Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-08-27
ooNzALEs-wILKERsON MILL.
Former Pays $s5 For the Fun-Juar
sandoval Also Arrested.

Former Pays $e5 For the Fun-Juan
sandoval Also Arrested.
COnrado Gonzales appeared before
Justice Crawford this morning and
pleaded guilty TO the charge OF disturb.
iUg the peace Thursday night, when he
assaulted Thos. y. WilkersOn, knocking
him down. The court desired 10 learn
The facts In the matter before imposing
the ine, 80 AIR. Wilkerson, with the
marks OF conflict still visible In his face,
WAS sworn. He said that he WIS stand.
ing in front OF the Zeiger Cafe when
Juan SandOyal and Gonzales came along.
| The latter asked him II he could speak
with him "A moment and the next thing
/ the witness remembered was when he
was picking himself up from the side
walk, where GOnzales' fist had sent him.
Gonzales was cal ed upon for his side
of the story and said that he had called
| NilkersOn aside and told MIN that he
| had slandered him; that Nilker5On tried
/ ~ call him liar but that he struck him
| before the sentence was completed.
NllkeTsOn replied that he had never
s'aDdrred Gonzales and that he supposed
/ him his friend no 10 the time the blow
gBs struck.
WilkersOn then addressed the court and
urging that jail sentence be imposed
"pOn his antagonist ~ fine would work
| no hardship. lie argued that he would
gladly pay S25 or $50 for striking an
enemy blow in the face like the one ne
had received at the hands of Gonzales
and that he would consider he had re-
ceiyed his moneys worth.
Justice Crawford imposed a fine Of $2j
which Gonzales paid.
Mr.. WilkersOn also made complaint
against Juan A. SanfOyal, deputy sheriff
and county jailer, charging him with
aiding and cOuntenancing disturbance
within the limits OF the city. The hear.
Ing In this case was set for o'clock this
afternoon.
Ths trial OF Mr.. SandOyal this after
noon attracted large aud curious
crowd TO the police court. Several wit
nesses were examined on both sides, all
OF whom told substantially the same
story. Mr.. SandOyal said that he had no
intimstion beforehand that Gonzales in
tended to assault WilkeTsOn, ana that ne
inteTfere1 as an officer and stopped the
hght a. soon as he saw IL going on. Mr..
hilkeTsOn then made statement TO the
court that he was willing 20 take Mr.
SandOyals word for II and have the ease
against him dismissed, which was done
This was by no means the end OF the
drama which commenced Thursday
night. As is ordinarily the rule In such
affairs, woman had 20 put In an appear
ance in the case. This time the woman
at the bottom OF the whole thing is MAY
Masten, one OF the bOarders at Minnie
OarTOlps boarding house. She IL the
young woman who was. mixed up In a
scandal with Buckner, the cOlOred man,
about a year ago and who was tempOr-
arily rescued from life OF shame by
Rev. ID. Y. Bagby.
She made three complaints against
Gonzales, two OF them charging him with
assault and the third with making
threats against her and asking that he be
placed under bonds 10 preserve the peace.
These cases were heard before JUS
tiee Crawford late this afternoon and con
siderable dirty linen was washed. The
complainant, with one OF her eyes badly
discOlOred and exhibiting all the varied
hues OF the rainbow, together with sew
eral other lady bOarders at Minnie Car.
rolls place, were present 10 give
testimony, but this was unnecessary, as
Gonzales pleaded guilty TO all three
charges. He was fned f25 apiece for
each OF the assaults and required TO fur
nish a $500 peace bond, This he has
done and the curtain has now fallen on
the closing scene.