Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-10-19

Vudb no OK pcCteu W pIUSo huo couiosslOu
of Francisco Gonzales y Borrego by Do
minga Apodaoa.
Karl A. Snyder, assistant attorney of
the Atlantic g. Pacific railroad, was then
called. He testified that he had been un-
able to find in the public files of the law
Office of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad,
for the months of May and June, any let
tiers from Mr.. Cstron asking for passes;
he had not examined all the letters filed
in the office, some of which he deemed
the private files of Capt. Sterrv; asked if
he had looked everywhere that he might
reasonably expect to find such letters, he
replied that he had
LOOKED JUST WHERE HE HAD INDICATED
and nowhere else; he had access to all the
files of the Office and opened Capt.
Sterry's mail in the absence of the latter.
Mr.. Childers eaid that he had seen the
letters of Mr.. Catron to Capt. Sterry
asking for passes for Max Knodt and
thought they we're written in the form of
requests from one railroad attorney to
another.
majority of the court accepted Mr..
Snyder's ex PLANTATION of the reason why
he had not pr oduced the letters wanted
and he was excused. Judge Laughlin an
nounced that he dissented from this
opinion, remarking that he was obliged
to regard Mr.. Snyder's action on the
stand as studied effort to evade the
production of the letters.
A recess was then taken till p. m.
LAST NIGHTS SESSION.
The court re-opened promptly at z
O'Clock last evening with the same at
tendance as throughout the day.
Rosalia Gonzales y Baca, the aged
mother of Luis and Mauricio Gonzales y
Baca, took the witness stand. She had
never had any conversation with Mr..
Catron regarding the evidence her sons
would give at the Borrego trial, but Cat
ron had called her into his house and
asked her to get an affidavit from her
soDs favorable to the Borregos.
Continuing she said that Catron then
asked her about her dead husbands pen
sion papers, she said she would pay him
for his services when she got her money,
and Catron said that was not necessary,
as all he wanted from her was state
ment from her sons favorable to the Bor-
regos and would also give her money for
it.
Afterwards, about month ago, she
went to Catron's office with Fernando
Nolan in connection with her pension
papers; Nolan told her he would get the
pension papers If she would make q
declaration favorable to Mr.. Catron; that
Catron had the papers; after going to
Catron's Office Nolan told her to go to
his (Nolan's) house and wait for HIM;
Nolan got the pension papers and
brought them to her there and then
Nolan again asked her for a declaration
favorable to Catron. She refused to
make such declaration.
Mr.. Springer said that, as Mr.. Catron
was not present, he desired the privilege
of recalling the witness for oross-exam-
| ination.
WORK RESUMED THIS MORNING.
The court opened at $50 this morning
with all the justices present except
Chief Justice Smith.
After some preliminary motions, Do.
minga Apodaca was called. The court
announced that it did not hear the re-
mark the witness was alleged to have
made last night and hence would excuse
her.
luis Gonzales was next called. He
testified that he was witness at the pre-
liminary examination of the Borregos
about year ago Gus O'Brien asked him
to 60 to Catron's Office az he had some
work for him; he went to Catron's office
and Gus O'Brien called Spiess; Spiess
came in and told witness that he had
sent for him on important business
davit that Gov. Thornton had given hin,
money to testify against the Borregos
witness declined to make such an Aida
Wit because Gov. Thornton had not paid
him cents; Spiess then offered him $lu
to make the affidavit req uested; Spiesa
signed a check for $40, showed it to him
and urged him to take it and make the
affidavit against the governor, but he re-
fused to accept the check; then he went
out of Catron's Office and related what
had happened between him and Spiess
to Santiago Baca and the police officers;
afterward informed Gov. Thornton of the
circumstances; he was arrested at Albu-
querque on October last for being
drunk and was sent to jail by Justice
of the peace for three months; he was in
Jail when the deputy marshal came after
him as witness in this case; he was ar
rested when drunk with five or six others
in a saloon.
On cross-examination the witness said
he was drunk when arrested in Albuquer.
que and did not know whether he was
convicted of stealing violin or not; he
was very drunk at the time; he had been
told since that was jailed for stealing, but
it was lie.
When the witness was asked if he did
not made his living by stealing, he was
informed by the court that he need not
criminate himself. He admitted, how
ever, that when drunk he might have
stolen things.
FALSE AFFIDAVIT SOLICITED.
Mauricio Gonzales, a brother of the
last witness then took the stand. He
said that after the preliminary hearing Of
tbs Borregos and before their trial in
court, Catron solicited from him an afa-
davit as to the whereabouts of his brothe.
on the night Of the killing that would be
favorable to the Borregos; that Catron
offered him money for such an affidavit
and offered to send him away, but he de-
clined these offers.
Cross-examination ELECTED the informa-
ton that the witness had just finished
serving six months in Jail for carrying a
pistol into court; that he did not sign an
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to have been signed in the presence Of
Clarence Key and others; that he could
neither read nor write; that he never
made an affidavit il. the Borrego case.
Ike NOVEL; was next called. Pending
the conclusion Of his testimony the court
took recess till l:s0 p. m.
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