Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-29
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Article in Santa Fe New Mex.
lean Causes Court to Send
the Hearing to Torrancs
County.

santa Fr. y NJ. Marrh .t &c..
cause "i au interview with % witness
Who W,li itk.ls appear Ia the case ni
iH" territory vs. several men charged
with rpnu'rN. which was published lu
ih" santa D.. NrW Mexican 90, March
"a. Judge john H. McFie tuduy grant.
cd chang, uf sonu 90 Toutu.,
county and iu, nearing Will b, taken
up u E.uu.u
Tho .as, l. tu, territory ,s porpt,o
Torres lalu'1 tordova. \ ~ ~haltl.
cr ana u IS Tucker The, ucu gra
charged With robbery, ana Epnuip
Nisil Ws 500, aud daughtog. H. years
"t age ar' OBJ. ,Hlof witnos-"s against
them
The story which resulted iu the
change ot N,uu, I- ia part a. follows
II hay" heard of the tortur,s in
fUOtod in tho days or the luoas. when
men Wor" put ou the Stretch,r and
asked questions Nhirh were puu.tuat-
"d los the sound of snappng joints,
whcu ,hc' refused To- dNulge where
hidden treasures were. bus / myself
had q similar experience.
somehow or other tho report rot
around that I mad sold lot ot sh,cp
aud had uu Immense sum oi monc5
ia the house. lived on a ranch near
Proeres". Torrance county, and 1ll the
money had Iu ia, mouse was tliu
ABOUT +, u.clorh uE tho night uf Jam
uSrt l5. 1910. six masked men broke
into W, house and held Hll ui us up
nt the point oi pistols. In fact when
my wife int'rf,''i. imploriug that uo
ON" shoot nae. ono OF the bandits blul.
ed away and injured her "n "a, cop uf
the mead. Each one of NJ was bound
fast. hands behind the back and COM
mand"d 10 tell where our 'mucho di-
nero was.
Mr. vigil wlked rapidly and dra-
maticallt in spanish while p,put,
Probate Cl,rk SandoVal translated
sentence hy sentence.
u told them that there was NO large
sum of money iu tho huus". but point
go oni the trunk whore ana Sc had
was They opunod % and got Slio,
also gold watch, Bu, thcy W,r. not
satisfied They Kept Saying 'murho
dincru and declared that thcy would
lind il. They put pistol 90 my fore
head ana made many the lnts Rut
told them that was all the money Wc
had in th, house and not t. lili us.
Thr bandits carried Tho lamp
around "a, mousse aud rinSackcd the
place tu try To- find The hidden treas
urc. Nut finding IL they grew des-
pcrato with rage and taking off the
shoe ON m, right foot they removed
tho stocking ana put pieces ot paper
between nay toes. these slips of paper
thc> saturated Win Kerosene ana then
lit them. telling III, they wore going
To- bum nv alive.
Mi vigil said that ht did not Ike
this Ncru fire cure ana ilick"d Vtg"r-
ouslN when ho felt the warmth ot tho
flame. Then one oi thr bandits drew
his revolver aud placed The muzzlc at
his knee threatening tu shattrr the
bone it hc moved his foot again lIut
tie iapcrs between his tlcs went out
and his ilpsh was only singcd
Mr Nieil~ VIII, and daughter lay
trembling near by tu,r hands tied
behind their hacts and were suffer
ms grrnt anguish, fearing that the
head of the family Wa- ga be roasted
alive.
Tho bandits iiually grow weary and
about o'clock lctt th, house as sud
denly as th,y had entered a.
FulluWiuE their iootUrints arrests
Wcr" made ana the csH, came up ia
Torrance county, a change ot venue
was granted aud now IN, case Is being
heard hN Judge Mcfi'
Assisting District Attorney r. G.
Abbott in the prosecution is Attorney
T.. =. Davies. col George W. prich-
ard represents the defendants