Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-08-08
Young MaChinist Accused Of
Helping to Put Emery in Oil
Cups of Santa Fe Engine at
Las Vegas, I lAaHsa.-.A..
ALLEGED ACC0MPLICE
NOW IN PENITENTIARY
Defendant Has Hitherto Enjoy
ed Good Reputation and the
Case Has Aroused Consider
able Feeling in Meadow City
Special to the Morning Journal.

Special to the Morning Journal.
Las Vegas, N. NJ, Aug 7.-Justice
Jose Baca y Garcia yesterday bound
Lewis j. Meyer. Jr., over to the grand
jury under $4,000 bonds on the charge
of conspiring with L. P. King, now In
the territorial penitentiary, to put EN-
ory in the eccentric cups of Santa
Fe engine. The defendant was rep
resented by Jones & Rogers and Long
& Ward, Messrs. Rogers and Ward ap-
pearing at the hearing. The territory
was represented by Louis Ilfeld
The matter has aroused a great deal
of interest in the city. Meyer has
worked for seven years for the Adlon
machine shops, and has never been
connected with the Santa Fe. His
standing in the community has been
excellent, and his employers are TAX
ing an active part in his defense.
Meyers arrest resulted from a con-
fession made by l.. p. King, who
pleaded guilty to the charge of putting
emory in the oil cups of an engine.
made to Ben Williams and Fred For-
noff at the penitentlary. According to
evidence given by Williams at the trial
here, King, in Williams presence,
wrote letter to Meyer, in which he
claimed that others had not given him
! q square deal, or he would have not
! been sent to the pen In this letter he
| called the attention of Meyer to GER
! tain conversation the two had In the
/ house of John c. Waters, who Is also
charged with conspiracy, and asked
| Myers to interest himself to see that
| justice was done him, This letter was
| given to Ben Williams, who brought
it to Las Vegas. He secured the SER
vices of one Coffin, who, during last
term of court, pleaded guilty to the
I charge of obtaining money from the
| Santa Fe under false pretences, and
while Williams watched from n dis
| tance, Coffin went to the foundry ana
| delivered this letter to Meyer Fred
Fornoff was nearby and arrested
| Meyer but before he had read the let
ter. Then the boys effects were
searched and the letter found. Meyer
| was then taken to a room at the Cas-
/ taneda and sweated, and that after
| noon taken to Santa Fe where brief
hearing was had before United Statat
| Commissioner Victory, Judge Merle
declining jurisdiction as the crime al
| legged was committed in another dis
trict. Meyer was bound until next
Saturday in the Santa Fe court WI!
liams also testified as to the conver-
sations he had with Meyer and King In
the pen, and to an admission by
Meyer that he had never done any
thing but carry a message or two be-
tween Waters and King. Fred For
noff and Superintendent Arthur Trel-
ford corroborated the evidence of Will
lams as to the conversations In the
pen, and to the fact of the letter beint
sent out as a decoy to Meyer to tell
what he knew. Captain Fornoff also
described the arrest of Meyer
The defense objected strenuously tc
the admission of almost all of the evil
dence that was introduced. They OBJ
jected to the admission of any state
ments by the convict, King, or of hts
letter, on the ground that 1t was hear
say, and that King, as n convict, ~
prohibited by statute from giving evil
dence OF any kind. They objected To
any statement made by Meyer to the
officers while he was under duress, and
to the whole evidence Of Trelford as
merely hearsay, but were overruled on
every point.
Meyer has given both bonds, halfY
dozen of the influential citizens De-
coming surety for him.