Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-16
CATTLE CASE SHEDS
LIGHT ON WAYS
OF OROzCO
Jury in Sierra County Court
Returns Verdict for Plain
tiff Who Went Up Against
Picturesque Rebel of Mex
leo.
Especial Correspondence to the nsrsIal


Hllsboro. y. NJ. STAY 1.-THE case
Of the state against Juan Barron was
tried In the district court here, and
tho defendant found guilty of man
slaughter. the ofcnsc having been the
killing OF Nightwatchnian Fred Bow-
40 az the Elephant Butte dam ON Feh-
ruary t3th OF this year.
The courts attention WAS occupied
yesterday hy the trial of the action
OF o. g. Holly VS. Louis W Parker.
In which the plaintin sought 10 re-
cover number Of cattle. or their
value. from the defendant The plain-
t,r was engaged In stocKraising. some
sixty miles south 90 chihuahua. Mex
leo. and during The disturbed political
conditions there, last year. in con-
orming TO the United states consular
instructions. ho engaged In rounding
up his cattle in order 10 make an In
Ventory tO he filed with the consul
az Chihuahua. an citizens OF the Unit.
cd states whose property WAS en-
duuecrcd being requested 10 do tho
same thing. when plaintiff came To
make his round mp, he discovered
some two hundred head missing from
his herds. aud started 10 trace tncm
westward. and before finding them.
no was stopped by some of orozcos
patriots Who told him that u would
not be we'll 90 continue further search
for his cattle al that time. and re-
llevoe the plaintiff of his horse and
trappingg and sent him homo afoot
4 few months later, the pialntim rec
cciNed notice through the Texas Pam
handle association. OF which he was "a
member. that cattle bearing his brand
were IN the stockyards al III Paso--
where they were then sold through
an El Paso commission house To the
Il. n.
money and taking bill OF sale. The
/ plaintiff then traced "a part of these
| cattio 20 near cutter. this county.
| where he rcpleNined them In the de-
/ foudant's possession. and the eject
/ az the testimony OF the plaintiff was
/ 10 show that hts cattle were stolen
! from him and that he received no con-
| slderaiion for them. and that the cat-
| tie In the possession Of Parker were
/ tho same cattle he So lost The de-
| PENDANT claimed the cattle 10y pur-
] chase lp good faith. through the stock
exchange la El PaSo. and tried 90
! trace the title under which hc tialmcd
Go It's source. which was sale under
/ the estray laws of MeXico. The
Troubled conditions of the republic oi
I Mexico made ~ impossible Tor the de-
/ PENDANT To- connect up AN tho links ir
his chain of title. though hc showed
the sale 40 an estray auction. and a
subsequent purchase from the JEFF,
i p,lltlco OF the district To- which thel
were impoundcd but the sale helms
boz the nature of forfeiture, the court
held the defendant had not sufficiently
established title in himself or disprON
ed the plaintiffs title in Holly, and Ia
structed the jury to return a. verdic
for the cattle. cor xll15, in event ms
cattle could not be- returned.
The ease Was interesting In tina
the naturalization of the document
I'm the ease We're under che hand Z"
the late unfortunate governor Of Chi
huahua, who was permitted 90 be
killed under the train IN -Nhich thu
HucrtH followers were taking him a
the city OF Ne'ico. The case also 10
ustrates the manner Ia which th'
Orozcoites nnuagod 10 raise rovcnu'
by taking property of United state
citizcns In Mexico ON the sly. and thei
putting them through some sort OF
; legal proceedings there in order q
secure ID title which they could mar
kct into money at El paso.
The court Will today take up th
, ''witchCraff' ease. which has arouse'
considerable interest in this county
having oyorrulcd defendants mouol
TOR contlnuanCc