Re: Chama Depot Murder?

employee2 Wrote:
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> Thanks Russo. Eddie was a good friend. As Earl
> said in the thread you referred to above, Eddie
> was shot by a "girlfriend" in his own bedroom in
> the Chama depot, in the station agent's apartment.
> They had gotten into an argument over money - he
> had just returned from a stay in the hospital, and
> had missed a paycheck - and while he was in the
> kitchen preparing dinner for the two of them, she
> "allegedly" picked up his revolver off the bed
> where he always laid it when off duty, and shot
> him to death. Although Eddie was a sweet and
> gentle man, she claimed self-defense, and since
> there were no witnesses, she went free.
>
> BTW, just to be historically accurate, Eddie was
> an employee of the State Railroad Authority. I was
> the second employee hired by Scenic Railways in
> the Spring of 1971. Mike Carr was the first, 5
> minutes ahead of me.
>
> Richard

Interesting story. Apparently, they didn't investigate matters the way they do today. Unless the guy had a history of violence, or she had injuries consistent with abuse, she might have a difficult time making a case for self defense to avoid an indictment, particularly when she shot him with his own gun.

/Kevin