Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-07-02
ASSASSINS OF CHAVEZ.
Sworn Confession of PatriciO Valencia
Supplemented by That of Lau-
rianO Alarid.
Another Shocking Chapter in the Cele-
brated Case-Valencia's Statement
Corroborated-Of Court
and Jury INDICATED.

its publication of the sworn confession
of Patricio Valencia, one of the five &C.
tive parties to the cowardly and brutal
assassination of Francisco Chavez, with
the confession in detail of Laurlano
Alarid, another one of the persons en-
gagged in the diabolical conspiracy to
murder the ex-sheriff. The circum
stances under which these voluntary con-
fessions were made have already been
narrated in these columns and need not
be repeated here. These shocking docu-
ments, fairly dripping with the life
blood of one of the biggest-hearted men
who ever trod the soil of New Mexico,
can hardly be read without shudder.
They vindicate the course of the officers in
their laborious task of ferreting out the
facts surrounding the awful crime and
absolutely prove the righteousness of the
jury's verdict and the judges sentence.
The second affidavit speaks for itself. 1t
is as follows:
CONFESSION OF LAURIANo ALARID.
Territory of New Mexico, a.
County of Santa Fe. ss
Lauriano Alarid, being duly sworn on
his oath, says am one of the defend
ants in the case of the territory of New
Mexico VS.. Francisco Gonzales y Bor-
rego, Antonio Gonzales Borrego, Lau-
riano Alarld and Patricio Valencia, lately
tried in the district court of Santa Fe
county, in which verdict of guilty was
rendered by the jury against the said
above named persons on the 18th day OF
May, A. D. 1895. 1t is true, as charged IN
the indictment in said case and as found
by the verdict of the jury, that l am
guilty as one of the persons concerned
in the murder of Francisco Chavez at the
southern end of Guadalupe bridge IN the
city ofSanta Fe between 9 and 10 O'Clock,
on the night of the Goth of May, A. ID.
1892, although l was not then and there
present at the time of The commission OF
the murder. had been there for about
twenty or twenty-five minutes about
half an hour previous 10 inc cohulissiol
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no' nv" 'e'i'oni'o' ""'oA 'A'' w " |,
town to ascertain the Whereabouts o'
Francisco Chavez and to 60 back and re-
port to them. If Francisco Chavez had
gone across Guadalupe bridge, while was
there with the said above named persons
for said twenty or twenty-five minutes, l
would have taken part in the assassina-
tion of said Francisco Chavez, according
to tie agreement between US to that
effect. we'll knew that the said above
named persons were lying in wait then
and there for the purpose of assassinat-
ing said Francisco Chavez, and l was not
there to aid them in the commission of
the deed because had been directed and
had gone up town to act as spy on the
location and movements of the said
Francisco Chavez. was armed with 49,
calibre fire shooter. When I saw the
said above named persons at the southern
end of said bridge on said Goth of May,
1892, about thirty minutes before the
MuRnrR or sA1p CHAVEZ.
L. A.. ,.ho, a sc
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said bridge on the ground. Fran
cisco Gonzales Borrego had a Win
chester rifle and had on rubber coat;
Hinol;to VIGIL had n large pistol.
either 44.calibre or a 45-calibre:
Antonio Gonzales Borrepo had a As.
calibre nistol. and did not see whether
Patricio Valencia had pistol or not, but
Froncisco Gonzales Rorreyo told me- the
next aav pfter the murder That Patricio
vo1encio hod n risto, haIonginu To him.
.aid Francisco Gonzales Rorreoo. do
not know the manner in which said Fran
oisco Chovo, Nos k;l,ed INIT Francisco
Gonzales Rorrepo told me the next dav