Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-27

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Padilla only played pool in Conways on
the afternoon of May 20, 1892, until
about 4:30 and then left the saloon; that
Francisco Gonzales Borrego was not in
Conway's that afternoon and did not talk
to witness, and that none of the defend
ants we're in Conway's from to 8 o'clock
on the afternoon and night of the memoir
able day. This also was ruled out on the
ground of immateriality.
DEFENDANTS AGAIN CALLED.
The four defendants we're then sue
cessively called up by Mr.. Catron for the
purpose of denying the testimony as to
their whereabouts on the afternoon and
night of May 20, 1892. The offer of the
testimony was ruled out.
Touching the strychnine incident Fran
cisco Gonzales y Borrego denied the
truth of the conversation related by
Sheriff Cunningham. All the defendants
denied the testimony of Porfirio Tru-
jillo.
This closed the testimony for the de-
Tense.
Mr.. Catron then moved that, as Che
contended) the territory had not con-
nected the testimony of Juan Gallegos
with the killing of Chavez, it be taken from
the jury. The court overruled this mo-
ton.
ARGUMENTS COMMENCED.
The court then announced that Mr.. h.
| L. Ortiz was to be allowed one hour and a
half and Mr.. W. H. Pope two hours for
opening the case in behalf of the TERRITORY,
that Mir. Charles A. Spiess would be
granted two hours and Mr.. Catron such
time as he might desire for opening and
closing in behalf of the defendants, and
shat the closing argument of District At
torney Crist would not be limited as to
time.
Mr.. Ortiz closed his interesting argu.
be occupied with the arguments of Messrs
Pope and Spiess. As Mr.. Catron desires
to leave for Springer in the morning his
argument will be heard tonight. 1t will
probably occupy six or seven hours. The
argument of the district attorney and the
charge of Judge Hamilton will consume
most of tomorrow but it is presumed
that the case will 60 to the jury before
night.
Judge Hamilton discharged all wit
nesses in the case this morning.
THE RAPE OF THE NOTES.
A reporter of she New MEXICAN to-day
called on Mr.. A. B. Renehan, officia
stenographer of this district, to max,
some inquiries with reference to the losI
of the stenographic notes taken at thu
preliminary hearing of the alleged muir
derers of Francisco Chavez which wal
mentioned IN Saturdays issue of thu
New MEXICAN.
Being asked how they had disappeared
since it was the law that they should b.
filed away until the time of use came, MI
Renehan replied as follows:
CONNECTED with that there ia littl
personal history. When the prelimlnar.
hearing was had Mr.. Harry S. Clancy wa
the official stenographer of this district
but being i'll he asked me to fill his Off
, cial shoes for the time being, if possible
/ agreed to do so and entered upon tn
discharge of the duties of the position
At that time Mr.. Mortimer A. Downing
an intimate friend of mine, like myself
had rather hard row to hoe financially
and REQ uested him to lend an oar whe
I realized that the labor promised to b
quite extensive, agreeing to 'whack up o.
5 the proceeds. We went at it and worke
j. shifts. At the conclusion of the hearing
the district attorney, Mr.. Crist, directe
9 us to transcribe our notes of the evidenc
Lof certain witnesses. This done, Nj
Downing took the notes from my room
, and, as l was given to understand, file
. them as was required by law with tn
clerk of the court, then r. M. Goshorr
= Suhseq uently Miss Medley Crane, the gov
, ernors private secretary, asked Nj
! Downing to furnish her the evidence u
certain witnesses.
"She had taken the evidence at the RI
quest of other parties, but, having begu
stenographing day after the commence
+ ment of the investigation, had missed tn
testimony of the first witness. To com
ply with Miss Cranes solicitation, Down
, ing later got the notes from the clerk
office and left them at the office wher
Miss Crane was employed until he coul
find an opportunity to read to her wha
she lacked. Some time elapsed; Downin
failed to render the lady the assistanc
, she had expected and removed the paper
! to the office of the Weekly Republican, G
, which, in the meantime, he had becom
editor. This intelligence I acquire
q about the beginning Of the present heal
ing when the district attorney called fo
, the notes and could not produce then
l traced them to the Office Of the Reput
lican. There got the information tina
Downing had removed them with hi
private papers at the termination of hi
editorship. Otherwise learned that Co
Q Max Frost had taken away other paper
, belonging to Downing. Col. Frost, how
ever, tells me that he never saw the notes
: Pushing my inquiry further discovere
that Mr.. Elias Brevoort had forwarded t
Washington whatever he could find tha
belonged to Downing; among his docr
i ments and memoranda nothing answere
{, the description, he said, of the los
records. Then twice wrote to brothe
q of Mr.. Downing, whom know vel
n about them, but though nearly tire
3 weeks have elapsed have had no repl,
9 The notes are gone; they were badl
4 needed and the contradiction of som
: witnesses has been prevented. My pei
a sonal knowledge of their whereabout
Q ends with the time Downing took ther
from me with the expressed intention G
z filing them"
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