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SILVER BELT
VOLUME I
GLOBE, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBEfl 25, 1907
Number 297
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ARIZONA
31
MURDER
MITTED JEN
merit Globe Business Man
,i Be Taken to. Indian Ter-
oiy to Answer Bad Charge
BEEN UNDER INDICTMENT
FOR PAST SEVEN YEARS
t His Connection with the
agedy, but Declines to
,o Details of Incident U.
Officers Make Arrest.
-.! on a warrant charging him
murder committed ton years ago,
M Iutyre, managor of tho Palaco
trket, was confined in tho county
torday, and ho will bo taken to
alley, Indian Territory, to stand
,. i.oon as the federal authorities
Indian Territory adviso tho local
states officers.
v ure was arrested at his place
- u.ss yesterday morning about 10
, b Deputy United States Mar-
, i H Hiatt! When notified that
,s under arrest Melntyre stated
. wrong man had been appro-
The olficef expressed the hope
was mistaken, but pending an
Ration ho would havo to take
. custody. Shown tho warrant
barge, Mclntyro admitted that
. .- the right man and was granted
straighten up his business af
- tue going to tho county jail.
i itre was not very communica-
rti.rn interviewed by a Silvor Belt
r. ,r otative last evoning at the conn-
When satisfied that his arrest
oine public and tho charge
he stated that tho killing of
be is accused took placo eighty
Qundrcd miles west of Pauls A al-
February 15, 1S97.
remained in that section of tho
' i t two months after tho trag-
bu.l Melntyre, "and no effort
o ., a. to arrest mo. Thrco years
l was indicted, but no effort was
,., arrest me, and this latest step
. .. m.rk of an enemy. I havo noth-
h fun her to say."
uci.ti.'ued closely, Mclntyro stated
tea- ti- name of tho man ho had killed
wai K ers, but ho pleaded ignorance
- m tnnVfirst name, and delined
t the details of the tragedy.
reported that whilo employed on
. . west of Pauls Valley that Mc-
,(,- had an altercation with Rogers
an. w in a struggle which followed
I.ugr . as stabbed to death, presum-
af ' Melntyre in self defense.
Tv ', is another story to tho effect
i h fit of passion Mclntyro struck
im over tho head with a shovel,
i g his skull, and that Rogers
r two months after the injury,
a announcement of his death was
.a i by Mclntyro 's disappearance.
- -rts bo true, Mclntyro first
New Mexico, whero ho re
two years, living under an as-
i.ainp, and then drifted into tho
. .ii' v in tho vicinity of Solomon-
ttr,en he resumed the uso of his
b 4 me and acquired somo property.
i .- been a resident of Qlobo for
t rep vears. When ho first camo
ity ho wa3 engaged as a team-
i i at tho present timo owns a
' r f teams and wagons, which ho
r. 1 out. Ho has been connected
a ' Palaco meat market in tho
v of a stockholder and manager
' ' ' past fourteen months. Mcln-
- reported to bo quito an cxten-
ler of farm properties in tho
nd in addition to his market
t owns considerable "city prop-
1 is a shrewd, careful business
I enjoys the full confidonco of
ness associates and his acquaint-
i general. The accused is a sin-
t, n and since coming to (Hobo has
with his mother on tho north
- is quito likely that ho will
hf aknti to the Indian Territory tho hit-
" ear of this week, as there is no
resist tho case locally.
StfS WIFE SEI
TO
Rage
e He Tried to Throw
r.er inio me Burning
Building
I. . i . if n
-' OTT, Ariz., September 21.
"y morning about 4:30 o'clock
shack occupied by Juan Tapia,
""vered on fire, but tho fintnes
mimed such headway beforo tho
as turned in that tho entiro
s wrapped in flnincs boforo tho
tho firo department, which an-
promptly. Tho entire shack and
""nts, valued at about $100, was
"J, with tho exception of a few
articles of furniture, carried
v a woman, who is alleged to
' n in tho placo at tho timo tho
- urted.
"on officer Miller arrived on tho
he found Tapia, who claims to
,," place, and the woman quarrol
"th under tho influence of liquor.
' eused hor of setting firo to tho
YEARS
0
HOUSE
$ LOST LITTLE ONE
FOUND TAR AWAY
Young Mother Qlvos Child to a
Woman to Hold and Thinks
It Is Stolen
,
ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 21.
