Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-10-16


ment to him TO make false affidavit that
he, the said Msuricio Gonzales, was not
at or near Guadalupe bridge, in the city
of Santa Fe, on the 29th of May, 1892, the
place and time where and when the said
Francisco Chavez was killed, which said
affidavit would have destroyed the effect
of the evidences given by said witness on
said preliminary examination. And it ia
further specified that on or about the day
when said money was offered as aforesaid
TO the said Mauricio Gonzales by the said
Spiess he the said Spless also offered to
procure and give to the said Mauricio
Gonzales railroad pass to take the said
witness to some place where the sheriff
could not find him if he, the said witness,
would accept the said pass and 60 to such
place.
ANSWER OF oATRoN AND sP1Ess.
The answers filed by Messrs. Catron
and Spiess are alike with the simple change
of names. Mr.. Catron's answer is as fol-
lows:
In the supreme court of the territory
New Mexico
In the matter of the information con-
corning Thomas B. Catron and Charles A.
Spiess.
To the Honorable the Supreme Court of the
Territory of New Mexico.
Now comes Thomas 3. Catron, respond.
emit in the above entitled matter, and for
answer to the charge of unprofessional
conduct made against him and filed in
said court BY John P. Victory, solicitor
general for New Mexico, by order of the
committee heretofore appointed by this
honorable court, says that he denies the,
said charges, and each and every one Of
the specifications mentioned and set forth
in connection Herewith, or in support
thereof; and he requests that the honor
able court will speedily inquire into, in
vestigate and determine the truth of the
said matter at the earliest practicable day,
and in such manner as to the court may
seem proper.
FRANK SPRINGER, T. B. CATRoN,
FRANK W. CLANCY, Respondent.
NEIL B. FIELD,
Attorneys for respondent.
Rafael Romero was appointed and
sworn as interpreter.
THE FIRST WITNESS CALLED.
Porfiria Martinez de Strong was the
first witness called to the stand by the
prosecution. She testified that she re-
sided at Lamy junction; was witness in
the Chavez murder trial; the first time
she was brought from Cerrillos by Ra-
mon Garcia and Jose Dominguez; they
and Charles Conklin; they showed her a
paper which she supposed was sum-
mons from the court for Mr.. Catron; they
came to her house at night and re-
NAMED at her house that night; they told
her she had to be in court for Catron and
Conklin the ext day; they brought her
to Santa Fe from Cerrillos aud took her
to Mrs. Quintana's house; Charles Conk-
lin came to see her at Mrs. Quintana's
soon after she arrived there; Conklln told
her she had to come to court about
O'Clock; he told her to testify falsely that
Luis Gonzales was in his house and she
was afraid of him and Catron; Charles
Spiess examined her at the preliminary
examination; she was told by Conklin
that she was to testify that Luis Gonzales
was in his house about 10 O'Clock the
night Francisco Chavez was killed, that
he was lying down and that he had gone
out aud returned with information that
Chavez was killed; Conklin brought her
to tina court room; before Spiess
called her to testify he asked her if she
had seen Charles Conklin and he told her
not to speak to any one else.
LOCKED UP IN oATRoN's oTFIoE.
Touching her appearance as witness
at the trial before Judge Hamilton, she
testified that Fred Thayer came to Lamy
after her; Thayer represented that he had
an order for her to appear in court at
Santa Fe; she first refused to 60 unless q
deputy sheriff came after her; he told her
she must 60 and took her by the arm to
the depot; he did not. let her talk with
any one and sat with her in the car; he
took her to Catron's office on arriving at
Santa Fe that night; she slept there that
night under guard of Thayer; the doors
of the Office we're looked; Thayer brought
her breakfast and she ate in Cstron's
Office; Spiess and Catron came in after
breakfast; Catron told her to state same
things she had said at preliminary hear
ing and nothing else; Spiess was also
there and said that was what they both wan
ted; Thayer brought her dinner to Oatron's
Office and Catron saw her eating there;
after testifying she was taken back to
Catron's Office by Thayer; Catron told
Thayer to call her back in the office; she
had her supper that night in Catron's
Office; Catron told ThaYer to call hack
to take her to the depot that
night; about half an hour before going
to the depot Catron gave her 81 and also
paid for hack hire.
NEW EVIDENCE OFFERED.
Four days after she returned to SAINT
rs from Lemy and went to see District
Attorney Crist for the purpose of letting
him know that her first testimony was
not true because she was afraid of Mr..
Catron. She again appeared in court,
and, free from intimidation, truthfully
testified in contradiction of her previous
testimony as to the whereabouts of Luis
Gonzales on the night Chavez was killed.
Mr.. Childers then asked the witness If
she had been approached during the past
six weeks concerning the testimony she
would give at the pending hearing.
Mr.. Springer objected to this question
as it related to matters arising since the
charges on trial had been preferred and
was irrelevant to the issue.
Mr.. Childers said that the committee
proposed to offer other evidence of this
nature, including an affidavit prepared by
Catron for the witness to sign, and that
the witness had suffered beating and a
black eye because she refused to sign it.
He added that the question as to the ad-
instability of this evidence might as we'll
be determined first as last.
Mr.. Springer ARGUED earnestly against
the propriety of admitting such evidence.
Mr.. Jones viewed the matter as did Mr..
Childers and offered to present authorities
in support of their position at the incom-
ing of court after dinner.
A recess was then taken until | 80 o. m, !