Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-01-08
OFFICIAL GR1ST'.
Mr.. Read Chips in Anent the Peniten-
tiary Affair-Capital City
Pickings.
To the Editor of the New Mexican:

To the Editor of the New Mexican
Santa Fe, Jan. S.-Referring to that
paragraph in your issue of the 9Th inst,
under the heading of "penitentiary,"
wherein it is said: "The specification
upon which the charge of bribery is based
is that, for several months, Bergman
paid $40 per month out of his private
funds to one Ignacio Trujillo, father-in-law
of the then clerk of the penitentiary
board, and that said payments were made
with the expectation of valuable fayors
from Mr.. Trujillos son-in-law, L. G..
Read, formerly member of the board"
allow me to say:
If am not mistaken, Mr.. Trujillo went
in as guard in that institution on De-
cember 4, 1890, under Col. Wynkoop, at
$50 per month, and SO continued till July
%, 1892, under Col. Chaves, when he was
allowed $50 per month as night cell
keeper, all through Mr.. DeMier's and
Col. Bergmanns time. The records will
show that the territory never had bet
ter or more efficient officer. He has
served three years, one month and four
days, and given value received. When
Col. Bergman was appointed superin.
tendent in April, 1898, simply asked
him to continue Mr.. Trujillo in $50
position, which, so far as l am informed,
he has done. Whether he pays it tout of
his private funds" or not, care not. l
know of no law that could prevent him
dlsposing of his "private funds" as he
sees fit. l qualify as slanderous and
false the statement that "the said pay
ments were made with the expectation of
valuable favors" from me to Col. Berg
mann.
am not aware that ever did any
"favors" for Col. Bergman. l voted
for him, because l thought him the right
man for the position; no interest in the
world prompted me to do it except that
of serving the public properly.
LARKIN G. READ.
OFFICIAL GOSSIP.
widows pension has been granted
to Maria j. Archuleta, of Chaperito, and 6
Mexican war survivors, pension has beer
granted to John H. Odon, of San Miguel
DR.. R. F. Stovall, of Deming, vel
known here as member of the last legis
lative assembly, has been named by the
interior department as examining pension
surgeon.
Surveyor General Easley to-day ap
proved the plat and field notes in thu
survey of the claim of the Azure Mining
company, known as the Azure group
eleven mines in all, located in Gran
county.
DR.. Martin, having resigned as LIST lieu
tenant of f company, LIST N. M. militia
the governor to-day commissioned mo
cencio Valdez, jr., of Taos, as his sue
cessor. Ambrosio Valdez was made q
lieutenant of the Taos company.
Gov. Thornton to-day appointed Jesu
G. Abreu, of Rayado, Colfax county, I
member of the county board of commits
sioners to succeed to the vacancy from
district No. 3, caused by the resignation
of Salome Garcia, now of Union county
Another car load of effects pertaining
to the New Mexico exhibit at the World
fair, consisting of show cases, tables, etc.
arrived to-day. Part of it will be stored
part used by the Historical society ant
part turned over to be utilized by the Ter
ritorial Bureau of immigration in max
ing an exhibit of the mineral and othel
resources of New Mexico.