New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-11-03

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T TSf. woman n%4 Ill., flea for her @n life f'" an the the so1s VII .b 5OloTed l,n her and md
wan1 u dop Xxi kin 1 ANN nn ,s ~ Va ms Shot St' her " She ST tp bt p not sa tn
t tSa 'h 1"to he her h5 s@a nDs sSo agos % out HI, 5a ist her sp,1 9@a %, ara ara fired two more
,o, EH,on WAS asa ' Gn;In.a. by , anras crime me- td 1t n vas nc %, Of n the af.t most cruel
Vigil was tried before a jury After hearing the evidence of this
' Sa"}SH v hFdi" to ps d 5%s d''' v9sf ' a sG'% to get ct q tI n$ aha '1 %d fG tnen 's se
Lest an enrased pulic, fearing that visfl might by legal strategy
ssGtp sn ' @la asfuIg gm PFH @erhsT TsRh,eh tb vF an r,G 'he fe t fou nSn 5n end td ,%,
the prisoner to Santa Fa for safeEeepng,
ws1s un STl" SeaG 4 T Tbno09 Te ngtoeT; % G6v snd he Mi nno%'o 4 be o1 hanse ed BY -, the
who is now running for state auditor on the Democratic ticket, committed
the law said was fit only to die miseraby in partial expation for his
That detection of justice. though. a mild in comparison with what
was to follow that wa tic be done by another candidate on the Demo
,sr, v of I ~I im ssa! no ,ss state sso! esni,s" ,a G,s A' md 1o ,1 1s95 to for Hs ss1a, s;
o Gs%sG1' r by TIi Tr GsFo Of sent int to sTf prison tnp6 for sl life "a and d, " f%o he hor had 10 se 1SIs
by Lieutenant Governor +. c de Baca. the present candidate for governor
on the Democratic ticket-who W, c. Mcdonald says would make the
same kind of a governor he has been. Mr. Mcdonald is in a position to
Yes. de naca actually allowed this ruthless wtemnrderer. the perpe,
traitor of one of the worst crimes in the history of the state, to leave
'S governor c0%m% W. '" c. y Mcdonald so had gone outside the state for a brief
Whether de Bacn then put one over" IN the absence of Mcdonald or
Whether Mcdonald knew when he went away that dc Baca was going to
facts but at any rate, de Baca as acting governor raroied Vigil and set
,or. that i this 55s, PSss, IN b j, nc! , 1aFs2'sssS ma may r BE 5,ossa , asas., what hat f., f..
latest latest. instance Ima Of Official action to favor the murderer; for after his
rom his st term of Tile Imprisonment" by De " Baea IS parole pare o Vigil muir
dere 8b q MAN aas in oo6 GsrI1%s, a. a settlement s vn E in in, F ts A Apr0,a G TDas So vtgr -.
brought Msu back and placed &C. in the ps n snm onc s e,mGre, He is there now
elect. him h, governor vs., 50 extremely i nsn.l. ls y nIissnn with a ,1ifsr" a he erTasa, muir M
or we're there other reasons?
Is II not reasonable to suppose that II he we're elected governor.
de Baca might again show solictude for v,l and again set the mur.
derer loose-now with two murders to his discredi?
The Vigil case is not the only instance of de Baea officially doing a
good turn FOR the perpetrator OF a horrible crime. There is the matter
of Prudencio Martinez.
In 1908 this Prudencio Martinez and a man named Felipe Garcia,
who was employed In e. c de Bacas printing office in Las Vegas. one
might nayna d and 9od.a assaulted , a girl uS on her way home ne through h a dark
was a revolving and public wrath at the degenTates who perpetrated
II ran high in San Miguel county. Martinez and Garcia were sentenced
to twenty years in the penftentiary.
After a short time, Martinez tried to get free or parole. The charita-
BILE Gile Otero, chairman, and his parole board, recommended the pa
role Of Martinez in August, 1918.
Governor Mcdonald declined to sign the parole until NAV 3 of this
present year. In the light of what followed, the question naturally arises:
Did Mcdonald finally parole MARTINEZ at the solicitation OF e C de Baca.
who had given the wife murderer Vigil a parole?
In any event, a % a Governor Mcdonald did parole Martinez,
Lieutenant Governor de Baca, head Of the managing board of the state
insane asylum at Las Vegas. gave him a job as cook at the asylum. II
shows IN the parole record.
Thanks to de Baca's PATRONAGE. the assanant Of the little telephone
girl was put on the states payroll, to hold down a good Job at the ay
lum He was assigned to cook for and come in contact with those pfhful
charges to whom society owes the best and most careful guardianship II
a afford to give. but the fate which has robbed them of their minds
may at least keep then from realizing where de Bacas ASYLUM board
recruits the men the state pays to look after them, and keep the inmates
from a sense of danger.
If he should be elected governor. would de Baca free the other as
Gallant Of the telephone gfl-Fehpe Garcia, who worked in de Bacas
printing effreP