Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-02-14
Garcia and Marti.
nez Here for Safe
Keeping
VICTIM IDENTIFIES THEM
Sheriff Secures Confession
From Garcia by Subterfuge
and Arrests Martinez.

Late last night five passengers on
the Santa Fe-Lamy train alighted at
the penitentiary. Three of them were
Sheriff Cleofes Romero and Under.
sheriff Enrique Sena of San Miguel
county, and Captain Fred Fornoff of
the Territorial Mounted Police.
The others with them were
Felipe Garcia and Prudencio Martinez
who are alleged to have made a
cowardly assault on Miss Margaret
Carllng, the young woman who was
attacked few nights ago at Las We
gas and terribly maltreated. The Off
GERS brought the two prisoners here
and placed them in the territorial
prison for safe-keeping, fearing an
attempt might be made to lynch the
degenerates II they were allowed to
remain in the county Jail at Las We
gas
Victim Identifies Both as Her Assai-
ants.
Felipe Garcia and Prudencio Mar.
tinez have been positively identified
by Miss Carling as the two human
flends who assaulted her Monday
night. Garcia who was arrested as
a suspect on Tuesday at first main
tanned his innocence but Wednesday
night broke down and made a con.
fesslon duplicating Martinez who had
since been at large. Notwithstanding
Garcias sworn statement charging
him with being the actual assailant
and Miss Carvings positive declara-
ton that he is one Of the men who
attacked her, Martinez disclaims all
knowledge of the crime and stoutly
asserts that he is innocent Chief JUS
tice VIM. j. Mills before whom the
prisoners were arraigned yesterday
afternoon in chambers at Las Vegas
thinks otherwise and. both were
bound over to await the action of
the grand jury in $4,000 bail. At
the judges order the two alleged
ravishers were removed from the
county Jail to the penitentiary owing
to talk of mob violence.
Strategy Forces Confession From
Garcia.
Satisfied Garcia was one Of the two
men wanted for the crime, Sheriff Ro-
nero tricked the prisoner into max
ing a confession. Late Wednesday
night the officer rushed into the pris'
oner's cell and dragged Garcia out in
to the corridor. Fifteen or twenty
determined looking men armed with
rifles and six shooters were standing
in front Of the barred entrance de.
manding admittance. Garcia thinking
the mob was clamoring for his life
confessed his part In the crime. He
claimed he did not attempt to as
sault Miss CARING but that
the actual assailant was Pru-
dencio Martinez. Garcia was told af
forwards that the supposed mob was
only ruse to get him to confess, but
yesterday without any coercion re-
iterated the shameful story which
was Incorporated in sworn state.
ment.
Garcia and Martinez according to
the formers version, were both
drunk Monday night when the outrage
was committed. A bartender and a
nn10rnd woman orn two imnOrtant
witnesses for the prosecution. The
bartender stated that the two men
were together in his saloon on the
night the brutal assault on the young
woman occurred, having purchased
bottle of whiskey and bottle Of wine.
Garcia in his signed confession said
he spent the remainder Of the night
at the colored woman's home which
she corroborated when called to tes-
tify at the preliminary hearing.