Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-01-17

cisco Borrego standing behind telegraph
pole, and saw Antonio Borrego, Chino
Alarid, Patricio Valencia and Hipolito
Vigil standing partly under the bridge.
recognized them all, but said nothing
to Nicolas. Nothing further occurred
Them
NEWS OF THE SHOOTING.
The witness continues. "When we reach
ed Conway's saloon, Tom Roberts paid
as so cents and we got supper. Then we
went back into the saloon. This must
have been about 10 p. m. just then a
boy ran into the saloon and said that
Frank Chavez had been killed on Guada-
lupe street bridge. They locked the
saloon and we all went to the place."
Touching these facts the witness stood
very rigid cross examination without
tiinching or materially deviating from his
original story. He saw the persons ac-
cused about $3.50 p. m. near the south end
of Guadalupe street bridge on the night
Chavez was killed. Frank Borrego had a
rifle and the other four had pistols.
TOLD SHERIFF CUNNINGHAM.
Rivera says he told the facts relating to
the killing of Frank Chavez to Sheriff
Cunningham about Dec. 20, 1898. Since
then he admits that owing chiefly to the
threats of Hipolito Vigil, he has con-
tradicted the story he told Cunningham.
Vigil threatened to kill him unless he
went to Catron's Office and made an aft
davit that what he
TOLD CUNNINGHAM
was false and the result of intimidation.
In the language of the witness "no one
then said anything to me but Hipolito
Vigil" but afterward Frank Borrego
called on me and said "let's 60 and fix
up that affidavit" eve then went to Cat
ron's office, but found no one present ex-
cept Mr.. Spiess, Mr.. Morrison, ex-Sheriff
Conklin and Mr.. Catron's clerks. We
waited for Mr.. Catron before making the
affidavit" 1t was witnessed by Morri-
son and Manuel Valdez. 1t was induced
by the intimidating threats of Hipolito
Vigil and others.
Rivera was still undergoing cross-ex-
animation when the noon hour arrived.
The hearing was then adjourned until 2
p. IN.
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY.
Francisco Borrego sent for Sheriff Cum
bingham to visit him in his cell at the
county Jail late yesterday afternoon and
revealed to him the fact that the bullet
which Hipolito Vigil first fred from his
revolver at the sheriff and his posse when
they were sent to arrest him had struck
him, Borrego. The latter's coat shows
two bullet holes to evidence the correct
ness of this statement. The coat is a
chinchilla of loose pattern, and an ex-
animation of the garment shows two
Jagged holes, about six inches apart,
made by battered bullet. 1t will be
remembered that Borrego had been ar
rested, handcuffed and left standing on
the sidewalk in the rear of the SHERIFF.
posse under guard of Deputy Sheriff
Pacheco. Sheriff Cunningham was be-
tween Borrego and Vigil When the lat
ter fired, his aim evidently directed at the
sheriff, his bullet struck the sidewalk,
glanced up, whizzed past the hack driver,
who stood beside his vehicle, and pierced
Borrego's coat just below the arm-pit.
This is an important piece of testimony
and will be utilized at the proper time
to contradict the malicious falsehood
which friends of the deceased and their
apologists have undertaken to give wide
Publicity. 1t also shows completely how
ex-parte has been the coroner's investiga-
ton conducted by the justice of the peace,
Tomas Alarid, an uncle of one of the &C
cused men now in jail.
CALLED DOWN AGAIN.
The Albuquerque Citizen, notwith-
standing it has had reporter here in
vestigating matters, keeps up its unfair,
unjust and altogether malicious TRADE
against residents of the capital city. The
Citizen at hand this morning says: "The
fact of the matter briefly stated is that
the best citizens of Santa Fe are arrayed
against each other, and vituperation and
venom fill the atmosphere" This is
positively nauseating. Everybody knows
it is absolutely untrue.