El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-09
ALVAREZ
ON TRIAL
The Principals on the Stand,
and Many Others.
CASE NOW BEING ARGUED
Alvarez pleads Accident, and Tells
Circumstantial Story OF the
Occurrence.

Occurrence.
Yesterday afternoon in Judge Wal
| thall's court the Alvarez case was con-
| tinued and eleven witnesses were ex-
smined. The testimony was not of =
sens ationsl character and nothing new
was brought out. The witnesses told
gu substantially the same story.
The msjority of the Witnesses exam
iped could not speak English, or
at least not we'll enough to give their
| testimony in that language, 80 an inter-
prefer was employed, Edward Bryan
doing the work. The work in inter-
preting progressed nicely, on the
questions and answers we're not clear
~ understood.
Alvarez, during the trial, nervous
~ toyed with blue bordered handler
chief which at times he clutched
tightly in his hands. he showed NO
emotion during the trial, his facial
expressions being dull and listless.
As he smoked strong cigars incessant-
ly during the day it Is probable
that the vacant, far-away look may
have been caused by that.
Miss Logan is q good looking girl.
She was dressed in skirt of navy
U
with q white lace yoke. She showed
no hesitancy in answering questions
and did not seem to have any unwil-
lingness in giving testimony which,
she must have known, would damage
her late lovers case.
MISS LoGAN'S STORY.
The fret witness put on the stand was
Miss Concha Logan. the young woman
who was shot at, and the story that she
told of the shooting WAS closely fol-
lowed by the other witnesses. She
made rough sketch of the ball room
in which the shooting occurred and
marked the positions of the principal
actors in what might have been SER
ious tragedy.
She described her meeting with AL
varez en- the night of the dance and
did not say, as has been reported, that
she tried to avoid him but, on the con-
trary, when questioned she answered
that they bao been and were up 10
short time before that night sweet
hearts, although they had never been
engaged.
with her assailant before the trouble,
and said she could not detect any
traces of drink, but that he might
have been drinking without her becom-
ing aware Of the fact. She also said
tn at no in soxicatipg drinks we're served
! at the dance, and that If he had been
drinking he must have obtained his
liquor before his arrival there.
The next witness who took the stsod
was Miss Sophia Tsrip, wha was an
eve witness TO the affair. Her testi-
mony was almost the same ss Niles
Logan's, except in a few unimpor ssnt
points.
sofia Cordova, Jesus Silvas and Juan
Luiau also testified, but their testimony
Was simply corroOoratfve.
Francisco Guerra testified that the
shot was fred while the defendant and
Niles Logan were both sitting In chairs.
Pablo Guerra said that Alvarez spoke
to him in q very excited manner and
| ask ed for q revolver, which he refused
to give.
ant, succeeded, after much pursuasion
and skilfully worded questions, In max
ing Alberto Orcasriti admit that he
hurt his thumb on She sight of tho
pistol instead of the hammer falling
testify. Orcasriti WAS one OF the
men who overpowered the defsn-
dsnt Immediately after the shooting,
The reason for the prosecution wish
ing him to testify that his thumb was
injured by the hammer of the revolver
falling on it was for the fact that they
wished to prove that the defendant
made 40 attempt TO shoot the second
time He also said that three revol-
vers were pulled and it looked as if
the defendant was in danger for q
few minutes.
Ike Alderete was one OF the best
Witnesses produced. His answers we're
given Immediately aud we're short and
to the point. He told the story in an
intelligent manner and would make no
con tr additions in his testimony al
though he was examined closely by
the defence. He was one of the men
who ran to overpower the defendant
and he said that his brother, afte- be-
ing shot, was making his way towards
Alvarez with the intention of striking
him, in fac he did strike him in the
eye twice, when he.told him to 'Iet him
alone, L will Fl him.
On saying this he attempted to wrench
the pistol from his grasp and to ex-
pedite matters he took him by the
throat and chOked him consid erably
The defence emphasized the point of
Alderste saying that he would "fx
him. and made him repeat the asser-
ton
Carmen Benavidez testified when
defendant and Mics Logan were seated
in chairs when the shooting was done.
Judge Wilcox went so far as to place
chairs and had her seat herself in one
of them and then seating himself in
the other inquired of her if that was
the way in which the two were situated
when the shot was fired. She answer
ed In the affirmative after being asked
many times. She was. however.recAll-