CISNEROS, Juan

Transcriber's note: There is no actual obituary for Mr. Cisneros, but each of these stories on his murderer explains a little bit of the circumstances of his death. He is buried in an unmarked grave at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. --------------------- Weekly Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, June 4, 1913, page 5 (From Tuesday's Daily) State vs Alberto Ruiz, for shooting and killing Juan Cisneros, at the Puntenney Lime Works last April. According to the evidence at the preliminary examination Cisneros was playing a social game of cards at the time, and for no known reason Ruiz stepped close to him and fired a Winchester rifle, the bullet entering the leg of Cisneros, and producing blood poisoning from which he died at the county hospital in this city a few days later. Ruiz also fired a second time, and informations for murder and assault with a deadly weapon have been lodged against him. ------------------------------ Weekly Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, June 11, 1913, page 2 Mexican Takes No Chances With Jury (From Friday's Daily) When the case of Alberto Ruiz was called for trial before a jury in the Superior court yesterday, on an information charging him with the crime of murder, he withdrew his plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty to the crime of murder in the second degree. His sentence was set for this morning at 10 o'clock. The court fixes the penalty in this case, which is not less than ten years in the state prison, and may extend to life imprisonment. Ruiz shot a Mexican named Cisneros at the Puntenney Lime Works in April and his victim died three days later in the county hospital from the wounds. Ruiz also withdrew his plea of not guilty to assault with intent to kill, when he fired at another Mexican in the same locality and entered a plea of guilty. He will be also sentenced for that crime today. ------------------------------ Weekly Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, June 11, 1913, page 2 Stiff Sentences Handed Out To Ruiz Ten Years To Life And Five Years Penalties Imposed (From Saturday's Daily) The unusual spectacle of a self-confessed felon receiving two severe sentences for two serious crimes was witnessed yesterday morning in the Superior Court when Alberto Ruiz heard his fate pronounced by Judge Smith. For the crime of shooting and killing Juan Cisneros last April, to which Ruiz entered a plea of guilty of murder in the second degree, he was sentenced to serve an indeterminate term in the stat penitentiary, ranging from ten years to life. Before he was permitted to resume his seat, the second crime to which he also pleaded guilty, that of assault with intent to kill a Mexican named Peralta, at the time of the first shooting, he was sentenced to serve not less than five years in the same penal institution. The last sentence is to begin immediately after the first one is completed. Ruiz was dejected in spirit as he listened to the compound sentence, and that he was very much disappointed was evidenced by his sad demeanor. Although the case never went to trial, an eye witness of the tragedy that occurred at the Puntenney Lime Company Works, stated that Ruiz, after his altercation with Cisneros and Peralta, left the room uttering threats against the two men. He went to his cabin about seventy-five yards away, and upon returning had a Winchester rifle in his hand. Within a few feet of the open door and when Cisneros and Peralta were both in view, he commenced to shoot, one bullet passing through the leg of the former, but the latter escaped unhurt. The shooter was immediately arrested and conducted to the county jail in this city. Cisneros was also brought here for medical attention, and placed in the county hospital. Blood poisoning developed and on the fourth day he passed away. Cisneros's death was a very sad one, as he had saved up over $600. through his frugal habits, and in a few days was to leave for Sonora, Mexico, to bring his aged parents over the line into Arizona. They are aged people and being in destitute circumstances their you son was anticipating their rescue and intended to apply all his hard earned savings for many months toward their happiness and comfort in a land where they would not be molested. The son never reached his parents and neither have the aged people been relieved of their destitute condition nor been heard from, according to those who claim to be conversant with the tragedy.