Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-10-21
TERRITORIAL SUPREME COURT
Continuation of the Testimonyin Mat
ter of Charges Preferred Against
CatrOn and Spiess.
MAX KNODT APPEARS As CATReN'S AGENT
Important Letters and a Check Admit
ed in Opinions Handed
Down Giving Roberto Friday
New Trial and Affirming
Sentences of Vialpando
and Chavez.


In the matter of the charges preferred
against Messrs. Catron and Spiess, the
territorial supreme court, with all the
justices present except Chief Justice
Smith, resumed the hearing of testimony
at 80 on Saturday afternoon.
Ike NOVEL; took the witness stand and
testified that he resided in Trinidad; that
he was witness for the territory both at
the preliminary hearing before Judge
Seeds and at the trial of the Borregos
before Judge Hamilton; that after the
preliminary hearing he was incarcerated
at the penitentiary for adultery; that Cat
ron came to see him at the penitentiary
regarding the testimony he would give at
the trials that he (witness) then under
stood from Col. Bergman that he had
been pardoned and was only waiting for
his clothes before leaving the institutions;
that Catron urged him not to testify as
he had done before about seeing the Bor-
regos on the night of the killing, and,
when witness asked if this would not get
him into trouble for perjury, Catron adj
vised him to refuse to answer the ques-
tions propounded to him as it might
criminate him; that Catron promised to
defend and protect him if he got into any
trouble by following his advice; that he
told Catron he would think about it, but
did not want to get into any more trouble;
that Catron urged him to come to his
Office after he was liberated and before
testifying; that after he left the peniten
tiary he told the district attorney and
judge Laughlin about his visit from Cat
ron and what the latter had asked him to
do and they advised him not to go to
Catron's Office.
MET PAGE B. oTERo AT TRINIDAD.
In response to questions of Mr.. Childers,
the witness said that he met Page B.
Otero at Trinidad on October 3; that he
then told Otero that he was summoned to
go to Santa Fe to testify in the Catron
and Spiess case and didn't want to 60;
that afterwards Otero told him he had
seen lawyer in Trinidad and had also
received telegram from "the old man.
meaning Catron, and he (Nowell needn't
go to Santa Fe to testify; that if he didn't
answer the summons he (Otero) would
furnish him good lawyer and would also
give him money with which to 60 to
Texas; that Otero told him that his bust
ness in Trinidad was to see him (NowelD
and prevent his going to Santa Fe; that
Otero urged him to write letter to Crist
that he was "full" when he gave his evil
dence at the Borrego trial and was not
going to Santa Fe and to give him (Otero)
a duplicate of the letter; that he said he
could not do this because he was not
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coming back Matt Breeder had APP
preached him two or three times and
urged him not to hurt Catron in his testi-
mony and offered him rewards if he would
not hurt Catron.
Cross-examlnation developed nothing
new or material.
| At this juncture Mr.. Jones said that
the managers of the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies were in at
tendance as witnesses with telegre ms
called for in their subpenas, that they
were anxious to return home and that the
kilograms called for might be left with
the court until such time as their ad-
instability was passed upon.
Managers Delaney and Mills accord
ingly left the kilograms as suggested with
the case.
cATnoN's LETTER TO sTERRY.
Mr.. Karl A. Snyder, assistant attorney
for the Atlantic & Pacific railroad, who had
voluntarily returned to the court room
from Albuquerque, was again Intercepted
respecting certain letters alleged to have
been written by Catron to Captain
Sterry asking for passes for Max Knodt.
Mr.. Snyder said that he had made fur
ther search for the letters called for, had
found them in the private and miscel-
aneous files of Capt. Sterry's Office and
had them with him. He also said that
Capt. Sterry had wired him to obey the
order of the court, but he protested as
Capt. Sterry's agent against the produo-
ton of the letters.
The court ordered Mr.. Snyder to pro-
duce the letters.
The letters were then offered in evil
dence by the prosecution as follows:
MAX KNoDT cATRoNs AGENT.
Thos. B. Catron.
Chas. A. Spiess.
LAW OFYIoE OF
CATRoN & Sp1Ess.
Santa Fe, N. NJ, May 10, 1895. }
Hon. c. N. Sterry.
Dear Sir:-I am compelled to either go
or send an agent out to Gallup on some
business of my own. I am tied up at
present in the trial of the alleged Fran
CISCO Chavez murder case and can not
get off, while the business have out
there is urgent and must send an agent
to represent me. Will you kindly do me
the favor to send me a pass for Max
Kuodt from Albuquerque to Gallup and
return, good for thirty dayss I will
deem this a favor, which will be glad
some time to reciprocate.
Very truly, ETC.,
T. B. CATION,
Attorney for 8. P. R. R. Co.
Hon. G. N. Sterry,
Genl Counsel, Albuquerque, N. M.
ANOTHER Ep1sTLE REGARDING PASSES.
Thos. B. Catron.
Chas. A. Spiess.
LAW OFFICE OF }
CATRoN & SP1Ess.
Santa Fe, N. NJ, June 4, 1895. }
Hon. G. N. Sterry, Albuquerque, N. M.
Dear Sir:-Thanking you for your
favor of the 25th, would be glad to re-
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