Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-22
Thirtie,h Day Of the Chavez
Murder Trial Results in
Dark and Damaging
Disclosures.
Direct Testimony Of Delegate
Catron in Detail Positive De-
NAL Of Parts of Evidence
Relating to Witness.
Madam Martinez de Strong Recalled
declares that Her Former Tes-
timOny was Due to Fear and
Was FalSe-HOW She
Was Coached.

This, the thirtieth day of the trial
Of Francisco Gonzales y Borrego, An
tonic Gonzales Borrego, Laureano
Alarid and Patricio Valencia, charged
with the murder of Francisco Chavez,
on Sunday night, May 80, 1892, opened
at $3.50 this morning with heavy clouds
hanging over the court house and omi-
nous whispers in the corridors thereof
that indicated the expectation of startling
disclosures before night. Such expecta-
tions were not disappointed as the report
in detail shows.
EXAMINATION OF MR.. oATRoN.
T. B. Catron, senior member of the law
firm of Catron e. Spiess, attorneys for
the accused, then took the stand. He
said:
II heard the testimony of the witness
Juan Gallegos given on the stand and
what he said about the society which he
designated as the league or the button
Objection by Mr.. Crist. Objection
sustained.
81 heard the testimony of the witness
Juan Gallegos with reference to the con-
versation which he had with Francisco
Gonzales y Borrego, Hipolito Vigil and
Antonio Gonzales y Borrego at or near
the portal under the old palace building
in which it was stated that some one of
them said to him that l would give him
300 and defend him or protect him if he
would kill Francisco Chavez. That is
the substance of it. No one had any au-
thority to make any such statement as
that from me. had never said to any
body that would do any such thing as
that; nor had ever been spoken to by
anyone with reference to the killing of
Francisco Chavez at any time. The wit
ness, Juan Gallegos, said in that CONVEX
sation, as it was closing, that Antonio
Gonzales y Borrego said that there goes
Mr.. Catron now, and at that time l was
coming down the street to my office, and
that I entered my Office in the door
furtherest up this way toward the cienega.
He said this was about o'clock liz the
morning, if I remember correctly, and
this was few days after the 18th day of
down in the town as early as 9 o'clock.
That was in the winter and was a mem
Der of the legislature then and was chair
man of the committee on Judiciary. And
the committee on Judiciary met in my
Office every night, and we remained there
as late az ~ o'clock nearly every night,
so that remained at my residence after
going home at night until after o'clock
in the morning and never reached my
office during that month of January
earlier than 10 o'clock. never entered
my Office during the winter months at the
door designated by the witness, Juan
Gallegos, at any time either in the morn
ing or during the day time or at night
that way. That was a door which always
remained closed. Mr.. Clancy had the key
to it and he entered by that door, but he
never came to the Office before 10 o'clock
in the morning. When he entered he
always closed it with the key. I had no
key to that door at all. had key to
only one door to my Office. There were
three doors to the Office. The door to
which had key and in which always
entered, except when the main door was
opened by whoever swept out the Office
and was left opened, was door on the
street going up toward the Palace hotel,
the furtherest up toward that street. l
always entered by that door in the morn
ing when I went there. Then the door
next, after would get in the door next
to the corner would generally be opened
by me or some one else and that would
be the only door used during the day for
the Office except when Mr.. Clancy would
enter and come in by the other door
which he sometimes did and sometimes
did not"
THE RIVERA AFFIDAVIT.
81 can say positively that at no time
during January, 1891, did enter the Of
ice by the door which the witness, Juan
Gallegos, said I entered, and no time
during that month was down at my
office as early as 8 O'Clock or within few
minutes of 8 O'Clock.
~ heard the testimony of the witness,
francisco Rivera, in regard to the max
ing of an affidavit in my Office. That
affidavit is the paper I now hold in my
hand. What I remember about that is
his: On the day this affidavit was made,
The 9Th day of January, 1894, came into
my Office and found Francisco Rivera
here. l think, if ! am not mistaken,
Francisco Gonzales y Borrego was in the
,oom also. Francisco Rivera spoke to
ne and said that he wanted to make an
affidavit In regard to the actions of Mr..
in regard to the death of
Francisco Chavez making various state
nents, and asked me to make out the
litidavit for him. / asked him why he
wanted the affidavit made. He said he
wanted me to know what the facts were
md to put the facts in shape go that
hey could be retained in case anything
then told him if he made an
IfIidavit that wanted him to state the
ntire truth and it made no difference
whom it might hurt. ! then sent Fran
isco Gonzales y Borrego out of the room,
Is / now remember; at least he didn't re-
main in the room; and Mr.. Gortner, who
vas then typewriter for me. took down
he affidavit. Francisco Rivera narrated
he facts to me in the Spanish language.
vE0uoA0uoO VuOU w XAAs 0OAvA0A WIN
or word, just as the interpreter lie trans
ating here, that is, after stating the for
ner part of the affidavit. The facts mar
ated took down as nearly as possible
g he said them. Nothing was put in this
fidavit except what he stated. some
lines asked him questions which he would
Inswer. The substance in the answer in
question would be put down in the afii-
lavit. The affidavit which dictated to
Mr.. Gortner was exactly the substance of
What Rivera said to me. After the affi- |
lavit had been dictated suggested to
lin that 1t had better be translated and
cad over to him. He stated that that
vas unnecessary as he understood English !
veil enough to know that / had correctly |