Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-07
OFFICIAL GRIST.
Territorial Board of Equalization
Martinez Repricyed-The Box
X Pension Frauds.

The territorial board of equalization
met this morning, at the Jefferson club
rooms at 10 o'clock. Owing to the fact
that Hon. Chas. L. Easely had resigned
from the board it was necessary for it to
reorganize. T. p. Gable, of Santa Fe
was elected chairman; M. G. de Baca, OF
San Miguel, secretary, and W. L. Kel-
ley, of Socorro was the other member
present. Judge Seaman Field, of Dem
ing and Manuel Otero, of Los Lunas,
were unable to reach here, owing to wash
outs.
Appeals as follows are before the board
for consideration: Three from Sierra
county, the New Mexican Railroad COM
pany, the Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific
Railroad company, and the Las Animas
Land and Cattle company.
Two from Bernalillo county: Mitchell
Bros, and the Albuquerque Townsite
company.
One from Guadalupe county: r. 8.
Brown and Thomas Carson.
Two from San Juan county: Jacob
Seligman and Geo. Crane.
One from Socorro county: Jose Felipe
Castillo.
One from Mora county: A. NJ. Adler.
Five from Santa Fe county: Levi
Spiegelberg, Henrietta Ilfeld, G. L..
Houghton, Mrs. Magdalena E. Ortiz and
the Cerrillos Mining company.
One from Taos county: The Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad company.
The board adjourned after reorganiza-
ton to meet at 2 p. m. to-day. Many of
the appeals are not in proper shape and
can not be properly considered until cor
| rection is made.
Gov. Thornton, late on Saturday after
noon, granted reprieve to Candelario
Martinez, sentenced to the penitentiary
| at the January term of court for period
of three years on conviction of assault
upon little German girl. The governor
says he based his action on the testimony
taken by the court martial of Carleton
post, G. A. R., which showed that the
principal witness-the girl--against Mar
tinez is without character and had made
the charge against at least four persons;
that man from Gallup is also serving
two years sentence in the penitentiary,
having been convicted of similar crime
against the same girl, and also upon the
strength of Judge Seeds's letter to the
president in which this statement is
made: eff this testimony as to the char
acter of the girl had been before the jury
I am certain they would not have found
him guilty, and if they had, would have
fol Iy1tv To ;oA
am therefore forced to ask that you ex-
ercise your executive clemency in this
case and grant Mr.. Martinez a pardon"
THE PENSION FRAUDS.
DR.. Chas. G. Duncan, of Socorro, the
medical examiner in the Marcelino fraud
ulent pension cases, known as the 'Box
Z frauds" at Socorro was arrested on a
warrant sworn out by j. D. Lafferty,
chairman of the pension commission now
in New Mexico. The warrant was issued
by U. s. Commissioner Snyder, of Berna-
lilo county, the fraud having been COM
mitted in Belen, Valencia county. The
charge is under section 549S, U. s. Rev.
statutes DR.. Duncan's hearing took
place on Friday and he was acquitted.
INSANE ASYLUM BOARD.
At meeting of the board of commits
sioners of the New Mexico insane asylum,
the secretary was ordered to report the
financial condition of the institution at
the next meeting. The salary accounts
we're audited and approved, and the presi-
dent and treasurer were ordered to re-
quest the territorial auditor to draw
warrant payable to B. Romero, treasurer,
for $4,000. Other routine business was
transacted.