El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-07
FIGHTING
TO A FINISH
Bias Aguirre Objects To
Going To Mex
THE DERENSE'S INNINGS
Trying To Prove BY His Re-
Iatives That He Had Moth
ing To Do With The Kill
ing Of Esquejada

The hearing of the application of
Mexico for the extradition of Bias
Aguirre was resumed this morning at
10 O'Clock before United States Com
missioner Sexton in the federal court.
Bias is making a hard fight against the
extraditiOn and is endesvoring to
prove by the testimony of his relatives
and alleged accomplices in crime that
while he went over to Mexico on the
night of the killing of Esquejads and
was at the latter's saloon for a short
time, he left before the shooting &C.
CURED.
Aguirre's efforts to prove an slibi
are being supplemented by strong ef-
forts to impeach and discredit the wit
nesses for the prosecution. When
Casimiro Rodela was on the stand
Monday an effort was made to show
that he had been a fugitive from JUS
tice in Arizona on charge of murder.
To this the witness replied that be had
been so accused and that he had been
tried and acquitted and was never a
fugitive from justice.
WITNESS ACCUSED OF ARSON
Eligio Guerra was the first witness
called by the defense. He was on the
stand for the purpose of impeschipg
the evidence of Guadalupe Montoya,
one OF the witnesses whose dispositions
had been taken in the Juarez court,
and submitted to the commissioner.
Judge Wilcox, after the witness had
testified that he knew Guadalupe Men
toya, asked if he knew that Montoya
was fugitive from justice in Texas
and wss afraid to come on
this side of the river
because of his being accused of the
crime of arson at Ysleta. Capt. BeaIl |
objected and the question was asked in |
q dozen different forms before it was
ad mltted. Then the witness answer
&c, 81 know it because he, himself, has |
told me so several times"
Judge Wilcox insisted on the right |
to ask such questions as the Geposi- |
lions of Montoya and other witnesses |
had been taken in foreign country |
and the defendant had had no op-
of cross examining him or
lmpeaching him in any other way.
CELSO AGUIRRE
Celso Aguirre was the next witness.
He was one of the party who went
from the vicinity of San Elizario to
San Yenscio when it is alleged that
Isquejada WAS murdered. He testified
ID at he was not present when Esquei ia
la was killed and knew nothing of his
leath and said that Bias Aguirre was
With him in the bosque near San Yena-
10 when the alleged crime was com
nitted.
On crossexaminRtion by Capt. Beall
'elso said be had been brought TO Ell
'aso from Colorado, New Mexico, and
fter SOM e urging admitted that he was
hen in the county jail accused of be-
ug an accessory to tie alleged crime
Or which Mexico wants possession Of
Slss.
DEFENDANT'S COUSIN.
Celso Is cousin of the defendant
nd WAS arrested wi b him. He was q |
ather good looking and inte ligentMex-
,an youth apparently not more than
eventeen years of age. When asked +
is age he said he did not know His 6
ppearance is certainly not that of {
riminel. ,
HIS BROTHER.
Epitacio A Aguirre, brother of the de- ,
andsnt, also accused of completely in
be raid at San Ygnacio and the MUIR ,
er of Esquej jada, WAS the next witness. =
lis testimony was along the same lines ,
: that of Celso. Fl admitted that he ,
as one Of the party that went over TO ,
an YgnaciO and that the defendant.
BIAS, was also one of the party, but
enied that any of them had anything
D do with the killing of Esqueiada.
Ie said that they went over to drive
ONE cattle belonging to his father
CROSS EXAMINED.
Aguirre was put through a long and