Mrs. Dora llickson, 18 yours
old, of Redvllle, Knn., who, for
several days lias boon nearly
frantic, and has boon urging tho
police to find her kidnaped baby,
was made happy ly learning that
tho child was in a foundling nay-
In m in Salt Lako City. Mrs.
llickson, whilo cheeking her bag-
gage, had given the baby to Mm.
J. L. Corey of Wand, 111., to hold.
Mrs. Wand vrnitod in vain for tho
mother, who had been delayed,
to return. When train time nr-
rived sho boarded it with tho
child, thinking sho had boon
tricked by tho woman who wosh-
ed to abandon tho baby.
CHILD HAS CLOSE
CALL BY DEATH
Sustains Terrible Wound in a
Fall of 30 Feet, Landing
on His Head
Tho escapo of Icio Adams, young son
of tho managor of tho Copper Qucon
grocory department, from death last
evening when ho fell a distance of
thirty feot, striking his head, against
a concrete wall, is considered miracu
lous. At a lato hour last evening the
young patient's condition was consid
ered vory fnvorable by tho physicians
in attendance, who nro of tho opinion
that he is in no dnngcr of death, says
the IVisbco Roviow.
Icie, who is 13 years of ago, was
playing on tho veranda of a house im
mediately abovo that of his father on
School hill, when tho railing against
which ho was leaning suddenly gavo
wny, precipitating tho child to tho rocks
thirty f(jot below, where he struck on
his head and lay as if dead. Tho boy's
parents, who woro sitting on their porch,
and n neighbor, saw tho fall nnd with
ejaculations of horror rushed to whore
ho lay. Extending from the middle of
tho forehead to tho back of his head,
the boy had a gash which looked as if
it certainly woro fatal. With sinking
heart tho father carried the boy into
his homo and immediately cnllcd in two
physicians. They arrived within a short
timo and soon revived the child to
such an extent that ho could talk. On
account of tho weakness of tho little
fellow's heart the doctors woro forced
to sew tho wound together without ad
ministering any anacsthotic.
After ho revived tho boy told his
father and the doctors that ho was suf
fering with pain insido him, winch leads
tho physicians to believe that ho suf
fered internal injuries, but this was not
definitely determined.
Ono of tho physicians stayed at the
bedside all night attending the patient
and at a late hour it was reported that
his condition was tho best that could
possible be hoped for.
Tho child's mother was completely
overcome with tho horror of tho acci
dent, being rendered quito ill.
in, m i !
BOYS JAILED ON
E
Believed to Be the Parties Who
Entered the Store of F,
-C. Morello
II. Sassoc nnd II. Giacomo, two Mexican
lads, aro confined in tho county jail,
charged .with burglarizing tho storo of
P. C. Morello last Wednesday night.
Tho young men wero taken into custody
yesterday and will" probably havo a
hearing in Justice Thomas' court today.
Roth of tho accused havo been sub
jected to a sovero "sweating" by tho
sheriff's department, and whilo tho offi
cers aro reticent about giving out infor
mation, it is intimated that ono of tho
boys has mado a confession. The terri
tory has a number of good witnesses
and it i3 quito likely tho boys will be
held to the grand jury.
Tho Morollo grocory was entered
through a rear window and an effort
was mado to pry open a typowritor
desk in which tho thieves evidently be
lioved money was sccrotcd. Tho, work
was plainly that of amateurs and tho
two bovs under nrcrst, who hnd been
hanging around tho placo tho previous
day, wero early susplcioncd.
house and, it is alleged, attempted to
throw her into the firo to bo consumed
with his other personal belongings.
When tho officer interfered, ho at
tacked him and wns knocko'd down and
placed under nrrcst. Ho was lator re
leased under bonds. Tho woman was
also placed under arrest and lodged in
tho cjty jail, whero sho awaits a hear
ing with Tapia in tho city recorder's
court this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Tho
woman, who is a notgd polico charactor,
gavo her namo as Placira Togo. It is
thought that sho accidentally set tho
placo on firo whilo celebrating .Mexican
Indopcndonco day, with a few congonial
companions, in tho absonco of Tapia.
Tapia has only ono leg. Ho is a
wood merchant on a small scale and
bears a fairly good rpoutatfou.
