Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-01-23
A Letter ofsIWarniug Juan
Gallegosl U rged to Do
49,, the Job.
Borrego Boasts.of Murder and
His Influential Sup
porters.
Another Day Of Sensations in
the District Court.
The Prosecution Closes-A General
Denial Entered by the !.
Defense.
WILL TRY AND PROVE AN ALlBI.

The hearing OF FRANCISCO Gonzales y
Borrego, Antonio Gonzales y Borrego,
Chino Alarid and Patricio Valencia,
charged with the assassination of Fran
cisco Chavez, on the night of May 20,
1892, has now been in progressin the
district court for more than week. Alb.
sorbing public interest continues to be
shown in the proceedings. Yesterday
the large court room was packed with
spectators, and score or more of ladies
have been in attendance daily since the
hearing commenced.
THE TESTIMONY YESTERDAY
was of so startling and damnable q
character, ard given by q witness who
was evidently so earnest in detailing the
inside history of the conspiracy, that the
Nsw Mexican herewith prints it in full,
emitting only the unimportant repeti-
tion of interrogatories that are always
duplicated in such rigid examinations as
these witnesses we're subject to.
Juan Gallegos being called to the stand,
and duly sworn testified as follows when
questioned by District Attorney Crist:
Q.-What is your name? A.-Juan Ga
llegos.
Q.-Where do you reside? Al reside
now at Antonito, Colo.
Q.-Where did you reside in the month
of December, 80, and January, '91? A.
In Santa Fe, N. NJ, in 80 and 81.
Q.-How old are your A.-About 81
years.
Q.-Do you know Francisco Gonzales
y Borrego, Antonio Gonzales y Borrego
and Patricio Valencia? Avery we'll.
Q.-Did you know the late Hipolito
Vigil in his life time? Avery we'll.
Q.-Do you recognize the persons
named here in this room? Al see two
there and see Patricio here.
Q.-Did you know the late Francisco
Chavez in his life time? Avery we'll.
Q.-Did you have any conversation with
Francisco Gonzales y Borrego, Hipolito
Vigil, Antonio Gonzales. y Borrego and
Chino Alarid with reference to Frank
Chavez? Al did have.
Q.-Now tell the first conversation you
had with these persons, all or either one
of them, with reference to Frank Chavez!
Al first had it with Hipolito Vigil at
the capitol.
Q.-What month was thats A.-The
latter part of 80, or the early part of 81,
on the day the legislature opened at the
capitol.
Q.-Tell all about that conversation :
Ave were there about some settle
ments he and left there, and on the
outside were talking. He told me that
they wanted to kill Frank Chavez; that
from there on he would talk to me about
il, but he would not tell me anything
further about it there (where they were
standing.)
Q.-What were you doing at the capitol
at that time? Al was supporting Mr.
Catron.
Q.-How? A.-There was meeting
on Sunday of the Alliance League; We
were to meet at the capitol the next day
for the purpose of supporting Mr.. Cat.
ron.
disappearing him in whats
(Objected to by Mr.. Catron on the
ground of irrelevancy.)
Q.-Tell just what conversation took
place between you and Hipolito Vigil
there at the capitol about Frank Chavez
Ale told me that they wanted to kill
Frank Chavez, and that afterward he
would talk to me.
Q.-Did he tell you why? A.-Two OF
three days later, as was coming on this
side of Palace avenue, met Francisco
Gonzales Borrego, and he asked il
Hipolito Vigil had seen me. said mo.
He said 'Hipolito wants you, and w
went down where we found Hipolito op
posite McKenzie's hardware store, ant
from there We went to the pagoda in tht
middle OF the plaza. There we kept OF
talking, and Hipolito told me that they
wanted to kill Frank Chavez, and that HI
wanted me because he knew ! had to sup
port him; that he wanted me to do it be
cause he had good confidence in me, ant
he wanted Antonio for the other one.
Q.-Antonio whoY A. Antonio Con
zales Y BorreQO,