Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-25
Nearing the End of the Celebrated and
Exhaustive Hearing of the Evi-
dence Pro and Con.
More Important Rebuttal Testimony
Max Knodts Mind Confused, But
Recollected Catron Promised
Him a Pass-Mysterious
Disappearance of STEM
ographic Notes.

ricio Valencia, charged with the murder
If Francisco Chavez, on Sunday night,
Nay 80, 1892. 1t is expected that the
work of taking testimony will be conclu-
led this afternoon and that the arguments
Of counsel will begin on Monday morn
ing. Doubtless the case will go to the
Jury some time on Tuesday.
EVIDENCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Matias Baca, being called and sworn as
a witness, testified in controversion OF
the alibi set up by the defendants that
he saw Francisco Gonzales y Borrego,
Antonio Gonzales Borrego, Laureano
Alarid and Patricio Valencia on the night
Frank Chavez was killed, frat between 8
and 3 o'clock at night IN front OF the
Claire hotel; second, little later in Dix
sons saloon, Cat Stinson's) and lastly at
Conway's about 8 o'clock. Hlpolito
Vigil WAS also there. Antonio came to
the door ut about the last hour named
and called his brother, Francisco, outside.
He named also Charles Conklin, ST., and
Marcos Castillo as being in that saloon
and number of Others.
discrimination was powerless to
break down or weaken the evidence OF
the witness. Frank Chavez, he said, he
saw playing pool. He was still playing
when the witness left.
The witness was listened to with close
attention by the jury. He spoke his
words slowly and seemed to ponder them
carefully beforehand. Altogether his
manner was good and honest appearing.
HIS MIND HAD BECOME CONFUSED.
A profound surprise was created by the
testimony of Max Knodt, who followed
on the witness stand. He testified in the
preliminary examination that he posi-
lively identified Francisco Gonzales Y
Borrego and three others going down
Water street, back of his back gate, at
about o'clock on the night of the Cha
yez ambuscade and assassination. In his
testimony yesterday afternoon, pale and
trembling, he swore that he no longer
remembered particle of his statements
made before Judge Seeds. His mind had
become confused, he said, by business
troubles, SO that all that he disclosed be.
fore the last district judge had passed
from him. The record shows that or
that examination he recognized Francisco
Gonzales because he had a full, plair
view of his face. Yesterday he was I'm.
certain as to the identity of the individual
that ran down Water street on the night
of May 30, 1892. He thought the run
ner was "little the thicker and fatter.'
In reply to question the witness re.
piled that Mr.. Catron had not given hin
pass or even promised him a pass, but
had simply told him, since the beginning
of this trial, too, that
HE COULD HAVE A PASS
whenever he wanted it. Mr.. Catron OBJ
jected stridently and vociforously to any
attempt on the part of the territory to
present to the witness attention the an
swers made by him at the original hear.
ing.
The district attorney made plain to the
court that Mr.. Knodt had taken the pros
ecution totally by surprise, asserting that
the territory rightly expected his evil
dence to coincide with that which he in
the first place gave. The court permitted
the district attorney to proceed and Mr.
Catron lapsed into his seat. Finally these
questions were put to the witness and the
answers appended:
| "Is it not fact that since the begin
ming of this case you have talked witt
Mr.. Catron about the case?"
"No: Mr.. Catron has no use for me-"
"Is it not fact that Mr.. Catror
promised you pass to and from For
WingateH"
"Yes; he said could get pass when
ever wanted it,"
Mr.. Catron rose to explain that thu
witness wanted to 60 to see a girl at For
Wingate and this girl had formerly worked
for himself.
| The court suggested that if he had an,
explanation to make he had better max,
it as witness.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
The mysterious disappearance of tn
stenogrf phic notes of the preliminar.
investigation, which it now appears wer
removed to the Office of the defunct 9Th
Republican," by M. A. Downing, one o
the official stenographers at that investi
CATION, necessitated the call to the stant
of witness who could testify from
/ memory as to the evidence given hereto
fore by Paulina Gonzales de Alarid, Pa
tricio Valencia and Julian Herrera.
Hon. N. B. Laughlln was then sum
moned as witness. 1t will be remem
bered, perhaps, that Paulina Gonzales d
Alarid, during the present trial, testifie'
that all of the defendants, except Patrici'
Valencia, played cards at her husbands
Seferino Alarid's, on the night Of the 28tl
of May from about 8 o'clock till II
O'Clock or little after that. At tn
preliminary investigation she said tina
they played for about half an hour. A
the present examination she claimed tina
the persons referred to did not play card
on the night of the 9th of May. At tn
preliminary examination she held dia
metrically the contrary.
Judge Laughlin was able to supply CHI
loss of the stenographic notes on thes
and other points. He also recalled tn
evidence of Patricio Valencia and Julial
Herrera, where there was a,condict be
tween their respective statements, an
exhibited the conflict.
John Krick was the last witness of tn
day. He testified that, when Frank Ri
vera went to his bottling establishment
on the night of May 20, 1892, to get kei
of beer for Conway, he, Rivera, was no
drunk. This contradicts "Red" Gutierrez
TESTIMONY THIS MORNING.
Capt. W. NJ. Strover, craftsman in tn
surveyor generals Office, was recalled TO
the purpose of identifying map he ha'
made of the location of the Guadalup
bridge, telegraph pole and church.
DR.. Francis Crosson was next sworl
and took the witness stand. He was
physician and surgeon and was sufficient
ly acquainted with chemistry to test ant
determine the character of drugs ant
poisons. The sack alleged to contain