Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-03-09
AGED MAN MAKES
NOISE JUST LIKE
REAL PUG|LIST
in Boundary Hearings
30 Years Old, Threatens
Violence to Anybody I'M
pugning His Motives,

tsprctAL e1HHasponpaaes TO soRHlHs IoUHHALi
Santa Fe, March S.--"lf man dare
approach me to suggest what | should
testify before any court, l would kick
MIN out Of this ROOM" yehemently de-
cIarei S5-year-old Jose de Jesus Gar.
eta, "a New Mexico witness before the
Mexico boundary cOmmisl
sion in his testimony in the 1000 pages
submitted by the forty eight New
Mexico witnesses, some Of whom arc
over a hundred years old and most OF
them above 70.
New Mexico has rested it's side ana
Attorney General Frank w. Clancy re-
turned this noon. No date has been
set for the resumption OF the hearings,
but they viii be resumed after the at
torney general of Texas has gone over
The 1000 pages Of typewriter testi-
mony Of the New Mexico witnesses
and has decided on what witnesses
Texas will place on the stand. IL
took sevonty-five working days t.
present tho New Mexico sldo OF the
case.
Garcia resented the intimation that
he was testlfying because Of the fee
ana mileage that would fan To him
pendence OF a New Mexico farmer Dv
declaring that he makes his living
from his farm end that he always had
made IN honest ana good living His
memory and mental and physical
vigor astonlshed all who heard him.
his only weakness being failing cya~
sight. Bnt he declared that ne coula
write with his eyes closed ana
f,.t. ne
closed his eyes and wrote with
bold hand, II am an independent New
Mexico citizen
Refused TO learn English.
When asked why he had never
learned English, he said that hi
rather had been an officer In the Mex
lean army ami hated the Americans,
that he counaeled his son never a.
learn to speak or write English and
that like dut0ul son he had oboyed.
although he and his mother had all
ways a great desire TO speak English
Garcia's youngest son is only eleven
years cid. II was Garcia also who told
OF trip down the Rio Grande In 1914
and again in 1851 In pursuit OF uwu
young SWANS who had kidnapped =
buxom and good-lookihg girl Of IS
years, q relative OF Garcia.
The story of the pursuit down the
Rio Grande Is exciting and tells how
the girl and provisions were carried
ON a mule, how the fugitives, at one
place waded for two miles in the river
bed so as to throw the pursuers from
their trail, ana how they doubled back
several times or crossed recrOssed the
Rio Grande for the same purpose un-
IN the mule dropped dead. The girl
was recovered az Canutillo. on tho
New MeXieo-TeXas boundary, whore
there was no sign of a habitation at
that time. The girl ran 10 meet Gar
Ella ana embraced him and kissed HIN
Historically Her two captors made
their getaway. Not the least remark
able part of the chase was that the
fngitves Us well as pursuers followed
the Rio Granda even through its can
yon, which vas deemed impossible
ANA is avoided to this day by travel
ers who take the tornado del Muerte
instead. Garcia has served in the New
Mexico legislature. also as 4 probate
Judge and in other official capacities.
Examination Was Thorough.
How thorough the examination of
witnesses was may be gagged from
the fact that William p. steen, a sur
ycyor was asked 62t questions. The
reams of testimony throw many q
sdelght on the customs and habits Of
the Spanlsh-Hpeaking people ut the
time OF the American conquest and
will furnish considerable historical
here to students III the case We're 70
be presented to the court now, New
Mexico would undoubtedly VIM de-
clured Attorney General Clancy, but
rot knowing what the witnesses for
the state OF Texas may testify, OF
course. II Is impossible to make a
forecast Of the result The stakes
are some 5000 acres of fertile bottom
lands along .he Rio Grande between
Anthony and FL Paso, valued at SO, i.
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