Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-05-12
THE Macs MURDeReRs.
Sentenced to Life imprisonment.
Herman Maestas 10 Hang.
JUDUE SMITHS uoOD Hkr ORp.

The Las Vegas Optic II las, Saturday,
In ,'r court proceedings regarding tho
Macs murder case, says.
The defendants. Manuel Gonzales y
/ BacA, Lihradu Pulaucu and Rrnilin 80 NJ
! doyal, appeared IN open court yesterday
afternoon, aud stated to the court that
they ieHr,-l ~ Withdraw their plea Il
mot guilty" heretofore rutert'l 10y them,
and enter II plea of guilty" anil tia, IN
making that plea. they also desired To
make = statement to the court regArliug
| the murder IT pa,ilriu Mace. Tor which
| they ptuul charged. Judge Thomas Smith
hal the defendants sworn aud stated to
them that hr hoped they would appreciate
that whatever statements they made re-
garling this mur,irr were made under the
rulrmnl,y Il al "ath
Thr defendants, one amer another, then
presented their coufrrrions, giving tie
particulars If the horrible murder AMI
hanging IT Patrlriu Macs.
w. sentencing lilrA, Sauduval aud ~.
lAn,u, Judge smith said
In your confession you have recoi'lri
yourselves outlaws, A,rumulicrs ia cold.
hlS-l-l muri-r, and were the punishment
inflicted commensurate with your crime.
thrr' wnuli be- ~ further existence al.
lowell t. 500, hut, aH IA your statements
,hcr" ARE Huuu" circumstances that may "a
mercy l." viewed ~ mitigation uf your par.
'icIpH'tuu ~ iIr outrage, the court hus
permitted yuu tu enter n plea that will
rul Sw"r Il e. SPAR your lif" and Yet pro.
'"ct ia" people Hgalns, other danger frum
you, tpuzprHtnrs, with the she'll e
utght about yuu, !uu dared e. drfy the
law Rui Arr'sat" iu yourselves the rights
vt u legal tribunal aud condemn :" death
"u" uf your number Not that he had
wrungrd you; not that he was your ru.
"inS not that h" iiurrril"'l yodr hv-r, but
That II was ~ hls power tu -Npurr the
theft &C your bandit chief II cannot lut
10" that the guurt 1T your victim has
haunted you, dry tim" and night time.
ever zinc" you ruthlrsTly suspended ls
l"sIy IN "Nrrl 'Iuu, and during the remain.
Ter IT y,dr i-t"ucr II wudld Lee fitting
that your sin should ~ rrpruach that yuu
vii increasingly suffer ia" pAuyr Of u -.
stored ruusciruc". u" thus Hs /, may. III"
court feels II dur to- the law which IT ,,'I.
r"s"ui~ iur thus people To- render yul
iuwrrl'sr EYER tu harm them again, Rul
''l'lN' Tor ll' illli'lfl 81 lHlllflt MACS
-"utruc"s you g. confinement ia the terri.
i"rlaI rrult"utary ia" remainder Of your
natural lives. II may h, that after hong
r"r'Ir", II wuuN lee meet Tor authorized
power !" "N''ud h. !ou clrmcncy
tn" ,'rf.s-luns ur the murlrr,rs show
la, the cold .ul"sl"l affair was planned
and executed 10y N,rrut" silva AMI Man.
url Gonzales y Baca
AMER disp"sIng # the three, murlrrrrs,
Herman Mars,nS, who waH convicted 4
the murirr If p,lr" Romero. ia the iirrt
drgI,'c, was brought into court. and Juis,
smith sentenced him To- hang in the town
Il Las Vegas 10y I'll" sheriff II san Migurl
county, between Ia aud = o'clock, un FIJI
day, May -.
The optic further says: Five pcnit"u.
tiary birds were taken across the rang,
1" santa fr, thus afternoon. the three iir
men Tor I'll" Macs hanging, David SAlazar,
for RAPE, i've years, aud filomeno Gale.
g"s, cattle stealing, three years, making
n total of sixteen, sentenced within \
week