Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-01-19
MURDER WILL OUT.
Ever the Truth Will Come Upper
mOst-Eyer Will Justice
Be Done.
Gradually Tightening the Coils Around
the Assassins of Frank Chaves
-To-day's Testimony.

VI utlo DoIroSos, Suluo hiaiiuS AViidAo
Gold and Patricio Valencia, charged with
the assassination of exSheriff Frank
Chavez on the night of May 20, 1892.
The spacious court room in the federal
building was packed yesterday afternoon
and to-day as it has been since the hear
ing commenced. Never in history has
such general concern been conferred on
any case in court here. Many ladies also
nobody has had the nerve to present any
of the accused with bouquets.
HEARING RESUMED.
The trial was resumed at 1:30 yester
day. Isaac NOVEL;, the hack driver, lately
convicted under the Edmunds act and not
yet sentenced, was the principal witness
examined during the afternoon. In the
latter part of June, 1892, he brought
Frank Borrego on his hack from near the
A., T. & s. F. depot to upper Palace
avenue. Borrego spoke of Faustin Ortiz
tragic death and then referred to Franz
Chavez, remarking that no man, who had
abused him, as he alleged Chavez had
done when he was in Jail charged with
the murder of Sylvestre Gallegos, could
live. -. E...
SUSPICIOUS MOVEMENTS.
Witness testified that between Z and
o'clock on the evening of Chavez death
he saw Hipolito Vigil passing near the
Hesch planning mill, in the vicinity of
Guadalupe bridge, going west, and COM
ing up the street he saw Frank Borrego
and Antonio Borrego near st. Francis
hall. At that time Novel; resided in the
archbishop's property, opposite Mr..
Boyles. little after 10 o'clock on the
night of May 49, or perhaps ten minutes
after Chavez had been killed, he saw
Frank and Antonio Borrego pass his
house. They came up the river bed from
the direction of
GUADALUPE BRIDGE
and went east along the north bank of
the river as if going to their home by a
circuitous route. They walked very rap
idly. -.-
The witness knew nothing about the
hack that stood near the planning mill
about the hour of the tragedy.
Mr.. Hight was recalled and said he had
examined the ground once more and de-
sired to say that as near as he could
Judge he was 1876 feet further from the
scene of the tragedy at the time he had
heard the shot than he had originally tes-
titled to.
Capt. Strover was also recalled and
said his plan and measurements showed
the base of the telegraph pole near which
the assassins stood to be 312 feet below
the level of Guadalupe church yard and
about four feet below the railroad bridge.
EXAMINATION RESUMED.
The territorial court was opened at 10
q. m. nN....
Page B. Otero was called to the witness
stand. He resided in Santa Fe; lived in
Santa Fe in 1892; was acquainted with
Frank Chavez and Hipolito Vigil; saw
them in Creamer's drug store in May,
1892; they were having some trouble and
the witness separated them; soon after
they met again and Chavez said to Vigil,
''are you armed" and Vigil said "No;"
Chavez said, 'neither am I, let's 60 out
in the outskirts of town and fight this
out" Chavez and Vigil then went off to-
gether; that was all the witness knew
about it.
William P. Cunningham was next
sworn. He was sheriff of Santa Fe coun-
ty and knew the defendants, Chino Ala
rid, Francisco, Borrego, Antonio Borre-
go, and Patricio Valencia, and knew
Hipolito Vigil, deceased; when he ar
rested Francisco Borrego he (Borrego)
was
ARMED WITH A 45
calibre revolver; had been told that the
men he wanted we're at the house of Fran
cisco Rivera but, not finding them there,
went in hack to the house of Antonio
Ortiz Salazar; just after arresting
Frank Borrego saw Hipolito Vigil COM
ing and ordered Deputy Tucker to arrest
him. ave advanced possibly forty yards
and both stopped, and, in loud tones.
ordered Vigil to hold up his hands; Vigil
had his vest open, drew 45 calibre re-
volver and fired; we returned1the fire and
Vigil was killed. We then placed Frank
Borrego in Jail and went after Antonio
Borrego; we saw Antonio Borrego and
two others apparently trying to get into
Borrego's house through or over an
adobe wall; told the others to stand aside
as we
HAD A WARRANT FOR ANTONIO BoRREao."
Deputy Otero and the witness saw An
tonic Borrego in the house with Win
chester in his hands; he was struggling
with number of women who got the
Winchester away from him; Antonio then
secured revolver;a woman came out
and said Antonio was gone and witness
could not come in; man soon came out
and said Antonio was about to give up
and II told him to use all fair means
to induce Antonio to give up. Finally
Antonio came out, surrendered, and was
placed in a hack; as we were going in the
hack for Chino Alarid Antonio asked if
he could speak to Chino; this request was
granted and Antonio called to Chino not
to resist the officers as he and Frank were
in irons.
''cH1No THEN SURRENDERED
aud was taken with the others to Jail.
Soon after We arrested and Jailed Patrlcio
Valencia"
Prior to these arrests the witness had
been warned that we would be killed If he
undertook to arrest any of the alleged
marderers of Francisco Chavez, but did
not know who wrote the warning letters.
1t was probably three-q of an
hour after Antonio was ordered to sur
render before he came out of his house.
DR.. Sloan was recalled. He testified
that he had found the bullets taken out of
the body of the late Francisco Chavez
and gave them in as evidence; the ball
taken out near the left nipple weighed
2Ss grains; another weighed 234 grains;
another weighed 1854 grains; he was GER
tain that these we're the balls taken out
of the body of Chavez; after the mashed
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