Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-09-23
C0NLEY
ON TRIAL
Jury Empane|Ied Yesterday At.
ternoon...Three Witnesses
examined Today.
i'm THE REDOING CASE
Testimony Of Father and Bfothef.in.
Law Of Dead Man Adduced.. Accused
Generally Shows Csol Demeanor


| In the case of the Territory VS.. John
Conley, for the murder of James Red
ding, in the District Court of the First
Judicial District for the county Of
Santa Fe, upon change of venue from
Taos County, the jury was completed
yesterday afternoon, the court adjourn
ing at six p. m. The jurors selected
are: Manuel Esquibel, of Santa Cruz;
Encarnacion Barela, of Santa Fe; Mi
guel Chaves, Of Chimayo; Donaciaoo
Urioste, of Santa Fe; Manuel Nanan-
jo, of Santa Cruz Bias Vigil, of San
Ildefonso; Octaviano Rodriguez, of
Santa Fe; Victor Rodriguez, of Santa
Fe; Vicente Roybal, of Pojoaque; w.
Fl. Kennedy, Of Santa Fe; Manuel
Montoya Y Colombo, of Chimayo; and
Manuel Padilla, of Santa Cruz. The
defense was careful to challenge per-
emptorily every mining man. w H.
| Kennedy was the last juror chosen and
pleaded to be excused, but was COM
PEELED to serve.
This forenoon, at ten o'clock, court
convened with Judge John r. McFie
on the bench; District Clerk A. M.
Bergere at the desk; Sheriff Antonio
J. Ortiz and Deputy Sheriff J. L. Lo-
PEI; Interpreter George w. Armijo
and the other court officers present
H. S. Clancy acted as court stenog-
rapher. The defendant, John Conley,
was seated between his attorneys,
Judge oliver B. Liddell, of Denver and
j. B. Lusk, of Taos; while near him
sat George B. Paxton, of Denver, for
merly of Red River; Judge S. D.
Morse, of Santa Rosa, but formerly of
Denver, who are witnesses for the de.
tense. E. S. Redding, of Questa, the
prosecuting witness and father of the
boy for whose murder Conley is being
tried, sat with District Attorney Alex
ander Read, of Parkview, and Attor.
neys R. H. Hanna and C. H. Spencer
who are assisting the prosecution. In
all, twenty-one witnesses were sworr
and the forenoon was spent in exam
lining three of these called by the pros
ecution.
The defendant, John Conley, was
composed in his demeanor, but his
good humor visibly gave way to look
of worry at frequent intervals.
District Attorney Alexander Read ad-
dressed the jury, saying that the pros
ecution would prove that John Conley
was the slayer of James Redding. He
described the events of January 16,
1905, as they are connected with the
case and as related in the Daily New
Mexican yesterday, and concluded by
telling of the contradictory statements
| which the accused defendant made
upon his return to Red River from
Questa and before his surrender, which
occurred at o'clock the next morning,
twelve hours after he had been asked
to surrender and refused to do so.
E. s. Redding, hotel keeper at Ques-
TIA and father of James Redding, the
boy who was killed, was the first wit
ness called to the stand. He is the
prosecuting witness in the case. Red.
ding is a gray haired and gray bearded
man, aged 63 years, with sad features
and pathetic bearing. He is slight il
stature and was neatly clad in a gray
business suit. He gave his testimony
In a clear, audible voice and brought
out that his son was 10 years of age,
of slighter build than himself, not
given to habitual intoxication and was
sober and we'll when he started out
at hine o'clock from Questa on Janu
ary 16, with John Conley and Charles
Purdy for the Guadalupe Placers or
the Red River, six miles from Questa
He testified that Conley, before leav
ing, purchased bottle of whiskey fol
| $1.00, but that young Redding had nc
whiskey with him. The witness then
told of the return of Conley to Questa
and how, without stopping at the no
tel he had gone on to Red River
Redding having heard that Conley had
returned, had ordered meal prepared
for his son, who failed to turn up
Later, the body of young Reddine
was brought into Questa. His fathel
found that he had been shot in thu
forehead and in the throat, the bulle
that had made the latter wound hav
ing passed upward and torn away tn,
back part of the head and therefor
the witness was not certain whethe
the bullet had entered from the from
:, or from the back. No other materia
fact was brought out upon the eros
examination.
o Nabor Herrera, the next witnes
|. called, is aged 3S years, and is sheep
herder, with home at Questa. Herre
a Ia was one Of the two sheepherder
Q who were near the Guadalupe Placer
t when the shooting occurred, and upol
g hearing the shots went to the tent IL
a which he found the body Of Charlie
!. Purdy lying on Its side. From the ten