Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-09-24

in October, 1894, he was bound over to
the grand jury in Rio Arriba county,
where it was found the crime had been
committed.
About this time Mr.. Vipond discovered
an eye witness to the death Of his brother,
who related that, from place of hiding
John Vipopd about 8 O'Clock in the after
noon of August 6, while the latter was
asleep IN his camp, and hit him terrible
blow with the handle of pick, which
blow apparently caused instant death.
The Mortified spectator, fearing for his
own life, fed from the scene and did not
dare to make disclosure of what he had
seen until he knew Padilla was in Jail.
Padilla was indicted for murder in the
FIRST degree at TERRA Amarillo in Novem-
Der, 1895, tried by jury Of his peers.
found guilty as charged and sentenced TO
die by Judge ,Laughlin. He appealed his
case to the territorial supreme court, and
that tribunal, at its recent session in this
city, affirmed the Judgment of the court
below and ordered the man to be hanged
in Rio Arriba county during the forenoon
of this day.
OCULAR DEMONTRATIONs
In this connection it may fittingly be
mentioned that, among the many inter
estinQ incidents connected with Padilla's
trial, District Attorney Crist exhibited
With telling effect before the jury the
skull of John vipond and exactly fitted
into the terrible dent therein the octago-
nal end of the identical poll-pick handle
with which the murder was supposed to
have been committed, it having been
picked up near where the bones were found.
1t may also be added, as substantial
evidence of brotherly affection, that Will
lam G. Vipond has expended about $4,000
in discovering and bringing the assassin
of his brother to Justice and that he
never relaxed his efforts in that right
eous direction until he personally wit
messed the death of Padilla on the gal
lows.
ROSARIO RINGS CRIME.
Rosario Trujillo alias Rosario Ring, in
a drunken brawl, in the streets of TERRA
Amarillo, on September 16, 1895, shot
and killed Carlos Ulibarri. He was in.
dicted for murder by the grand jury at
TERRA Amarillo in November, 1896, tried
by II jury of his peers, found guilty as
charged and sentenced to die by Judge
Laughlin. He also appealed to the su.
preme court, the Judgment OF the lower
court was affirmed, and he was sentenced
to be hanged to day in Rio Arriba county.
An effort was made to induce the COVER
nor to commute this sentence to life im-
prisonment, but this was defeated by
strong protests from some of the best
people in Rio Arriba county, who are
convinced that the killing Of Ulibarri was
ooolly premeditatsd, many believing that
he went to TERRA Amarillo for the feloni-
ous purpose.
Both Perfecto Padilla and Rosario Ring
have been held for safe keeping in the
jail in Santa Fe during most of the past
year and were taken to TERRA Amarillo
oa Trssdas under strong guard.
CRIME OF DIoN1oIo sANDovAL.
Dionicio Sandoval, who was executed
at Albuq uerque this forenoon, killed Vic
toriano Tenorio with rife at the sheep
camp Of the latter, near San Ysidro, Ber-
nalillo county, on the evening of July 80,
1895. He was indicted for murder by the
grand jury in Bernalillo county in the
ensuing October; was tried before jury
of his peers; was found guilty of murder
in the first degree, and duly sentenced to
be hanged by Judge Collier. He ap-
pealed to the supreme court, that tribunal
affirmed the judgment of the district
court and ordered the man to be executed
to-day. Efforts for Communication of
the sentence to life imprisonment we're
made, on the ground that the condemned
man was mentally irresponsible, but, as q
com petent committee of Albuq uerque
physicians pronounced this representa-
tion unfounded, the governor declined to
interfere.
THE oHAvEs COUNTY CASES.
As the records Of the trial of Antonio
Gonzales, who was hanged at Roswell
this morning, are in Chaves county, the
New MEXICAN has not been able to pro-
cure exact data as to the time and nature
of the murder committed by Gonzales.
He was duly tried and convicted of MUIR
der in the first degree and sentenced to
die by Judge Bantz for the killing of @.
8. Van Sickle at Roswell. His case was re-
viewed by the supreme court, the judg-
ment of the lower court was affirmed and
the sheriff of Chaves county was ordered
to execute him this forenoon. Eugenio
Aragon, who was also sentenced to die at
Roswell to-day, it will be remembered,
cheated the gallows by severing his jugular
vein with spoon handle in Jail.