Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-01-18
MORE OF IT.
Additional Testimony Which Further
Tightens the Tolls About the
Accused Assassins.
Other Witnesses Who Saw Them Ly-
ing In Wait for Frank Chavez
Startling Facts Calmly
Told.

The preliminary hearing of Francisco
and Antonio Borrego, Chino Alarid and
Patricio Valencia, charged with the as
sassination of ex-Sheriff Chavez on the
night of May 20, 1892, was continued be-
fore the district court yesterday after
noon.
The crosse examination of Francisco
Rivera was again taken up at 2 o'clock.
The examination was extremely rigid
and consumed the greater part of the day.
Notwithstanding this, and the many diff
ferent forms under which the questions
were asked, he never wavered once, but
gave the facts exactly as he did at first.
IN NIB. oATRoNs OFFICE.
Rivera stated with reference to the aft
davit made in Mr.. Catron's Office, that he
was compelled to 60 there with his name
sake, Francisco Borrego, and sign an
affidavit to the effect that Sheriff Cum
n;ngham and his deputies compelled him
with pistols pointed at him to say that
the confession that he had made impli-
eating defendants in the Chavez murder
was entirely false; that he went to Catron's
office because the Vigil-Borrego crowd
had threatened to kill him and that they,
the defendants,
FOLLOWED HIM CONTINUALLY
until no did sign the affidavit. That it
was read over to him by Conklin's son or
Valdez, but in the presence of Francisco
Gonzales Borrego, who never left him
for a moment urtil he had signed this
affidavit. Upon being asked by Mr.. Cat
ron the contents of that affidavit Rivera
answered. GU have it there, ready-made."
| A. L. Morrison aud Manuel Valdez signed
this affidavit as witnesses, the witness
said.
| EsTEvAN BACA
next came on to the stand and testified
that he met Ribera and Nicolas Gutierrez
on the hight of the Goth of May with tie
keg of beer they were carrying. This
was between and 10 o'clock, as he and
his father we're going home from Juan
Ortiz house.
This testimony seems to
| CoRRoBoRATK R1vERA's STATEMENT,
made on the stand yesterday morning,
which was to the effect that:
"Coming back from the bottling house
carried the key on my shoulder and
Gutierrez was supporting it from behind
When we came to the south end of the
bridge by Guadalupe church We rested a
few minutes. then heard noise. Saw
my namesake Francisco Borrego stand
ing behind a telegraph pole, and saw An
tonic Borrego, Chino Alarid, Patricio
Valencia and Hipolito Vigil standing
partly under the bridge. I recognized
them all, but said nothing to Nicolas
! Frank Borrego had rifle and the other
four had pistols"
cATARINo GONZALES WAS CALLED.
He stated that he resided in Santa Fe
now, and did at the time Of the Chavez
killing; that he was we'll acquainted with
Sheriff Chavez, having worked for him
and lived at his (Chavez') house when
Chavez was killed. He stated that on the
| night of May 20, he was in Conway's sa
loon for while; went into closet back
of the saloon and while there heard the
men manning all Of them) Atilano Gold
Vigil, the two Borregos, Chino Alarid
and Patrico Valencia, making the plot to
kill Frank Chavez. Some of the men
asked:
"Who will we get to take Frank over
the bridge near the Guadalupe church,
At,lano Gold spoke up and said he would
takehim over, and, Gonzales added: "Sure'
ly, Gold did take him over the bridge"
| On the REORGANIZATION, on being
asked his occupation, Gonzales said he had
no particular occupation; that he worked
whenever he could get job just like any
| man would do. Usually gambled his
money away when he had any.
COULDN'T RATTLE HIM.
Gonzales was asked several times by
Mr.. Catron if he was not in his Office sew
eral days ago and told him in the presence
of others that he knew nothing about the
Chavez murder, and his reply was that he
made no such statement to anyone or be
fore anyone in that Office or anywhere
else, When asked if he did not have suct
a conversation with Mr.. Chas. Spiess, anc
told Spiess in the Arcade saloon also that
some one had offered to pay him money
to testify in this case, but that he knew
nothing about this murder, he said hi
had made no such statement to Spiess
Catron or anyone else. When asked by
Mr.. Catron if his business was not prin
cipally loafing around saloons he said il
was, but that he did not steal from any
one. Mr.. Catron's next question was:
"You sometimes kill person, dom
you"
THE Witness ANSWER.
II have not killed anyone, but was &C
cused OF killing woman, and l paid fol
that My father paid You (Catron) $40t
to defend me-"
Whom asked if he was certain MI
Catron defended him he replied: "Yor
and Gildersleeve, and to pay you, my
father sold his home."
When asked by Mr.. Catron if it was no
true that at first Con zales' father tried tt
get Catron to secure new trial for hi
son, but afterwards concluded that hi
sentence was very light one-a term IL
tho penitentiarynand that he him
self thought TIE same as hi
father, and preferred serving out hi
sentence, Gonzales said this was moi
true; that he did not want new trial be
cause his father had no more money IL
pay Catron.. When asked by Mr.. Catror
who told him to testify in this oase. hi
replied that he was summoned as wit
ness. He said he had never spoken te
anyone about the plot he overheard unit
he told Sheriff Cunningham last Saturday
He reiterated that he knew Chas. Spiesi