The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-18
Court Charges Jury for 45
Minutes and They Retire
Shortly Before i o'clock
This Afternoon.
BURKRART. RENEHAN
AND LARRAz0L0 ARGUE
Judge Pollock Tells Men Who
Will Decide Case That "Law
Looks on All Alike, as
American Citizens"

tBy Evening Herald Leased wirsf
Santa Fe. n. NJ, Dec. lb.--Thc case
Of the alleged conspiracy by Eifego
Baca. Trinidad c. de Baca, Manuel
e. vigil. Carlos Armijo and Porfirio
Savedro, TO liberate General Jose
Ynez Salaxar rom the Albuquerque
Jail. went TO the Jury In the federai
court at 1915 .. m, after the court
minutes. Among other things the
court said that although the defend
ants were prominent men, the law
looked on all glikc." and although
the ancestors OF the jurors and de-
PENDANTS were different from those OF
the court, they were al American
citizens" The jury is composed OF
Spanish-speaking talesmen.
United states District Attorney
summers Burkhart and Attorneys y.
A. Larrazoio and A. B. Renehan each
took he floor TO argue the cuAe this
morning. Mr.. Burkhart declared
there was no evidence 10 disprove the
governments contention that NJ. u.
Vigil had been paying bills ef Ceies-
, tinu Otero after the escape: the evil
dence OF Mrs. Ceiestino Otero that
her husband had been offered $1,000
To aid in the escape; the promise OF
VIGIL after the death Of Otero. 10
send more money To Mrs. OtcrO, ana
the killing OF Otero by Eifego Baca
Z two days after the receipt OF tbs cFyp-
ftlc and alleged threatening telegram
sent BY Nigil Go tir Romero and de-
I livered 10 Baen. a conspiracy, said
I MIR. Burkhart. 'dnes not have 20 be
made IN person. All that IL necea-
safy Is IN 1rrengement. We have
shown that eteti hing indicated theaC
I men were ,Feueeted with nlnn, 90
I liberate Sal NHt
! Argument I've trial OF five de-
/ PENDANTS chafesf With conspiracy 10
& a. NtnmHfMI
I Yncz Saa2af from 1ail in Albuquer-
que were TO he presented today IN the
United States district court. Evidence
Z Tor the defense was closed last night
/ u iacluded testimony by Eltegu baca.
I counsel for Saiazar. Trinidad &. de
Bacn. former state game warden, ana
/ VI. a. Vigil, district attorney az AlDu-
Z querque, all defendants, that tHey had
nothing 10 do with the ailesed con-
spiracy.
y Manuel L. Vigil testified that he
/ had advised Ceiestino Otero, subse-
+. quently killed at n Paso In quar-
rel with fsifcgo naca. 20 avoid the
hitter Vigil sWore he never had seen
Salazar and declared false the tesis-
mony of Mrs. Otero that Salazar had
been secreted az Vigils ranch several
days. Mrs. OterO has testified that
she and her husband were living al
the Vigil ranch at lha time.
The district attorney this morning
J withdrew the charge against "oriirio
savedra, thus leaving only four de-
PENDANTS.
santa Re. y. A., Dee. is.-~All the
evidence In the trial oi Elfego Baca.
, Manuel T.. yigil. and others. charged
with conspiracy 20 aid General Jose
Ynez Salazar to escape from the Der
naliuo county Jail last December,
] D.. "a ~ 10 u
eral urisoner. was completed at a
uight y, ssion OF the federal district
court last night, Judge John &. Pol
lock announcing his determination
that the case should be finished today.
lgaca himself and Trinidad {. de
3a another defendant, state game
. warden, were on the stand last night
/ and made catceor.cal deniais that
q they had anything tu DO y tn the sup
81 posed conspiracy TO aid the generals
escape Manuel T.. Vigil. district at
!, torney. OF Albuquerque, also denied
participation in the alleged offense.
Baca and Trinidad G. de Raca. u
|, was testified, aid visit Nigils ranch
> north OF Albuquerque but remained
there only twenty minutes Vigil said
% ne was al Gallup when the escape took
70 place aud denied that the reported
cave In which salazar was hidden had
= ever existed In the patio of his ranch
! house vigil said he nevST saw sal
O azar at his ranch and denied the truth
i OF Mrs. Celeatino otero story, the
10 feature of the first days events IN the
trial.
General salazar was excused fron
testifylng Yesterday ana promptly
lett TOT Albuquerque.
Trinidad G.. de Baca descriscd his
movements from the tlme he left San
, Ga ne on November ~ 10 several
hours after the escape took place.
Eiuasio Herrera, John /. Zlnmer'
man and Edmund Ross testified tina
4, they found no evidence 80 a tunAel ol
= cave In the patio OF the vigil house
N though Ross said test holes showe'
- a.. .a.,th hal h..a, 1laftttt,ad there