The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02

The straits to which the Republican
central committee is reduced in It's a.
tempt to injure the character oil l..
de Baca, Democratic candidate foi
governor, are shown by the pitcous
sob.story recently published regard
Ing the paroling OF Jose Euiracio
Vigil. serving q life term in the stat,
p%enitentiary for the murder OF his
wife at Ration. Vigil VAS parolcd b!
Lieutenant Governor de Baca while
serving AS acting governor. Vigil, one
of SEVEN PER CENT OF paroled con
victs under Democratic penitentiary
administration who failed to make
good. forfeited his parole afterward
by killing another man In a drunken
brawl and was sent back TO the
prison.
With its usual and notorious disre
gard for the truth. the Republican
Prevarication Bureau has painted u
narrowing picture OF the helpless anu
innocent wife brutally murdered with
out cause. and the cold.blooded action
OF the acting governor In paroling the
woman's slayer.
With It's usual i'll luck, the Prevari
cation Bureau has again succeeded In
throwing mud, not only on Demo
cratic candidates but on prominent
leaders OF the Republican party.
In view OF the lurid misrcpresenta
ton Of the Prevarication Bureau, the
attention OF the public should be re
called to the facts. They are as fol
lows:
Vigil's wife, affidavits on file al
the state prison declare, was a won.
an OF bad reputation.
Vigil, discovering what he claimed
TO be the infidelity OF his wife, In
wild anger followed the unwritten
law and killed her. The man in the
case escaped.
Vigil was tried, convicted and sen
fenced to hang. largely through made
quate defense.
BY reason OF the ~extenuating cir
cumstances. strongly urged, among
others. by leading Republicans, III.
territorial governor COMMITTED vigil
sentence TO lie imprisonment.
Acting Governor de Baca later pa
rolled Vigil.
Mr.. de Baca paroled Vigil upon tn
recommendation of CLEDFES RIO
NERO, warden OF the state penltcn
tiary, one OF the Republican Leaders
OF San Miguel county. and upon tn
recommendation of two other warden
of the state prison.
Mr.. de Baca paroled Vigil upon the
urgent recommendation ~ STATE
SENATOR CASlMlltO BARELA o.
Colorado, one OF the bts' known Re
publican leaders In that state.
Mr.. de Baca paroled Vigil upon tht
urgent petition OF over one hundred
and eighty citizens.
II is said that II. o. BURsUM, for
mcr warden Of the state prison. als'
recommended the parole OF Vigil.
eareia's Recommendation.
The letter from Senator Barela
pleading for clemrncy for Vigil wa'
as follows:
IN behalf of Mr.. Serafin Vigil
father Of ]. f.. Vigil, his four brothers
and also his sister. all residents o
this county and very worthy people
the oil man being about IS years old
and on my behalf and In behalf o.
the best citizens OF the Spanish-Ame
lean people OF this community. ] bel
to recommend that YOU pardon j. T.
Vigil, convict AT the p~enitentlary a
Santa Fe. so that he can come to live
with his old father and family and b.
once more q free man.
II am correctly informed that hi
record at the penitentiary is A No.
and ! have no doubt he will behave
himself for the rest of his life b!
living with his family. In fact, h
got astray from his father and broth
ers when ne met with the misfortune
for which he has been suffering II
the penitentiary for so many years
J Before that time he never vas know