Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-01-27
THE COLLAPSING ALIBI.
SeterinO Alarid Denies the Fairy Tale
About the Family Card Party
on May %.
His Wife's Testimony Also Seriously
Conflicts With That of the
Borrego Brothers and
Chino Alarid.

ne secoAu Weeh VI Tie preliminary
hearing of the men accused of conspiring
together and assassinating ex-Sheriff
Frank Chavez closes to-day with public
interest as much aroused in the sub ject
as ever. The spacious court room con-
tinues to be packed with spectators.
pATRIoIo VALENCIA,
one of the accused, was on the witness
stand yesterday when the NEW MEXICAN
report closed. On cross-examination he
said he was constable of precinct No. II
in May 1892; had lived in that precinct
for more than twenty-five years; did not
know where Hipolito Vigil lived at that
time; knew where Francisco Gonzales
lived, but did not know where An
tonic Gonzales Borrego lived; did not
know where Chino Alarid lived on May
20, 1892; did no. know what he did on the
Goth and 2Ist; played ball with the boys
on the 22d of May, 1892; did not see
Hipolito Vigil or any of the defendants
that day; was planting all day Of the 23d
of May, 1892, west of the narrow gauge;
he worked there all day with his IA year
old son; was
NOT IN TOWN THAT DAY
at any hour; was at home that night with
his wife, five children, his brother-in-law,
Julian Herrera, his family and his mother
in-law; went to bed at o'clock; planted
the next three days; came up town We'd
nesday night, went to Conway's and saw
Hipolito Vigil, Frank Arce, Marcos Cas-
tillo and Albino Arias, but did not see
any of the defendants that night; was in
town on Thursday morning at Conway 3
was attending to his business as constable
on Saturday, but did not recall what he
was doing; was in Conways most of the
forenoon and after dinner went back
there; was watching the games; saw
Hipolito Vigil and Marcos Castillo that
day; Hipolito was dealing monte; remem-
bered seeing no one else; waited at Con-
ways till - or o'clock at night;
WAITED FOB CHARLES ooNKLIN.
He did not see Frank Chavez that day
had not seen Chino Alarid or the other
two defendants for three months prior to
May 49,, 1892; came to town about 10
O'Clock in the morning of May 80, 1892
and went home about o'clock in the
afternoon; played ball above town that
afternoon till sunset; did not remember
whether he had pistol on that afternoon;
after coming from the ball game he re-
manned at home all that night; was not at
Conways that day. He heard of the kill
ing of Francisco Chavez as soon as he
got up in the morning; his mother told
him; he went then to his office and saw a
number of people there and issued sum-
mons for witnesses; the milkman told his
mother of the killing of Chavez. He did
not remember seeing Francisco Rivera
prior to May 20, 1892.
HE DID NOT SEE RIVERA
at Conway's because Rivera had been or
dered to stay out of the saloon month
or so before; Tom Roberts put Rivera
out of Conway's; the witness and Mr..
Conklin frequently went home together
at - or O'Clock at night; saw Francisco
Chavez and Atilano Gold together in
Dixon's saloon about 8 o'clock on the
night of May 20, 1892, but was there only
a short time and could not tell who were
there; WAS not at Conway's or Dixon's
saloon on the night of May 20, 1892.
NICOLAS GUT1EBEEs.
was next called by the defense. He knew
Francisco Rivera; saw Rivera on the night
of May 20, 1892, around town; that night
witness and Rivera went from Conway's
to Krick's bottling house for key of beer;
the house was near Guadalupe bridge:
went across the bridge about $3.50 in the
evening and soon came back; came back
by the same foot bridge; did not see any
one on or about the bridge; he was carry
ing the barrel and did not set it down in
crossing the bridge; did not stop on the
bridge; Francisco took the barrel after
they crossed the bridge; noticed tele-
graph pole near south end of bridge; saw
nobody near that telegraph pole coming
back; it was very dark night and the
wind was a little strong; heard no voices
or other
NOISES ON THE BRIDGE.
About thirty steps south of the bridge
he and Rivera we're coming side by side;