Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-16
CHAVEZ MURDER TRIAL.
Evidence of DR.. Sloan Respecting the
Weight of the Balls Found in
Body of Deceased.
Alibi Testimony Resumed Wives of
Francisco and Antonio Distinctly
Recollect What Happened MAY
23, 27, go and 20, 1899
Contradictions of GU
tierrez.

Promptly at 80 yesterday afternoon
the trial of Francisco Gonzales Borrego,
Antonio Gonzales Borrego, Laureano
Alarid and Patricio Valencia, charged
with the murder of Francisco Chavez, on
Sunday night, May 80, 1892, was resumed.
DIR. SLOAN RECALLED.
Having returned from his trip, DR.. j..
H. Sloan was recalled for further examl-
nation in chief and cross. examination as
in an agreement between the
respective attorneys. Recurring to the
buliets, which he removed from the body
of Frank Chavez, and the one which he
found near by where the murdered man
fell, he described them as balls fired from
Colts revolver or Winchester rifle
He had weighed the balls in question and
found them to contain respectively 294,
2SS aud 291 grains. He had weighed balls
which he had removed from cartridges
used IN Colts revolvers and in Winchester
rifles and found them to vary somewhat,
the results for four balls tested being
252, PSI, 252, and 1888. This last had lost
part of the lead.
Atilano Gold, called now as a witness
for the defense, undertook to contradict
in part the evidence of Francisco Rivera
as to how far John Gray accompanied
him and Chavez along San Francisco
street just previous to the killing. No
substantial contradiction was reached.
DISCRIMINATION was confined to the
questions whether witness was not under
Indictment for completely in the murder
of Frank Chavez and whether he was not
under indictments for assault with intent
to kill and affirmative answers.
ALIBI TESTIMONY RESUMED.
Ricardo Archuleta de Gonzales here
came upon the stand. She said that
Francisco Gonzales was her husband,
her brother-in-law, Chino Alarld
her first cousin and Patricio Valencia her
third cousin. On the nights of the 2Sth
and Goth of May, 1892, the three boys first
named had played cards at the house of
Seferino Alarid, remaining continuously
on the latter night until IL o'clock.
She had seen Francisco Gonzales on
the 23d of May. Antonio Gonzales had
gone for wood. On that day after the re-
turn of Antonio, Francisco was engaged
in repairing harness and kept at that
work until $50 O'Clock at night. Neither
one of the Borrego boys left the house at
all that evening.
She stated, in contradiction of Antonio
Borrego, witness heretofore examined
for the prosecution, that the relations be-
tween the last named person and her hus-
band we're not friendly. This is to refute
the possibility and probability that, being
on bad terms, Francisco Borrego would
say to Antonio Borrego that almost any
time he would kill that "he-goat of a
me-sake of his, Francisco Chavez"
To contradict the statement of Ike
NOVEL; that he had taken Francisco Con
zales Borrego up on the top of his
hack near the Santa Fe depot toward the
latter part of March or early part OF
April, 1892, about the time the train ar
rived, Mrs. Gonzales y Borrego testified
that her husband left Cerrillos about that
time on horseback bound for Santa Fe,
intimating thus that he had not come
here by rail. On that trip her husband
remained away week or so.
DISTINCT RECOLLECTION RESPECTING ALIBI
Do1Nas.
On REORGANIZATION the witness de-
clared that she knew when the election
for the incorporation of the city of Santa
Fe was held. She did not know who were
the candidates for mayor in any sub
sequent municipal election. She did not
know really whether her husband had
come to Santa Fe, and admitted that he
might have gone down to Lamy any night
and taken the train to Santa Fe without
her knowledge. AS to playing cards at
her compadre Seferino's house on the
nights of the 29th and 28th of May, 1892,
her recollection was pat. On the 9th of
May they did not play cards there. Re-
mem bering the hours at which they left
there on the 28th and Goth of May dis
tinctly, she was distinctly oblivious of the
hour at which they left on Friday night,
May 81. Witness did not testify in the
preliminary examination. Mr.. Catron
arose to remark that it was under his in
structions.
Jose Gonzales Y Borrego took the seat
his sister-in-law vacated and looked eager
iOE Uiko luI uOSVs
THE SAME OLD STORY.
His evidence was an iteration of the
usual story so many times retailed from
the witness stand during the progress of
this case. He was at the house of Sefsrino
Alarid on the nights of the 9th, 2Sth and
goth of May, 1892. On each of these oc-
casions Francisco, Antonio, Seferino and
their wives vera present as also Jose, his
brother, and Chino Alarid. On the nights
last mentioned the men played cards. On
the first night mentioned they gossiped.
He was at Cerrillos for four or five
previous to March or April, 1892,
and his older brothers and their wives.
Francisco left there on horseback on the
10th of April of that year for Santa Fe.
On cross.examination, he decided that
he knew Francisco was coming to Santa
Fe because he told them all that he was.
Being asked if he told them anything else
at the time he atarted he aaid tho" with