Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-04-02
GREGORY PAGE
ON TRIAL FOR
MURDER
ChriStmdn TeStifieS That
Walter Jones Had
Been Drinking.

Whether or not Walter Jones death
at Gallup a year ago last winter was
the result of blow on the head from
chair in the hands of Gregory Page,
is now to be decided by a jury en-
paneled at the Bernalillo county
court house this morning. Since New
Years day, 1906, the day of the trag-
edy Pages enemies have pointed him
out as murderer, while his friends,
who are equally as numerous as his
enemies, have claimed that he is in
nocent of the crime.
The circumstances which surround
Jones untimely end, if untmely It
was, point to an unnatural death, but
to what extent, If at all, Page was
associated the court alone can uecide.
Jones was a government sawyer, and
arrived in Gallup the evening of the
last day of the year, 1905. on his way
to Fort Defiance, where he had been
ordered by the government. 1t is
said he patronized the bars of the
town freely, and the morning of the
new year was found lying in the
street with a fractured skull. The doc
tors pronounced the skull had been
fractured by blow, ana & developed
on examination that the mans skull
was very thin. He was carried from
the street to a room in the European
hotel, where, on account of the unbal-
anCed condition of his mind, he was
placed under the surveillance of
nurse and guard. A few nights after
the first accident at a moment when
the nurse was asleep, Jones raised a
window of his room and walked out
on the roof of the building next to
the hotel In his delerium, he wan
dered in the darkness to the front of
the building and fell twenty feet to
the icy pavement below, where he
was discoVTed a fey minutes after the
accident. This latter accident result
ed i'm a broken hip, and death fol-
lowed.
The jury i'm the case or Gregory
Page, of Gallup, who is charged with
murder in the second degree, was
sworn i'm at 1870 o'clock this morn
ing, at which time court adjourned
until o'clock this afternoon. A
short address was made to the court
just before adjournment by Attorney
Ferguson, who is assisting Attorney
Clancy in the prosecution. Mr., Fer
gussOu stated that his efforts in the
trial would be TO prove that on De-
cember 80, 1905, Gregory Page met
Walter Jones i'm the Garden saloon
at Gallp, and, having heard of an
encounter which IL alleged 10 have
taken place i'm Pages hotel a short
an injury which was i'm sec
ond nature the cause Of the man
death which followed
Attorney DObson at the opening Of
court this afternoon asked that DR..
WrOth be allowed to assist him in the
cross examination during the trial.
Attorney Ferguson, for the prosecu-
ton, objected. Afetr much wrangling
over the question, Judge Abbott de-
cided to sustain the objection.
Charles Christman was the first
witness examined this afternoon. Mr..
Christman was in the Garden saloon
at the time Of the alleged assault.
He saw Jones on the morning of the
tragedy, and said that he had been
Page entered the saloon
and o'clock that morning.
Witness did not see the assault. but
heard a scufiling and other noises.
Heard someone fall, and looked
around. Mr.. Page was then leaving
the saloon and Jones was lying on the
iOOr. Jones arose and walked to a
chair, where he sat down. He was
from a wound on the head /
He then went to the Washroom and I
oathed his face and head. Afterward /
he went upstairs, to return I'm few |
with a suit case. Page I
looked very much excited after the .
tight. Jones whole face was covered .
with blood. Il made no examination .
# the mans wounds" continued the .
witness, "and spoke but a few words .
10 him, telling him to go to the wash .
room. / have never seen him since .
he time he left the saloon"
The witness was the only person In /
he saloon at the time of the assault.
At the cross-eXamination OF Christ
nan, Attorney Dobson asked the wit
less TO draw a diagram of 'the sa-
oon, showing the pieces OF furniture
n it and all OF the entrances ana