BUUY
CA
Promise of Immunity to Alton
OPINION OF ATTORNEY
GENERAL READ
IN COURT
CHIC AGO, Soptomber 24. Attornoy
Gonoral Bonaparte is in favor of ex
tending immunity to tho Chicngo & Al
ton railroad, as arranged by former
United States Attorney Morrison, who
promised that" in tho ovont tho railroad
olHciuls would testify fn good faith and
assist the government in its prosocution
of tho Standard Oil company of Indinna
that tho company would bo hold im
mune. Today tho following text of n lotter
was read by United States Attorney Ed
ward W. Sims at thu reassembling of
tho special grand jury in tho United
States court of tho northorn district of
Illinois:
Lonox, Mass., August 29, 1007.
Edwin W. Sims, Esq.' United States
Attomoy, Chicago, 111.
Sir: On September 24 noxt tho spe
cial grand jury summoned by Hon. K.
M. Landis in tho United States district
court for tho northern district of Illi
nois will reassemble in accordanco with
tho court's order of August 14. In his
romarks to tho grand jury Judgo Lan
dis said in part:
"Gentlemen of tho grand jury: On
thcNlay tho ordor for your appearance
hore was entered, tho court directed the
district attorney to lay before you the
evidence respecting the rates charged by
tho Chicago & Alton Railroad company
for tho transportation in interstate com
morco of certain property of tho Stand
ard Oil company. Since this direction
was given I havo received a communica
tion from the attorney gonoral of tho
United States, tho substanco of which
is that prior to tho indictment of the
Standard Oil company tho then United
States district attomoy mado an ar
rangement with tho officials of tho Chi
cago & Alton road, under which ar
langcment the railroad company was
not to bo proceeded against, provided
it should, assist the prosecution, in good
faith, with evidence and with witnesses
in the matter then pending. In view of
this it is tho conviction of the attorney
general that good faith requires tho
department of justice to do what it can
to make good tho district attornoy's
assurances; and, as j'ou gentlemen will
readily perceive, this presents a very
grnvo question, becauso it is of tho ut
most importance that no offeiidcr should
undeservedly escapo punishment for
crimes on any such plea, as woll as that
oven tho meanest criminal may not
truthfully charge the government of the
United States with bad faith.
"What this arrangement was tho
court does not know; but tho court as
sumes it possibly may havo provided
that the Chicago & Alton company
should emnncipato tlioso who act nnd
speak for it from all obligations to
deceivo and mislead tho jury on the
trial lately closed. If this bo true,
whatever officer of tho department of
justice is charged with tho task of de
termining what shall bo tho depart
ment's attitudo must have submitted to
his careful consideration the transcript
of tho testimony of theso railway
agents, in order that ho may intelli
gently decide whether under tho dis
trict attorney's arrangement nnd tho
railroad company's performance the
Chicago & Alton road is entitled to im
munity. "Whether tho grand jury act in tho
matter will depend entirely upon what
conclusion this official may reach as to
what tho most perfect good faith re
quires tho government of tho United
States to do."
As you aro aware, tho suggestion of
tho judgo has been complied with by
this department and tho wholo subject
very carefully considered. Moro es
pecially tho department has examined
thoso parts of tho transcript of evidenco
in tho record of tho trial of tho United
States vs. Tho Standard Oil Company of
Indiana, called to my attention by you
and referred to in tho judgo 's remarks.
Tho facts which appeared to tho depart
ment to bo material in 'this connection
aro as follows:
In Juno and July, 1900, criminal pro
ceedings against tho Standard Oil Com
pany were authorized by tho depart
ment for receiving rebates from soveral
railroads in what is known as tho "Chi
cago district." It was considered im
portant that indictments in theso cases
should bo found before tho expiration
of tho sixty days allowed by tho joint
resolution approved Juno 30, 190G, sus
pending tho operation of tho act gener
ally known .as tho "Hepburn Act,"
and thus keeping in foreo tho prior stat
ute, against which tho nllcged offonses
had been committed. This period would
SEPARATED FOR YEARS,
SON BEGS FROM FATHER
Asked for monoy with which
to buy something to cat by a
young man about 22 years of ago
last night on Broad street,
Georgo Campbell of Pueblo was
united with a son, whom ho had
not' seen for twolvo years. Mrs.
