Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-13
WOMAN
ON TRIAL
GIVES DETAILS OF
MI RIDER OF ATTENCIO
NEAR IGNACIO

win the murder OIL her husband. Late
in the afternoon the jury was sworn
to try the issues Joined. The jurors
are H. M. Barnes, C. L. Colman, John
r. Pond, Herman Hanno, John Will
mer, w. w. McAlpile, B. E. Duggan,
Martin German, G. w. Skoog, j. M.
Price, Ed Billingsby and Charles Ap-
person.
In his opening statement District
Attorney Lane said that the state
would prove that the defendant had
rot only planned the murder of her
husband but had actually assisted in
the deed by delivering two blows after
the more serious blows had been Civ
en- by Juan Garcia.
Attorney Galbreath said in his open
ing statement that the defense would
undertake TO show that the defend
ant had no such part in the murder
as the state would underta ke to prove
The state put on as witnesses Ra-
mon Garcia, Nabor Garcia, Frank Gar
cia, Drs. McEwen and Dubois of Ig-
nacio for the purpose of locating the
body of MARITIME Attencio, the time
of finding the body and the condi-
ton of it when found and such other
facts as had bearing upon the case.
DR.. McEwen testified that when he
went into the Attencio home he found
the body of the dead man on the bed
and that the wound upon his fore
head had evidently caused his death.
He found the bones in the front and
somewhat to the right side crushed by
some weapon and that apparently aft
erward incisions had been made by
some sharp instrument. The incised
wounds had not extended deep enough
to effect the periosteum, or the COW
ering of the bone The doctors were
agreed that if the incisions had been
made before the crushing blow was
given that they would have made AN
impression. On the CROSSE s-examination
DR.. McEwen said that it was improb-
able that such wound could have
and that the incisions could not have
been made by Attencio falling ON or
against something as the cuts were
very distinct and were made by some
sharp instrument. He said it would
have been possible for one to walk
few steps after receiving such blow
On the head but could not have gone
velY far ". DuhoIs of lpnscio as
sisted. DR.. McEwen and his testimony
was practically the same in substance.
lie said that the size of the room in
which the body was found was per
hap H. by 12 feet and had one win
dow and one door in the side of the
house. He said there was considera-
Die blood near the pillow and that the
body was in the center of the bed,
and that opposite the bed was a stove.
He said that he had arrived at the
Attencio house sometime between 5
and 6 o'clock in the morning and that
the wounded man was then uncon-
5cious. After he had died he took
several stitches in order to close up
the ugly gashes made by some sharp
instrument. He, too, insisted that
these incisions found upon the fore
head could hardly have been made by
the falling of the body against some
sharp edges of furniture.
Witness Garcia, a clerk at Ignacio,
went out to the Attencio cabin early
il the morning after being informed
by Ernest Salabar of the affair at the
Attencio place. He said that Mrs.
told him that Mr. Attencio
had had trouble with his horses. She
said he came in and asked for his
supper and sat down on the foot of
the bed and after little fell over on
the floor and that then for the first
time she noticed his head bleeding.
Mr.. Salabar of Spring creek testi-
fed that he got up very early on the
morning of the 18th of May and went
over to the Attencio cabin and found
the wounded man upon the bed. He
found there several members of the
Garcia family and he asked them why
they did not go for the doctor and
they made reply that he should be
sent for. He said that he had fol
lowed the tracks of Attencio and that
no blood or evidence of injury had
been discovered before reaching the
Attencio house. He looked at Atten-
clio who was then unconscious and i'm
went to Ignacio for the doc
tor.
Sheriff McCluer talked with Mrs.
Attencio and she said that Juan Gar
cia had killed her husband and that
she saw him. He testified that upon
one occasion after the arrest Mrs. At.
tencio asked permission to see Juan
Garcia. The sheriff said he brought
him to the basement of the court
house where was Mrs. Attencio. There
the two held a conversation in the
hearing of him and that Garcia says
to her you know that we planned to
kill him and there is no use denying
it. got the poison for you. She says
but | did not give it to him. He
said again and again in substance that
you know we planned to kill him and
that she said VOC T kpo,y ,,,o J;J L4