Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-06-02
MADDEN RELEASED
ON $4,000 BONDS
Held TO Await Action Of
Grand Jury-.TeSiimOny
In the Case.
FRIENDS LOOK FOR An ACOUITTAL


Iamca III Madden. the ef.yearnld
war veteran, who last Tuesday after.
noon. between and $3.50 o'clock,
shot and killed underahoun o. r..
Hovey. OF Algodones, after the latter
had assaulted him. and was returning
% the attack zoe second thine, was
last evening, al the conclusion OF his
preliminary hearing. bound over 20
await the action OF the grand jury. In
che sum Of $1,000. az stated In yes.
tgrdays Issue Of The Evening Cit.
zen.
Madden az once gave the required
bono win Manuel sandOval. Manuel
ID. Gonzales and Jacob rcroa as So.
curltios. and was released from Gus.
tody. go await Investigation by the
Grand jury, at fhe fall term u court.
az which time 81 is confidently exc
pccted By his friends -dat the old man
will be discharged on the grounds
Of iuaiihable homicide.
Al the preliminary hearing, which
consumed tho greater portion ~ yea
torday. held al Bemahlo, before jus.
tice uf the Peace Jesus Mandogon.
with District Attorney Clancy Of tnis
city representing the territory, and
Attorney Summers Burkhart repre-.
sCntlnE the defendant. the evidence
submitted was much the same az has
been printed In these columns IN pre-.
yious issues.
Il was shown tha. Hovey. who was
a deputy sheriff. went 20 the home 81
Manuel Gonzales. with whom Madden
made his home, TO serve some papers
l.an Gonzales, ana not fnding him q,
nome, but fndlng Madden there alone
renewed bis quarrel with che old man
and assaulted him. beating him over
che hands, face and head with a slung
shot.
Il was also shown rat at the time
hoyey went 60 the Gonzales residence
no knew Gonzales was not there. nd
he lad seen GONZALES pass his. tHo
vey's) house, some half hour previous
90 the time he started for the resi-
dence, and therefore. knew he was
not at home Witnesses also testified
that they heard Madden screaming
"Murderi" and that some women
neighbOrs called 90 Felipe Garcia
who went over 10 Maddon'a home q
Investigate, arriving there 10 time Z,
see Hovey entering his buggy.
That Hovey upon seeing witness
exclaimed.
"Whai do YOU want7 Have yot
come over 90 be a wltnossY'
That before witness could reply
Hovey added:
Well IN go hack now and hnisl
the ---- ---"
That Madden was standing On IN,
doorway, blood streaming from a cul
In the back % his head when thii
conversation was taxing place ex
claiming.
Hell murder me- Hen murde
me-"
That Hovoy started for the hlus,
again. and that just as he cntere,
ne door Madden, who had secured
rife from another part Of the house
fred. and Hovey fen. with fmllc
through bis breast
To all OF the foregoing ovldenc.
there was absolutely no evidence OF
ferod 90 tho contrary AZ the con
clusion Of the taking of testimony. bee
fore the attorneys for the territorl
or defense had offered to argue thu
case. the justice Of the peace a. quot
Cd as saying:
We'll VI t1at "a an the evidence.
am ready 10 render my decision"
Short talks were made however. b!
both the attorneys In the case. ate
which the iuauce Of the peace oounl
Madden over 20 await the action o
the grand jury % sandoval county