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ALLEGED MEMBERS OF RUSTLING RING ARE GIVEN HEARINGOne- Pleads Quilty at Start of .Trial, While Othli Denies Knowledge of Acts Until H£ Testifies : to Having Received, Some Meat in Distribution of CarcassMAGISTRATE HOLDS ONE FOR GRAND JURY; TAKES OTHER CASE UNDER ADVISEMENTTwo men alleged to be mem today were arraigned before Mag Oneicnfessed, the other plead taking part n the butchering of under advisement by the magii ted his guilt was held for the The prisoners ate Jutm Hern ad ez The charges were brought- by leged to have been stolen-from his t he c out y. At torney J - S. V-aitgVi t, tJe. and Horse Growers Asso-. i i torney Cliaprhnn conducted the ployed no counsel.’E'ben- the complaint vuread, Lucero promptly pleaded guilty, while Hernandez declared he did not kno* what.it was all about. However, fla the testimony proceeded, he changed his mind, because when put on the stand himself' he admitted ;liatjng cbured in tta . meal .of a stolen heifer and also that he hail helped slciii the animal.Cattle from the ranches of Mr. Talle and A. B. AfcAllIIafl.bare been disappearing for several months, according to the ranchers. Investigation ’resulted in information being| given to inspectors for the Cattle Sanitary Board that. Lucero, and Hernandez were implicated in the thefts, Marino Montoya, of Snndova) county, gave (he officials the infor (nation accusing Lucero and Hernandez.Harvey Montoya, adopted son of Marino Montoya, took the stand tide morning and testified that cattle had been killed at his tosier father** ranch by Lucero, but (bat the cattle belonged to Montoya. This did rot coincide with the testhnerty of Lucero, who admitted that'the animal* b» bid assisted In doing away with were the proper iyo f Mh. Talle.Considerable.: on fusion resulted at the hearing when the witnesses submitted conflicting testimony.'After the hearing adjourned. Attorney Vaught announced that prob-hbly there would be action against ethew as' a sequel to the testimony el feted ibis morning. Htrnandez and Lucero were remanded to jail.The first witness called was Harvey Montoya, who testified he had asked . Lucero to assist in butchering a cow at Montoya's ranch. This cow, Montoya testified, belonged to his foster father. Asked by Attorney Vaught to tell about having Been Luce to kill stolen cattle bearing OiO brand of Mr. ■ Talle, .young Montoya denied having witnessed such a scene. Mr. Ytsgkt, then reminded the boy that he had declared before the hearing that he had seen Lucero commit atk'iihew of a ring- of cattle tltieves islrate Schautr,ed not guilty, then testified..to stolen mock. His case was held trate, while the than, who admit-grand jury under $2 0C.0 bniitl. and David Lucero. |Tom Talie whose cattle was nl-! • ranch in the northeast section of .counsel for .the NewAletco...Cat-ttou, and Assistant District At-prosecution. The , defense en-. Reminded of Ms previous statement, young Montoya declared'lie did that because he was seared and firmly declared that his testimony In court was the (ruth.Lnccro questioned. Montoya briefly regarding whether or not he remembered warning him, Lucero, that he was wanted for entile stealing.Lnccro, on ifte stand,-(old a seory oif having assisted i„ the butchering of stolen cattle, huj denied-that-he was the one who stole the animals. He had previously taken Sheriff Myers and Cypriano Baca, an Inspector for the Cattle Siniiary Board, to the place where the bides of the tfolen cattle were hidden.The Montoyas live In Sandoval county, but have a ranch in this county. Young, Montoya was on the McKinley county ranch during the time the alleged stealing was going on in : that neighborhood and had, according 10 the assistant district attorney, told about seeing I he thieve! In action,The search for the cattle thieve* .has been going 01 for several months, ever since Mr. Talle first began to discover depict Ians In hi* herd In lifts county. Inspector* for the state board and Sheriff Alyers have been on rhe trial of the thieves, but 'not until-Montoya gave his Information •ere the officers able to make Br-rests.Sheriff Myers arrested Luccra In Bernalillo and Hernapdeb was arrested fit CaTrizoio.The sheriff and A1 romey Vaught today said that there is evidence That a ring of cattle thieves has been operating ln the county and that the prisoners now here are only two members of a gang of con-sldmbJe sire. The operations of the gang, according to Attorney Vaught, Involved the stealing and butchering of cattle from the Talle and McMillan ranch** and the **]e of the
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Gallup Independent and Carbon City News
Gallup, New Mexico, US
Tue, Jul 17, 1923
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