Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-04-26
HOW TRUJILLO
MET DEATH
Trial That May Throw Light
Begins in Justice
Alarid's Court
PAcHECO IS PUT ON STAND
Man Who Last Saw TrujilIo
Alive Describes His
Death.

Was George Trujillo shot from am
bush; did he meet his death from
stray bullet fired at random; or was
/ the tragedy that robbed him of sight,
Ispeech and hearing for AZ hours and
then of life itself, a mystery that will
have to follow many others sending
their victims TO the Port of Missing
Mem?
These are some of the questions that
likely will be answered when the trial
begun this morning in the court of
Justice Alarid will have terminated
This trial is practically an investi-
cation to determine what part. if any,
the Wagner boys, aged II and II
years, and the Lentz boy, about l.
years of age, played Friday afternoon
while they were out rabbit hunting
with rifles near Bishops ranch. lust
at the time George TTujillo, riding a
horse was seen to plunge from his sad
die nevermore to speak.
The trio of boys are charged with
assault with intent to kill. the Terri
tory Of New Mexico prosecuting them
through Acting District Attorney c. C.
Catron. With Mr.. Catron sat Attorney
Ira GrimshaW. Defending them were
the well known attorneys A. B. Rene
han and Col G. w. Prichard. An in
terpreter sat at Justice Alarid's left
and an official stenographer took down
all the testimony after it was trans
lated in English. DR.. John H. Wag-
ner, father of two of the boys who fig
ure in the trial, Mrs. Lentz clad in
black one or two physicians and news
papermen completed the audience
that gathered around the table which
stood in the center Of the magistrates
room. A large number of people
wished to crowd into the room but the
public was notified that this would
not be permitted.
Pacheco Takes Stand.
Higinio Pacheco, who was probably
the last man to- see Truiillo alive, was
the first witness called. 1t was he who
was driving the lumber wagon near
NIliNIL uJIiIb wa lluIuS when lic
fatal bullet struck Trujillo in the back
of the head and when another bullet
is said to have lodged in the wagon.
Mr.. PachecO gave his testimony in
Spanish and there was more or less
delay in getting answers to a long of
questions Attorney Renehan put to
him.
Describes Death.
While much ground was gone over
by the attorneys in trying to give the
court mental picture of where the
two men were when the shots came
their way, and while there was much
Importance attached to the distances
they traversed after they had spoken
to the Wagner and Lentz boys on
their way to an arroyo where the trag-
edy took place, the description of Tru-
jillo's death might be said to have
been the feature of this mornings
testimony. Mr.. Pacheco said that he
was driving ahead and had the inten-
tion of speaking to Truiillo who was
on horseback but realizing that Truii-
ITO was a dozen or more yards away
and knowing that he suffered with
difficulty of hearing, he did not ad-
dress him. They grew closer togeth-
er however, and as Pacheco was
down in the second arroyo he saw
Trujillo suddenly writhe in agony and
then fall from his horse.
Did he utter cry or say anything
at ALL asked Mr. Renehan.
He made no outcry Of any kind"
replied the witness.
The case was continued this after
noon with Mr.. Pacheco still on the
stand There will probably be a num-
Der OF witnesses, it is said, and the
hearing may be a lengthy one.