Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-27
CHAVEZ MURDER TRIAL.
Fatiguing Work of Taking Testimony
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of C0un-
sci in Progress.
Nothing New or Startling Disclosed
Te-day-Case will Doubtless Go
to the Jury Tomorrow
Rape of the Notes.

Rape of the Notes.
On this, the thirty fifth day since the
opening of the memorable trial of Fran
cisco Gonzales y Borrego, Antonio Con
zales y Borrego, Laureano Alarid and Pa
tricio Valencia, charged with the murder
of Francisco Chavez, on Sunday night,
May 20, 1892, the fatiguing work of TAX
ing testimony was concluded and the ar
guments of counsel soon after began.
1t is presumed that the case will be given
to the jury tomorrow afternoon.
TESTIMONY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Pursuant to adjournment court met at
l;3O p. m. on Saturday. Secretary Miller
WIS invited into the witness box. He had
the records of the executive Office in his
hands Being interrogated as to whether
a pardon had been granted to Portirio
Truiillo he showed by the records that
two pardons in favor of that parsonage
we're on file.
Mr.. Catron registered an objection
claiming that the pardons were the best
evidence and unless their absence was
accounted for secretarial office evidence
of their issuance was incompetent. The
OBJ lection was overruled. This meant
that in the eyes of the court Porfirio Tru
jillo was not disqualified to testify.
Then the district attorney asked thu
secretary if he had been able to discover
in the records any record of pardon
issued to Anderson Chappell, who hat
been previously ordered by the cour
temporarily to stand aside. The score
tary said "No."
LETTER RULED OUT.
The court thereupon notified Mr.. Girls
that he had looked into the question o
the relevancy of the letter written b.
Juan Gallegos to Juan Sisneros, Offered
in evidence by the territory and it's ad
mission postponed by the court, having
regards to the objection of the defense
and decided it was not material. This let
ter was written by Gallegos after he hal
framed the epistle directed to the NEy
MEXICAN, which denied that he kne,
anything relative to the Chavez murder
and was in absolute conflict with the lat
ter communication.
Abe Kimball was called to the stand
but was not allowed to testify, MIR. Cairo
having objected that he was called t
contradict Marcelino Ortiz, the cour
| bo1 oh valid op1 thu M
dence immaterial.
Anderson Chappell was again called t
the stand, but, as it appeared that he ha
made no statement that his pardon wa
lost and in view of Secretary Miller's il
ability to find record of its issuance, h
was again ordered to step aside.
TRUJ1LLo TEsT1FtEs.
Porfirio Trujlllo, now confined in tn
county jail, when called to the stand We
met with the same objection from M
Catron that, as the pardons themselvt
we're the best evidence, the evidence
the secretary's Office as to the grantin
and filing of the pardons was incomp'
tent. The court overruled the objectIo
and the witness testified that up to til
commencement of this trial and sint
April or February he had been locked u
in the same cell with the defendants
this case. There, he said, he was preser
at conversation held by the defendant
among themselves in which Francisc
Gonzales Borrego urged Patricio Va
encla to testify that Cunningham ha
offered Valencia 1900 and his liberty
he would swear against the Borreg
brothers in this case; that Patricio hes
tated long time, but finally consente
to do as he was bid, and that this conve,
sation was held on day when the d.
PENDANTS had come down from the offic
of their attorneys after consultation.
On cross-examination Mr.. Cairo
showed by the witness that he had bee
twice convicted of felony and endeavore
to attach him to band of thieves an
desperadoes that operated from Mar
zano. 1t was shown in rebuttal that til
witness had been employed by the di
trict attorney as detective to hunt u
evidence in the murder cases of Dough
erty and the Indian, Rael, in Mora coul
ty.
SACK OF sTRYCHNINE OFFERED.
Mr.. Crist then offered in evidence I'll
sack of strychnine taken ont of Francisc
Gonzales Borrego's cell, but it was r
iected as immaterial.
This closed the territory's case in r,
outtal.
Tircio Padilla was called in rebuilt
by the defense to say that the witnesse
Nestor Rodriguez, Nemecio Armijo an
Matias Baca, were not at Conway's saloon q
May 80, 1892, between 6 and O'Clock
i the evening, and that Francisco Gonzalt
Y Borrego was not there at that time. I'll
witness, however, was in such maudli
state of booziuess that Mr.. Catron d.
cl1ned to examine him further than
question or two, in answer to which ii
witness asked the attorney if he referre
to the day after or the day before Chave
was killed. The questions referred
the day of the death.
Charles Conklin was called to contrl
dict Porfia Martinez de Strong, as ais
the three witnesses heretofore mentone,
but was not allowed to proceed on til
ground that the Issue was made up an
his evidence WAS immaterial.
Mr.. Catron called the courts attentio
to the fact that he had given notice tina
he would call Conklin in surrebuttal fo
the purpose of such contradiction an
pleaded with the court to permit the vii
ness to testify, saying that he honestl
thought az lawyer that he had the RICH
to do 80 aud if he was mistaken it was
lawyers mistake. His prayer was of n
avail.
| TESTIMONY THIS NsN1sa.
| This morning Tircio Mia, bein
sober. as the attorney informed Ahe cour
he was recalled for the same purpose this
he was called for Saturday. The quei
tions propounded to him were objecte
to by the prosecution on the ground .
Iimmateriallty, the defendants having tel
titled that they we're elsewhere than Cor
! uo q "a sainnn IN the NIGHT of Nav % 100.