Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-10-24
TERRITORIAL SUPREME COURT
Hearing of Charges Preferred Against
Catron and Spiess Concluded
Last Night.
EDITOR HUGHES SIXTY DAYS SENTENCE
In Matter of Contempt Proceedings
Against Page B. Otero, Answer
Accepted as Full and Com
plete and He Was
Discharged.

Discharged.
The hearing of the charges of unpro-
conduct against Messrs. Catron
and Spiess was continued before the ter
ritorial supreme court yesterday after.
noon with all the Justices present except
Chief Justice Smith.
E. 7. Webber, called by the prosecu-
tion in rebuttal, testified that he was a
hotel keeper in Santa Fee; that he had
known Ike Novel; very we'll as hack
driver for about five years; that Nowell's
reputation for truth and veracity was
good, and that he would believe him on
oath.
On cross-examluation the witness said
that he had been the avowed personal
enemy of Catron for about two years and
had expressed the belief that Catron
would be disbarred and probably i'm
prisoned. He knew that NOVEL; had
been indicted and convicted on the
charge of adultery, but had never heard
his reputation for truth and veracity
questioned.
Bernard Seligman testified that he had
been a resident of Santa Fe since 1857;
had known Ike NOVEL; for six or seven
years; had never heard anything against
NOVEL; until he got into trouble for
adultery; would believe him under oath.
Ned Gold then took the witness stand.
had arrested and Jailed Matt Breeder for
being very drunk in the plaza with Ike
NOVEL; about two weeks before; that be-
fore making the arrest he
HAD SEEN BREEDEN
repeatedly go into Prices saloon with
NOVEL; and then return to the plaza; that
he first tried to induce Breeder to go
home, but the latter refused with an in
sulting epithet; that on the way to the
| Jail Breeder tried to draw 41-calibre
Derringer on him.
j. G. Schumann had found NOVEL; all
right in his transactions with him, but had
never heard his reputation for truth and
veracity discussed.
| Judge Downs said he had lived in Santa
Fe about sixteen years; Nowell's reputa'
ton for truth and veracity was good, and
he ould believe him under oath.
On cross-examination the witness said
that he and Catron were not very friend
ly, but 30 far as he was concerned they
spoke as they passed by. He had heard
that Novel; had been convicted of adul
terry, but did not think that was suffi
cient reason why he should not be be.
lived on oath.
| Z. A. Fiske, upon taking the stand, said
that he had been resident of Santa Fe
about mir eteen years; had served az
United States district attorney under the
Harrison administrations; had known Ike
NOVEL; as hack driver for several years
and would believe him on oath.
On cross-examiration Mr.. Fiske denied
that he was Catron's personal and politi
cal enemy; he had tried to treat Catror
fair when the latter would let him; had
heard Forsha, Sol Spiebelberg, Bernard
Seligman and Col. Breeder discuss thu
reputation of Ike NOVEL; for
HONESTY AND vERAoITY,
and general opinion seemed to be very
favorable to NOVEL;; did not consider
Nowell's reputation bad except as tc
women; did not think the conviction
against NOVEL; destroyed his reputation
for truth and veracity.
The witness said, in redirect examina.
ton, that he had been employed as attor
ney for Mr.. Catron during the past foul
years, and had not taken an active part
in the present prosecution of Catron.
J.S Candelario said he had known Ike
NOVEL; for ten years and would believe
him under oath.
Patricio Valencia, one of the four men
convicted of the killing of Francisco
Chavez, was then offered by the prosecu.
ton as witness, but counsel for the de-
PENDANTS strenuously objected on the
ground that the witness was under sen
tence of death, and Valencia was not per
mitted to testify.
A recess was then taken till p. m.
THOMAS HUGHES sENTENoED.
At 8 D. m. the territorial supreme court
REQ pened with Chief Justice Smith and G
full bench present.
The chief Justice then announced that
in the matter of the unanimous convic
ton of Thomas Hughes, editor of the AL
buq uerque Citizen, of actual contempt o.
court, the sentence of the court was thai
Mr.. Hughes pay fine of 81 and cost
and that he be incaroerated in the U. s
prison, connected with the territorial
penitentiary, for a period of sixty days
The conviction aforesaid was unani
mously agreed to, but Associate Justices
Hamilton and Bantz dissented from tn
sentence. Both held that under the stat
utes Hughes punishment should not OK
tend to imprisonment.
Gen. Bartlett, counsel for Mr.. Hughes
earnestly petitioned the court so to modi
fy the sentence as to permit Mr.. Hughe
to serve the period of incarceration il
the Bernallllo county Jail and to Civ
him until Monday to arrange his bust
ness.
Solicitor General Victory said that
while he had no wish to make the sen
tence of Mr.. Hughes any harder than nee
essary, he deemed it his official duty t.
protest against the proposed modiaca
ton OF the sentence.
The court took the matter under ad
! visement until the evening session.
, Chief Justice Smith then retired from
the bench and the matter of the charge
against Catron and Spiess was agai
taken up.
NECESSARY TO CONCLUDE REARING.
: Owing to the fact that some of tn
judges would be obliged to return to thei