Campbell deserted her bus band
in 1895, taking with her thcir
only son, George. Tho mother'"
died in Los, Angeles two years
ago, and sinco then young Camp-
bell has been drifting over tho
country. Ho camo to Globo pen-
niless and seeking employment.
Mr. Campbell, a prosperous nun-
ing man with intonsts nt San
Carlos, mot tho boy" by chaneo
' and readily identified him when
asked for monoy. The father will
take tho son cast with him.
,
STANDS BY
X
expire on August 28, and it was there
fore deemed essontial that tho indict
ments in question should bo returned
not later than August 27. It was also
desired by tho department that as many
as possiblo of tho offenses believed to
havo boon committed should form tho
basis of counts in the several indict
ments found, so that in tho event of
conviction tho penalties imposed might
bo sufficiently sovero to servo ns a de
terrent (o similar breaches of the law
in tho future, evon on tho part of a
defendant of great wealth. Under theso
cireumstiinces tho United Stntes attor
ney for tho northern district of Illi
nois reported to tho department that it
would bo. impraeticablo to procuro evi
dence justifying tho indictments of tho
defendant named, on more than a com
paratively small number of counts, with
in tho timo above specified, unless, in
enso of tho Chicago & Alton, ho had tho
co-operation of the ruilroad company
in tho procurement of proof, and that
this' co-operation could bo obtained
only through a promise of immunity
from prosecution, in connection with
theso procoodiugs, given to tho corpora
tion and its otliccrs. The situation thus
presented was bnc which frequently
arises in tho administration of the crim
inal law, in connection with offenses
such as bribery, conspiracy, etc., etc., to
which more thnn ono person must neces
sarily bo parties, and tho precise facts
about which generally liij the knowledge
only of the guilty parties. It was
deemed by tho department expedient
in this instance to grnnt the immunity
suggested, nnd Mr. Morrison was au
thorized to make, and did make, an
arrangement with Mr. Shaw, one of the
counsel of the Chicago & Alton Rail
roud company, whereby it was under
stood that, if the said corporation
placed its records and tho testimony
of its officers and employees freely at
tho disposal of the government, nnd in
good faith assisted the. prosecution when
tho enso should be tried, tho said cor
poration and its officers and employees
should not-Jio prosecuted for its share
or their filvaro in tho offenses forming
the basis of tho prosecution.
In conscquonco of this understanding
tho books and other records of tho Chi
cago & Alton railroads were placed at
the service of the government, and al
though theso documents were, for the
most part, not admissablo in ovidencc
against the Standnrd Oil company, they
wero of great service in enabling the
prosecution to frame tho indictments
nnd procure evidenco to sustain it, and
also in establishing to tho entiro satis
faction of tho prosecuting officers them
selves that the acts of the parties con
cerned constituted offenses under the
law nnd wero understood and intended
by both parties to bo rebates and un
lawful. Moreover, the production of
this evidence placed it in tho power
of the government to convict with cer
tainty tho Chicago & Alton Railroad
company, if it Ipst the benefit of its
understanding as to immunity. In con
Bcqucnco of this assistance from tho
railroad company an indictment was
returned on August 27, containing 1,900
counts. I am assured by Mr. Morrison,
and, personally, entertain no doubt, that
it would lnrvo been altogether impossi
ble, without such co-operation, to havo
secured an indictment within tho time
containing moro than a comparatively
small number (say fifty or ono hundred)
counts. It follows that a service of
great valuo had been rendered to tho
prosecution by tho railroad corporation
as a result of the immunity understand-
E.
HAD A STRENUOUS
Rode 250 Miles on Horseback
Before He Reached Safety in
Old Mexico.
DREW' ALL HIS MONEY
FROM BANK IN GLOBE
Armstrong States that He Has
Not Heard from Kinsey, but
Remains Firm in Statement
that He Will Come Back.
A special dispatch, bearing date of
Soptomber 22, says:
E. W. Armstrong, for whoso arrest a
warrant is out in Arizona, becauso of
tho failure of tho brokorago houso of
I. N. Kinsey at Globe, loft hero this
afternoon in company with a friend
who was leaving for n trip into tho
Arizpo district on mining business. The
go about twenty-fivo miles south of Can
anca into a country inaccessible except
by wagon road from this point. Inten
tion on their departuro was to return to
Cananca tho lattor part of noxt week.
