Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1895-05-13

ing the body of Francisco Chavez from
the south end of Guadalupe bridge TO his
room near by on the night he was killed.
After witnessing the hurried examination
of the body he went with John Gray and
several others with lanterns to examine
the place where the assassination oc-
Cured. Under the south end of the
bridge, in the church yard and around
the telegraph pole just sonth of the
bridge they found many fresh footprints.
the telegraph pole he noticed and picked
up boot heel, which he then exhibited
to the jury and it was marked and intro.
dnced MS evidence. This taken in con.
necton with the testimony of Frederick
Grace and Domingo Apodaca is regarded
as an important circumstance.
TESTIMONY THIS FORENOON.
The first witness called this morning
was Librado G. de Baca, of Pena Blanca,
who testified that he lived in Santa Fe
January, 1891, he worked at the capitol
with Francisco Gonzales Borrego and
had several conversations with him Dor
rego) in which allusion was madet to Fran
cisco Chavez, and whenever Chavez was
mentioned Borrego invariably said:
"D--n the person who gave birth to that
he-goat' (meaning Chavez. Borrego
also related to the witness how Chavez
had beaten him in the Jail after the kill
ing of Sylvestre Gallegos. At one time
after, on San Francisco street, as the late
sheriff passed by, Borrego again referred
to the mother of Chavez as the "person
who gave birth to that he-goat"
Luis Gonzales was next called to the
stand by the district attorney. He lived
in Santa Fe during May, 1892; saw Fran
cisco Gonzales y Borrego, Antonio Con
zales y Borrego, Laureano (Chino) Alarid
and Hipolito Vigil on the night of May
80, 1892, between $3.50 and 10 o'clock just
before Francisco Chavez was killed.
"Where did you see them?"
"They were near the telegraph pole at
the south end of Guadalupe bridge, near
the Guadalupe chapel"
"Dld you see anyone else there?" asked
the district attorney
81 saw three others in the church yard,
but do not know who they wern."
HIPoLITo SPEAKS TO HIM.
"Did you speak to any of them?"
"Hipolito spoke to me. He asked
where was going and added: Are you
not afraid to go by here?' said that l
was free man and had right to go
where | pleased. Then l went on to
Donohue's corral when | heard three
shots fired near the telegraph pole. Then
| went out in the middle of the street and
heard two more shots"
In reply to question of the district
attorney, the witness said that when he
spoke to him he saw pistol in
Hipolito's hand. He did not see any
arms in the hands of the three defendants
mentioned and did not remember whether
| they wore overcoats or had their coat col
lars turned up.
"After the shooting did you see any
one?"
81 saw Hipolito and another man GO
| ing toward the depot. I do not know
who the other man was. Hipolito had a
pistol in one hand and his hat in the
other. just before the shooting ] met a
man going SOUTH"
"Has any one connected with the de-
fense talked with you about this case?''
queried the district attorney.
The witness then detailed that Charley
Spiess had sent for him to come to Cat
ron's office; he had gone there; that Spiess
had taken him into a private office and
offered him $40 to sign an affidavit that
Gov. Thornton had offered him money TO
testify for the prosecution in this case;
that Spiess wrote and
| SHOWED HIM CHECK
for $40 and had pencil and paper in
his hand to write the affidavit; that he
(witness) refused to sign such an affidavit
and went away.
'Has anyone else spoken to you on the
sub ject?"
saturday evening Catron came up to
me and slapped me on the shoulder and
said: They will probably not call you
because they are afraid of you.'"
The language credited to Mr.. Catron
was excluded by the court, but the 'slap
on the shoulder" which Counsel Catron
said was "a mere familiarity" was not
disturbed
Mr.. Catron's searching cross-examina-
tion disclosed nothing further than that
tho morals of the witness were rather
loose, that he had pawned his clothes and
those of his sister to get money to pay
prostitutes and to gamble with, and that
he was going to the house of prostitute
when he saw the three defendants and
Hipolito at the south end of the bridge
the night Chavez was killed. The
original story of the witness WAS not dis.
turbed in any essential respect.
The prosecution rested at noon and
the examination of witnesses for the de.
Tense began at 2 p. m.