The herald., 1896-10-29
A CAuOUS DEFENDANT
Quijada Sits Grinning at
the Testimony
ONLY c|RcUMSIANI|AL EVIDENCE
"Jim" Mellus as a Dealer in
Bicycles
A SENSATIONAL DIVORCE
Matte Blllmeyer Tells Her Troubles Be.
hind Closed Doors
The Husband to Unfold His Story In Court
Today
The Monrovia Methodist Episcopal
Church Sued for a Goodly Amount,
Runaway From Highlands Re-
Jim" " Mellus as a Dealer in
Bicycles
SENSATIONAL DIVORCE
Matte Billmeyer Tells Her Troubles Be.
hind Closed Doors
The Husband to Unfold His Story In Court
Today


Church Sued for Goodly Amount,
Runaway From Highlands Re-
captured-Mining Venture.
Despite the fact that human life Is
| in peril of the law. the interest being
displayed in the trial Of the Indian,
Francisco Quijada, on the charge of
| having murdered Jose Maria Ochoa last
July, on the La Canyada road, is very
slim.
| AS on his preliminary examination, so
on his trial the defendants nonchalance,
| amounting almost to levity, would seem
to indicate either thoroughly brutal
| ized mind or state Of moral idiocy,
which, in either case, would make Qui-
| jada most dangerous man in any COM
| munity.
| Throughout the trial yesterday he
greeted the testimony given by the sew
| eral witnesses with either a scornful
! smile or with q broad grin. as If he
| were listening to the recital Of some
| funny episode rather than the weaving
Of the hemp that will encircle. perhaps,
| his own neck. Most of the testimony
| terest, albeit important as encircling
the defendant with q series Of circum-
| stances that will be hard to explain
away. Nobody actually witnessed the
perpetration Of the crime, although one
witness was close at hand and heard
| the cries for help uttered by the mur-
dered man. 1t would seem, from the
| mode of cross-examination being fol-
! lowed by defending counsel, that~she
plea of self-defense will be set up. and
| they will seek to show that during
| brawl between Quijada and Ochoa, and
| while both were somewhat overcome
with drink, the latter made the attack,
| and the defendant committed the act for
which he is being tried in defense of his
| life.
| An old Indian named Jesus valensue-
| la was the first witness put forward in
behalf of the prosecution.
| He stated, through an Interpreter, that
he lives in Pasadena and has resided
| there for six. months. He knew Jose
| Ochoa in his lifetime, and has known the
| defendant by sight for a long time. On
July 13 Of this year he was in his camp
| about one and half miles from the
| spot where Jose Maria Ochoa was
| killed. 1t was about 6 o'clock in the
| evening that the killing was done, and
| at about an hour later the defendant
| passed the camp. He then wore dirty
| shirt, was walking and alone. He came
| down the hill from the direction of the
| scene of killing The defendant stopped
a very short time in the camp, and mere
| ly stated that he was going to Pasa-
| dena. The next day the witness found
| that Ochoa was dead. In wandering
| along the La Canyada road, with COM
panion named Vegas, hat was found,
and Vegas found jug or demijohn.
| The hat was found about 300 yards
from where the body of Ochoa lay, and
| then witness found shirt belonging
| to the deceased.
| On cross-examination witness stated
that when the defendant passed his
camp he was about half-drunk
| Edward Durham. a farmer at La
| Canyada, next testified to finding the
| body of the Mexican Ochoa lying in the
middle of the road. He had to blind
his horse to get by it, and in passing
noticed that the man had been stabbed
| in the back. and that blood was oozing
from the body The mans shirt had
| been pulled up. and the upper part of
| the body was bare
Thomas Holmes, sexton of the cem-
etery at Pasadena, testified to having
seen the defendant at o'clock and again
at 5:55 o'clock on July 13. The first time
he was with a Mexican, about so years
of age ,and they were walking toward
Pasadena. They were both quite drunk
and were singing, and the Mexican car
| ried a sack in his left hand, while car
rying his coat over his right shoulder.
The witness passed within ten feet of
the two men. On the following day the
| witness identified a man then lying dead
| at the undertaker's as the man whom
he had seen on the day previous carry
ing the sack.
Just before 6 O'clock when the two men
were seen by witness. they We're lying
by the roadside singing Witness nodded
and the defendant acknowledged 1t
| nd nd for 1o,,
twenty paces Both witness and defen-
| dant had dogs. and 1t seemed to be the
desire Of the defendant to set the dogs
| at one another. At that time the de-
fendant seemed to be fully conscious of
! what he was doing.
| George Washington Frame, an old
! time newspaper man, residing at La
, Canyada, testified to having seen the
! defendant about one and a half miles
from the La, Canyada school house at
about s o'clock. He was then with an old
Mexican. They appeared to witness to
be fighting, and the defendant was try
ing to shove the old man off the road.
| After witness passed he looked back,
and the men had then resumed their
| fighting. that had temporarily ceased
while witness was passing.
Harry Hayman, resident farmer of
La Canyada, testified to seeing the de-
! fendant about $3.50 o'clock on the main
avenue running out of the town. gener-
| ally known as Michigan avenue
| "The defendant and an old man
were coming down the road" began the
witness. "but happening to look round.
I saw that they had turned and were
walking the other way, but some mo-
ments later I noticed that they had
| again turned and were coming down the
road. As they came close to where nv
| self and brother were working, the de-
fendant asked my brother If he wanted
a drink of wine. My brother made
remark about It's being vinegar and then
the old man drew demijohn from a
gunnysack and poured some wine into
a cup. and they each took a drink
Upon walking on the men were head
ing in the direction Of the place where
the killing afterward took place"
| Joseph Hall then went upon the stand
and gave an interesting account of a
1 hunting trip he took, as follows:
! II was out hunting on July 13 ana
saw the defendant. About $50 in the
evening I was watering my horse and
| Just as got this side of wood Choppers
camp I heard scufiling below. Then I
heard three distinct cries for help. and
made my way down the road While
doing 20 saw the defendant run out Of