The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-08

ington, through his local representa-.
tives
| The governments part in the diff
Guilty is succinctly stafed in an in
nocent looking entry ON the criminal
docket of the United States district
court, which reads:
United States of America vs. Am
brosio Galden ct al, charge, obstruct-
| ing an officer.
The little rumpus between uncle
Sam and his San Domingo wards
dates back to August, 1906, when DIR.
S. c. Clark, of Bernalillo, who is en-
ployed by the government to attend
to the physical ailments of the San
Domingos, attempted to enter the vii
lage to attend a patient. 1t happened
that the doctors visit was exceeding
ly ill-timed, according to the Indians
the day being one which is annually
given over to the San Domingos' sa-
cred and secret dance. The doctor
by several solemn individuals VINO
informed him that he could not en-
ter, pass through or loiter about the
village, on that particular day, and
that any sick Indians they had would
have to dispense with the white-faced
medicine mans lotions for twenty
four hours at least
The little incident did not exaotly
coincide with the notions of correct
department for Indians as outlined
by the Department of the Interior,
and wne1 the Federal grand jury met
last September an indictment was re.
ported against Ambrosio Bald
on, governor of the village, and two
straw Indians designated by the
grand jury as John Doe and Richard
Roe.
Several months passed and the
San Domingoes had evidently conclud
ed that the matter had been dropped.
In January last, however, they had
their second inning with Uncle Sans
men. The warrant had been turned
over to the United States marshal
and Deputy Harry Cooper went up
to bring in the venerable Ambrosio
and mis- two lieutelants. This perfor-
nance of the great white fathers did
not suit the Domingos any better than
the previous one, and they haggled
and argued and finally refused fatty
to come with the deputy. They ex-
planned that they were under the juris
diction of the President and wanted
to know why the warrant was not
signed by Theodore Roosevelt instead |
Of John Venable, district clerk They |
brought out a letter signed by Roose- |
velt himself in proof of their claim |
of but one official boss, but the depu- |
ty was obdurate, and insisted on his |
prisoners accompanying him back to |
The matter was finally |
adjusted by the Governor promising |
to appear in Albuquerque next day |
by train, claiming the trip overland |
was too arduous for one of his years
True to his word the venerable old |
gobernador appeared the following |
accompanied by his official |
staff-the sheriff, the judge, the purs
er and the Interpreter of the village. /
He executed a bond of great legal |
verbiage and was released until the /
March term of court.
On the first day of court he appear
ed with his four officials The stalwart |
mein of the usually stolid San Domin-
go was plainly a little ruff1ed. The |
pompous dignitaries and the confusion |
of court was not to the Indians lik-
ing The five huddled into a pictur
esque and pathetic little bunch in the
court room, and waited for their case
to be called. And then the court decid |
ed to set the case for the fall term, |
and Ambrosio and his four trusty |
braves were told tnat they were once
more free from the clutches of the |
law, at least for the time being.