Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-08
THE SCAFFoLDY SHADOW.
JOE" HURTaDo FOUND GUILTY OF
MURDER IN THg FIRST DEGREE.
The Closing Scenes CT tia Trial-charge
Of the ceuft-The Jury Out all
Eight-The Verdict.

/ ious spectators, who seem to ovince an un
usual interest in the progress Of the trial
The defendant Locked exceedingly pale, and
was evidently under great anxiety. At tbs
adjournment Of the Court on Friday night
defendant was greatly prostratsd, and ply
sician was summoned to prescribe for him.
Olympia Cs-poe-Am 10 years Of age
lived Formerly at Marysyille; lived here
about i've months have lived since | came
here at Mrs Barron's; help her for my sup.
port; knew Estuard) at Marysvills know
! Hurtado saw Hurtado few days before his
/ wife came back from Santa Clara. He
acted very strangely from what l saw before.
( He would scratch his head aud cry he would
( sit down with bis head dowa, then stand up,
/ then cried. He did not seem TO ike that his
/ wife was coming home lie had dispatch
. from bis wife. He sold Il was from his wife.
i Question, by JGnes-What do you know Of
+ any acts Of this character that deceased had
. COMMITTED while you knew kim at Marys-
( VILE
Objection by prosecution sustained and
/ evidence stricken ont.
Cross s-exAmiuatilu-Have lived in Msrys-
| vile ever since Nos live with Mrs. Barron
( and help aer for my living. Worked in
wooden mill when l lost my arm. Do not do
( anything but help in the hou-e. Do not
assist in collection ot tents. Do not carry
bundles for Hrs. Barron.
Witness Lsonora Buteris was too i'll 10
be present in Court. The jury, clerk, re-
/ porter and attorneys on both sides were by
consent permitted to go &c the residence Of
presence VI the iIry, and her deposition
taken by tEe reporter shd then read to the
ilrv.
Leonors ButeIis-I live on Second street,
between \ and q. Am 20 years of age in
July. Lived here ten years. Knew EstGardo
thses yesrs. Kuown Hurtado ten years.
Knew Susie uurtsdo since she was married.
Lived on y and Fifth streets with my
mother, Flaacis l1)bos We lived next to
Hurtado. Had E conversation with Hurtsdo
about b!s wife and Estuario II was about
two or three months after she went away
it was before Christmas about c mOn.h be-
fore Christmas. H Game down to our house
in the nothing about half past or o'clock.
lie said he had sons work tor me at the
Western Hotel. He wanted ne to tell hin
about his wife and Estuardo He told me
about his trouble and asked me to tell him.
st first denied any knowledge of the mat.
ter. de then said bis wife gave me away,
and said then / will give her away. l told
jos that Estr afdo and Susie gave me four
letters each. ] did not tell 10 what Estusfdo
gave the letters for. | told doe that Susie
gave me 3 { letters for him told him That
| delivered tie iz5 sss. | heard one of the
letters I. ad | tol4 Joe what was Ia the letter:
tdst in the letter it said il sks did not do as
he wanted be woGid commit suicide. / told
hin that they came five or six times day to
NY house that they were very familiar with
each other. They came there all tee time.
They stayed there in THE f-cn. foom and
talked, bat void not say anything in nv
presence. l -gld J % thas Estuardo wanted
70 rent room tbso) where he could meet
Susie. She used to act pretty FREQ so did
he; thst IL, kissing. Sometimes l would not
pay attention, as | had my work to do. Susie
never said aDythi' z, but Estuardo wanted
me 10 SO out OF the room. | went out once,
but after that | would not go out, and when
l stsid in the room they always went ont
soon. The first time be asked me to go out |
did, but after that would rot go out. i told
Joe about AL this. Sometimes ] had com.
pany, aad when | had Bstnardo would go
away, s)mstiniss together and sometimes
alone ] told Joe when he commenced
to tell me Gb-ut bis wife. [ told
him that Estuardo acted pretty freely
with her, and she did so with him Some
times he would come frat, and sometimes she
ond street ct this time, and when we got to
the end OF the b5i1ge near the depot we
stopped. Joe sat down and cried. told him
that Estuardo said he would pay me one au1
a half months rent for the room. Joe fels
bad and cried; his face locked pretty bad.
