Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-27
OTHERS INVOLVED
n KILLING Of
LObATO
PEOPLE HELD AS
ACCESSORIES 10 CRIME
Preliminary Hearing ofCeciIio.
Durham Begun Before Jus
tee of the Peace Craig, With
Big Crowd Attending,

-Four or five hundred people. mostly
! from Atrisco and Barelas, vibrated be-
tween the office OF Justice of the
Peace George r.. craig and the Bor-
ders' undertaking TOoms all of yester-
day afternoon, where they listened az
best they could, first 10 the inquest be-
fore the coroner's jury on the remains
of Faustino LObato, who was shot
and killed on Christmas day in front
Of the S-SDot saloon by Cecilio Dur
ham, and later to the first testimony
in the preliminary hearing of Durham
before Judge Craig on q charge Of
murder.
The first business in connection
with the killing was The inquest,
which was begun shortly after noon.
The jury after hearing the testimony
Of several Witnesses. returned a YER
diet hndind that Lobato came to his
death from II gun shot wound inflicted
by a weapon In the hands of Durham,
The preliminary followed and one
Of the surprises of the proceeding was
found in the complaint of the terri
tory which charges six other persons
as accessories to the killing with Dur
ham. These men are Salvatore An
cures, Manuel Anzures, Antonio Mo-
limo Luz Bibera, GriegOrig Anzures
and Josefa Anzures, II being alleged
that all of these men had "a do with
tine row in Atrisco on Saturday night
which started the trouble between Lo-
bato and Durham, and which culmin-
ated In the killing at the South Sec
ond street saloon on Christmas after
noon.
The complaint OF the territory fol-
lows:
the court of tn. justice Of the peace
of Precinct 30, of the county of Bet-
n%alillo, in the territory Of New Mex
leo:
Hilario Lobato, being sworn, on his
oath says that Cecello Durham, on the
25th day Of December. 1907. in the
county aforesaid, In and upon one
Faustin0 Lobato did make an assault,
and "A certain pistol which was then
and there Loaded with gunpoWder and
one leaden bullet ard by him, the said
Cecelio Durham In his right hand had
and held. he, the said CeceIo Durham,
feloninusly and with mai
ice afOrcthought, and from deliberate
and premeditated design. unlawtullE
and maficiously to effect the death Of
said Faustino Lobato and against
he said Faustino Lohato did then ana
there shoot off and discharge, thereby
md by striking the said Faustlno l4o-
bate with the aid leadeu bullet, in~
ON and In the right side of his
face. one mortal wound. Of which
wound he then and there died
and tina Salvador Anzures, Manner
Anzures. Antonio Molina. Luz HiibeIh,
Gregoria ..nzures and JOsefa Anzures
we're then and there unlawfully pres
ant. aiding, abetting and assisting the
aid Cecelio Durham the fefhny aud
murder aforesaid 10 do ana commit.
1Signed1 HILARIO LOBATO
Subscribed and sworn 20 before mr.
his 26th day of November 1907.
GEORGE r. CRAIG,
Justice Of the Peace.
Hilaria Lobato who signs the com
plant. is a brother OF the dead man.
Durham. who has lost a leg and
who wears a wooden stump, Was
In from the county jail at
half past three, a curious crowd fol-
him as he was escorted from
The street car to the court, by Shcr-
.f Armiio. Durham gave NJ erl-
lencc Of serious concern and walked
calmly beside the sheriff To Judge
court. speaking 10 several
on the way. Apparently the
whole population of Atrisco, men,
women and children, We're present
and an of them tried To- get into the
little Justice court, which al best can
accommodate not more than fifty
people. The crowd Wanted patiently
until darkness for news OF the pro-
gross % the trial The confession OF
10 the police was read and
ID good deal of testimony introduced.
The testimony was only half COM
plctcd when our adjourned untH 9
O'CLOCK this morning The story
brought out al the preliminary thus
fnr varies little from the details Civ
en by the Morning Journal Yesterday
aside from The effort Ia implicato tho
Airiacn nrnnlr In Tho mimi