Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-16

me until | have to kill him.
I. J. Cox, rancher. living ten miles
south Of Alamogordo, testified he was
in the saloon in Orogrande, the night
about six years ago, when Raley shot
and tried to kill McNew.
II, M. Denney sheriff of Otero
! county for two terms ending with
January 1912, testified that he was
; familiar with Raleys general reputa-
ton, and that it was bad
l. +. Rains, secretary and treasurer
! and general manager Of the by
Chance mines at Orogrande. testified
that on the morning Of the day Raley
was Killed, McNew and Harris had
/ come TO his office and spent about an
hour. leaving about noon. Harris lit
TIE girl, or years Of age, was with
them, he said While they were
there, he said, Mary Raley, Bob RAJ
leys little daughter, rode ly, horse
back. She looked carefully into the
automobile in which McNew and Har-
ris had come, and then rode
on by. In few minutes SHE re-
turned and went on back to the Ra
ley home, about half a mile distant
Passing by on the return trip, she
looked into the office witness said.
He declared that after the killing, j.
e. Fisher his mine superintendent,
pointed out the place on the road
where the automobile and the Raley
buggy had so nearly met, the auto
mobile turning and hurrying back to
Orogrande. He said that the brush
was broken by the side of the road
where the car had left the road and
turned around. and that in the road
he could see the tracks that had been
made by a man. The tracks We're
farther apart than the ordinary
tracks, he said, probably indicating
that the maker Of the tracks had been
moving at o rapid pace. Witness said
he was familiar with Raley's general
| reputation, that ii was bad.
Ralcy and Wife Armed.
j. H. Fisher. superintendent of the
"By-Chance" mines testified that on
the morning of the day that Raley
was killed, and while McNew, Harris
and the little Harris girl, were at the
mine office, he saw Raley and his
wife leave their home and come down
into a little draw through which the
public road passed. Both had guns
he said. About an hour later. they
returned to their home, got into a
buggy and drove toward Orogrande
| tMrs. Raley testified the day before.
under REORGANIZATION, that she
and Raley had gone down toward this
! draw, that both were armed. but that
| they were looking for a crippled lamb
and did not know that McNew was at
| the office of the "By-Chanee' mine.)
! Fisher told also of seeing Mary Raley
| ride by the office, on the return trip,
| while McNew and Harris were in the
| office. He also said that after the
killing, having heard the story of the
meeting OF the automobile and the
| buggy, he examined the place where
| the car turned from the road and
turned around. He declared he saw
, where the brush was beaten down by
the car, outside the road, and the
tracks Of man in the road.
Lee Anderson, head teamster for
the by Chance mines, told of see
ing Raley and Mrs. Raley go down
into the draw, both armed with guns,
on the morning of the day of the kill
ing. He said he was on q wagon out
on the road, and not more than fifty
yards from them. when they left the
house. He said he saw where the car
had turned out of the road and turned
around, and where the buggy turned
out
Harris Principal Witness.
F. II. Harris, grading contractor,
was the principal witness for the de-
Tense He said that on the morning
of the day Of the killing, he left his
camp, on McNew's work, took his lit
tie daughter in the car with him.
and went to McNews residence. Nc
New drove with him to the depot, and
from there they went to the office of
the "By-Chahce" mine to see Rains
After the conference with Rains. they
drove 10 the depot and saw to the
loading of a wagon from car OF oats
II was after they had left the depot,
and had reached a point about mile
from the smelter, when they saw
Raley approaching. 81 was driving,
McNew was on the front seat with
me, my little girl was on the back
seat. McNew saw him first and cried
My God, turn. There he Is now RAJ
ley was then coming down the road,
on foot, with his gun in his hands.
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said. Don't shoot | cried, turned
as quickly as i could, bending low
over the wheel, and expecting to hear
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