Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-11-04

with fourteen aflidavits showing how Jo-
seph obtained deeds to large portions of
the Ole Caliente grant and to the very
valuable springs thereon. The deeds
given by the persons who make oath as
given below are now recorded in the
counties of Taos and Rio Arrba and are
regular warranty deeds, although these
persons swear they did not SO intend
them.
1t is plain from the aflidavits that the
persons who made the deeds were de-
ccived. How about misrepresentation,
deceit and false pretenses; were these
practiced by Joseph in these instances or
were they not? Read and Judge for your
self
Affidavit MOL.
|, Ana Maria g. de Jaramillo, widow of
! the late Pedro l. Jaramillo land owners,
and interested parties in the Ojo Caliente
grant, testify that in deed that we made
to Antonio Joseph, on July 23, 1878, res
pecting the Ojo Caliente grant, it was not
our intention to sell nor convey, in any
way, our rights in the grant, but that we
signed such deed with the only intention
and object of empowering the said Jo-
seph, to represent in our behalf said
grant, and thereby avoid its being divided
according to the partition law. We I'M
derstand the deed to be as an agreement,
and, on our part, it was not an absolute
sale.
Signed by me this 25th day of February,
1892.
ANA MARIA G. DE JARAMILLo.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
25th day Of February, 1892.
SEAL. CHAs. A. SP1Ess,
Notary Public.
Affidavit Noe.
This certifes that we, the undersigned,
residents of this place and interested par
ties in the Oio Caliente grant:
We testify that certain deed that when
we signed in favor of Antonio Joseph,
on July 20, A. D., 1873 regarding the Ojo
Caliente grant, it was not our intention
to sell nor convey, in any way, our rights
in said grant, but that we construed it
and understood it, according to our
agreement with Mr.. Joseph, to be only
to empower him as our attorney in said
grant, in order to avoid, thereby, the
division of said grant, according to the
partition law, which was in force at that
time. We further deny emphatically
that we have ever been paid any con
sideration, either in cash or otherwise,
for our rights according to said deed,
but that it was an agreement as afore-
said. MANUEL JARAMILLo,
MARIA DEL ROSARIO BALDEs DE JARAMILLo
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9th day of February 1899.
SEAL, CHAs A.. SPIEss,
Notary Public.
Affidavit No. 5.
This certifies that we the undersigned,
residents of Ojo Caliente, do not ac-
knowledge to have sold to Antonio Jo-
seph, any right in the Ojo Caliente grant,
because we do not consider we own or
ever owned any such rights in said
grant. 1t is certain we sold him the
rights we might have had in the Hot
Springs, in case we might have any such
right; but as to the grant, we deny that
we ever sold anything.
Signed this 28th day Of Feb, A. D., '92.
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MARIA IsIDoRA ORTIZ DE vIALpANDo.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 28th day Of February, 1892.
SEAL. CHAs. A. SPrEss,
Notary Public.
Affidavit No. 4.
This certifies that We the undersigned,
residents in the grant of Ojo Caliente,
that in a deed or agreement that has been
made to Antonio Joseph on the 23d day
of July, A. d. 1873, regarding the Ojo
Caliente grant, it was not, nor has it been,
our intention to sell or convey our right
in said grant; inasmuch as it was ex-
planned to us, by Mr.. Joseph that the OBJ
ject of the deed was only to empower him
that he, in our behalf might represent
said grant for the purpose of avoiding its
division, according to the provisions of
the partition law, which was in force at
that time, and we have never made to said
Joseph any bona fde sale of the right we
believe we have in the said grant; for we
deny emphatically that we were ever paid
any consideration, either in cash or other
wise, for our rights, because it was not,
nor has it been, our intention to sell our
rights by said deed.
Signed by us this 9th day of February,
A. D. 1892.
JOSE GABRIEL x VALDEZ,
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MARIA TRINIDAD o. VALDEZ.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this
9th day of February, 1892,
SEAL CHAs. A. SpIEss,
Notary Public.
Affdavits from Pablo Lucero and wife,
Maria Barbara Mestas, James A. Archu
leta and wife, Antonio de Vargas and
wife and Maria Rufna Ortega of similar
import are on file at this office.
What has Antonio Joseph to say to the
charges made by these poor people in the
af1idavits?
Mr.. Catron for his land grant interests
paid value received and fair and equitable
prices.
Where does Joseph stand?