Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-01-17
Tolls TIGHTENING.
F. Rivera Tells a Straight
Story Detailing the Assas-
sination of Ex-Sher-
if Chavez.
Urged to Take a Hand in the
Crime---SaW the Accused
Men Armed and on
the Ground.
Startling Evidence That Created
a Sensation in the Court
Room this Morning,
Further Light on the Vigil Shooting
Ills Bullet for Sheriff Cum
ningham Strikes Frank
Borrego.

Alarid, the Borrego brothers and Patricio
Valencia, accused of participation in the
assassination of ex-Sheriff Chavez, was
resumed before Judge Seeds at O'Clock
yesterday afternoon.
Nelson Lewis, manager of the Western
Union telegraph Office, took the witness
stand. He testified that about 10 o'clock
on the night of May 80, 1892, he was at
his home on the south side. He heard q
number of shots and ran to his window,
thinking it was fire alarm. He saw two
men, one rather large and the other rather
small, running south along the east side
of Guadalupe street, probably 425 feet
south from the place where Chavez was
killed. This was q few minutes after he
heard the last shots
BERT SLOAN
next testified that on the night ex-Sheriff
Chavez WIS killed he was at his home
near the University building. He heard
shots and soon after saw two men run
ming south. They stopped few minutes
in the shadow of the University and then
ran around the Congregational church in
a southeast direction.
Atilano Cold was next put on the
stand for the purpose of establishing the
fact of the killing and connecting the
story of other witnesses. His testimony
was essentially the same as before
the Chavez inquest. About 10 o'clock on
the night of the killing he accompanied
Frank Chavez from Dixon's saloon down
San Francisco street and thence around
by Sandoval street to the railroad bridge
leading to Guadalupe church. They
were going home. They we're walking
together. He was on the west side of
Chavez. When near the end of the foot
bridge
SHOTS WERE FIRED
at them from the west side. When the
first shots were fred Chavez turned to
Gold and said, "these brutes have muir
dered me-" and fell dead. He did not
identify anybody. Two men walked out
street and fired two shots at him (Gold.)
He then turned and ran back across the
bridge, jumping over the dead body of
Chavez, and met Mr.. Hogle near the planning
mill, at the north end. After the two
men fired at him they ran south on Qua
dalupe street.
DR.. Sloan was called. He examined
the body of Frank Chavez soon after the
killing. The body was lying near the
south end of the foot bridge with the
head southeast. He noted four gun shot
wounds. One entered about the eleventh
rib on the right side, to the rear of
line drawn down from the arm-p;t and
passed
THROUGH THE LIVER,
diaphragm, heart and upper edge of the
left lung, and was cut out near the left
nipple. This shot was probably fred
from rifle and produced instant death.
Another ball entered near the eleventh
rib, in front of a line drawn down
from the arm-pit, passed through the
stomach and bowels, and came out on the
left side. Another passed through the
left hand, which must have been in the
pocket, and fell in the clothing of the
dead man. The fourth ball entered the
left foot below the ankle and came out in
the shoe on the right sidesof the heel.
The examination was resumed at 10 a.
N.
SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS.
Francisco Rivera was called to the
stand. He testified that on the afternoon
of May 20, 1892, he was solicited by Hippo
Ito Vigil, then justice of the peace, to
attend a meeting at Vigil's office on
Shelby street. Vigil met him in the
plaza about p. m. on the day mentioned.
and insisted that he should attend the
meeting. He followed Vigil to his Office
and found Francisco Gonzales y Borrego,
Antonio Gonzales y Borrego, Chino Ala
rid and Patricio Valencia there assem-
bled At that meeting it was agreed that
Francisco Chavez should be killed. The
witness was urged to join in the con-
spiracy. When the plot was revealed he
hung his head and said nothing. He
worked to get away. He was in Vigil's
office about 10 minutes. When he went |
away he was warned that any one giving
away what had occurred at the meeting
WOULD BE KILLED.
On the evening of the 29th of May,
1892, Hipolito Vigil approached the wit
ness Rivera again in front of Conway's,
gave him a 45 calibre pistol, and told
him to come along as they we're going
after Chavez. He took the gun. The two
Borregos, Valencia and Hipolito Vigil |
went ahead, and he followed with Chino
Alarid. When the party reached the alley
leading to Water street the witness
said to Chino Alarid "Give the
pistol back to Vigil as I don't
want anything more to do with this mat ,
ter" The witness adds 1--WE were then
going toward Guadalupe church, and I
knew for what purpose by what had been
said at Vigil's Office"
RIVERA TURNED BACK.
After being accused of showing the
white feather, the witness turned back
and went to Conways saloon. This was
about o'clock. Soon after Tom Roberts
sent me with Nicolas Gutierrez to Krick's
bottling house, on the south side, for a I
keg of beer. Coming back from the
bottling house carried the keg on my
shoulder and Nick was supporting it |
from behind. When we came to the
south end of the bridge by Guadalupe
church We rested a few minutes. l then |
heard noise. Saw my namesake Fran !