Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-01-27


Rivera was on the right supporting the
barrel; witness had the barrel on his right
shoulder.
On cross-examination he said he car
ried the barrel with his head straight up
looking forward; he had hold of the bar
rel with his left hand and Rivera was sup
porting it from the other side; he was
looking toward the electric light at the
north end of the bridge; it was an eight
gallon barrel of beer; he took few
drinks before starting for the beer; he
and Rivera drank when they were invited;
had been at Conway's with Francisco Ri
vera from 5 o'clock in the afternoon of
that day; he drank at the bar with Rivera
several times; Tom Roberts was tending
bar and did not order Rivera out; FREE
quently
SAW RIVERA IN CoNwAY's
drinking like anybody else; got the third
drink about dark and the fourth before
starting for the barrel; took fifth drink
with Tomas Romero; he might have
taken more drinks that night; he and
could get one; did not know what he and
Rivera were talking about; he and Fran
cisco were good friends. He and Fran
cisco we're paid so cents and then took
lunch. Before going to the brewery he
went to Josephs' saloon and asked Jo-
sephs for keg of beer, but Josephs did
not have it, and he and Francisco then
went to the brewery. After Rivera took
the barrel at the north end of the bridge
he carried it alone. It was only when
they were crossing the bridge that both
helped. The brewery man accompanied
them from Josephs' saloon to the brew
cry
THEY MET CHARLES CoNKLIN
and two policemen, Jesus and Carlos, on
Water street, near the Jail, as they were
coming back; was not sure he would rec
ognize the man who went with them to
the brewery; too dark to see any one off
a distance; did not see Frank Chavez or
Atilano Gold about Conway's that night;
had been working for Mr.. Catron about
three years; never stole COW from Mr..
Catron; paid Mr.. Catron $50 for the COW;
sold the COW to Manuel Baca; but did not
know exactly what he did with the money;
might have lost it gambling; did not have
receipt for the $50 paid Catron; the
Catrons owed him for about seven months,
and Mrs. Catron told him to deduct the
$50 from the amount; had the COW before
this.
ANDRES MARQUEE
was next called by the defense. He tes-
titled that he was present when Francisco
Chavez and Juan Gallegos had the diff
Guilty; that Chavez told Gallegos that he
| understood he and others were killers;
Gallegos denied it and, the paper; this
difficulty occurred by the plaza fence
about o'clock on Sunday afternoon; q
good many people were present, but he
could not recall any of them; he walked
with Gallegos to the Colorado saloon and
then back to the postoffice; never spoke
to Gallegos again and did not know what
the trouble was about; never spoke to
Chavez or any one else about it, He was
not subpened by the defendants and was
not asked as to what he could testify; did
not know he was going to be witness
and happened to be in the court room by
! accident when called.
FERMINDA CHAVEZ.
was next called. She testified that she
saw the defendants playing cards at the
house of Seferino Alarid on the Saturday
night prior and the Sunday night of the
killing of Chavez; said she was at Sefe-
rino's at 8 and again at 10 o'clock on the
night of the" killing; knew it was that
time by the clock, but could not tell the
time by the court room clock.
sEFER1No ALAR1D
next took the stand. he was brother
of Chino Alarid and brother.in-law of
Francisco Gonzales y Borrego and An
tonic Gonzales Borrego. He testified
that he was at home the Saturday night
before the killing, May 20, and that Chino
slept at his house that night; that the
two Borregos came there in the evening,
sTAID FEW MINUTES
and went away; that none of them played
cards there that night; that he and the
three defendants named played cards at
his house on the night of the killing from
8 till midnight, and that was the only
night they ever played cards at his
house.
ATILANO GOLD
was called by the defense and denied the
conversation with defendants back of
Conway's saloon.
The hearing was resumed at 0 a. m.
PAUBLINA GONZALES
was called by the defense. She was tho
wife of Sefarino Alarid, sister of Fran
cisco Gonzales y Borrego and Antonio
Gonzales Borrego, and sister-in-la to
Chino Alarld; was at home on the night
of May 20, 1892; Francisco and Antonio
Gonzales Borrego, Chino Alarid, Sc.
farino Alarid and their families were at
her house that night; they played cards an