Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-13
Verdict Recommends Prisoner
to Mercy of Court Sentence
to Be imposed at End of Pres
ent Tenn
PENALTY PROVIDED FOR
0FFENSE Is 5 TO 20 YEARS
Three More Indictments Pend
ing Against the Prisoner Who
Hears Verdict and Goes to
Cell Apparently Unconcerned,

Ocll Hppdl6 6illly UllCOllCtlileu,
After being out for one hour and
q half yesterday afternoon. the Jury
in the case OF the Territory versus
Florencio pfeiffer charged with as
sault upon Mrs Goldie Majoribanks
on June "a last returned verdict
finding the defendant guilty MS
charged in the indictment and recon-
including him TO the mercy of the
court The verdict was returned NJ
4.io. The large court room was filled
with spectators anxious to hear the
result of the deliberations OF the Jury.
The prisoner was arraiened before the
court when the jury reported that It
had decided upon q verdict. and heard
the result with apparent comnosure.
Mr. and Mrs, Maiorihnnlts were also
IN the court room when the Jury re-
ported, but while apparently relieved
that the trying ordeal was over, had
no comment To make on the verdict
Pieiffer was escorted back To the
county iau, where he win be confined
awaiting trial on the other three in
dictments returned against him IN
connection With the case, the remain
ing three charges being robbery at
tempt 20 rob ana lmpersonAting an Of
iircr II may be possible now, how
ever that pfeiffcr viii plead guilty
10 the remaining Indictments sem
tenee viii he imposed upon pfeiffer
by the court AT the end of the present
term, The penalty for rape the
crime OF which pfelffer was convict
ed Yesterday is from five to twenty
years In the penitentary The other
violations OF the lpw charged against
him carry penalties from three to five
years each
The ease went 10 the Jury at gao
yesterday afternoon, following the
closing arguments OF District Attorney
klock for the territory nnd Attorney
John A white for the defendant boti,
of which occupied an hour and half.
The assault for which Pfeiffer was
convicted Yesterday was one of the
most brutal IN the history OF crime IN
Hernnllllu county. According TO the
testimony, pfeiffcr, together with
Proconio Nuanes Intercepted Mr. and
Mrs MaJorihanks rs they we're walk
Ing into the city from the lower Santa
yards on the night of June "a Inn
personating an officer, Pfeiffer com
manded Majorihanks To climb into
box car, explaining that ne would
Keep him there uutll he took his wife
TO jail Mai0rlbanks was locked IN
the car and Mrs Mnloribanks was
dragged away to the snndhlls By
Pfeiifer and Nuanes. over ditches and
through fields, until they reached an
powder house In the sand
hills, where the flcndlsh assault took
place. Pfeiffor was captured the day
after the assault, but denied at that
time ana denied under oath during
ihe present trial that he had any con-
nection whatever with the crime
Nnanes WIS captured three DAYS after
Pfeifier's arrest He was put through
Tue third degree with the result
that he "peached" on his pal and
signed ana swore to confession adj
hitting his own gullt aud duplicating
pieiffer. Nuancs WIS arraigned In
court Wednesday ana pleaded guilty
ln the four indictments returned
against him by the grand jury. charg-
Ing completely In the crime. Nuanes
also was one Of the chief witnesses
Tor the prosecution Efforts TO prove
nm abb for Pfeiffer In the face Of
the strong testimony given by Nuanes
were unsuccessful
Insanity Plea for Torres.
That Leopoldo Torres was insane on
April b. 1908. when he killed Tom
Benefited, a colored man, with stove
door IN the city ial, and that he is
still insane and should be sent to the
asylum. viii be the plea entered in
The ease of the Territory versus Leo
pold0 Torres when that case is called
Tor trial early next week. Torres and
Benefited occupied the same cell in
he city jail al the time OF the killing.
rorres attacked the negro with an
ron door which he had picked M
rom the stove 10 the Jail. and frac-
ured Benefields skull The affair oc-
'urred during tho nisht and there
we're no witnesses Benefited was
Head when the jailer went to the faii
With breakfast for the prisoners the
lcNt morning Manuel u. Vigil has
iecu appointed as attorney for Torres
ind VIII conduct his defense. Attor-
lcy Vigil yesterday afternoon filed n
poverty plea for Torres in the district
'ourt. stating that the defendant is
lnable 10 bear the expenses incident
20 the examination for his sanity. II
IS likely that Torres viii he examined
next Monday when his case is taken
lp by the court
ASSAULT tasc ON Trial
Tho case of the Territory versus
ffpiridion Lucero. charging assault
and battery, was taken up in the dis
Irict court at 4:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. following the Completion
pf the Pfeiffer case. II u alleged that
Lucero made an attack upon An Ala
media man last spring. badly damaging
his face and other paF>n of his body.
District Attorney Klock y prosecuting
the case for the oGgT11oGy ana Attor-
ney w. c. Heacock = 6ofeodlnx Lu-
cero.