Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-07
DEEP INTEREST
IN WALES
TRIAL
JURY SECURED AFTER
PROLONGED STRUGGLE
Veniremen Present Many and
Varied Excuses for Not Ser
yingi Sensational Develop
meots Confidently Predicted
Especial Dispatch to the MornInE journal

i
Estaneia. y. NJ Aug. G-The Jury
which Is Co Try Domingo Wales for the
murder of Colonel J Francisco
ChaVes Was secured at this morning
session OF the district court here, af-
ter considerable difficulty, Nenircmen
showed strong dlsInclination 10
serve, ana it was necessary 90 draw
an extra panel uf tWenty-four men.
The talesmeu disqualified themselves
one after another for various reasons.
Several claimed To be friends of one
side or the other ana others alleged
business connections with the victim
OF the crime as a reason for not serV-
ing Four claimed scruplcs against
finding verdict oi first degree muir
der carrying the death penalty. The
names of the iurymen finally secured
are as follows: n, Martinez, ~ AL
deres. f.. Chaves, G Aragon. David
Sanchez, Al I'lekner. Benito Garcia.
Nicholas Baca, Pedro Jose Torres,
Santago Archuleta. Bonifacio Bachi-
cha and Eutemio Garcia, eleven ma
tiyes and one American.
Al Flickner the only American on
the jury professed scruples against
capital punishment. declaring that he
had been raised 90 believe that it
was wrong Co take life under any cir
cumstances. District Attorney clancy
verdict and the Judge passed the sem
tence, with which the jury had Moth
ing to do, and the juror qualified. Al
together forty men were examined be-
fore the work of selecting the jury
was completed.
During the week past preparations
for the battle have been quietly pro-
the defense. O. A. LarrazOlo has
been retained by the defense. and has
presented tu the court the usual pre-
liminary motions and demurrers, taxi
ing advantage of any possible techni-
cality before the jury was called.
Wales has been here for week,
shackled and under guard. while ia
coho Sedillo who has been indicted
Jointly with him. has been detained
ia the Santa Fc jail. where he was
sent last February, for safe keeping.
The history of this case is we'll known
the assassination of Colonel thaVcs
at Pinos Wells, and the long search
for the murderer While IL is presumed
by the laymcn that the evidence In
this case viii be purely ciroumstantial,
Il Is rumored. with considerable foun-
dation. that the territory lS prepared
to spring several surprises. Captain
Fornuff has been dcvoting q large
part of his time 10 this case, and In
This work he has had assistance from
being in any way connected with the
ferreting out of the evidence; con-
sequently, the territory is confident
II will bc able 10 present sufficient
testimony 20 warrant a conviction of
Wales at the hands of the jury. Se-
dillo was put through the sweating |
process ia this place at the last term
OF court, ana those having the work |
in hand felt they were justified IN
this man sufficiently well /
acquainted with the facts In the case |
To warrant his being indicted. Some |
men seem to think that when the time |
comes Sedillo will make a clean breast |
of all the particulars, and the rumor
goes farther and says that Wales, once
seeing that he Is going TO be con-
victed, will implicate some prominent
residents OF this county I'm the KILL
ing. A man who was so progressive |
and 50 aggressive, politically, as was
Chaves. could not help but
have political enemies, and the rumor
has been started. and Is every day re-
peated that while Wales, or SedillO,
lr both. may have fired the fatal shot,
hey We're but the tools OF those who
desired the removal from the political
arena Of this well known leader. lt
Is said that an effort will be made 10
'how that ON the day Colonel Chaves
passed through PrOgresso on Santa
fe Central train. Wales was at the sta
ion, and as soon as the train left for
Torrance. he swung ON his horse and
Itarted on a gallOp toward Pinos
Wells. II being known that the coli
mel expected To stop al that place
hat night. This was on the evening
he colonel met his death. What the
estimony viii bring forth O. yet to
le seen. and these rumurs are given