Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-04-10
TO THE PEN ONCE MORE.
The Somewhat Criminal and Erratic
Career of Gil Rivera Brought Up
Again with a Round Turn
"He Bought the Horses
from the Night

yesterday the case OF tne people
against Gil Rivera for horse stealing was
tried and disposed of by that somewhat
cratic and noted criminal being con-
victed as charged. The jury on the case
were: Jose NJ. Bernal, F. NJ. Jones, Ro-
man Alarid, Pedro Martinez, David
Quintana, j. Lorenzo Barros, j. D. L. A.
Garlic, Pablo Sedilla, Tomas Sanchez,
Marcos Gutierrez, Faustn Muniz and
Felix Romero.
HE TOOK THE HORSES.
On the night of August Is, 1894, he
broke into the stable of the Ramona In
dian school and stole bay horse, the
property of Prof. Elmore Chase. On his
way out of the country, when near
Gusano, he stole another horse belonging
to Cayetano Garcia. The Indian boys
from the school we're put on the trail and
at Gusano were Joined by Cayetano Gar
cia and Gil was captured on the other
side of the Pecos river, having still in
his possession the stolen horses.
Rivera admitted the theft of the horses
| in these words: ~ bought them from
the night"
HIS PREVIOUS RECORD.
| Gil Rivera made his debut in the ter
ritorisi penitentiary in March, 1892 under
a years conviction for assault on his
wife, and, curious to say, after serving
six months and some days, he was par
doned out by former governor as it is
alleged, 80 that he could vote the Republic
can ticket in October, 1892. On March
II, 1898, he was sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary from Taos county for larceny
for period of six months, and having
served all but twenty days of his sentence
no escaped from the penitentiary on
October II, 1898, and was recaptured at
Albuquerque few days later. His
latest exploit in the criminal line is
given at the commencement of this
article.
There are two other indictments hang
ing over him here which he will have to
answer as soon as his horse stealing term
expires.
| HIS DEFENSE.
Young Ernest Knaebel, who graduated
from Yale last year, defended Rivera
yesterday, and showed by his bright and
energetic handling of the case that his
expensive and long training in ono of
Americas greatest institutions of learn
ing has been made good use of. From
tn evidence it appears that Rivera is
somewhat unbalanced mentally, and the
young attorney who had the case in hand
claims that he would have had him &C
quilted on the ground of insanity had he
had sufficient time to get together the
evidence that he needed in the case.
Texas Railroad for New Mexico.
The Fort Worth Gazette is authority
for the statement that an incorporation
has been perfected in Texas for the
building of the Oklahoma, Roswell &
Southwestern railroad, to be built from
Ell Paso, Texas, via Roswell, N. NJ.
where connections will be made with the
Pecos Valley at Washburn, Texas, 800
miles. The capital stock of the new COM
pany is 100000, of which one half has
been paid up. The survey has been COM
pleted and the work of construction begun.
The officers are: E. F. H. Lewis, president,
Ell Paso, Texas; O. NJ. CARRIER, vice presi-
dent and general manager, Portland, In
diana; A. s. Bowler, secretary and treas
urer, Chicago. Principal Office, Roswell,
New Mexico.