Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-11
CLAIMS He MARRIED
RATHER THAN 60
TO JAIL
UNIQUE SUIT FILED IN
DISTRICT COURT THURSDAY
Eduardo BaCa Relates Weird
Tale of How He Was Forced
to Become Husband Of Cata-
lima Aragon.

Alleging that he had the allerna-
tive Of marrying Catalina Aragon or
going to Jail, and that the double-
barreled proposition was put UP TO
him with all the weight of the court
behind it, by Pedro Griego Apodaca,
II Justice of the peace of precinct NO .,
! Eduardo Baca filed a suit in the dis
! trict court yesterday afternoon,
through his attorney Modesto G, Or
| liz, asking that the marriage be dis
| solved and declared null and void.
| The suit is unique In The Second
| judicial district court and the allega =
lions made by Baca are somewhat un-
usual TO say the least.
The complaint alleges that Baea
asked Catalina Aragon, on september
| rs, 80, TO become his wife. Two
! days later Catalina announced her
| decision In the affirmative and on
] October Z the happy couple secured
| a marriage license and made all ar
1 rangements for the marriage with an
! old Town Clergyman. on October .,
according to Baca's statement, he de-
cided that he would prefer to remain
| single and not get married. He forth
with notified Catalina ana her mother
TO this effect, saying that he had no
HtHlit " kfl AitIIltut HttflItu al
negotiations off Catalina ana Cata-
lina's people, however, objected to
such an uncommon matrimonial pro-
cedure and sWore out warrant
against Baca, alleging that Baca was
guilty OF perjury. in taking out
marriage license, declaring that he
desired to marry the girl when he
did not mean to do SO. ON october
l3 the case came UP before Justice
Of the Peace Pedro Griego Apod-
aea, with large number OF witnesses
for the plaintiff ana the defendant.
After considering the law ana thc
evidence and then looking carefully
az the matter as it-might appear in
equity, Judge Apoduca bound Baca
over TO the grand jury in the SUM Of
$500, charging perjury It is alleged
further by Baca in the complaint
flied yesterday that he Justice init
mated strongly that he would send
Baca to jail If he did not marry Cata-
lima Fearful Of spending many days
In the jusgado, Baca considered
quickly whether he would prefer lan-
gushing in durance vile, or spending
the resi- Of his deys With Miss Aragon. |
With tho power OF the court in front |
ot him ana the c6unty jail behind
him. Goca finally concluded that lie |
the authority supposed to be /
vested in him, Judge Apodaca sus-
pended sentence with reference To
Baca ana he and Catalina went inn |
Inediately 20 Los Gregos where they |
were quietly married on October 49,
But according TO the allegations
made by Baca, they did not live hap
nily over afterward. The matrlmon-
al seas were fun Of squalls and fin
lily bic storm came along on Octo-
Der 20, one week after the wedding. !
Eduardo and Catalina quit, separated
md dissolved partnership.
Now Eduardo wants to have tho |
declared null and void al
eeinC that he was married under
iurcss and that he would still a.
bachelor be Il il were not for the |,
Questionable good offices exercised in
he case by Pedro Griego Apodaca,
usticc of the peace of precinct s.