Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-05-01
ANOTHER HANGING.
One Of Grant County's Numerous
Murderers to Meet Death.
JOSE SANCHEZ FOUND GUILTY.

The first murder trial OF the present
term was called Friday morning. IL be.
ing that of the territory of New Mex.
leo against Jose Sanchez. charged with
the killing of Catarino A~lamendarez,
near Santa Rita. IN the 26th Of De-
cember last, says the Silver City In.
dependent. District Attorney Level
lyn appeared for the territory. while
Messrs. Percy Wilson and Alvan N.
White had been appointed by the court
to look after the interests of the de-
PENDANT. A jury was secured, COM
posed as follows: Martin Maher,
Chris. Reichs, Hugh A. Teel, II. II.
Bishop, X. +. Herndron. Cortez Sharp.
Stefan Uni. N. J. Hicks. j. Bush,
Clark Rogers. w. L. Keays and NJ. II.
Sewers. The principal evidence in.
troduced by the prosecution was a
dying declaration made by the de-
ceased, In which he accused the defen.
dant of having shot him and detailed
the circumstances. A pretty legal
fight ensued over the admission of
this document. but after the proper
foundation has been laid, their objec.
tons were finally overruled by Judge
Parker. The testimony went to show
that ~Alamendarez had been followed
by the defendant to n point a mile or
so beyond Santa Rita on the George
town road, where he was overtaken
and shot three times. He was found
In n dying condition and brought back
to Santa Rita. whore he was confront.
ed with and positively identified his
assailant and where his dying declara-
ton was taken in writing by Notary
Public w. +. Risque. The territory
also produced several corroborating
witnesses as to the finding OF the
wounded man, his statements as to
the man who shot him and the arrest
and identification Of Sanchez by Alan
endarez. Sanchez took the stand in
his W defence and denied positively
that he had shot Alamendarez. He
admitted being In the vicinity but
claimed that he was In search OF the
articles which had been stolen from
his camp the night before. The dis.
trict attorney and Messrs. Wilson and
White made eloquent addresses to the
Jury.
After receiving the instructions of
the court the jury retired and in less
than thirty minutes returned a verdict
OF guilty in the first degree, the pen.
atty for which is death. II is under.
stood that they had no difficulty in
icaching this verdict.
Sanchez was probably the most un.
concerned man in the court room
when the verdict was received and
a moment afterward was laughing and
Joking with the officers. He IL evi.
IDENTIFY of a very low type of intelli-
gence and has but small appreciation
Of the enormity of his crime or the
doom which awaits HIM. Judge Par
ker will not pronounce sentence un-
I'll the latter end of the term. San
chez was most ably defended by his
attorneys, who worked hard and faith.
fully to save his neck, and he certain
~ had every advantage of a fair and
impartial trial.
Yesterday morning a jury was EN-.
panelled in the case OF the territory
VS.. Pablo Baca. charged with the muir
der of a Mexican named Zapata at
Hanover in February last. At the con-
clusion OF the verdict for the prosecu-
ton a verdict OF not guilty Vas re-
turned in accordance with the instruc-
tons of the court, there being no evil
dence to show that Baca was guilty
Of the offense. Baca was represented
by Attorney Edward Baker. At the
conclusion of the trial, Baca was held
n the sum Of $3.50 bail bond to await
he action of the next grand jury on
the charge of unlawfully handling a
deadly weapon.
A rather novel trial was held yes.
terday afternoon, at which time a. A.
Hamilton. OF Gold Gulch, was the de-
tendant to an Indictment charging him
With having sent a challenge to fight
| duel. The witness for the territory
proved that on February It'll last Ham
lton had delivered to Robert l..
Wrothen a written invitation to fight
from an AK to the mouth OF a can
nom but adding that at present the
cannon did not seem available for that
purpose. No testimony was offered
by the defense. The jury returned q
verdict OF guilty. The court imposed
a fine Of $500 and costs.