Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-16

was rested on tho railing of Guadalupe
bridge and that Rivera then took il; do
MED that he had sworn that he took
drinks that night with Tom Roberts and
Others; finally he concluded that he would
not swear that he had not testified before
that lie drank that night with others than
Rivera, but was sure he only drank five
times.
Adalida Lopez y Gonzales, wife of An
tonic Gonzales y Borrego, next took the
witness stand She was acquainted with
all of the defendants; was with three of
them, Francisco, Antonio aud Chino, at
the house of Seferino Alarid ON tho night
of May 20, 1892, from until IL O'Clock
at night; Francisco, Antonio, Chino and
Seferino spent the night playing cards,
while their wives talked aud Elias and
Jose sat there looking on; the same
family party met at Seferino's on the
Friday and Saturday nights before, but
didn't play cards on Friday night; played
cards on Saturday night; didn't remember
when they went to Seferino's on Satur-
day night, but left there about 1890.
The witness then recited that she was
at home on Monday, May 20, 1892, that
her husband and Elias went for wood
and returned at 500 or o'clock in the
afternoon, that they unloaded, had dinner
and went to sleep, that her husband slept
till about $50 in the evening, and that
while Antonio was sleeping Francisco
was fixing the harness.
CERRILLos INCIDENT.
During the months of March and April,
1892, witness was in Cerrillos with her
husband, Francisco and wife, Elias and
Jose. At the time of the city election
Francisco came to Santa Fe on black
horse.
On cross examination the witness said
that she did not come to Santa Fe with
Francisco and did not see him in this
city. She knew he went to Santa Fe be-
cause he said he was going to Santa Fe.
She knew it was o'clock when they
went to Seferinos and ~ o'clock when
they came away, on the night of May 20,
1892, because she looked at the clock;
they all looked at the clock that night;
didn't examine the clock so carefully on
the previous Friday and Saturday even
ings and was not 80 certain as to the
time they went and came; knew it was
$3.50 or in the afternoon of May 23,
1892, when her husband and Elias re-
turned with the wood and Francisco be-
gan fixing the harness, because she
looked at the clock; Francisco, Antonio,
Laureano and Seferino didn't play cards
on the Friday evening before the death
of Chavez; they all, nine of them, sat on
nine chairs in Seferinos kitchen talking;
did not 60 into the room where
THEY PLAYED CARDS
the two succeeding nights; didn't remem-
Der whether the same party had ever met
at Seferino's before the Friday night
mentioned; the party had not met at
Seferino's since the night of May 20,
1892; didn't remember where Francisco,
Antonio and Laureano were on the oath,
25th ard 26th of May, 1892; didn't re-
member very we'll about dates; remem-
bered that Antonio, Laureano and Elias
were hauling stone on May 81, 1892; re-
membered when defendants we're arrested,
but was not witness at the preliminary
hearing and recollected very little about
it.
Paulina Gonzales de Alarid, sister of
Francisco and Antonio Gonzales Bore
60, wife of Seferino and sister-in-law of
Laureano Alarid, succeeded her sister.in.
law on the stand.
This witness told essentially the same
story as that of her sistsr-in-law on direct
examination, but her statements on CROSS
examination we're great deal mixed and
confused, particularly with reference to
the testimony she gave at the preliminary
hearing before Judge Seeds.
Adjournment was taken till l 80 p. m.