Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-06-04
VAIN ATTEMPT TO
SECURE DISCHARGE
OF MRS. TE|ILEBAUM
I1dee Mills Overrules Motion by Defendants
Counsel for Verdict Of Not Guilty
Case Nears End.

/ A. At the time brought her from
Tecolote to Las Vegas on the LIT OF
january 1908.
O. Did she then ask you TO kill
Teitlebaum and promise to marry
You?
/ A. Yes.
@. Did ecu agree with her to kill
Teitlebaum at that time?
A. No s1c, / did not.
| G. When did Mrs. Teitlebaum
ogain ask you to kill Teftlebaum?
A. Never again.
Sums up Evidence.
.'These are the only two instances
in evidence said Mr.. Larrazolo..
when it is claimed this defendant
did procurs or attempt to procure,
Induce or otherwise encourage the
Icommission of the crime. and the
principal offender, Leandro Romero
says that at no time did he agree to
do it. but positively refused to do 1t.
Then when he did kill Teitlebaum,
ION the 15ta day of February, 1908.
nearly two months after his last con-
yersation with the defendant, should
we infer that he killed him by reason
'of these Inducements, made two
months prio~ to the i<ii1ing Of TeitIe-
baum?''
The court overruled the motion OF
Mr.. Larrazolo, to which he excepted,
and proceeded to address the
jury, outlining the testimony to be
introduced by the defendant In his
opening address Mr.. LArrazolo said:
Defense Outlines Case.
Gentlemen of the jury:
"You win now hear the witnesses
for the defendant. In the very nature
,of things, N case OF this kind,
where one witness on the one side
testifies that another one melted him
Ito commit i crime, at the time when
4the two were alone, it is impossible
for defendant to have much testi-
mony. The defendant Of course will
testify and she will deny before you
lof ever offering such Inducements,
but on that point that is all the tes-
timony that you can expect from her.
On other collateral issues and cir
cumstances, you will hear testimony
To the charge of criminal intimacy
Z which Leandro Romero says he en-
tertained with this defendant. we viii
show to yon, by creditable and disin
!. terested witnesses. that every time
: that Mr.. Te,tlebaum left his place %
business at Tecolote to come to Las
Vegas, when he was absent at night
|, that this sfendant always had some
lady companion remain at her honst
T. and sleep with her, occupying ths
same bed. and that at no time dix
!, Leandro Romero sleep there. Tha
on each of the three trips that Lean
!, dro Romero has testified me took th'
defendant to Las Vegas. and once Il
Chapelle, We win show to you by tes
timony that she always had compan,
on the road, and never travelled alon'
!, with the prosecuting witness Leandr
Romero, ami further that the rels
: tions of Mr.. and Mrs. Teitlebaur
we're pleasant that they were kin
! to each other and that the best 9
:. feeling and harmony prevailed i
= their home
The witnesses for the defendan
were servants employed in her hous
:, who all testified that they never sa'
= Leandro Romero in the house q
anywhere with the defendant.
- Case to Jury Tonight.
The mother and the step-father (
10 THE defendant were on the stand thi
~ forenoon aud the testimony in th
case will be concluded this Afternoon
er when the defendant herself, test
fled in her own behalf The arg
er ments to the jury are expected to co
isume several hours. and unless the
are finished before time for adiour
be ment this evening, IT is probable tn
Ill the court win hold a night sessit
in order to get the case in the han'