Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-05-16

ted the crime. He was tried before
Judge II. II. Reynolds in Albuquerque
and sentenced November 80, 1912.
His death is the fourth hanging in
Rernalillo county
Sought Respite But Sought in Vain
The attempt made by several promi-
,nent residents of the Duke City to get
Governor Mcdonald to reprieve Del
gadillo--their hurried trip here by
motors in the moonlight and their re-
turn to Albuquerque after midnight
was known today when slip of paper
vas found at the MOnteZuma hotel adj
dressed to one of the representatives
of the New Mexican. The story told
by one of the members of the motor
party is as follows:
chairman Alfred Grunsfeld and
Manuel Springer, of the Bernalilo
county board of commissioners; J.
Benson Newell, attorney for Nemecio
Delgadillo. Manuel Garcia, editor of
La Gazeta of Albuquerque, and James
s Black associate editor of the Albu-
querque Evening Herald) reached
Santa Fe by auto last night at 8 and
argued until midnight with Governor
| srite for Delgadillo.
Governor had made up his mind
and refused TO grant further time,
Party left shortly after midnight for
Albuquerque
Governor Mcdonald Tells Why He
Refused.
When shown ,rle ABOVE statement
this morning, Governor Mcdonald
said:
'It is true that ! had made up my
mind as to the guilt of Delgadilio and
the gentlemen who came up to see me
and stayed until midnight did not !
present any arguments changing my
decision
Murder Statistics in New Mexico. !
The hanging of Delgadillo is the
third this year in New Mexico.
Records at the capitol show that !
during the first twelve months Of |
statehood New Mexico was the scene |
OF no less than seventy-five homicides !
which is thought to have been a
record for New Mexico, whether as
state or territory.
But during the first four months of ,
the SECOND year Of statehood-that !
is, from the middle of January to the
present day, 1913, there have been but
FOURTEEN homicides, it is said.
But Few Hanqings in New Mexico.
1t is also noticed, glancing at the
records, that with the wave of crime
which spread over the state, there
have been comparatively few hang
ings. Away back in 1897 there were
six hung in Santa Fe; in 1901 there
was one in Silver City, and one in
ColfaX county: in the summer of 1906
Socorro saw a man swing, and in 1907
Conlon went to the gallows. i
About fifteen years ago there was
quadruple lynching in Los Lunas.
mob taking -four prisoners out of jail
and stringing them up in the street.
Some years ago there was double
execution scheduled to take place at
Roswell, but one of the condemned
men so sharpened spoon that he cut
his throat with it and cheated the gal !
ows. The other man was hanged
Two Countries Were Satisfied Of Del ,
gadiIIo's Guilt. +
Governor Mcdonald could say much c
1ore than he has already said regard i
Bg the Deigadillo case The editor
ais in the Albuquerque Herald would !
cad some people to think that the e
governor had not gone into this case e
md knew little about it. In an inter e
Jew with Governor Mcdonald this a
morning he said that in addition to b
'aving taken up the case very thor T
nghly and gone over all the evi-
ence. he went over the entire case G
yer five months ago with the state e
apartment Of the United States gov h
The Mexican embassy took C
)elgadllos case up with the depart d
lent of state last winter because Del
adillo is not an American citizen, but 4
citizen Of Old Mexico. The state
apartment then wrote to the gov
rnor of New Mexico and Governor
1cDonald had review of the case
nd went over it exhaustively and ia
frote statement of the case and sent in
to the secretary Of state at Wash
lgton. Since that time there has W
ever been anything done by the gen
raj government to interfere in any Ill
,ay with the reversal of the case, a Fl
act that is evidence that the report Fl
t the case as made to the Mexican
mbassy Was satisfactory and proved fo
hat the case was one in which the me
country did not care to
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