Armstrong shows plainly tho strain
through which ho has passed sinco tho
12th of tho month, when conditions at
Globo determined him in tho opinion
that flight from tho territory was neces
sary to snvo somo $5,000 which ho had
on deposit in Globo banks from attach
ment for tho benefit of creditors of tho
bankrupted brokerago establishment,
who know that ho had tins-amount of
(Continued on Pago Six)
1
raw
ITS PLEDGE
Not Repudiated
EVERY PRECEDENT IS
FAVORABLE TO
DECISION
ing when tho indictment was returned.
As to how far tho assistanco of tho
railroad company enabled tho prosecu
tion to establish its case and secure a
conviction at tho trial thero may bo
somo room for a difference of opinion,
and I can understand that tho testimony
of ono employee of the railroad com
pany called by tho government as a
witness in rebuttal, may havo raised
somo doubts as to tho good faith with
,'whieh the company carried out its
plcdgo to the government; but, after
careful consideration of all tho attend
ant circumstances, including all the
facts to which you havo directed my
attention, I find no ground for moro
than suspicion or conjecturo imputing
such baid faith to tho railroad company.
There is certainly nothing in tho nnturo
of proof that it failed to comply with
its pledge, and I sco no room to doubt
that its co-operation was of great as
sistance, if not absolutely essential, to
the success of the prosecution.
It would bo alike unworthy and im
politic for tho government of the United
States to get tho benefit of such an
agreement as was made in this case, at
least in a very largo part, and then
assert doubtful grounds on which to
repudiate its pledge of immunity.
Through tho agreement tho indict
ment of the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana was mado possible, and its con
victiou at the trial at least greatly facil
itated. I can find no sufficient ground
to deny tho Chicago & Alton Railroad
company and its officers the immunity
which constituted the consideration for
the aid thus offered. It is proper to say
in this connection that I was person
ally ignorant of tho fact hat such an
agreement had been mado until in
formed of it by Mr. C. B. Morrison,
your predecessor in office, after the
grand jury had been summoned by
Judgo Landis. Of course, I was aware,
through the official information received
by the department, of tho aid rendered
by the Chicago & Alton Railroad com
pany in connection with this trail, but
Iliad assumed that this aid had been
rendered with no agreement as to im
munity from prosecution on tho part of
tho government. At the trial of the
case of tho United States vs. McGregor
& Upton, in the district court of tho
United States for tho district of Mary
land, tho court (Hon. Thomas J. Mor
ris) at the instance of (ho present at
torney general of Maryland (Hon. Wil
liam Shcppard Tirynn), leading counsel
for tho defense in that case, instructed
tho jury as follows:
"The jury aro instructed that it is
an established usage in courts of jus
tice that where an accomplice is duly
admitted as a witness in a criminal
prosecution against his associates, if he
testifies fully and fairly, he will not bo
prosecuted for the same offense."
took part in .that case as special
counsel for tho government, and I as
sumo that, in tho recent prosecution of
the Stnndard Oil Company of Indiana,
tho Chicago & Alton Railroad company
relied upon the "established usage in
courts of justice" ascrfed in this in
struction, regarding itself as, substan
tially, in tho position of such a witness
as is therein mentioned, and without
any express assurance of immunity.
As soon as tho facts of the case were
brought to the knowledge of tho de
partment, or nt least as soon thereafter
as it could bo verified, tho plcdgo of
immunity given in tho present caso
was called to the attention of tho pro
siding judge. It is a sourco of regret
to the department that tho facts con
nected with tho promised immunity
could not havo been laid beforo tho
court prior to the entry of tho order
summoning tho special grand jury. Un
questionably this could have been done
hnd these facts boon known to tho de
partment itself, but this omission can
not, of course, niter the duty of the
department in tho premises, and T,
therefore, instruct you to mako such
motion or take such other proper ac
tion as you may deem necessary to
give effect, under existing circum
stances, to tho promiso of immunity
above mentioned. It is needless to say
that tho department recognizes its full
and solo responsibility for both tho
plcdgo and tho action now tnken, in
accordanco with it. You aro further
instructed to report to tho department,
as soon as may bo practicable, such ac
tion as you may take to givo effect to
tho foregoing instructions.
