The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-24

.t WAS tho result OF an accident.
uuv Up tipping while hls mind was
.nl'Whtt h1ly. ,auscd hy beer and
Whlskry ne had drunk along the way.
Two witnesses were put ON thq
stand uv th, defer. a.. evidently for
ihr purpo-, of strengthening the the
oTN hat Hlaucctt was Under the .un-
once 20 alcohol ON the day 81 the trag.
"dy They were Luis Martinez. j.
aged -. aud Jose Martinez. aged -
y,Ji-, % oi Luis a.. Martiucz who
lives near Gloricta. The boys stated
that some time Ils, y,ar-thcy did
NOT know the month. hut b was desiE-
upt'u as tho latter part Of October bv
Two other witnesses foliowiug-thcy
s1W "a tall man with a cap on MS mead
w1lNIng through t plowcd Held and "a
shorter va wearing an o|ycrcogt and
,tviy ing "a stick or gun. walking along
tho road. Tho men. they said. we're
some distulCc apart and were seen T
short distance from the house OF An
tonic Saudoyal y Griego. the man who
.uund Armour's skeleton IN an arroyo.
The boys testified tina, the man
with the o%ycrCoat. who appeared the
shorter Of the two men. fell 70 the
ground and then raised himself up By
leaning on the stick or rifle ne he'd IN
his hand Both boys gcye a dcmou-
straton % the fan before the jury.
Neither boy attempted 20 identify the
defendant a. the mln they had seen,
explaining they were at some dis
lance.
II will be recalled by many that
when Armour's skeleton was found
January IL OF this year there was no
trace ~ an overc0at, although there
were parts OF a coat vest, shirt and
other apparel. The theory ui the de-
Tense undoubtedly is that Blancett
wore an uycrcoat the dag 81 the iraG-
cdN.
Tho boys testified that on the day
after they saw a mag staggcr n fall
aud that they told their teacher about
it.
Luis MARTINEZ followed on the wit.
ness stand ana said that his boys had
spoken tp him about the incident the
latter part Of October. between I and
4:3n p m.
Teacher Gives Evidence.
Moro COS ANIfNA1 Nl the hNlNl'ff WI
given by Miss Theresitn Gonzales wht
taught school she said, az La Joya
since september. 1916. 1t was The
socoud month of school-October,
sho continued, the MARTINEZ BOYS
said they had seen two men goinp
along and shat the " men seemed
@stulgcring. Thcy were close tn th'
house of Mi. Antonio StudoNal =
/ Gricgo.
The witness said she knew j. Wal
the latter part ~ October because th'
cats h1d been harvested. She sai'
she I,, the boys go out ur school "a
Ig u'cluok one afternoon in october ID
ruy somcthnu they wished Go taxi
home
a, appeared from other tcstimou'
Ithgt tine youngsters went Go a hous'
Co rct some goats milk cheese.
Week., aftyrvard Miss Gonzalc
I.lId. She heard about the disappear
lame, of Armour and the rharg'
Ilsalust Bluu,,tt Snp said she hH'
.Iggr.tcd tHlt the spot where the tw'
linen were alleged % have boon secl
Ibs the MARTINEZ boys should o
Iicar,hcd. TOR perhaps the body %
tho dead man would he thorc, -h
had remarked.
There was another feature at ia
morning session which was interest
ing II was the action of the dotens
In calling 10 the witness stand Mr.
lSharles Baker uf Friday liurhol
wash, mother of the defendant. 70
lp,e first time the audience I'm IN
%lcourt room heard the mother Of th
defendant speak, although for day