, front page, reads as follows:
QUEEN RITES
SCHEDULED
HERE TUESDAY
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday for Hillman S. Queen, 90, retired rancher who died in a local hospital Sunday night.
Services will be at West Funeral Home and burial will be in Sunset Gardens Cemetery.
Queen was born Nov. 15, 1868, in Carroll, Tex. He married Abbie Tulk in Carlsbad Jan. 31, 1906. He ranched at Queen in the Guadalupes for 35 years, then sold his ranch there and operated a ranch near Malaga until his retirement in 1944.
Following his retirement, the couple moved to Carlsbad, and had lived in the city since that time. At the time of his death they resided at 607 South Eighth Street.
Survivors include the wife, of the home; two sons, Millard of Carlsbad and Victor of Loving; a sister, Mrs. Mary Montgomery of Carlsbad; six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Mrs. Josie Finlay of Carlsbad is a niece. John Montgomery of Sanders, Ariz., a nephew.
_________________________________________________________
Additional info from FAG contributor Patti Jo #47525177
Hillman Samuel Queen
Hillman Queen or Hill Queen was born on November 15, 1868 in Carroll County, Texas. Hillman apparently left the Queen family while they were in Ysleta, Texas and moved to Colorado; he may not have reached the mountain homestead until about 1900.
During the late 1880's mining activities peaked in the Golden Colorado area, and in 1890 twenty-two year old Hillman Queen left the family, and headed to Colorado to work in the mines. In spring 1896 Hillman was working in Colorado, perhaps in a grocery store, when a large male began to verbally harass him. The harassment continued for sometime, and eventually Hillman may have become convinced that verbal harassment was going to be followed with physical harm.
According to Helen Norfleet Montgomery (Interview in 2000) Hillman, a small man, was having a beer in a saloon one evening when he had a disagreement with a much larger male. During the following fight Hillman apparently used a knife to defend himself. The facts of the fight were unknown, but the fight ended when the intestines of the man Hillman was fighting fell from his body and landed on the saloon floor. Queen was arrested, placed in jail and likely charged with murder. Everyone expected the man to die, and saw no need when a local doctor placed the intestines back into the man and stitched him up. In a few day the condition of the man improved, and within weeks he fully recovered.
After the man recovered the charges against Hillman Queen were probably changed form murder to "assault to commit murder". On May 7, 1896 a jury in Gunnison, Colorado convicted Hillman of "assault to commit murder", and on May 9, 1896 he was booked in the Colorado State Prison at Canon City, Colorado (General Support Services, AGTS_Information/Archival Services, Denver, CO). Twenty-seven year old Hillman Queen was given number 4028, and began serving a 1 year and 6 month sentence. The following information was provided on his "sheet": Height 5.5, Complexion dark, color of eyes brown, occupation farmer, birth place Florence, Texas, name of parents E.G. and M.J. Queen, Eddy, N.M., married no, read yes, temperate no, tobacco yes, prison before no. A description of #4028 follows: medium built, weight 148, large prominent ears, one-half inch scar on upper fight index finger, one inch scar center front top of head, small diameter mark left upper arm, scar on cheek under left eye, 2 scars back of right forearm, and 3 small scars 2nd joint, 3rd joint right fingers.
Warden John Cleghorn and clerk J.E. Hashouck discharged Hillman Queen from the Colorado Prison on August 30, 1897. After release, Hillman returned to the family homestead in the Guadalupe Mountains, but apparently didn't travel to Eddy or any other town in the Pecos River Valley.
Transcribed from the book by Jerry R Cox, PHD., "Ghosts of the Guadalupes", pages 221 and 222.
QUEEN RITES
SCHEDULED
HERE TUESDAY
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday for Hillman S. Queen, 90, retired rancher who died in a local hospital Sunday night.
Services will be at West Funeral Home and burial will be in Sunset Gardens Cemetery.
Queen was born Nov. 15, 1868, in Carroll, Tex. He married Abbie Tulk in Carlsbad Jan. 31, 1906. He ranched at Queen in the Guadalupes for 35 years, then sold his ranch there and operated a ranch near Malaga until his retirement in 1944.
Following his retirement, the couple moved to Carlsbad, and had lived in the city since that time. At the time of his death they resided at 607 South Eighth Street.
Survivors include the wife, of the home; two sons, Millard of Carlsbad and Victor of Loving; a sister, Mrs. Mary Montgomery of Carlsbad; six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Mrs. Josie Finlay of Carlsbad is a niece. John Montgomery of Sanders, Ariz., a nephew.
_________________________________________________________
Additional info from FAG contributor Patti Jo #47525177
Hillman Samuel Queen
Hillman Queen or Hill Queen was born on November 15, 1868 in Carroll County, Texas. Hillman apparently left the Queen family while they were in Ysleta, Texas and moved to Colorado; he may not have reached the mountain homestead until about 1900.
During the late 1880's mining activities peaked in the Golden Colorado area, and in 1890 twenty-two year old Hillman Queen left the family, and headed to Colorado to work in the mines. In spring 1896 Hillman was working in Colorado, perhaps in a grocery store, when a large male began to verbally harass him. The harassment continued for sometime, and eventually Hillman may have become convinced that verbal harassment was going to be followed with physical harm.
According to Helen Norfleet Montgomery (Interview in 2000) Hillman, a small man, was having a beer in a saloon one evening when he had a disagreement with a much larger male. During the following fight Hillman apparently used a knife to defend himself. The facts of the fight were unknown, but the fight ended when the intestines of the man Hillman was fighting fell from his body and landed on the saloon floor. Queen was arrested, placed in jail and likely charged with murder. Everyone expected the man to die, and saw no need when a local doctor placed the intestines back into the man and stitched him up. In a few day the condition of the man improved, and within weeks he fully recovered.
After the man recovered the charges against Hillman Queen were probably changed form murder to "assault to commit murder". On May 7, 1896 a jury in Gunnison, Colorado convicted Hillman of "assault to commit murder", and on May 9, 1896 he was booked in the Colorado State Prison at Canon City, Colorado (General Support Services, AGTS_Information/Archival Services, Denver, CO). Twenty-seven year old Hillman Queen was given number 4028, and began serving a 1 year and 6 month sentence. The following information was provided on his "sheet": Height 5.5, Complexion dark, color of eyes brown, occupation farmer, birth place Florence, Texas, name of parents E.G. and M.J. Queen, Eddy, N.M., married no, read yes, temperate no, tobacco yes, prison before no. A description of #4028 follows: medium built, weight 148, large prominent ears, one-half inch scar on upper fight index finger, one inch scar center front top of head, small diameter mark left upper arm, scar on cheek under left eye, 2 scars back of right forearm, and 3 small scars 2nd joint, 3rd joint right fingers.
Warden John Cleghorn and clerk J.E. Hashouck discharged Hillman Queen from the Colorado Prison on August 30, 1897. After release, Hillman returned to the family homestead in the Guadalupe Mountains, but apparently didn't travel to Eddy or any other town in the Pecos River Valley.
Transcribed from the book by Jerry R Cox, PHD., "Ghosts of the Guadalupes", pages 221 and 222.
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