Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-28

as alleged. Surprising as it might ap.
pear, the killing of Chavez, as the result
of a conspiracy in which q number of
men were engaged, was conceded, and,
although the crime has been the subj ect
Of Investigation for three years and had
occupied the exclusive attention of this
court for over month. not whisper
had been heard that anyone else than these
four defendants had killed Francisco
Chavez.
TESTIMONY DIssECTED.
Then he took up the testimony in de-
tail, replying rs he proceeded ito the
many insinuations and reflections cast by
counsel for the defense on the witnesses
of the territory, thus conclusiv-ly proving
that he had thoroughly mastered his case
and knew how most effectively to arrange
and array the evidence 80 as to sustain
his cause. His comparison of the letters
aud testimony of Juan Gallegos with the
contradictory evidence of Mr.. Catron was
particularly strong. He insisted that Mr..
Catron had needlessly inter jected himself
as a witness in this case, and, while he
did not charge that the learned gentleman
had intended to give wrong evidence, he
declared that Mr.. Catron had sworn to
matters of mere trivial detail that neither
he nor any other man could recollect for
months and even years. He also remind
ed the jury that while Mr.. Catron was on
the witness stand he had in his hands a
, typewriter copy of the testimony Of
Juan Gallegos given at the preliminary
examination, while Juan Gallegos was
allowed no such aid to his memory as
this. He particularly emphasized the
Importance of the letter of Juan Gale
Cos, written months before the tragedy,
wherein Francisco Chavez was warned of
the exact conspiracy that finally resulted
in his death, and pointed out that, after
being "given away" By Chavez to these
very defendants and after the death of
Sylvestre GaIlegos, Juan Pablo Domin-
guez and Chavez himself, Juan Gallegos
had ample cause to be afraid and to deny
that he had written tho warning letter to
Chavez. Mr.. Catrons savage denuncia-
ton of the witnesses of the territory as
thieves, liars, scoundrels and prostitutes
was handled without gloves. The district
attorney said that no one knew better
than Mr.. Catron the value of criminals in
discovering crime.
ATTACKS ON RIvERA.
Touching Mr.. Catron's attack on Fran
cisco Rivera the district attorney re-
minded the jury that after Rivera had
committed all the misdeeds alleged
against him Mr.. Catron had gone on his
bond and had had him in his private Of
fee making an affidavit under duress, as
the prosecution commended contradictory
of his testimony before Judge Seeds.
This affidavit was held back by Mr. Cat
ron until the last moment because he
knew that it contained false statements
respecting Judge Seeds and that if intro
duced In time Judge Seeds would be
brought from Iowa to contradict the
same. Respecting the charges that wit
nesses had been held by the sheriff and
his deputies, the district attorney said
that that had been done by his direction
and was simply in the line of plain duty
Mr.. Crisis peroration realized the expec
tations awakened by his opening. 1t was
full of fire, energy and earnestness.
As the New MEXICAN has devoted about
thirty columns of its space since the
opening of this trial, on April 23, to the
publication of the testimony taken OF
both sides it does not feel called upor
: now to report in detail any of the closing
: arguments of counsel, which would b'
mainly recital o. evidence already
printed.