Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-10-31
GRAND JURY
REAssEMBLES
Another Member
Excused at Own
Request
ALAR|D DENIES CHARGES
His Counsel Files Lengthy
Answer to Contempt
Proceedings.


the United States grand jury OF the
First judicial district, reassembled
here this morning at 10 o'clock for
the purpose of considering any fur.
ther matters that might properly come
before it, After all had answered to
roll call recess was taken until
p. m. One of the jurors asked to
be excused from further duty which
was granted and special venire is
sued to fill the vacancy.
This is the third time that the fed
eral grand jury has assembled during
the present term of the U. S. district
court in this city. The second adj
iournment week ago was taken at
the request of the special assistants
to the attorney general OF the Uni
ted States owing to the enforced abb
sence of Special Assistant Attorney
General Ormsby McHarg who was hur-
riedly summoned on important Off
cial business to Washington. Special
Assistant Attorney General Peyton
Gordon is still here, however, and
will have charge of the federal in
vestigations during the absence or
Mr.. McHarg.
There have been a number of chang
es in the United States grand jury
since it was impanelled at the be-
h, in SnDfnmhpr
Four of the original jurors were ex-
cused by the court without any eXpla-
nation although it is supposed theg
were suspected of having disobeyed
the charge of the court regarding Sc
crecy, and four others were excused
at their own request The jury as
now constituted is composed OF the
following. Benito Borrego, Sherman
Waggoner, Feliz Ortega, Encarnacion
Varela,. Antonio Burciaga, Pedro Lo'
pez. Frank w. Gormley, Luis M. Mon
dragon, Manuel Vigil, Enos Andrews,
Juan de J. Aragon, Ramon Qulntana'
H. H. Dorman, Pedro A. Romero, ia
mon Trujillo, Charles w. Dudrow,
Bonafacio Sanchez Pedro A. Lu]an,
J M. Hartley and Santiago Sena
David Catanacn when the jury re-
ported for duty this morning asked
to be excused because OF illness IN
his family, and he was accordingly
discharged. "A special venire OF three
was then issued for the purpose OF
filling the vacancy thus created. Those
drawn on this last venire are Z. u
Carlson, Andres Sena and Bernardo
Padilla, all of Santa Fe. They will re-
port tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
when one of them will be selected to
fill Catanach's place.
Aarid Denies Charge.
The hearing of the case in relation
to Ricardo Alarid who was arrested
yesterday on an order to show cause
why he should not be adjudged guilty
of contempt of court was taken up to-
day. Attorneys Catron and Gortner
as counsel for the defendant filed an
answer to the information in which
the allegations set forth in the COM
plant were denied. AS stated yester-
day Alarid was accused of having tam
pered with the grand jury and given
out information concerning it's doings
and the rule under which he was ar
rested was supported by an affidavit
made by Leo Hersch.
After the filing of the answer and
arguments by the attorneys on, both
sides a recess was taken until this
afternoon at o'clock and subsequent
ly went over until tomorrow. Alarid's
answer denying the allegations charg-
ed is as follows:
"Now comes Ricardo Alarid, re-
spondent herein, in person., and by
his counsel, Messrs. Catron and Gort-
ner, and for return to the order to
show cause, do, herein and for an
swer to the affidavit and complaint
herein lodged against him:
Il. States and pleads that he is
not guilty of any contempt of this
court, in manner and form as herein
alleged against him, or otherwise.
20. Denies that he, respondent, as
charged in said affidavit, and com
plant, or otherwise, with corrupt in
tent or purpose upon the part Of him,
the said respondent, or otherwise, un-
lawfully, or corruptly or in any man
ner to obstruct the due administra-
tion of Justice, on the 18th day of
October, 1907, or any other time, had
persuaded, induced, influenced or
procured eight or any number of the
grand jury of said court to vote that
no presentment be made to the said
court of the said Charles A. Spiess or
David NJ White or that no indict-
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