Very respectfully,
CHARLES J. BONAPARTE,
Attomoy General
REJECTED BY MOTHER,
HE STOLE HER CHILD
A woman, giving her namo as
Mrs. Alice Blythe, and claiming
El Paso as hor home, reached
Globo last night and immediately
sought the assistanco of the ofll-
cers in an effort to locate and re-
cover her two-year-old babe.
. Mrs. Blytho states that a young -
man named Edward Brooks be-
camo infatuated with her, and
that when his suit wag rojected,
ho stolo tho child and left on a
westbound Southern Pacific
train. A man nnswering tho de-
scription, carrying a child and
unaccompanied by a woman,
boarded a Valley train at Bowio
on Monday and is. believed to
havo come to Globe. At a lato
hour last night the officers had
secured no clue as to tho where-
abouts of tho kidnaper.
WOOS.S FOUE DAYS;
REJECTED AND DIES
Impetuous but Unsuccessful
Courtship Leads Man to
Suicide
WEBSTER CITY, Iowa, Sep;
tcmber 21. Because Miss Mar-
tha Quindahl refused to marry
him after a courtship of four
days, Ross Hendricks, a former
well known Webster City thcat-
rical and circus man, took fifty
grains of strychnine at Esther-
ville this morning and, rushing
into tho street, fell dead. Hen-
dricks hnd been a boon compan-
of Carl Pressloy, another well
known locnl theatrical man, who
shot himself in the city park here
two weeks ago after burning a
roll of bills amounting to $2,500.
Traveled All the Way from
Butte on Small Sum, but
This Com Fooled Him
TUCSON, Ariz., September 21. Pas
senger Conductor Archer, who has one
of the runs on tho Tucson-Yuma divi
sion of tho Southern Pacific company,
had an experience Friday evening as he
was returning t oTucson that shows ho
was not overlooking anything in tho in
terest of the company, and at the same
timo caught a smooth artist, who, when
he was caught, admitted that he had
worked conductors all over the country
and had never been caught before.
When the train left Yuma Conductor
Archer began to collect the tickets from
the passengers in the chair cars, and
he finally came to a heavy set man who
presented a ticket from Yuma to Dome.
As the conductor docs not have many
passengers for that place he fixed the
party in his mind nnd gavo him a hat
check for that station. About the time
that Dome was to be reached, Archer
went through the train to collect the
hat chacks from the party and was un
able to find him. Upon looking more
closely ho found that his friend had
changed his hat and in the meantime
had appropriated the hat check of some
sleeping passenger that read to Tucson
and was sitting in another placo in the
car with a number of male passengers,
evidently some of his companions.
Archer took the hat check out of the
party's hat and made a demand for fare
to Tucson. Mr. Artist at first refused
to do so, but when the conductor in
formed him that he would bo put off the
train, ho. finally produced the fare re
quested, uu't not until no had told Ar
cher that he would sue the railroad com
pany for all kinds of damages. He of
fered to prove by his fellow compan
ions that he had had a ticket to Tucson,
but Mr. Archer refused to listen to that
kind of affidavit men.
Shortly beforo the train reached this
city Mr. Artist came to Archer and
said: "You arc all right. I have
worked all the conductors along the line
from But.tc, Mont., heer, nt a cost of
only $12, but you were evidently on to
me."
OUTSIDE THE CITY
Determined Pugilists Frustrate
Officers of the City and
County
Failing to complcto a fistic contro
versy within tho classic confines of tho
city Monday evening, after being ar
rested and making bond for their ap
pearance in the city court, J. S. Rogers
and J. R. Edwards quietly passed ovef
tho corporate boundary and engaged in
a genteel go to tho finish. Just who
won tho. decision 'has not been officially
announced. Sheriff Thompson played
for a scat in the front row in tho sub
urban go, but despito tho fact that he
was astride his running horse, ho hit
the ringside just after tho main event
had been pulled off and the principals
had taken their departures. Edwards
and Rogers entered (ity court yesterday
afternoon, pleaded guilty and wero fined
$10 each, for disturbing the peace.
The first engagement between Rogers
nnd Edwards took place on lower Broad
street. A patrolman chanced along bo
foro a decision had been reached and
haled the young men into Judgo Thom
as' court. They put up bonds in the
sum of $10 for their appearance yester
day afternoon and left tho courtroom
arguing tho merits of tho bout. Rogers
wasn't satisfied nnd Edwards promptly
accepted his chnllenge to go outsido
the city limits and pull a finish engage
ment off. Sheriff Thompson was noti
fied and mado. a run to prevent a frac-
turo of the law, but the difficulty had
been settled beforo ho reached the
scene.
