Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-22
SENSATIONAL TURN.
Difficulty in Securing Jurors Causes
the Entry of a Nolle Prose in
the BOrregO Case.

The grand jury is to-day investigating
the disappearance of Isaac Novel; and
Ada Woods, alias "Curley." Mrs. NOVEL;,
his wife; Mrs. Hoffman, the aged mother
of the Maynard woman; NJ. J. McCabe and
others have been before the grand jury
and an indictment against the pair will
probably be found to-day.
There was no business transacted by
the court this morning and an adjourn
ment was taken until 1870 this afternoon.
The case of the territory vs Francisco
Gonzales y Borrego was called this after
noon and return made on the venire
sent out Monday as follows, all of whom
answered their names: Gil Sandoval, La
Mesa; Fabian Lopez, Aqua Fria; Ed. An
drews, City; Juan de Jesus Padilla, La
Mesa; Miguel Herrera, Chimayo; Desi-
derio Ortega, Chimayo; Jesus Maria Mon
toya, Santa Cruz; Chas. Haspelmath,
Lamy; Antonio Jose Garcia y Segura, La
Mesa; VIM. Vaughn, City; Eusebio Con-
zales, Santa Fe; Nsbor Larribas, Lamy;
francisco Antonio Bustos, Santa Cruz;
Rafael Chavez, City, and Manuel Con
znles, Aqua Fria.
The standing of the old panel was as
follows: Felix Vigil and Paz Lujan were
accepted. Acacio Martinez, Desiderio
Lobato, Francisco Gonzales and David
Smith were challenged peremptorially by
the defense. Pedro G. Jaramillo was
similarly challenged by the territory.
Fred Wientge, Atanacio, Roibal, Pedro
Jimenez, Marcial Herrera, Jose Encarna-
cion Quintana and Agapito Lucero were
challenged for cause; while Luis Vigil,
Cosme Roibal, Florencio Duran, Benedic-
to Montoya, Benito Pacheco, Crestino
Montoya, Bias Trujillo, Juan Sanchez and
Manuel Gonzales were still in the box,
having neither been accepted nor chal-
lenged.
After some little discussion as to the
mode of drawing the jury, District
Attorney Crist rose and stated that he
had learned that the territory had been
imposed on and deceived. by the answers
of certain jurors, and by all of them in
the answer as TO whether they had taken
advantage of the exemption law this year.
To that question he said they had unani-
m ously responded no, while the records
show that each and every one had filed
the official oath with the assessor claim
ing the exemption. Crestino Montoya
had sworn that he was not justice of
the peace while the records show that he
resigned just before he Was summoned
and his successor had not yet been ap-
pointed or qualified. Benito Pacheco
had stated to three reliable witnesses
since he went on the jury that he was
over 81 years of age, and that he would
do all he possibly could to free Borrego,
as he thought he was justified and acted
in self-defense. Pedro G. Jaramillo did
not appear on the tax list of his precinct
and the territory desired to withdraw its
peremptory challenge and enter one for
cause.
Mr.. Catron objected to this and the
court sustained him on the ground that
there must be some limit to the e1amina-
ton of jurors and the prosecution having
once accepted or challenged juror it
could 20 no further with him. The
court, however, spoke very severely of
Crestino Montsya's action and held he was
justice of the peace right now.
Mr.. Crist said that he could 60 no
further in the case with justice to the ter
ritory and then and there he entered a
nolle prose in the case.
new indictment will be found against
Borrego and the case goes over until
next term, with probability that there
will be somc indictments against the
jurors.
The case of Luciano Romero and Va.
lentin Medrano, indicted with Desiderio
Ortega for the murder of the latter's wife
came up. The case will occupy the after
noon,