Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-06-29
THE DAMNED SPOTS. -"
Continuation Of the Trial of Juan Ortiz
Rodriguez for the Murder
Of Faustin Ortiz.
Important Testimony Brought up go
Cleaned mp the Bloody Vault
Efforts TO Prove an .4Iibi.

II III NHSE VI y udl NlIIH ' lShtht
exjustce of the peace, on trial for the
murder OF Faustin Ortiz, the mother OF
the dead man again took the witness
stand yesterday afternoon She contn'
ued her sad story as to how she sought
in vain to ferret out the cause Of her sons
disappearance after that Monday morn
ing before sunrise when she had seen
Juan Ortiz y Rodriguez and Pablo Domln-
guez scrubbing the formers office floor
where there were large
SPOTS OF BLOOD.
She gave her testimony in clear,
frank manner, and despite every effort
made by Attorney Laughlin for the de-
Tense to confuse her, the witness told q
plain, straightforward story which, what
ever may have been its effect upon the
Jury itself, certainly appealed to the sym
patty OF those who went to make up the
crowd in the court room.
The mother said that after she had
sought for days without finding any trace
of her son, having gone to Albuquerque
to follow q possible clue there, she re-
turned home ard again took up the case
where she had seen the marks Of blood
on the floor at Juan Ortiz y Rodriguez
office. She made it convenient to enter
this office, ard in the vault at the rear,
formerly used for preserving county rec
ords, she also saw signs Of blood which
rendered to confirm her original belief
that Fauatn had been murdered in this
office. It was after she had seen these
blood spots in the vault that she openly
accused Juan Ortiz y Rodriguez Of
having killed her son, and he responded
| by simply shrug OF ms shoulders.
CLEANED Up TIE BLOOD sroTs.
The next witness for the territory wss
Robert Stanlield, n coIored man, now Il
resident Of Gaisteo. In 1890 he was
living at San Pedro, and in March Of that
wear he was sentenced to the county Jail
for some minor o1ense. On March %,
twenty five days after the disappearance
of Faustin Ortiz, he states, that he was
ordered by the late eX-sheriif, Francisco
Chavez, and Juan Ortiz Y Rodriguez to
clean up the vault in the office of the jus,
tice of the peace, the defendant; that
he did clean it up that he did so in the
presence of defendant and Chavez; that
he scoured blood of of floor of the vault
that he did it with a brick by dipping
the ofick IN wafer anu securing .'e moo1
with blood; that the papers had the ap
pearance Of having been used to wipe uF
Dloou lhat ne tooh 'he PapeiS w" II ~ y, tne
river III MheeIo"''o" anu pui ne ~, tiie 5il
up LAS ne was o''iefeu " Go ~ ny Olaveh
lhat ne thGL came n"cA "a aili oilattH sa 'n
10 OttI hOufIsue" suese va" r. "" VI,
40 men OIaNeH asHeu .7;"iiielu a AK
Iau h"u MS uieIh"SV 40 na ,,o ~o,,t =,
CHAVEZ then gave MN - anu ne VEIN u
conway anu eoI us n VI i"st. =,
Y, y. Evetlai' T"s 'ne l"Sy it wy t,l III
the pfosecu,lon, lie I1'Looo' ateu Wv. .h t00s.
mohy OF MIS-; OtIlE ny SAYING t"aI n'
passed liie ol''te VI Juan CiuI ho9tI
gueH AT ABOUT ciVcA VI thas tnonaa a!
morning ana thaC ne ga" n.en ehsase'
mere cleaning OUT the olIce aS 'ha' i,o 'a;
lie was tnen engaged III the o t, ss ous y
ness ana ne saw IN me men III we oitioe a a
be passed down water street gong W Ill
slaughter mousse --..
TIE DEFENSE
started in this morning to prove an alb
for the accused and also introduced test
rrorr intended IN serve as discrediting i,
uioi'y 'n'eloVu " sew Us O, '.:S1'
the eyes OF lhe jury Ihe tes'lu'ony
StanneId; o,, Ill, l., ~,
Juan 8. oahaoVal WAS caIit ~ W III
stand ana s"ofe tna1 IL was ,oo d. IL
when the Iuslice's once was c'oaleu "
ana scruDDeu Oh ti'aI nloHoay nloihihs
that be TOOK part IN inc cieahlhg, an
saw no blood on inc moor the opJect
cleaning up was TO prepare lof nn elecIl 10
oil ditch mayofdomos 10 take pace ti'ef
on thaI day' ,.r .c 49,,
Estaqulo faGlIi" teSIiiIeu tnat We I've az az
cused was uinhK Oh Vl,e hISu. VLiai aus
Tin OftM disappeared, anu 'llat ne 10
accused TO tne county an anu Sd" G 1ia' u
was locked IN there; Ii'at riatlh NAV