Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-15
PADILLA GIVES
TESTIMONY IN
HOSPITAL
Witness Tries 20 lmpllcaio
Harris and Bolknap in Plot
to Murder Him.

iruth.
Thl1 was me heelanine ai the pre-
llminary hesring upon which Will dc
pend whether or not john nelkuap
and Virrll Harris viii be heia icf
trial. the nrst on The charge Of leiha
an aecUmpliCc % the shooting 90 joke
padilla and the latter for the actual
shooting Judge Abbott administered
the cath. Ia the room beside the
court we're the accused, y. w Dob
son their attorney. Sheriff Clrios
Bacn ef Valencia county. deputy
shcri1 Pred Heyn. District Attorney
Clancy and representative of The
Eycalng Citizen.
A large bay window Dot a food of
sunshine Into the room. padilla lay
on b bed ltngthwlse cast and west.
The eeari seltsd itself on the south
side. while the attorneys and The
rest ~ NC assemhlago were grouped
on ne ether
The exBmlnafl0. adducod very lii
We more information what padlila
de Information from padailla about
NE case in addition 20 what The Citl.
zen had yesterday The shooting took
place about 3 O'Clock on the AFTER.
noon Of October 2ith. padiila had
been in Alhuourruuo q. court bust
ness. On returning homo ho learned
I that hia aaiu0n in the woods two
miles below KetnCr had leen blown
inp tie called this salons his home.
ilc arrived az Kernfr shortly after
noon A. be- left the Iuni Noun.
tain railway train and LETT OTIS valiHe
at the store 0f the Hnrabin Mc0aHey
company. he WIS assaulted hy Beiknap
with these words You " You
say about me, what yon said about
Bob narou lll Kill YOU"
What Padilla had said about naru2
WIS eilcited later n was 20 the ~
fleet that Baron had had Improper re-
latlun with n woman by me name OF
beatrice, WHO bad been living o.
padllA's saloon The testimony Ia ~
such personal nature thar % would
NOT look wen In prl-t padlila said
that Beiknap tried go get q iight out
90 him at that time and that he
/ tnelkuupl held his hand he hts pocket
as ihOueh b. haC d gun iu hls hand.
Attorney Dohson then brought out
enc fact that pndlllH himself carried
IL pistol and ihat his commission h.
Ia deputy sheriff 90 Valencia county
hed Recently been revoked
padilla told now .ho had hefn shot
He was about mile from Kotner
haif way between We town and bis
snloon. whc2 Boz was shot in the leg.
l"i henrd the ripori ana tried 90
jump hc said but my leg was not
there I gni up and feli down again.
wnen SECOND shot WIS dred ! saw
ibe man standing IN tho limbs 0i a
tree Ohe mca.i tilat tho man stood
m he top of pine tree which had
heen cut down. just as be- fred the
second shot { drneg,d myself about
fifty feet between SOME rocks Pretty
soon old man Eldridge came along !
told him 90 help mel wsa Gh0i tie
said 40. I'm nfraid nf YOU had a
slN shooter 3iuR heside nay head. Tie
says ga gei SOME one 90 help YOU.
Pretty SOON che wife az Salvador
Chaves came nlnsH and helped me
hack to headquarters
To QUESTION of tho district 2t.
tornry ~ in whether he recognized
the nAn in the brush. padilla said
that be ana 4 thought e was fatty
him. and the saloon Keeper pointed
itn harris. Harris acvcr moved a
muscle padiliA could nni say with
lreriniRty whether the man had or a
/ white has or black one. le saw
1.-THE mnu from the wais| np and
ihouFht that h. wore black
The ruuuHel then brought 0ut ovi.
denee Regarding rouble thar had o..
rurred 81 Padillas saloon On one
nccasi0n Inc saloon keeper struck
one pm Grants, q foreman &C the
canlp. over the head with pistol.
This va ai Rlghi and after padillu
found uul who the man WIS. be- look
him into the saloon gud pat MIN 90
bed On the dico table
padiHa also admitted that man
by the aame uf Dave Bishop had been
beaten up By him
patilln said that ~ times Bclknap
had treated him nice and ON bat three
occasions had Jumped" him. The
first time was regardlng trouble Pa
dllla bad win q tlmckeepor and the
secOnd time was whom Htlan1p had
frlaFaed home ule dny and found
that padilla bad moved his saloon
contrary 10 the Wishes nf neikuap.
The Third time was the last
The cuurf the adjourned tO The
count house
Adjourned Session.
Zen witnesses awaited fnc court 90
/ iho rourl house suhpoenaos hId
bees issued Cor three others Carl
| Rosecraus. Jack Byora aid Robert
nafon, who could not De- found Rose
rrans who had been sValer Tor the
American Lumber company ai Thor
elu. lots the employ of ihe company
about lhe EAST of ine month and ieit
Tor the e1al Baron. WHO is camp
iOremal fur the company. according
lto q Witness. had NOT hoen seen in
Y Ktlner since last Saturday Jack
Flyers conducis "a aalOnn near keiuer.
I Hi8 wife told ihc sheriff thal ByerH
had accompanied Bolknap emf the
other Witnesses 10 Albuquerque Bal
KNAPP says that hc didn't see bycfs.
Antonio 0anlnio, en air man Tor
the Inui Mountain railway ai Thor
can. was tho hral wliAoss. Ch1ries
Cox. Head carpenter Tor thf company
WAS che second AZ 1890 o'clock
\ Cox hnd finished hls testimony and
ihe ooufsi adjourned 500 oclock
I " she other Witnesses ytt to he
heard are as long 100 gIYlnE their
Testimony na these twtl t D. doubtful
20 ihe hearing can he concluded CO.
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