Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-11-19

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others lived and was really in hiding
from them when arrested. Thus it is
surely retributive Justice that another of
their intended Victims WAS one of the
principal agents in bringing the brutal
murderers of Tomas Martinez to the gal
lows.
From Another Standpoint.
Jesus Vialpando and Feliciano Chavez
were tried for murder before Judge
Laughlin and jury of their peers, at the
special March term of the district court
in this city. The trial occupied four
days, including protraoted night sessions,
and it was notably exhaustive and dra-
matte throughout. 1t was ably conducted
by District Attorney Crist for the terri
tory and Messrs. W. Fl. Pope and 9. A.
Spiess for the defendants.
The evidence disclosed that Jesus Vial
pando, Feliciano Chavez, Zenobio Tru-
iillo and Emilio Encinias left the vicinity
Of Las Vegas, few days prior to January
20 of the present year, on trip to San
Pedro, Santa Fe county. They did not
seem to have any particular object in
making the trip, but they picked up, or
appropriated, some horses on the way and
traded few of them off in San Pedro for
clothing, etc. On the 18th of January
they started from San Pedro on their re-
turn, and on reaching corral near Ojo
de la Baca, about noon on the Goth, they
met couple of men travelling with burros
and asked them for some meat, which
they received. They then built large
fire in the corral, it being cold, snowy
day. Two of the party then went to
where there was bunch of cattle close
by and drove five or six of them into the
corral. They killed one of the animals
and cut some meat from hind quarter
and proceeded to roast it on the fire.
These cattle belonged to Lorenzo Mar
tinez.
TOMAS MARTINEZ RODE UP.
While they were roasting the meat,
| Tomas Martinez came along on horse
back, travelling from Canon Blanco to
his home at Ojo de la Baca. When he
came to the corral he turned in, probably
to warm at the fire. When he came into
the corral he saluted the party of four
gagged in roasting meat, who asked him
| TO QlSmounb anu JON tnem'
The story of what followed in the cor
raj was told by two of the party, Zenobio
| Truiillo and Amelio Encinias, who were
acquitted of murder and are now at large
on $1,000 bonds each for stealing and
butchering cattle. They testified that
when Tomas Martinez, the murdered
man, was approaching the corral Jesus
vialpando said: "There is fine horse
coming; that will be a nice chicken for
u.s." That after Tomas Martinez dis
mounted 10 the corral they asked him if
he had any coffee and he replied that he
had and went to his saddle bags and pro.
cured what coffee he had and gave it to
them. They then made some coffee and
drank it, after which, the deceased was
4 standing with his back to the fire having
his hands behind HIM for the purpose
evidently of warming them. On a sign
from Vlalpando, Chavez jumped behind
and threw his arms around Martinez
breast thus pinioning his arms. Vial
pando then drew a revolver and ordered
Martinez to throw up his hands and at
the same time commanded Trujillo and
Encinias to take the pistol which Mar
tinez had
STRAPPED AROUND HIS WAIST
away from him. This was done and Vial
pando then ordered Trujillo and Encinias
to take their horses and start ahead on
their journey, saying that he and Chavez
would overtake them pretty soon. Tru-
jillo and Encinias left the corral and
started on the road to Las Vegas, and
when about half mile distant they
heard three or four gun shots. When
about two and half miles away Vial
pando and Chavez overlook them, Cha
vez riding the horse, with the saddle and
bride, which the deceased had a short
time previous rode into the corral. En-
cinias, who is only boy OF II or 10
years, said to Vialpando: "What did you
do with the man that came into the cor
raj on the horse Chavez is now riding?"
to which vialpando replied: "We killed
him, you cabron, do you want me to kill
you, tool I'll do it if you ever say any
thing about this" Then they proceeded
on their way toward Las Vegas, reaching
a place called Rio de La Vaca about 9 or
10 o'clock that night, where they stopped
at friends house until nightfall of the
next day, when they again resumed their
journey. During that night they reached
q point where they separated, Trujillo
taking the Mora road, the other three 60
ing to their several homes.
FRAsMENTARy CONFESSIONS.
Both Chavez and Vialpando made
fragmentary confessions to Sheriff Cum
ningham and his deputies, and also to
Sheriff Romero, of San Miguel county,
after VIalpande had been arrested at the
house of his mother, where he was asleep,
and the murdered mans saddle and bride
had been found in his possession. Chavez
had also taken the officers to where he
had killed the horse, telling them that a few
days after the murder he had seen in a
newspaper that the remnants of Martinez
body had been found and he had killed
the horse to avoid discovery. While con-
Tossing to Sheriff Cunningham and de-
puties in San Miguel county, that they
had killed Martinez, they did not give any
details, but when all four had been ar.
rested and were lodged in the county
} Jail at Santa Fe, then both vialpando
J and Chavez confessed fully, giving the
J same statement as that previously made
by Trujillo and Enoinias, and added full
details of what happened at the corral
after IrullllO ana Enclnlae hau left bY
order of vialpando. The details given
by vialpando and Chavez in the county
jail we're as follows: After Trujillo and
Encinias had left the corral Vialpando
and Chavez went over to where the COW,
which they had killed, lay for the purpose
of cutting off some meat to take along on
the journey, and Martinez went with
them. When Martinez saw the brand on
the COW he told them that IL was his
fathers. They then cut off the meat and
returned to the fire. Then vialpando,
drawing his gun, ordered his victim to
take off his overcoat which he did.
v1ALPANDo THEN SHOT HIM
in the left temple and he fellto the ground.
Chavez then shot him in the body twice.
The two miscreants then picked the body
up and thrswit on the FIRE, afteriwhich they
cot large quantity of wood from the