Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-09-17

noon found guilty in. U. S. district
court of larceny from the postoffice
at La Plata, San Juan county. The
jury was out only short time.
District Court.
Judge John R. McFie yesterday
sentenced James Henderson who con
fessed TO larceny from the postofice
at La Plata, San Juan county, to
$4,000 fine and costs, in default Of
which he was committed to jail.
James Williams, who was indicted
with Henderson and who was found
guilty yesterday afternoon, through
his attorneys moved for a new trial
and arrest of judgment, pending which
sentenced has been postponed. The
federal court, upon discharging the
petit jury adjourned until October Is,
when disposition will be made of the
case against Postmaster Alfonso Es-
pinosa of Ranches de Taos accused OF
embezzling $4,500 of money order
funds and of Williams.
Tomorrow forenoon the territorial
grand jury will report several indict-
ments.
Attorneys are requested to be pres
ent in court tomorrow forenoon at
ten o'clock when the dockets will be
read and cases set for trial.
Judge McFie, sitting as committing
magistrate, yesterday held under
$500 bond Teotilo Barela and Manuel
Barela, of Penasco, Taos county, for
murderous assault upon Rumaldo
Suazo and Epimenio Romero.
The Scenic Highway.
Territorial Engineer Vernon l.,
Sullivan yesterday afternoon inspect
ed the work that is being done on the
Scenic Highway. He made the trip
to Monument Rock in his automobile
in 45 minutes and it is probably the
first automobile that has ever made
the journey. The editor of this pa
per accompanied him. Only nine
convicts are engaged in actual road
building but they are constructing a
superb piece of highway, ten feet wide
place where the first stretch of the
road ended, to a connection with the
switchbacks over the Dalton divide
The road increases in beauty as il
Scends the canon and the scenery II
reveals is magnificent. About one
third of the gap has been completed
and as soon as the force OF cony1ctS
at work is increased it will be rapidly
pushed to completion thus giving
Santa Fe one of the most beautiful
roads in the southwest and making {
continuous portion of the Scenic High
way of twenty miles to within a few
miles of the Pecos. The grader re
Gently purchased, is at work in th'
lower canon greatly improving tha
part of the road already constructed
1t has already paid for itself in thu
work accomplished in making gut
ters, reducing grades and filling VI
ruts. The recent heavy rains did no
damage the road whatever and th
good roads commission is certainl,
to be congratulated upon the fin
showing made on the Canon road
AS soon as completed, the grader vii
be put to work at Domingo on tn
Santa Fe-Albuquerque portion of tn
{. highway.
Governors Annual Report.
Governor Curry completed his annl
al report to the secretary of the intel
ior on Monday and it was sent t
Washington on September Is. 1t ha
been carefully compiled and will cove
about Is printed pages.
County Seat Controversy.
Yesterday afternoon before Judg
John R. McFie, Judge Edward
Mann, as attorney for the people {
Estancia, presented a very able argu
ment in the matter of the people {
Progreso against the board of count
commissioners of Torrance county,
enioin the board from building
court house at Estancia By agre
ment, Attorneys A. B. Renehan, e.
Davies and Jennings were given te
days in which to file brief for pet
TONERS. The real parties opposed
Estancia are the people of Willard
Grimshaw Appointed Postmaster.
A telegram from Delegate to
gress w. H. Andrews announce
Samuel B. Grimshaw, at present
torial coal oil inspector, has be 'b e,
pointed postmaster at Santa Fe,
coed F. w. Shearon, who resigl
accept the position of district
under Judge John R. McFie. 81 os
succeeded Paul A. F. Walter al N9a
moster only in February of this yea
Mr. Walter resigning, after #e
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