Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-04
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Things bad In the commencement seldom
erd wtil. t.t4IIH
The Territorial grand Jury will probably
be discharged to-day.
=. b. Giliett, the Albuquerque attorney,
10 busy about the court house, to-day.
Geo. BerrIngor, editor OF the Ration
Reporter, is expected here, this evening, to
attend court.
The Herman Goldberg assignment case
will come up before Judge Smith In cham
bers, this eveoiog.
Miguel salazar obtained a judgement
from Fostino Garcia, Ia the snm Of $50, the
amount due him for attorney foes. 3
A. II. Eckert, deputy U. s. marshal,
brought In Francisco Garcis, Indicted by
the United States grand jury f,r obstruct-
Ing entrance 10 public lands, out near San
| Geronimo.
Deputy U. s.. Marshal II. W. LOOMS
came In from the north last night, having
an actress In custody. She had been a star
performer in the Pdmunds act, the com
papy having disbanded some time since at
Socorro, owing to certain indictments
there ia the United States court.
The following person appeared before
the court, Saturday, and were sentenced,
those who were sentenced to the peniten-
tiary were taken over there by Sheriff
Romero and his deputy, Saturday night.
Ascencion Arguillo, of Los Torres, TO eight
years in the penitentiary for p A. F.
Kerns, thirteen months for larceny Joe
Whitney, thirteen months for burglary.
Pablo Lucero, assault and battery, thirty
days In Jail, and $50 fine.
Marine Oscar and Vial Martinez, six
months in jail, for stealing from Chaa.
| Bloom.
THE ABEYTA EXAMINATION.
Saturday afte moon, the prosecution In
the Abeyta examination was rather badly
surprised when Tomas Lucero, ons of the
"twins" brought up from the penitentiary,
took the stand and sw )re that his entire
affidavit, made some time ago, in which he
laid the instigation of the murder Of John
Doherty at the door of Agapito Abeyta,
was false, and that he made the affidavit
under intimidation. But this morning, he
took the stand and, after first asking the
protection OF the court, said that he would
tell the truth, although 1t would hopalesslg
involve himself in the affair. He said that
Abeyta pail him to kill both Doherty and
Tom Walton and that after taking the ay
he was bounded by Abeyta
continually, for not doing the job that be
would go to the sheriff's office, of which
Abeyta was 10 charge, and the doors
would always be locked, and the plans of
the murder would be discus sed. He said
that he had paid Victor Lujan to do the
deed, just as Abcytl had paid him; that
at one time Abeyta had come to them, aud
told them that Doherty and Walton we're
going to Springer, to attend court. and
that they had decided to waylay them and
kill them both, at that time, but, for soms
reason, the scheme fell through with. Fl
said, and told the paid assassins that the
job must be done; he brought them
a winchester and a six-shooter,
and told them to do the
deed as soon as possible bat before this
Abeyta and the witness had made the at
tempt to kill Doherty themselves and had
gotten up near the houss but were fright
ened away. A few days before the night
of the murder Abeyta again cams to the
witness and Lujan and said that he was
going to Union county and that would
be a good time to kill Doherty and that
this was the time thai thu deed was done.
Victor Lujan firing the shot that killed
John Doherty. He also identified the gun
with which the shooting was done and the
brand marks on the horse rode by Lujap,
whom he killed Doherty. In this he cor
roborates testimony already given.