Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-21
CAMPOS KNEW NOT
WHAT He SIGNED
Judge McFlo Requests That
Test Libel Case Be Tried
on Its Merits.
MANY WITNESSES SUMMONED


More people assembled in the court
room this morning for The hearing ~
the hahcna corpus pluceodlnes brought
against sheriff Armiio io secure the
release oi fruiiusl CampoE. who is
charged boz Deputy Sheriff Coulter
vita criminal libel and held I'M fhe
county iail Do default of bond than
were present at ans one limo during
the spring term OF The district court.
The case "a one attracting muph at.
'o1tiln, inasmuch ns ID may ost the
libel iaW passed hy che l4ta lamcn I'd
ea'Hiaiure should Che Jaw be found
unconstitutional. several Ihel suits
vending against some uf The leading
publications. of tho territory viii be-.
come dcunct WIKI o. ID A. Mac
rhtfson 20 the Mornlng Journal
against whom Secretary Reynolds
charges criminal u1al IS Interested.
j. ~ McCmche1n ~ the Industrial
Advertiser. a second newspaper man.
against whom Secretary Reynolds
charges criminal nbol, d interested
and mo- less than r. dozen Rernslillo
county politicians associated with the
two leading Spanish weekly papers 81
the county. are Interested one OF
whom is the defendant ln ibis case.
FnltOsu Camuos
Attorneys " u Chldors and Mo
destu Ortiz represented the petition.
or. while District Attorney y. W
Clancy and Attorney Gcurro 3 klpck
appeared for the defendant
Judge . r. Merle of the First ~.
dicial district. came down from santa
" Tor The special purpose OF The hear
Ing. Judge IRA a ABBOTT being absent
from the territory The question was
raised whether or not Nostor Montoya
should ACT in The capacity 0f unlcial
cuur Interpreter. because %. DTS In
teresi Doc ihy case. as editor OF the Ia
handera Americana. the paper Boa
which CamuOs d. alleged tO have o.
beled Coulter. but che attorneys for
ne petitioner had mo- objection 20
Mr. MOntoya acting as Interpreter.
III. X. ID Madison was seated az the
ofiicial couri stonoprapher's desk. In
the absence 81 W. o. owen.
The Witnesses ON both sides were
sworn. After scanning the long list
OF names, the district attorney mis-.
.chlovously remarked 20 the court;
II hope your honor that your bust
ness az Santa ~ VIII not cali you he.
fore the end of The week
Ncsi0r M0ntoya editor Of Ia Ban
dora Americana, was The nrst wit.
ness called Mr. Climbers asked the
witness 10 be edited he paper IN
which thc libeiouf article was pub.
lishcd. He said he asa District At
infncy Clancy suggested that DC wit
ness might he cautioned tiat be- was
not compelled 10 answer any question
that would incriminate himself The
paper containing the ibolous article
was produced. likewise translation
Of it The article was dictated to
Mr M0ntoya by Eslavi1 Vigil and
others. among tIem Campus Mr.
MoniOya's testimony merely establish.
ed the faci that a ibeloIs article was
published
Fruitoso Campos was the second
/ witness
Before the examination of Camp0s
the attorneys by mutual agreement
accepted a plen 81 the court that al
iho evidence possiue should he got
ten ouL and as mo- jury was sitting
I Ia she case. the court could
then deduct what evidence just
Iiy had henrlng on M,
questions involved. Attorney Chl
ders suggested that q might be- wei
20 ascertain the truth OF the artlcl,
alleged 90 be lihClOus, and the exam
inaiion OF Campoa was conducted VIII
this Ia view
Judge McFl stated that il woul,
De- better for all concerned that th'
case be- tried on les merits.
Campos testified that he took par
/ Ia the election Ia Hafela hal
caused all the trouble. The artlcl,
| signed by him that is alleged TO b,
lihelous, said thar Deputy sheuf
coulter and ufaer deputy shcrns wer,
az the election. "urmod with big pls.
tolls ana clubs, and jumped on voters
and Inundated them This uar
~ The article was read. Campos Sal,
that De- had signed fAs article at ih,
request OF Eslavio Nlgl, uut Do dldn'
/ know What ~ contained. he had mol
rcsd u nor had 10 been read 90 him
I BE bad been told that q was ab n
ihe election. all he signed o., auppos
Ii-E that 50 Wgs an rlglt as other.
Z bad s'Fnfd 90 before lim.
D me Wlint ID seemed a liitiC unWIiI
lbs and hs testimony was secure,
on'F after vigorous ami eXhansfiv,
/ Wurk hy Attorney kloch
~ wds quite Cyideu from The liu,
/ 90 examination iakfn hy both thi
/ prosecution and the defense. that d
was The purpose Of the attorneys
SET at The ruth OF che alleged libelou.
article After this lH out the legality
I OF the New Mexico libel law may hl
questioned There seems liti.e douD
al to the constitutional value of h'
law. but there la a question as "a
/ whether The legislature took thl
I proper precautions 90 make % law
/ 10 Is an old Jaw. rcluvinated are
having been idle about thirteen years
AT TzE hOLLENBECK HOTEL