Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-09-20
GRAND JURY
MAKES REPORT
16 Days Session.
9 True, IL No
Bills.
PEM|1EMT|ARY INVESTIGATION
Exonerated II. 0. Bursum and
Minor Officials--.Two In.
dictments for Murder.

The District Court for Santa Fe
County reconvened this morning at 3
o'clock, Judge John R. McFie presid-
ing. A. NJ. Bergere was at his post
as clerk. The Territory was repre-
sented by District Attorney R. c.
Gortner.
AS the grand jury was scheduled to
make its final report and ask to be
discharged this afternoon, Judge Nc.
Fie ordered that another recess be
taken until 2 O'Clock. Julio Pena of
precinct No. 3, was sworn in as a
grand juror this morning to fill the
vacancy caused by the death Of Juan
de Dios Tapia.
The case of the Territory VS..
Juan Manuel Romero, charged with
the murder of Estevan Sanchez which
comes up here on a change of venue
from Taos County, will be begun next
Monday Sanchez was killed early
on the morning OF September 10, 1905
Attorneys Thomas B. Catron anl R.
G.. Corner, the latter being the pres
ent district attorney for Santa Fe
County, are counsels for the defense,
while Attorneys E. A. Fiske of this
city. julius Staab Of Albuquerque, and
J. B. Lusk, of Taos, are prosecuting
Following is the report of the Ter
ritorial grand jury:
In the District Court of the First
Judicial District of the Territory Of
New Mexico, in and for the County
of Santa Fe.
To the Hon. John r. McFie, Judge of
said Court.
Sir-We, the grand jury, duly select
ed according to law, empanelled sworn
and charged by your honor to in
vestigate into all kinds of crime aris-
ing under the laws of the Territory of
New Mexico, committed within this
county. beg most respectfully to re.
port to your Honor as follows:
We have been in session sixteen
days, have examined 146 witnesses,
subpoenaed by us or for us, have re.
turned into court nine true bills, and
in eleven cases have failed to find
true bill, through the lack of sufficient
evidence to warrant us in finding an
indictment. We found two true bills
for murder, and outside of these cases
the balance of the business was more
or less of trivial nature. Our time
was taken up several days in an in,
vestigation of the affairs of the Ter.
nitorial penitentiary. We made
searching investigation of all matters
regarding this institution that was
brought to our attention, and with
the able assistance of the district at
torney, R. c. Gortner, Esq, we in.
spected many books, papers and other
matters pertaining to the same, and
after hearing all the evidence we
came to the conclusion that there was
no evidence to warrant the finding of
a true bill.
Annexed to this, our main report,
we beg to hand to your Honor the re.
ports of the subcommittee appointed
to examine the public buildings Of
this county, and the Offices and rec.
ords of the different officers. We de,
sire to say that the people of the coun.
ty of Santa Fe are to be congratulated
upon the new county Jail, long
needed and necessary want; it will be
an ornament to the city and living
monument to the integrity and pro.
gressiveness of the Board of County
Commissioners of Santa Fe County.
We most especially call your Hon.
or's, attention to the report of the
committee on the financial affairs of
this county. The increase Of collec-
tions and decrease of expenditures
can only result by close and careful
handling Of the affairs of a county,
and from the fact that the levy for
county purposes for the year 1906 is
seven mills less than for the year,
1905, shows concluslvely that the af.
fairs Of thius county have been well,
carefully and conscientiously managed
and the Board of County Commission.
ers most certainly are entitled to the
gratitude of the people for the lower
ing of their taxes, and for the conser.
vatism practiced in the management
in the affairs of Santa Fe County.
We desire to thank your Honor for
the fair and courteous treatment re.
ceived at your hands, and also to ex-
press to the district attorney, Hon. R.
C. Gortner. our sincere thanks for the
able and careful advices and assist
ance given to our body by him.
We also desire to thank the other
officers of the court for their cour'
teous treatment, and now having
completed our duties we most re.
spectfully ask for our discharge.
Very respectfully,
THE GRAND JURY,
BY WARREN REYNOLDS, Foreman
Santa Fe, N. M, Sept. 20, 1906.
The report of subcommittee will
be published in the New Mexican to