Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-10-21
FAIR TERRA AMARILLA
Abeytia Trial Continues to Hold At
tentiOn Of the PeOple-Case Will
Go to Jury Soon.
SANTA RE BEAUX CUT SWATH AT A DANCE
Social Events Chronicled by the New
Mexicans Special Correspond
ent-Court Entertained
Royalty.

Special to the New Mexican.
TERRA Amarillo, Oct 1.-THE Abeytis
trial continues to be the matter OF great
interest here. The prosecution closed it's
case Monday night. 1t is very strong
one from all points of view. The evi.
dence of Tomas Lucero, Estanislado San.
doval and Bartolo Cordova, alleged &C.
complies and tools of the defendant in
the murder of Rael it will be difficult to
counteract, especially in view of the fact
that it is supported by circumstantial
evidence of very imposing character
Saturday morning Mr.. Larrazolo asked
the court to instruct the jury to fni the
defendant not guilty, on the ground that
the territory had not brought the charge
of murder home TO him. This motion
the court overruled. The defense then
outlined its case to the effect that Mr..
Abeytia was not a party to any conspira-
cy having for its object the murder of
Rael, and adduced line of testimony the
object of which was to show that the wit
nesses for the prosecution we're utterly
unworthy of belief. During the pres.
entation of this proof with respect to
Tomas Lucero, Mr.. Catron, for the prose
cution, CALCULATED sotto voce: "We don't
contend that he s saint" The theory
of the defense seems to be that the al
legged disreputability of the witnesses for
the prosecution should moline the jury
to have at least reasonable doubt OF
the truth of the stories which they told.
Mr.. Larrazolo, IN conjunction with his
associates, B. NJ. and Alex Read, is max
ing manly fight for his clients life, and is
met with as vigorous a resistance from the
attorneys Of the territory. The case will
hardly 60 the jury before Thursday night,
if so soon.
1t is understood, and this is on the side,
chat the grand jury will report some Is
indictments tomorrow.
The good folk at the Burns. .Biggs
lumber mill, on the Brazos river four
miles below this place, rendered the court
last night. All the wealth and beauty
and bravery of TERRA Amarillo and the
Brazos, including the brawny toilers of
the logging camp up in the hills, we're in
attendance to do honor to the occasion
and incidentally, in the language of the
woods, "To shake the hoofs." tooth
some lap lunch was served at II O'Clock,
and the sweet strains of Home Sweet
Home, waited from violin and guitar,
suggested to brave man and tair maid
the advisability of seeking the slumber-
GUS bunk, at about the hour of midnight.
At the dance Mr.. Catron was the cheval-
ier sans peur ct sans reproche, and taught
the youngsters how to wind in and odt
the mazes of the Virginia reel with com
pleteness and dispatch" He and District
Attorney Orist have been holding to
themselves sort of old fashioned love
feast, by the way. Among those present
were the Misses Burns, Mrs. Kindermsn
of TERRA Amarillo, the Misses Jaramillo
of Ell Riso, Judge Laughlin, Mr.. Catron,
Mr.. Spiess, Alex Read, Jasper Ortiz, Mr..
Pope, Mr.. A. B. Renehan and wife, Mr..
Kinderman, and many more ladies and
gentlemen whose names do not occur to
the scribe at this writing. The ladies
and gentlemen at the lumber mill are to
be graduated upon the splendid time
which they gave their guests. Mr.. George