Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-30
ACCUSED MURDERER
PLEADS GUILTY TO
MAkSLAUGHTER
Ortiz Causes Surprise By His
Action in Court at Las Vegas
Hogan and Little Are Ar
raigned,

Especial Dispatch to the Morning Journnil
East Las Vegas. N. NJ, Nos. "a
Rather than stand trial on n charge
OF murder, Candeiario Ortiz this morn
ing pleaded guilty in the district
court, to -manslaughter and was re-
handed back to Jail to be sentenced
later. The penalty is from one 10
ten years In the ~penitentiary.
The action Of Ortiz came as q sur
prise. He was charged with the muir
der of Andreas Garcia, eighteen years
ago. and had prepared to make a
hard fight for liberty. owing 10 the
fact tina the murder occurred 80
many years & that two of the most
important witnesses have since dled,
District Attorney Ward WAS willing to
accept a plea Of guilty from ortiz on
a lesser charge, although he had pre-
pared to present a strong case Tor
the prosecution.
The murder for which ortiz was ar
rested took place near Romervilie.
San Miguel county. Andreas Garcia,
an old man employed by j. +. Jar
amillo TO haul wood started IN ms
from G~haperlto to Las Vegas
by his small son. Near
iNlHitINfliif NV "a ~
ne lay dylng a man came to the wag-
on. drove the boy away and took from
the vehicle three sacks Of wood ON
the same day. IL liz claimed, that
C~andelario ortiz sold to the late
Never Friedman three sacks OF wool
on which appeared in ink the name
~ r Jaramillo." When an effort
was made 10 connect ortiz with the
crime II is said he left for Old MeXl-
co and returned only recently, when
was placed under arrest. As a
for the crime II was asserted
ortiz had planned to marry and
money with which TO purchase
4 wedding outfit.
Embexzler Pleads Guilty.
Louis Geix. charged with embe2-
element, this morning announced mat
would withdraw his former plea
not guilty and enter a plea Of guilty.
Geiz was a former treasurer OF the
East Las Vegas fire department and
asked 90 explain an apparent
discrepancy of $500 in his accounts.
He was indicted by the rand jury n
has since been IN jail. his bondsmen
him in custody.
Hogan and Little A~rraigned.
william Hogan and James Little
nOiored. sometimes known as Niger
Jim were arralRned this morning
On a charge of horse stealing. Ches
ter Hunker was appointed by the
court to defend Little, who had no
counsel. and Hogan also retained
Hunker as his attorney. Hogan ana
we're arrested last spring near
where they were working
with teams on an %irrigating ditch and
il ~ claimed the horses We're stolen
from the j. u. Hand ranch near Los
Alsmos.
Porter l. Indicted.
The grand jury this morning return
I'd two true bills against John Gallo
colored. one charges Galloway
with burglary and the other charges
larceny. He was arraigned and plead
ed not guilty. His trial has been set
for December 2. Galloway is a train
porter who is accused of the robbery
IF the John II. York residence
Thanksgiving night. He was arrest
I'd while on his run as the train wa
nearing La Junta and it is said the
taken from the York FEST
lence was found on his person.
Assault Case Up Today.
Tomorrow morning the case OF the
against Charles Allen Will
be taken up. This case was postpon.
cd from last term at the request OF
the defendant. II is alleged hat Allen
q gun in a west side saloon n
fired, the bullet striking Felipe Mon
in the left knee, gripping the
latter.