/ tod him they came there five or six times
most every day, and sometimes she could not
come when joe Hurtado was at home. l
never mad any other talk with Joe about this
Afterwards ice told me Susie had gone to
Mexico. l have been sick sincs Wednesday
morning.
discrimination My motier was keep
icz t.s house a. the time when EstuaTdo
came to the house. she is alive noT-my
mother is 1 thought there was something
wrons at the time between Estuardo and
Susie. My mother was living Ia the house
My business is dressm aker. live with
Minnie Ricard1 in this house. Am not mar
ried do not live with any man Never had
any conversation with Hurtsdo about money
matters coming from Estuardo never had
any conversation with Mr.. Anderson upon
these matters.
Susie Hurtado recalled, and asked whether
she had any Of the letters written by Estu-
ardo.
Objection as Incompetent sustained. De.
fense excerpts.
Mrs. HuFtado at request of the jury was
directed by the Court to write both in Span.
ish and in English: This is a sample of my
handwriting. Sacramento, May 6, 1882.
Susie Hurtado" This was directed to be
indorsed upon the translation of the letters
already introduced in evidence She still
evinced the cool presence and lack of any
emotion. This was the case in most re-
markabie degree, considering the circum-
stances of this cass and her peculiar relation
thereto.
Joe Hurtado Counsel for defendant did not
desire to place defendant on the stand, but
it was his own wish)-I am 90 years of age.
Estuardo and myself were always friends up
to the time L found he was not friend I
was engaged in ali kinds of business Last
fall | was outside agent for the Dayisville
and Sacramento boat line also once river
pilot, and hotel runner. My residence at
that time was oa Fourth and z streets. |
was away from home mcst of the time.
was very friendly with Estuardo. Had con.
versation with him about my family matters
| had o conversation with Es.uardo about nv
wife in the latter part of November, about
Thanksgiving. | felt good, and had money
in my pocket. He asked me to drink | also
asked him to drink. We kept this up until
II or l o'clock, when he got up and said he
had something to say to me, if | would not
get mad. l said no. He then said he liked
my sister-in-law, and wanted to marry her.
| told him she did not like bone in his body,
and would not marry him. He also, about 4
o'clock. asked me another question, which
was, Is it so that you lave pistol at home
to blow my brains out ~ that he heard that
had said 50. He said Miss Rosas told Facuu.
ds's wife, and she told him l was at once
suspicious, and he had never given me cause
for any such action. Alter that | went to
the State House Saloon, and asked q man by
tie name of 0'Brien certain questions. About
o'clock | met Paul, and took drink, and
as L crossed J and Fourth streets | met Es-
tusrdo, and he asked me where [ was going.
| said home. He wanted me to go over to
Castro's, and | had a turkey. He wanted me
to give him the turkey, and let him take
it home for nae. We afterwards went to the
train together He once came back to the
hotel and had another drink. | then went
home and my wife said, Hello, stranger"
She asked me where [ had been. l said
little business you will hear of presently.
| told my sister in-law what Estuardo had
said about marrying her. She told me to
tell him TO go and marry one of his own kind.
| then told my wife that he thought some
thing of her, and that it cost me $50 to find
out something. Her acts ut that time caused
ne to suspicion her. told her l knew all,
and she had better make clean confession.
1 said all want is for you to pack up my
trunk and let me so and God help you. She
then asked me about letters, and admitted
receiving eight or ten. She said the last let
ter was about half an hour before that time.
In that letter he said that he was all night
with me, and that / did not smell anything;
That be wanted my wife to go up to Tenyck
building that her letters were in stand
drawer. l asked her what all the letters
contained. She said that was all there was
of the matter. told her not to tell me
part unless she furnished all. She said she
would tell all if / would forgive her and
Estuardo. She said come and go to
bed and then she would tell me all.
She then told me all about the matter after