Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-09-11

THE SWORN COMPLAINT.
Territory of New Mexico,
County of Santa Fe. s.
Manuel B. Salazar, being first duly
sworn, deposes and says that, at about
September, 1896, he, together with Gotta
viano Rodriguez, went to the house of R.
L. Baca in precinct No. IS, in the city of
Santa Fe, New Mexico, and after we had
arrived at said house, Rogue Guerrero,
Eustaquio Vigil and Donaciano Mon
toya also came there; that Mr.. and Mrs.
L. j. Newton and Mrs. R. l.. Baca were
also in said house where general talk
was had about matters of general inter-
est in the parlor of said house; that at
half past nine on said evening said Baca,
affiant and the four other men named
here left the said house, Baca going with
them to show them the gate; that when
Baca and affiant arrived at the gate W.
p. Cunningham, sheriff of said county,
was seen standing by the gate with
double barrel shotgun in his hand and
he commanded us to stop, which we did;
Thomas Tucker, chief deputy of said
sheriff, was there with Cunningham, also
having double-barrel shot gun in his
hands; said Cunningham called to Baca
to come outside the gate, he having re-
manned inside after the rest of us had
gone upon the street and he did so; Gun
bingham then covered the party with his
double-barrel shotgun; Tucker laid his
gun down on the ground near Cunning
ham and proceeded to search each one of
the party, which he did thoroughly, while
Cunningham held his gun leveled at us;
nothing was found upon any of US which
Tucker wanted, and, when he was through
with his search, Cunningham said: "You
sons of --, You are conspiring."
Baca then said: "You are mistaken, Mr..
Cunningham" Cunningham replied "keep
your mouth shut or I'll shoot YOU" Then
Cunningham turned 10 affiant and said:
eff l find you or any of you at any OF
these meetings, am going to murder
you." Then Cunningham said for us to
go home and not to come down town, and
we did 80. Affiant further says that he and
the other persons named, who had met at
the house of said Baca, had done 80 for the
purpose of completing arrangements for
the Republican primary meeting, which
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mittee, had sailed to be held on the even.
ing of the 18th instant, and for no other
purpose, and that afiant verify believes
that the said Cunningham and Tucker so
held up and threatened affiant and those
with him for the purpose of intimidating
them and through them the other Repub.
lican voters in said precinct, and to deter
them from assembling at said meeting on
the 18th instant, and from other political
gatherings and meetings in the interest
Of their party; and afiant further states
that he has just cause to fear, and does
fear, that the said William P. Cunningham
will carry out his said threat against
affiant and the other persons above named,
and will beat, wound, or kill affiant, as he
has threatened to do; and that he, the said
Cunningham will commit some other act
of personal violence upon him, the said
afiant, in pursuance of his said public
threat; therefore affiant prays that war.
rant may issue against the said Cunning
ham to appear and answer this complaint,
and that he, the said Cunningham, may be
ordered to enter into recognlzance to keep
the peace and be of good behavior gener-
ally, and especially to this affiant as pro-
vided by law.
MANUEL B. SALAzAR,
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 10th day of September
1896. GEO. L. WYLLYs,
Clerk of the District Court in and for the
LIST judicial District.
On the strength of the foregoing Judge
Laughlin promptly caused summons to
be placed in the hands of City Marshal
Sandoval commanding Sheriff Cunning
ham to appear before him Judge Laugh
linz, as committing magistrate, in cham
bers this morning, then and there to
answer to the charges contained in the
complaint and to show cause why he
should not be placed under bonds to keep
the peace.
Accordingly, at II O'Clock this morning,
Sheriff Cunningham, attended by his at
torney, Mr.. j. H. Sutherlin, and Manuel
B. Salazar, attended by Gen. Bartlett, ap-
peared before Judge Laughlin in cham
bers with their respective witnesses.
A. B. Renehan was sworn as stenog-
rapher and Camilo Padilla as interpreter.
Judge Laughlin then read the sworn
complaint of M. B. Salazar, and Sheriff
Cunningham pleaded not guilty to the
charges therein contained.
Gen. Bartlett thereupon called Manuel
B. Salazar to the witness stand for the
purpose of substantiating the statements
and charges contained in the affidavit.
This he succeeded in doing on direct ex-
animation to his apparent satisfaction.
Sheriff Cunningham then sub ected the
Go1 n ~ srpsI ID,
alton as to his whereabouts on other
nights than the one mentioned in the
affidavit and the witness seemed to an
swer these questions without difficulty.
In reply to questions, Salazsr said that
Charley Conklin, Fernando Nolan and
others were expected to attend the politi.
cal conference at the house of r. l.. Baca;
that the conference was for the purpose
of agreeing on delegates to the Republic
can county convention; that, after lsav.
ing Baca's house and meeting Cunning
ham and Tucker, as related in his affida.
Wit, he went to his home and positively
did not return to Baca's house that night;
that he positively did not borrow rife
of r. L. Baca and take IL homo with him
that night; that he only had an umbrella
with him when he went home.
Octaviano Rodriguez was next sworn.
His testimony sustained the allegations
contained In the affidavit aud tended to
show that the meeting was most inno-
cent political conference. He said that
Fernando Nolan, Oonklin and others were
but presumed that they did not
come because it was such dark and rainy
night.
He continued, IN response to questions
on cross-examination, that, after leaving
Bacs's house and meeting Cunningham
and Tucker at the gate, he went directly
home aud did not return to Baca's again
that night.
R. L. Baca (Liberato) was next sworn.
He teetif3ed to the main allegations con-