Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-06-29

near enough to do so there was no further
need of shots. Immediately thereafter
the three last mentioned persons and l
Sc parated, fastening away from the scene
of the murder in different directions. 1
went direct to my home. -,,---- ---.-,.- 20.
------ VOLUNTARILY MADE.
~ make this affidavit freely and vol
unfairly and it has been reduced to writ
ing at my request by District Attorney j.
H. Crist, and l ask that it be published 80
that the public may know that only
Justice was administered in the trial of
the cause in the court, and that l have
repented of my completely in the foul
assassination of Francisco Chavez and
desire now only to tell the truth.
(Signed) PATR1cIo VALENCIA"
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 2Sth day of June, A. D. 1895.
(Signed) MARCELINO GARCIA,
Notary Public.
This confession was made and the afii-
davlt sworn to in the presence of Tomas
Smith, Francisco Griego, Mariana Sena
Marcelino Garcia, District Attorney
Crst and Sheriff Cunningham.
LAUREANo ALAR1D's CONFESSION.
After this Laureano Alarid made a con-
fession, saying that Patriotic Valencia
told the truth in his statement, and asked
that his brother, Antonio, be sent for, as
he wanted to tell him, remarGing at the
same time to the sheriff: 'Antonio is an
honest man and want to tell him about
the killing of Francisco Chavez"
In response tc this request, Sheriff
Cunningham told Antonio that his
brother, Laureano, wanted to see him
and invited Antonio to 60 to the Jail
with him. The invitation was accepted.
When they reached the Jail the two pris-
oners, Patricio Valencia and Lauriano
Alarid, were brought into a room where,
besides the sheriff and Antonio Alarid,
Mariana Sena and Juan Delgado we're
present. In the presence of these per-
sons Laureano Alarid told his brother
Antonio, that he was guilty of being one
of the parties to the killing of Francisco
Chavez, but was not at the bridge at the
particular time Chavez was killed, al
though he had been there twenty OF
thirty minutes before the killing.
CONFESSED VOLUNTARILY.
Then Antonio asked his brother: "Do
you say this voluntarily9" and Leureano
answered that he did, referring Antonio
to Patricio Valencia, who, he said, would
tell him the truth about the matter and
give him all the particulars.
By reference to the foregoing affidavit
of Patricio Valencia it will be seen where
Laureano Alarid was at the exact time of
the killing and why he was absent from
the bridge.
In connection with these confessions
the following interesting collateral in
formation may properly be disclosed
After completing his confession to the
district attorney, Patriotic Valencia said
to Sheriff Cunningham: 81 want to tell
you something, if You will promise not
to give me away to those fellowsin there, y
referring to Francisco and Antonio Con
zoles Borrego.
Sheriff Cunningham gave the required
promise, whereupon Valencia continued:
eff you will 60 in and examine the win
dow of the cell where Francisco and An
tonic are, you will find that it has been
cut all to pieces with saw; that it is
nothing but a shell ynd can be pushed
out with the hand" at the same time ex-
planning that when it had been cut Fran
cisco Gonzales Borrego had whitewashed
it over so as to conceal the saw marks.
HOW THE WINDOW WAS CUT.
The sheriff asked how the window had
been cut, and in reply Valencia explained
that it had been done with saw six or
seven inches long, which the wife of
Francisco Gonzales y Borrego had brought
into the Jail while Francisco was sick
and she was allowed to attend on him
every day. Valencia explained further
that Francisco concealed the saw in his
cell until the trial came on, when he took
it out of Jail and secretly handed it to
some of his friends on the outside.
Going at once Sheriff Cunningham
and his jailor, Cayetano Garcia, exam
ined the cell occupied by Francisco and
Antonio and found the statement of Va
lenca respecting the condition of the
same to be correct. The window was cut
to pieces and the cutting carefully con-
cealed with whitewash.
The reason no doubt that the brothers
had not escaped from the cell was that
they had been chained to the floor since
their conviction; the only means of hold.
ing them securely in the rlokity county
Jail.
ATTEMPT TO sMUaGLE IN A FILE.
The Importance of these facts will the
better be realized when it Is explained
that, during the past ten days, Jose, the
younger brother of Francisco and An
tonic, has been confined in the jail on
some minor charge, and that at noon, on
the 26th of June, he JOSEF was observed
by Jailer Garcia secretly taking a small
piece of paper from under the door of the
cell occupied by Francisco and Antonio.
This important bit of paper was immedi-
ately taken away from Jose by the iailer.
It was written in Spanish and has been
translated into English as follows:
IMPORTANT SCRAP OF PAPER.
"Jose, try to bring US little file, such
as had to file the springs of the pistols,
and slip it to us under the cell door. Be
careful that nobody sees you. Wrap it