El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-02

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the night before you testified?
l told you l was too full to testify.
Didn't you tell us that it would be o.
much as your life was worth to testif,
against these men?
| l didn't tell it just in that way: tolG
you that owned homestead in tha
cou q try and that did not want to pc
on the stand and testify while was
| drunk for fear would make misstate-
ments that might cause me further
| trouble. ~
Has anybody connected with the
prosecution of this case ever asked
you to state anything except what was
the truth, except what you knew?
No, sir.
Did you receive anything from me
when you went to Colorado city except
money to pay your travelling expenses
and letter to the foreman?
No, sir.
You just earned wages on that ranch
like anybody else did you not?
Yes, sir.
NOT ACQUAINTED WITH FEAR.
Cross examined again by Judge Fall.
The fact of it is you were not fright
ened by these defendants at ell were
you? -
81 don't know what it is to be fright
ened, answered the witness with an
accent On the I. The court was convuls-
ed with laughter and the witness was
excused.
rs.s,s MEET TWO HoRsEMEN.
Santos Alvarado, q mail carrier, met
Col. Fountains vehicle or the road
between Tularosa and Luna's Wells,
Feb. l, 1896. Before seeiup the
Fountain vehicle, witness met two
horsemep travelling in the direction of
mid dayVlaughterl. They seemed to be
going toward the Sacramentos; witness
start toward the horsemen and they
started off in q gal op. They were
coming from toward Tularosa on La
Luz and going in the oppos ite directiong
w1taess got within half mile of the
horsemen.
After that witness met Fountain and
told him about the horsemen; witness
did not know the horses nor the horse
men. Excused without cross examina-
WITNESS RECALLED.
Barilla, the mail carrier, who testi-
fed yesterday, WAS recalled to give
some further Information about the
of the abandoned blackboard and at the
remnants OF the camp fire.
FOUNTAIN RECALLED.
Albert Fountain was recalled by the
prosecution and asked how far north
he went when he first went out to look
Tor his father. He SAID he went as
lar north as the chalk hill and saw
where his father vehicle met that of
he stage driver and little further on
Jaw where three horsemen had crossed
The road and gone eastward. The |
racks OF two horses afterward return
,6 To hn e~11
distance on either side of it.
Have you ever seen or heard of YOUR
ather or little brother since that dav?
I never have.
Have they ever returned home, or
AVE you ever received any commune
alton from them or heard from themp
No, sir. -1
The redirect examination: Mr..
fall said he would like to ask the wit
ess concerning the white horse. He
hen proceeded to do so.
Witness said that White horse had q
ore back and when found the horse
ad been sweating considerably and it
eemed that something wide had been
brown on the horses back like b an
ct, causing him to sweat and his side
D Dc dyed by the blanket or whatever
was. II did not find any blood on the
orse."
Gross examined regarding the fore
DING, witness said that hair had been
ut or shaved Oft when he saw the
Orse.
JACK FOUNTAIN.
Jack Fount tain, second son of A, J.
on tain, was called
Witness last saw his father and bro
Ter Henry in January, 1896. q
Last saw them at the Mescalero In. t
AN agency on their way to Lincoln
'unty to attend court. G
was In Cruces" witness said, 1
when word came that my fathers We
Gle had been taken off the road, He n
EN- went on to tell of the search bv t
% party that Immediately left Les i
ruces, of which he was q member. q
Is testimony for the most part was b
nllar to that of the other members of il
e party who have already testified. q
IN ear the chalk hills the tracks of
rec horsemen overlook the buggy.
ae seemed to pass along on either a
lie OF the road at the head of the 81
rises, and the third followed. Thew a
rned directly off the road to the east Ell
ward the Jarillas, taking the c
hlcle with them" e1
NO CHILD'S FOOT PRINTS. Is
Witness next described the trailing m
the finding of the vehicle and
nn ants OF camp fire, five miles be- or
nd. He said he saw the tracks of w
rec men about the fire but saw no h.
'cks of child. -
The tracks of the three strange
rses were the same as those which
v near the Chalk hills and sa
ich apparently crossed the road and he
erwards surrounded the buck board. CT
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