Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-27
SANTOS ORTIZ
WILL NOT HANG
Governor Curry Respites
Sentence to Life I'm
prisonment
GRANT TEMPORARY INJUNCTION
Taos Valley Land Case Before
Judge McFie--Incorporation
Filed.

Instead of issuing the customary
Christmas pardon, Governor Curry
commuted the death sentence of San
tos Ortiz at Silver City to life i'm
prisonment in the territorial peniten-
tiary Governor Curry took this step
after careful consideration. 1t ap-
pears that the Territory before the
trial had offered to accept plea of
guilty in the second degree; that
Ortiz was too poor to engage an at
torney and that on account of power
ty no appeal was taken to the terri
torial supreme court.
Incorporation.
Incorporation papers were filed to-
day in the Office of Territorial Secre-
tary Nathan Jaffa by the Alamogordo
Consumers Light and Power Company
of Alamogordo, Otero county.
Charles E. Mitchell was designated as
New Mexico agent. The capitaliza-
tion is $4,000, divided into 1000
shares. The company begins with a
paid up capital of $3S,50 The in
corporators and directors are: George
Carl, $50 shares George Weigle, 10
shares; James A. Baird, 10 shares.
Arrests by Mounted Police.
Sergeant J. w. Collier of the mount
ed police at Estancia, arrested a man
named Bone, aged 81 years, for shoot
ing up the town on Christmas day;
Yes. Walkup for carrying pistol; w.
]. McAdams for assault with a deadly
weapon, McAdams being fined $lOO
and costs, and A. l.. Montgomery for
assault.
Lodged in the Penitentlary.
Sheriff julius Meyer and Sergeant
J. w. Collier, of the mounted police
yesterday. lodged the following re
cruits in the penitentiary; Lewis Nc,
Kinley, three to, four years for burg
larry and larceny; George Boyles,, to
u years for burglary; Leslie Johnston
one to two years for burglary. The
three were sentenced by Judge John
r. McF'ie.
Writ of Injunction Granted.
Judge John R. McFie today grant.
ed a temporary writ of injunction
upon petition of Golden Barrett
against the Taos Valley Land Com
pany, A. R. Mandy, ct al, to restrain
defendants from disposing of the com
pany's property etc The writ is re
turnable on January 2S.
Naturalization of Syrians.
Nathan Salmon, the San Francisco
street merchant, today received the
| following copy of an official order is
sued by Secretary of Commerce ant
Labor Charles Nagel and addressed
to the clerks of courts exercising iur
1 isdiction in naturalization proceed
ings: Clerks of courts exercising jur
isdiction in naturalization proceeding
will please disregard any request o.
direction heretofore made by any OF
! ficer of this division of the depart
ment, whereby such clerks are calle,
upon to refuse to receive or file dec
| larations of intention and petitions
| for naturalization by reason of an,
meaning hitherto given by the divi
sion of naturalization to the words
| white persons and persons of African
nativity or descent, as used in sec
ton 2169 r. S."
/ The Leopold Case.
Governor Curry has decided to is
sue a pardon to Carl Leopold. tn,
Roswell saloonkeeper,s who had beel
committed to jail for sixty days ol
an old commitment under which h
had violated his parole. Judge w. H
Pope, District Attorney J. NJ. Herve.
and others, in view of the fact tina
Leopold has served part of the sen,
ence We're not opposed to, executiv
clemency. a.
| No Smallpox at Good Roads Camp.
Dr. James A. Massie, of the terri
torial board of health, visited the goot
roads camp near Thornton and fount
that the case quarantined for small
pox was merely case of chicken
pox.
Christmas Observance at Pen.
| Christmas dinner at the peniten
tiary provided an unusual feast TO
the prisoners. Roast goose with az
pie sauce, mashed potatoes, steve,
corn. mince pie, tea and coffee proves
tempting menu. Cigars donated b.
H. B. Cartwright and Brother wer
passed around. In the afternoon, tn
customary exercises were held in tn
chapel for which La Banda de SAINT
Fe furnished the music.
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