Charged with Disorderly Conduct
A. W. Reed, who was arrested Mon
day night on a charge of disturbing the
peace, will havo a hearing in Justico
Thomas' court this morning nt 10
o'clock. Mary Woodward, a member of
the tenderloin district, is the complain
ing witness. Reed nnd the woman had
a quarrel in a lower Broad street res
taurant. Reed has been enjoying his
liberty on a $100 bond.
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Prominent Eastern Banker Is
Opposed to the Idea of Pos
tal Savings Banks System.
STATES SHOULD HAVE
DIRECT SUPERVISION
And Government Should Ap
pear in an Advisory Attitude,
Bringing About Better In
vestment Laws,
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 24.
P. LeRoy Harwood, treasurer oO the
Mariners Savings Bank, of New Lon
don, Ct., iu an address today on postal
savings banks nt the convention of tho
savings bunk section of the American
Bankers Association declared that tho
strongest demand for postal saings
banks comes from sections where im
proper and inadequate state laws havo
permitted dishonest bankers and irre
sponsible banking institutions to be
tray their trust. As a corrective agency
and one which might obviate the neces
sity of establishing a system of postal
savings banks, Mr. Harwood suggested:
"I have thought for some years that
some sort of general govcrmental sup
ervision of savings institutions would
be a good idea. By this, do not mean
that the Govcrmcnt should assume di
rect charge or supervision of the banks
themselves, but rather a general over
sight nnd advisory attitude toward tho
stato governments which should, by all
means have the direct supervision of
the banks in their territory. This would
have the effect perhaps, of bringing
about better and more uniform invest
ment laws and better examination and
supervision of the banks, where today
each state has its own methods of hand
ling this business, some good some poor.
Tho expense to the government would
be so small as to hardly be worth men
tioning. The cost to this government
of postal savings banks would undoubt
edly be very great. The savings banks
of this country aro conducted at an an
nual expense of about one-fifth of one
per cent per dollar of deposits, and it
ia extremely doubtful of this could bo
matched by the government, even after
many years of operation. A great dis
advantage which has been repeatedly
brought to attention is the fact that
the money which may be deposited with
the government is immediately taken
away from the locality to which it be
longs and that locality deprived of its
use in development of its business and
property. This, of itself, is a most
serious objection. The western or south
ern community, to which the postal sav
ings bank idea would appeal, needs all
its moneys for its own development and
use. This money should be gathered to
gether and loaned back to the communi
ties on mortgages and notes. The rapid
development of tho eastern states has
been due in no small part to this prin
ciple, and tho west and south should not
bo deprived of these advantages. It is
necessary, therefore, to devise somo
plan for keeping this money near home.
The mutual savings bank of the cast is
perhaps considered the ideal savings
bank and tho process of establishing
and building up those institutions is
simple in the extreme. Were the work
ings of these institutions better under
stood, they would no doubt meet with
favor in all parts of the country, and
a government savings bank commis
sion could bo of great service in spread
ing information of this kind wherever
there seems to bo a desire for savings
depositaries."
Mr. Harwood, in concluding his ad
dress, offered a resolution providing that
the association appoint a committee to
investigate the question of postal sav
ings banks in a limited territory and
tho desirability and scopo of a gov
ernment savings bank commission.
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A WATER 6USHEH
Artesian Well that Is Flowing
Water at Rate of Twelve
Gallons a Minute
Special to tho Silver Belt.
THATCHER, Ariz., September 21.
At a depth of 88S feet, this afternoon,
a strong flow of water was encountered
in the test well which is being driven
by the G. V G. & N. Railway company
on tho Louis Riggs ranch south of tho
city. At present tho well is flowing
twelve gallons of water per minute, but
with a little moro depth a still greater
flow is expected.
There was considerable excitement in
tho city when the strike was an
nounced, ns it means much for Thatcher.
Tho railroad company has agreed to put
in a perfect system of waterworks for
tho city, affording ample firo protection
and water for domestic purposes. It is
also believed that this ample water sup
ply guarantees railroad shops when tho
Espco's main lino passes through here.
Tho water is said to bo the finest yet
tapped in tho artesian belt.
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