Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-06-29

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 0oeeeessOeoOesoeaaaeseeeeS then explained to her about tSe grant In Arizona. she told him she was the owner of 1t; that she went to Spain m 1875 or 1876 and discovered some of her relatives there; that she could always speak Spanish since she vas child and had talked with Mrs. SnowbalI, with whom she lived for a tune in CalifoI Dia in that language; that she was with her husband ID Seville, SpaIn, ana there they met young man named Jose Qlintana who had charge of the archi- yes; that QuIntans demanded between 5000 and S7 ,000 before he would allow them to examine the records, and told them that, if they paid that amount, hey might examine and make copies of the Peralts grant records; that they were in Madrid togetherand were allow ed to see the records and make copies of them without trouble; that the records were in a large
 VOLUME BOUND IN vELLUM; that this volume was laid on table and they had access ts it's contents.
 Upon being shown a photographic copy of this volume of records, the Wit pess could not positively recognize it. Several other photographs where shown to her and she was asked if she recOg- nized them as the records she had seen in Madrid. She thought she recognized one of them. She also said that she visited the City of Mexico about SIX y ars ago.
 Recurring to her early residence in California, and cleverly attempting to sustain her present pretentions, she said: 'I was living with Mrs. Bradshaw, who kept dressmaking and millinery store, and had mentioned to her and to MT. and Mrs. Snowfall that 1 had a large amount of property, but they never would let me talk about my prop erty."
 Continuing she said: "I had always heard that my grandfather (Migual Perslts, alleged son of the original Miguel de Perslts de Ia Cordoba ard pretend.d d baron of the Colorados and Arizona) was an honest man. and he went to Spain and died there"
 Responding to searching questions of the United States attorney, s1e sad: "No, 1t is not true that the first time l
  MT. Reavis."
 Regarding the records, she sad: ''1 was young when they were shown me and
 DO NOT REMEMBER VERY WELL. I recognize a paper and the sea- thereon which was shown to me by my husband before we were married, and be said that that was the title paper upon which he claimed the grant, which was filed afterwards in the office of the surveyor general of Arizona and New Mexico, and that was the grand dauG hter of b D Pc alta, who had gone to Spain and died."
 Being pressed carefully to examine and read some of the documents pre- sen,ed to Ter, she almost pgtheticslly aided: 'The plain feet of the case IS, am not an educated woman, es l never went to school ID my life but three months, and if I do not get throrgh to- day I will never come back here again.
 The witness then apparently broke comp pletely down and burst out crying as naturally ss any distressed woman could. This msuifes tation If feeling SO reali tic that the sympathy of many of the spectators was awake D. ed.
 INSISTED SHE WAS NOT PERsoNATING.
 Up n being asked If she WAS not per sonsting the grand daughter of the original grantee, Doa Miguel Peralta. person who never existed, she answered: ''No, it js not true. I am all I represent myself to be-"
 The witness gave her testimony in straight rward m nnerr only breaking down the one tune, when she said she had been persecuted sll her life and could not stand it any luDger.
 The story of this woman gives many hInts of he amazing mass of plausible yet fabricated testimony accumulated by Reavis, whereby he so completely ! misIed and hoodwinked such learned | and ex .,erienced lawyer as James o. of St. Louis, now United | States minister to Switzerland, that he
 WENT ABROAD FULLY PER UADED hat Reavis and fe had 8 just and | egitimate claim upon the fsirest parts | ,f Arizona.
 Los ANGELES, c tiff. June 21-JDo. | w. Mitchell, local mem bers of the state | iemOcratIc comm tee, has sent letter | o Chairman G. uld asking him to take iteps to call s state silly r conventiop, similar to tbst held ID Springfield, Ills.
 WICHITA, Kans. June Fl A non Tar isiaG l6 to l Tree tilver league with 5O0 members was formed here last lignt.
 NEW YORK, June 2I- Gen. Quezada las secured i5UO men from Brooklyn, ersey CIjy, Coney 1 land and Preth l Amb boy, and they are t.ok-ted the, ugh 0 tampa, Florid, and will try to em- 'ark from there for CuOe.
 WINNIPEG, June 2I-The Man.tpJ. ov, rn nnent last night mailed us rey!y o tn governor generai defisally rsfus ng to re- tore the Roman Cathom. hrochial schools.
 BRIDGEPORT, O. T June 2l-Is is feaI d that tie Cheyenne and KIoea ir ians will rise against the whites s' rapahoe on account of the shooting (, i ted Lodge by Deputy Sher. fl Burch led lI dge IS supposed to have assault d Mrs. Hayes. The Indians have held council and they have 4C0 availa U e 'arriers. Troop A, Third cavalry, Is IL amp near the Indians.
 CLEVELAND, Jnne 21-The republican ,ague convention adjourned slEe die [ l 10 today. An excursion on the lake nd reception to Mckinley this tfter oon Is the program. M. J. Bowling, of was elected secretary. The onventlnD Is anti silver Patton resolu- on was accepted upon the report of le resolution committee.