Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-01
FIVE MURDER CASES
FOR TRIAL At
ALAMOGORDO
BUSIEST SESSION
IN HISTORY OF TOWN
Gonzales Charged With Fright
full MutiIation Of Victim tx
pected to Plead Guilty in Dis
triCt Court.
,.,.c,,, correspondence to Morning Journal

ran~cial Correspondence to Morning JOurhali
~Alamogordo, y. NJ. Nov. 2S.-Fhe
x,eok that has just closed was the
busiest in our circles that Alamo
uordo has ever known. With the
Irnited states and the territorial court
both in session, the crowds in attend
ance have been too large for the
Sotels and rooming houses TO accom-
modate. one night the people arrlV-
ing on No. 2 were unable to find quar-
ters anywhere and were compelled TO
sit up all nlght. ~
only W cases in the United States
eonrt have been tried by jury. The
first was United States VS.. Oliver e.
carr charged with unlawfully SNUG
cling into the United States from the
renublic of Mexico two Chinese per-
sons. Lu Hok Chu and Mg Hok Wee,
on the 31st of December last. Al
though the government introduced ~
witnesses, no conviction was secured,
the fury disagreeing. Some of these
witnesses were brought from New
York and Boston, and altogether the
trial cost a great deal of money.
The other case was United states
VS.. Thomas S. Chappell of Tucumcari'
on the charge of perjury. The in
dictment alleged hat Chappell con
tracted to sell his homestead before
he had made final proof, and that in
making affidavit in final proof he
committed perjury in testifying that
he had not sold or agreed to sell The
Jury returned a verdict of guilty, but
recommended the defendant to the
clemency of the court. The sentence
imposed was a year and a day IN the
p%enitentiary, a fine of $3.50 n the
costs Of the proceeding. The prison
I.AnfY- mad
behavior. The costs. together with the
fine will amount to, about q thousand
dollars. No appeal was taken.
In this court only a few cases OF
minor importance remain, which viii
probably be concluded by "Wednesday
Or Thursday.
The territorial docket carries Fifteen
criminal and niuety-twO civil cases.
not including the true bills returned
by the grand jury now in session. In
the old docket are three murder cases.
one accessory in a murder case, and
three cases Of criminal libel. In order
10 save expense the territorial petit
jury was not summoned to appear
until this morning, as all Of the first
week was devoted to the trial OF the
United States court cases.
There will be five murder cases
tried in this term of the territorial
court, which is without "a parallel in
the records Of the county. The cases
are as follows:
Estaban Balderrama, for the killing
of a fellow Mexican in La Luz can
yon more than six years ago. This
Indictment was returned by the grand
jury in December. 1908, when this
county was in the third district, but
Balderrama was not apprehended un-
I'll about six months ago. j. r. Whar-
ton will conduct the defense.
f. p, Crow, for the killing of Louis
Lanzendorff at Red Horse springs in
the spring of 1908. This case had
been tried once, but the jury failed
to agree. 1t is reported hat Dan NJ.
jackson of FL Paso has been retained
to assist in the prosecution. The de-
fense will be conducted by Judge
Byron sherry of A~lamogordO, Earl A.
Mayo of Tularosa and an attorney
from Crows home county In Texas.
case will be %stubbornly fought.
Red Mcclure. for the killing of j..
NJ. Smith, in the Sacramento noun
tains, in March of this year. J. +.
Wharton will conduct the defense.
Daniel Gonzales. for the killing of
Juan Madril on the Mescalero reser-
vation in the early part OF this month