Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-24
ALDERMAN CLEARWATER, THE
WELL-KNOWN PISTOL TOTER
On Trial Before Justice Crawford and Evidence
Submitted Showed That He Intended
MuTdeT...LaFee Crowd Present


called Tor the territory.
After che attorney for the plaintiff
NAG injured the name and UCcupa-
dion oi the witness. ana haa aefod
him 90 recount the happenings of the
afternoon Of March isfh. whan en-
iehWater entered The EgenlnF citizen
ONCE, ho was asked.
What was Mr. 0iiisnWator'a atfl-
tnde when ha entered the oficoqe
~ c4eamed angry and waa tramb-
llng-whethor from anFor 81 frlrhf 1
70 iiot SNOW Yves the reply.
toat uiieHat1f, On answer TO 4 auos-
tloh ifoin Mccreisht had replied.
Yes. am armed. and / came over
y Use !, iooi" that MoCrolghl had
tsAuettea witness 60 bring him n club.
aueS 0AlenWator had made thla re-
mark hna that witness BROUGHT him q
plece % gas Pipe. Taat witness look
20 a. uiilonWaser a. ho handed the
ea pipe % McCroight. and saw that
ulisepWater had 9 pistol n his hand.
ane adding that he. the witness. did
h9t stay % see any more. The aas
VIZ, the Witness said, was handed 20
hlcCreisht afior Gillenwaier had PAIL
"a ms pistol The witness was not
cfoaa-eknminod By the attorneys for
the defense, The territory then rested
and me Witnesses for the doieuaa were
called, This was &C si0b o'clock
w ~ Springer. Of the Springer
transfer company. was the nrsl end
only witness called for iho defense.
M Springer testified that he was
Sitting inside Of his once Al bis daak.
ana saw McCroight and 0illenwafor
arguing "a The Evening Citizen Of.
nee. When Attorney Dobeon asked !
him how far bis once was from Thei
CiiiHen ONCE, he said Il was about
nineiy.hve feet. and actually toaildad
net he saw McCroight ln hln shlrl
sleeves and GillonWater arguing in The
Citi1en ONCE. when asked q certain
question he could not answer from
lia own knowledge. but caused much
laughter among the spectators by
saying that he hat read d IN thel
papers, and therefore, knew. He teet.
bed that while sitting Ia hla once he
Jaw OlilenWator walk down 70 Tho
Citizen once, and said he wondered
WY CLEARWATER went into the once.
because be knew q the hard feelings
letWeen OiilenWater and McCreieht
rAen Attorney Dohaon aakod hln II
lc had ever heard McCreight express
ny bitter feeling against Glllea.
gnter. Springer testified that he had
ot. but formed his opinion on account
4 several articles which he had seen
4 the papers. He then testified that
Then 0ulenwater was on the outside
be letter pulled hie gun. and that Nc.
freight raised q piace 81 gas pipe or
One ether Instrument, Ia q bS,1aten.
~ manner When asked by Attorney a
'obscn whether OIllenwater came Out /
the oiiice fast or slow, he said that 4
came out pretty fast and !
a. backing out. and walked up the q
rect twoarda his once. Nr Spring c
~ testimony. from the fact that he a
aiod thar he crVId aoe shat was so. 4
Ia on IA The citizen odico. while d
tiinN at bis desk inside Of hia once. o
bout nineiy.1vc feet away, and az an b
lglo OF over scventy.fve degrees, Il
used much merFiment among che 2
ioctatcTs.
On tho conclusion Of sprlnger's tes. 9
nony, the court asked the attorngya
both aideK whether the testimony
irOducod would be accepted az col II
q defendant carrying concealed y
ably weapon, and the defenuI =
reed that L would. thus making Oh 2
lwatef guilty ~ the oncnso of car-
Ing a concealed WenDou. =
As The Evening Cltizen goes to
ess, arguments are being heard on
Q complaint Of handling q deadiy !.
iApon IN a threatening maHncr.
Captain Oilicnwater. the defendant. !,
- not placed upon the stand 10 tes- y
y In his own Behalf AT the after \,
On session OF the c0uFg. Thomas X. N
Madison was aubatitNted a. tho
for tho territory, IA a.
lce Of Miss Nellie BREWER, owing n
the number OF swear words that i,
peared ia the testimony. H.,