Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-11
WALES MURDER CASE
NOW IN HANDS or JURY

AFTER eAA mdff uN us
trict Attorney nia' ~ repre-
senting the territory, and Mr.. .. A.
Larrazolo. of Las Vegas. for the de-
fense. the case Of Domingo Wales.
charged with the murder of Colonel
j. Francisco ChaVes. was al iu~ IN to-
day submitted to the jury
Judge Mann's instructions to the
jury were quite lengthy. covering the
rules Of evidence and the points Of
law involved i'm the case The charge
is considered eminently fair and abso-
lutely impartial, The jury is expect
ed to be out some time before "a decis-
ion is reached. the fear being express
ed that their deliberations will result
In disagreement on account Of the
intense feeling the case has aroused
in the community
In the nature Of things. the testi-
mony for the territory was rather To-
dtous, and while several witnesses
have been examined for tho purpose
of establishing two or three material
points. the facts placed before the
eoAlrt and jury by these witnesses
have been Of the greatest Importance
10 the prosecution The territory has.
il is believed. established beyond the
peradventurc of a doubt that the par
ty who killed Colonel Chaves wore
his shoes reversed, the left one on the
right foot and the right one on the
left foot. with crack in the sole OF
the one worn on the right foot. that
In the tracks discovered about the
windows OF the home of Juan de Dios
Salas, at PinOs Wells. where Colonel
ChaVes was assassinated. appears this
same mark IN the ground. that the
assassin, judging from the footprints,
examined two or three windows. final
~ making several tracks before the
window through which the fatal SHOT
was fired: that the footprints then led
to a point some DISTANCE from the
house TO where, apparently, two
horses had been tethercd, whore they
were lost entirely; that the footprints
from that point led To- the corral Of
Domingo Wales near progresso. and
that the horse making the peculiar
track was In that corrall the morning
after the murder that az the point |
where the horses stood several tracks |
appeared. showing that they had been /
hitched there for some time, and that |
apparently from that point they sepa- !
rated. This might be taken as evil |
ience that more than one party was 1
in the shooting. or n might /
be presumed that the accomplice of /
the assassin. II there was one, re- |
mained with the horses until the re-
turn Of the murderer. when different |
directions were taken in order to d.
vide the trail II has been shown by /
Rosaura Lueras de Cordova, az whose
house Wales lived that the bed Of
Valles was not slept in ON the night
" the murder. Saturday November
rs, 1904. that the day after when
he officers arrived az the corral. this
woman examined the horses with the
officers. and an the marks of hard
'iding the night before were appar-
mt. saddle sores and dried, hard
weat The day following. sunday.
'rocOpio Cordova arrived at the home
II Wales on a ncighborly visit ana
iardlY had been passed the usual sal
itations when he was told hy Wales /
hat Colonel Chaves had been killed
he nieht before Afetr some con-
'ersation anent the subject Wales, re-
erring 10 some business matters In
which he had been concerned and also
n which Colonel Chaves had evident
y figured TO his dctriment plainly
old Cordova that Chavos would in
erfere no more, as he tNallcsf had
illed him This testimony was Of the
Hest kind. the epithets applied 10 the
olonel by Wales heiug the ioulesi
hat could fan from the tongue of
nan.
The territory has uuoarihcd con-
iderable evidence since the trial Was
iNNl ne fiffii. WHICH u HAIN 100 ii NA 'NNf
iost eliminating character. and
.hich. it Is said. tends tn draw the
hahn ~ evidence about Wales still
ghter.
n Is presumed from the line of
followed hy Mr
arrazolo. that am alhi is de-
ended on by the defendant. Several !
Z the tcrritory's witnesses have tcs-
fled that Wales WAS az his home I
ear progresso late on the evening I
T the killing. and such being the d
8se 10 would be utterly impossible
ir him 10 go to Pinos Wells. a dis
Incc of some eight OF nine miles. in
me 10 Kill Colonel Chaves az the
me it is alleged he was slain. This
'ems 90 be the principal argument
the defense. However. while
allies was ~ home for supper. q Is :
iowu IL was an early supper-befnre &
irk in the month ~ November. and / {
.at the meal Colonel Chayos was O.
irticipating in al the time he was u
He'd was late one The territory Z
els confident if has been able % es- q
blish the hours Of the two meals
ifh sufficient clearness 60 allow
enfy Of time for the trip from
allies ranch e. Pinos Wells D
Geurge Armiio Identified the cloth -
< worn by Chaves a. the time Of his =
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