El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-27
TRIAL AT HILLSBORO

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For the First Time.-Direct Wire
to Ell paso.-The Little MINING
Town Overcrowded.-Te
Great Among Wsitors.-No Dis
order.-The Trip to HlllsbOro.
Special Correspondence OF the Herald.
HILLSBORO, N. M, May 25, via Lake
Valley May 26.-For the first time in
the history of HillsbOrO the busy click,
click of the telegraph instrument con-
nected with wire that stretches across
the mountains and valleys and unites,
twenty miles away, with myriad of
other wires that lead to all parts of the
United States and the world.
Tonight q few minutes after the wire
was put in message was flashed TO
San Francisco, New York, and Chicago
and operators all over the land added .
new ''call" to their list.
The telegraph line from aillsboro to
Lake Valley is about twenty miles in
length. It is leased and controlled by
private parties and ia certainly an i'm
portant acquisition for special CORES
pondents, several of whom are here.
Manager Brooks of Ell Paso sent his
son B. r. Brooks along to manipulate
the instrument and A. POgue,
GQ0 w 65LoFu OulOu lluoLu6Q, Gallo up
from Ell Paso on the same train to cut
in the new wire. Heretofore Lake
Valley and Hillsboro have been con-
nected only by q telephone line and I'M
til eight O'Clock tonight it was GUS
tomary to use the telephone to get
messages to the Lake Valley operators
Office. Now all that is changed and at
eleven o'clock Operator Brooks was
hustling off a message direct to San
Francisco.
On the way up today Line1nan Pogue
got off the train at Rincon. Mutt and
Lake Valley and by few minutes ra-
pid work connected dead wire in
each Office so that direct connection is
now had between here and Ell Paso
without Q break. The wire is an in
dependent one beyond Lake Valley,
that had been unused for a long time.
When q message passes over it now 1t
along the line knows what Is passing
over 1t, for it is not connected with an
instrument in any of the Offices be-
tween this point and Ell Paso.
HillsborO is the center of the famous
mining district of that name and con-
tains upwards of 200 inhabitants. To-
night 1t is overcrowded with notables
Ico and feeling over the case on trial
is great and the deadliest enmity ex-
lists between some of the staunch
friends of Lee and Gilliland, and as
they are constantly brushing one an
others elbows on the sidewalks
an outbreak may occur
at any nom emit. The tension is great
and sort of ominous silence pervades
the town, like a calm before q storm.
Groups of interested persons are to be
seen earnestly discussing the details of
the situation in low tones. The tall
form of Pat Garrett appeared late
this evening as the slayer of "Billy
the Kid" wendell his way along
the sidewalks. Near him stood Judge
A. B. Fall, Captain Curry, William
McNew and others conversing.
The case was called prom pity at nine
o'clock this morning and Judge Parker
that the prosecution might
try Lee, Gilliland and McNew at one
time if the attorneys saw fit. They
decided however to try Lee and Gill;
land jointly on the Indictment against
each for the murder of the boy, Henry
Fountain. The prosecution then ask
ed for a continuance until 2 p. m. to al
low one of their most important wit
nesses, Jack Maxwell, of Three Riv-
ers, to reach the city. Jack was sum-
moned, but failed to show up at the
proper time. He started across coun-
try in conveyance, but turned back
to take the trsin, but failed to do so.
Judge Parker allowed the prosecu-
tiOn until ten O'Clock tomorrow morn
log MAY 26) to bring in the wituess
and the case went over until that hour,
when in all probabili ty the trial will
begin.
Lee and Gilliland are in the little
jail across the street tonight. They
are guarded by two of their friends, |
who are heavily armed. This was
brought about by Lee, who complain
ed to Judge Parker this morning that |
he feared assassination by unknown |
parties, and the judge consented that |
two of Lees friends guard him to-
night.
Everything is quiet here at present
mid night, although two parties at
tempted to fight y half hour ago and |
we're restrained by friends just as they |
we're In the act OF pulling six shooters. |
The prosecution IL represented by r. |
T. Barnes. district attorney assisted by |
w. B. Childress of Albuquerque and T. |
B. Catron, of Santa Fee.
Judge A, B. Fall of Las Cruces, who |
has just opened law Office in Ell Paso, |
g the leading attorney for the defense. |
He is assisted oy II. B. FERGUSON of |
A Albuquerque and II. M. Doug herty of
SOcorrO.
THE TRIP TO HILLSBORO.
The Santa Fe train, which left Ell
oaso this morning carried Sheriff
George Curry, the Rough Rider cap
ain, Tom Tucker, deputy sheriff, and
hree representatives of Ell Paso after
loon papers.
In the press gang was an English
nan. He was acquainted at Las Cru
,es and just before the train arrived
here he buckled on both the officers
,elts and siXshooters and when the
rain stopped aligned. The officers
'ut Ben Williams on to him and he
vas pulled promptly when he stepped
rom the platform. Williams, how