El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
(From Wednesdays Daily

(From Wednesdays Daily
There were two striking features
Of the night session Of the case OF
the state VS.. Gilbert W. Blancett,
charged with murder, before Judge
Abbott in district court last night.
One was the exhibit Of the skele.
ton Of the man supposed to have been
murdered, clyde D. Armour. The
other was the protest Of Attorney A.
3. Renehan, counsel for defendant, at
the applause Of the audience at ans.
wers Of a witness for the state. Mr..
Renehan protested against what he
termed "mob rule" He contended
that an effort was being made by
people In the audience % Influence
the jury by voicinu approval Of the
testimony Of a witness. Assistant
District Attorney E. p. Davies, one
Of the states prosecutors, replied to
Mr.. R~enehan's protest, declaring that
the questions Mr.. Renehan was ask
Ing the witness were responsible for
the answers which aroused the audi
ence to an outburst.
Judge Abbott rebuked those In the
audience who had participated In up
r%oarious laughter or applause, re-
minding them they were in a court
room where certain proprIeties must
be observed. The audience remained
quiet for a time and then broke out
again In applause at what It evident
ly considered a clever retort of the
witness, Antonio Sandoval y GrIego,
the man who says he found Armour's
skeleton on January IL. Thereupon
Judge Abbott threatened to clear the
court room II quiet was not main
tanned.
Following a brief examination Of
Paul G. Hill, A. r. & s. F. agent at
Glorieta, who admitted that he had
no records to show that E. e. McKir-
cher did not get freight from Glor-
ieta on October %, although Nc
Kircher signed for it on October 26,
according to McKircher's own testi-
mony, the state prepared for its
climax of the day; the exhibit of all
that remains of Clyde Armour.
Wrapped in a white sheet and lying
in a coffin-shaped basket, the dismem-
bered skeleton of the Sioux City mo
torist who was shot down from be-
hind in the woods near Glorieta was
brought into the district court room
about 9 p. M, and created a sensa-
ton. Never, since the court house
was built was there such a crowd; in
anticipation of the gruesome feature
of the session. Every seat was taken,
men stood jammed in the aisles clear
up to the court rail and several chill
dren stood up or sat on radiators at
one side of the room, and craned
their necks to see the skeleton.
The defendant, Blancett, sat in his
seat within the rail and eyed atten-
lively the remains Of the man he is
accused of numbering. If he felt any
emotion he did not show it.
The Introduction of the, skeleton
was necessary in order to have 1t
identified by Antonio Sandoval "
Griego, the native who found it on
January IA of this year, after his
little black dog had brought In a por.
ton of the leg with the shoe on the
foot. Undertaken G. A. Rising, Of this
city, wheeled the skeleton into the
court room and placed 1t in front Of
the jurors who looked at 1t with APP
parent interest.
Story Of Finding Body
Sandoval then took the stand and
to questions Of District Attorney
Crist, told the story of finding the
skeleton in an arroyo about 300 yards
from the Canine Real,' or Las We
gas5Santa Fe road. He said he lived
two and a half miles from the Glor-
ieta station.
II came from my work on the even
ing Of January 49," he said in Span
ish, with my two sons. After sup.
per, my wife said there was no wood.
did not see the dog when she went
out, but on her return she met our
dog with a piece of bone and a shoe
attached. She called me to say she
thought the shoe belonged to one Of
our boys. I put the bone and the
shoe on a chair"
Here the witness identified a shin
bone and a black vici kid No. z shoe
placed before him as what he had
seen the night of January 10.
ION the morning of January IA,
Sunday" continued the witness, II
thought of reporting the matter to
the authorities. Then l decided to in
vestigate first. l let my dog loose and
called my two IONS to come with
me. We followed the dog; there was
a little snow and the trail could be
easily seen. He led us to a skele-
ton in an arroyo. This skeleton was
a human being.7 1,
The witness then described the ar
royo in which the remains werel
He said he and his sons look
ed at the bones for a few minutes
and then he went back home leaving
one of his IONS on guard. He went to
Pecos to telephone Sheriff Celso Lo-
PEE of Santa Fe, about the discovery. ]
In Pecos he talked with Carlos (
Dreamer and John Harrison about the {
skeleton. "They came and others,
including some forest rangers, came
with me to the arroyo and found, In. |
Iced, that the skeleton was Of a hui (
nan being" he continued. Il told my
companions l thought 1t would be a '
good thing to get together the clothes {
and things found near the skeleton {
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