Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-06-25
STATEMENT BY SANCHEZ
The Supervisor Of the Census on the
Witness Stand.

The following communication
which explains itself appeared in the
Santa Fe daily recently being follow
ed by number of affidavits attacking
the reputation of Don Mariana LARA
goite for truth and veracity in any
neighborhood in which he might
chance to reside, these being eliminat-
ed for want of space:
Editor of New Mexican"
Santa Fe, N. NJ, June 10th, 1900
have seen in La Voz del Pueblo,p
a periodical published in Las Vegas,
and also in the d Daily o p t C, a COM
munication signed by Mariana LARA
goite, wherein said Larragoite tries to
besmirch my character and good name
| by statement that some years ago eight
or nine anonymous individuals went
| to the land Office at this place, and
| therein relinquished certain lands in
| favor of the government affirming
that such REIMBURSEMENT was a crime
on my part. He proclaims plainly in
said communication that because
failed to appoint him as an enumerator
| for taking the census he was going
| to get even" with me by accusing me
of this act, by him called a crime.
This malignant falsifer and calum-
niator has lost sight of the fact that
it is not a crime to renounce or re-
| linquish lands in favor of the govern
ment, and in order to refute his gar
bled version of the said transaction |
tNnk it incumbent ON myself to give
the following explanation in the prem
ises:
1t happened on or about the year
1886 that Jose Romero, Juan B. Tru-
jillo and Jose Sais made entries to
public lands amounting to 100 acres
for each party. Each of them offered
to sell me his land for the sum of $3.50
and | agreed to pay that amount as
soon as they had made final proof OF
their land, and meanwhile advanced
$50 to each.
Some time after these parties
agreed to sell their lands was in San
ta Fe, at the house of Bernardo Sais
and there about IL o'clock of certain
morning | had a call from these par
ties, Jose Romero, Juan B. TrujillC
, and Jose Sais. On my inquiring theil
! business, they answered (Jose Romero
acting as spokesman for the three)
Don Pedro, we have come to relin
quish in favor of the government thu
!, rights We may have to our lands; w,
: will not sell them to you, but will pa!
the amount advanced, even if we hav,
: to pay in stock" | answered. "Al
! right; make your relinquishments;
cannot compel you to SELL" The,
asked me to go as their interpreter t,
4 the land office. | told them that, no
4 knowing English, | could not act a.
such, but would get somebody to do il
We went to the plaza and there l re
quested Mr.. Amado Chaves to accom-
pany them, and he complied, and
/. returned to the house where | wa
- staying. The three men came to m
= some hours after, and in answer to m
inquiry said everything was settled
I'VE effected our relinquishment, bu
Don Amado was not with us; he sen
: in his stead an individual with glasse
3 named Larragoite." This was the en-
y of the whole matter and these mer
I, Jose Romero, Juan B. Trujillo an
4 Jose Sais were the identical person
9 accompanied by Larragoite to the Ian
I; Office in order that they might re
o nounce their claims in favor of tn
" government. The names of thes
4 three men are in the records of tn
9 land Office, but Larragoite counte
& eight or more, so as to magnify hi
a falsehood. This is all know of tn
y subject, and in regard to the stOr
= retailed in Larragoite's communica
q ton, know nothing. Now it remain
4 for sensible and decent people to iude
y In the present case, and surely the
3 will come to the conclusion that tn
b main trouble is. as Larragoite say
q that omitted to appoint him as cel
= sus enumerator PEDRO SANCHE