El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-13
PROSECUTION SAYS RALEY LURED
to- ISDEATHBY UNSIGNED NOTE
Witnesses in McNew Trial at Alamogordo Assert That
McNew Had Offered Money to Have Raley Shot;
Wife of Dead Man Says He Received Unsigned Note
Luring Him to Telephone Office Where Shot

, killing, McNew had said to him. in the
presence Of Claude Johnson. VIII Nell
I son and Ray Johnson: "Raley could
I not see me, but I could see him. After
I i shot him, shot once at his wife.
/ Witness said McNew asked him II he
] remembered the threats. and il he was
/ going to swear for him. Declared he
: told McNew he had never heard Raley
! make any threats; that he wanted TO
} keep out OF the courts and not have to
testify for anybody.
Son says Offer Made to Him.
| Fred Johnson son OF j. W. Johnson,
testified that in the month OF June Nc
| New had said to him that ne would pay
HAM $500 If he would kill Raley for
him, or If he would get him to come
to some house or place where he (Mc-
New could do the killing. This offer
WHs made, witness said, at McNew's
house Witness did not warn Raley
that McNeW had tried to hire him to
kill Raley he said. He asserted en-
phat5cally that he never had breathed
to a soul that McNew had made such
an offer. until the day before he was
testifying.
Another Son Testified.
Ray Johnson. another son Of J. W.
Johnson. testified that on or about
August 1 McNew had made him sub
stantially the same offer which J. W.
Johnson and Fred Johnson testified
that McNeW had made to them. McNew
ley, witness testified, and said he had
offered to pay in cattle or money. or
a part OF both. Witness declared that
at the COlthrop hotel, some hours after
the killing. McNew, in the presence Of
J. W. Johnson, VIII Nelson and Claude
Johnson, had said to him: We'll, I
done the work. / was standing inside
the door: Raley could not see me. MY
gun snapped when I tried to fire the
second shot, so 1 grabbed a rifle and
shot the second time" Witness said
lhcNew said also to him: Il don't see
how 1 missed her CHER" was inter
preted by the witness to refer to Mrs
RaIcy) saw blood on her dress and
/ thought sure I had got her. too" Wit
ness said he was the one who had
taken the cartridge clips from Raley's
automatic rifle for sheriff Hunter.
when asked to examine the rifle which
had been identified and offered in evil
dence by the sheriff. failed to identify
the weapon He declared the rifle was
not the same one.
Shot Through Door.
G. II. Haynes deputy sheriff Of Ala
moEordO testified to going to Orc
grande and removing the screen door
from the front doorway OF the COlthrop
hotel The screen door was admitted
in evidence. 1t bears two small holes
that might have been made by bullets
He testified that he did not know the
size Of the holes TO be the same as
on the day after the killing.
J. J.. Lawson. assistant counsel for
the prosecution, took the stand and
testified that he did not send a note
to Raley asking him to come to the tel
ephone office, and that he did not au-
thorize anyone to send such a note for I
him. Counsel for the defence did not !
ask Lawson any questions
The state announced then that Il I
rested Its case. The announcement that |
the state rested terminated the night /
session, which had been commenced at !
$ o'clock, with the big courthouse !
packed