Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-02-16
WILL
PAY PENALTY
TheMounted Police
Know Who Killed
Colonel Chaves
TWO MEN IMPLICATED
Information Withheld. In.
teresting Cases-.-Thirty
True Bills.

terry surrounding the assassination of
Colonel ]. Francisco Chaves, who was
shot and killed at Pnos Wells, Tor
rance County two years ago, by a
murderer who fired through the win.
dow of the House in which Colonel
Chaves was seated, is at last TO be
cleared up.
It has leaked out here that the
mounted policemen who have been at
work on the case steadily for six
months under pretense of being EN-
gagged in other matters, have found an
eyewitness to the crime and have Sc.
cured such other evidence that the
murderer will be brought to justice.
Captain Fred Fornoff, who is here
in attendance on the Sixth Judiciary
District Court, would not discuss the
case with newspaper men,
Il have positively nothing to say
one way or the other" was the only
statement that could be obtained
However, it is learned on good au-
thority that the amount of evidence
now in the hands of the mounted po.
lice and the nature Of which they will
not disclose, will convict at least one
man of cold-booded murder in the
first degree and another as his accom-
plice,
1t is said that full confession has
been obtained from one of the men
implicated in the killing and that the
only hope he has of saving his neck,
Is that he may be used as "state's
evidence"
The first intimation that the
mounted policemen had at last found
daylight" on this murder mystery
which has been before the public for
over two years, came when the case
of Domingo Wales, charged with the
killing of Colonel Chaves and of
Jacobo Sedillo, charged with being his
accomplice, were suddenly postponed
by the prosecution after extensive
preparations had been started for
their trial.
1t is known here that Mounted off
GERS John Meyers and Rafael Gomez
have been in Torrance County al
most continuously for three months
and the base of their operations has
been at Pinos Wells from whence they
have made numerous expeditions into
the country adjacent.
The names of the witnesses to this
assassination, which have been Sc
cured by these men, are not known
here except to those who refuse to
disclose them. However, 1t is stated
on the best of authority that at least
one man will hang for the crime.
Busy Term Of Court.
The Grand Jury to date has re-
turned over thirty true bills and it is
still in session. An interesting case
is that of Narciso Sanchez indicted
for burglary and which has also
caused the indictment of his brother
Juan Sanchez; Justice of the Peace
Juan H. Sanchez and Deputy Sheriff
Vidal Sais. The whole matter was a
trivial affair at its beginning but has
grown serious. Narciso Sanchez, 1t is
charged, burglarized house,
He took the stolen goods to the
home of his brother Juan Sanchez
who is indicted for receiving stolen
property. The justice of the peace
issued a search warrant and the dep.
uty sheriff secured the stolen goods.
Narciso Sanchez was arrested, tried
before the justice Of the peace and
acquitted. The justice Of the peace,
1t is alleged, took the stolen property
and had it sold at auction to pay the
costs of the court, consisting of him
self and the deputy sheriff. The
charge against the latter two is NAL
feasance in Office. The value OF the
stolen goods is small, but the compli-
cations in the case promise an inter
esting legal combat when the matter
comes up for trial before Judge Ed
ward A. Mann of the Sixth Judicial
District Court now in session.
Sheriff Sanchez in Trouble.
Sheriff Manuel Sanchez of Torrance
County, has been indicted on charge
Of malfeasance In office, jury was
secured today and his trial has
started. The specific nature of the
charges against him are not known,
The trial of Amos Hines, charged
with assault with a deadly weapon on
]. p. Dunlavy came to an end today
with hung jury. The foreman re.
ported no agreement possible, and at
1890 p. IN. Judge Mann ordered the
members discharged. Hines was de-
Tended by A. B. Renehan, an attorney
of Santa Fe.
Louis Martinez, who is charged with
assault with intent to kill has been
indicted and will rtand trial. He is
being defendant by Attorney George
w. Pritchard of Santa Fe.
"Jap' Clark, the cowboy who shot
and killed James Chase, deputy
sheriff at Torrance, two years ago, is
to appear before the court on Wednes-
day of next week when he will answer
to charge Of murder Clark main
tains that he shot In self defense and
fhot ho will hn ocnrjttad