Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-04-21
Indicted Saturday, sssursd susds,
and Found Guilty H'ursday, b
Record fsr Quick Jusllee.


" t"h t" i."iih county jury Jus
twenty minutes to find verdict o
guilty of murder in the first degree
against Juan Rangel, Eusevio Rem
terra, Tnurino Garcia, Jose Rodri
euez, Francisco Alsares and JuaI
Castillo for their participation in tn,
Columbus raid March y. Argument,
in the ease were completed shortl,
before noon yesterday and few
minutes past noon the jury filed bacl
into the court room with their YER.
d'ci The prisoners were given q
fur and speedy trial. The case wa.
opened Wednesday morning and the
sentence of the court will be passed
next Monday. As the crime carries
the death penalty, the execution BY
hanging will take place at the local
Jail within the next thirty days un.
less stay of execution is secured.
The alternative j. unlikely.
The prosecution was conducted BY
assistant district attorney j. y.
Nnught and the defense by Buell.
Wood of Cnrrizozo. The state u.
troduced the testimony of Constable
7. A. IIulsey, p. X. Lennon, Ji..
sam Ravel. Lurid Fillmore of the u.
= Army. u. =. Aguirre and l.. A.
Riggs all of Columbus. The testi-
m"ny brought out the details Of the
raid and tended to indentify the de-.
PENDANTS with it. BY their own a.
mission, they were part Of the Villa
command and at the time were
wounded by American soldiers. The
defendants were put on the stand in
their own behalf and their testimony
went no further than to show that
they were forced into Villa service
aud had no knowledge that they were
ON American soil and taking part in
the commission of II felony whereby
murder was committed. Counsel for
for the defense and the prosecuting
attorney nmplificd these points in
their arguments. Judge Medler gave
the jury lengthy instructions, point
ing out that the prisoners might bc
found guilty no matter how small
their connection with the actual kill
ling.
The prisoners were brought into
court dressed in blue denim shirts
and overalls furnished them by the
county. All were wounded and only
two could stand up when the indic,.
meni was read. One was brought in
lying ON II cot. The court room was
crowded most of the time, many wo-
men being among the spectators. The
prisoners made no sign when the
court Interpreter made known to them
the verdict.
"Jarnado del muerte' tourney of
dcath), is the way the six Villa pris-
oners captured wounded near FL val
lc in Mexico by United States troops,
described their advent into Deming
Sunday from Columbus under the
charge of Sheriff W. G. Simpson Of
Luna county. The indictments
charge the prisoners with the murder
of james 7. Dean. Charles d. Miller,
Paul Simon and J. J. Moore. Fran.
cisco Villa was indicted at the same
time on the two counts before men
toned. and if captured will no doubt
he tried in Demine.
Attorney Wood of the defense had
his first consultation with the pris-
pncrs Mt the jail Tuesday morning.
One of the men caught ut III Vale
was an orderly to Villa and was
present at the Columbus raid and the
SANTA Ysabel massacre. At first the
men would not converse confident
ally with the counsel, but when they
understood the full significance of
he service which it is his duty to
render, they agreed to tell the story
fully and did so using the orderly
Is spokesman.
There is some speculation here n.
a what attitude the administration
will take toward the executions. The
.iforis Of the state department to
iterfere with the executions Of con-
lemned Mexican murderers in Ari-
iona are well known and Il is quit |
possible that the department may
seek to have the executions stayed.
70 dnnht. military develnnmcnfs will