The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume], December 17, 1910, Image 10

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M We Have for to
PRESENTS
' f MONOBAT-fJ
' - y i All
The Monobat Mattress leads all oth
ers in price and quality
Rockers $2.00 up
-Morris Chairs $4.00 to $10.00
Sofas $25.00 to $35.00
Spring Rockers $7.00 to $15.00
Hod Davenports $40.00 to $50.00
China Closets from $20.00 to $60.00
Buffets from $20.00 to $60.00
Barnes 1 Rankin
MUSGRAVES IS
FOUND GUILTY
Vigilant Prosecuting Attor
ney Gets Damaging Out
side Evidence of the Man's
Life.
Tho jury In the enso of Vollio O. Mus
graves, who was indicted this torm of J
grand jury, charged with stonling two
horses from Uroob Hurst nt Do.xtor n
Bhort timo since, wns out only a few
minutes Saturday afternoon when they
delivered tho vordict of "guilty," nor
rcconiinoudiug tho clomency of the
court.
There nru eight othor indictments
against Musgrnves for nlloged opera
tions in stealing .orsos and cattle, which
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mi. win m iriu, i inu proscm icrm ,llpni, ,, mir!tlf( , ,..,,,,,,1 tlll, lrn
jeetod tho Arizona enrcor of tho prlaonor
to poison and prcjudlco tho minds of
tho jury and that it had no effect or
hearing upon tho matter of the defend'
ant stealing horsos.
Tho district attorney argued that ho
did not put this matter before the jury,
but to tho contrary to show tho char
acter of tho defendant and to prove
that "ho was not a very rollnod or pol
ished gentleman nnd that if he would
attempt rapo in Arizona ho would not
hositnto to Html horses in Now Mexico."
Tho defondnnt is 20 yours of ngo and
a brother to George Musgrnves, who was
a fugltivo for fourteen years, charged
with hilling Ooorgo J'nrkor fourteen
years ago, .n this county, but who wns
captured in Colorado las spring, brought
to court and acipiitted. Ho loft lioro
in 1801) and wont to Arizona, but re-
tend the t
HohwcII ltcgis
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"4 of his brother, George,
Musgrnves wont on tho stand in his tor-Tribune,
own behalf, claiming to hnvo bought i
tho horses. This was not corroborated.;
His going on tho stand to tho contrary
resulted disastrously for him, as district!
attorney Louis 0. I'ullon dovolopod now
phnses in tho past lifo of thu defendant
that were not only dnmaging to this
DIAZ TO BLAME
President Diaz is now taking a little
of his own proscription the which gnve
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R. L. NOLTE, Proprietor.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Call and see us. A good meal at the right priee.
Your laste suited or your money refunded.
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GOVERNOR MILLS TALKS
FOR THE CONSTITUTION
Artosin, X. M., Dee. Dt. Governor
Mills and adjutant general Hrooks on
their visit to Artesia to Inspect com
pany C, wore met at the train by an
escort from the eomnnny and the com-
mm a goou mini oi pleasure to pour out , f rmmm.jM c.htl and
to a low average of citizenship a few . . . ,.n,w,ck for ,,rcnU
ease but will bo to tho following eases. m,rs "t0- fnl. A visit to the leading business
"You nro on parole from the Arizona j A ft mutter of fnct President Diaz ,IOHH,,g W(IH followed by an auto ride to
penitentiary nt tho present time, are ''" '"y all of his present troubles to' ()10 of ,ll0 nrl(IHiMII W,.H j this viein-
not, Mr. Musgrnves?" said the 1118 ow reforms. Diaz has been model- i(Vt At t)l0 nM(. mM.,,tin ,,t the Com
ing his government on that ot the -"'-1 im.r-iri club tho L-overnor gave a talk to
ed States, he has introduced free schools L Jnr , nlL,Ce nd after lauding thu
as far as lie has noon Mile,, no lias in-
FRAUDULENT FIL
INGS PROSECUTED
victcd and borne of them given fines of
."500 and costs which amounted to a to
tal of $1500. In most instances tho pros-
o)rvw.4-v.;vtv. Ttvn. r. 4- Ainw,. ' ocutions woro mado whore relinquish-
Something Doing at Alamo-1. wor . nif,nlinnin ,,', inw
gOrdO With the FellOWS fiHll(,8 f,0rwnrds made in Now Mexico.
Who Have Made Land Fil-1 This will likely be a wnrninu to the
fellow who fraudulently possesses him-
ings Both in New Mexico
and Oklahoma.
CASES IN QUAY
COUNTY PROMINENT
self of Uncle Sam's Doinnin.
be to say tho least.
It should
NEW FORM OF MONEY ORDER
Commencing January first n new form
j of Money Order will suppercedo tho
There has been something doing for ; present torm. The advico that is now
tho boys who havo been ovortakon in j sent to tho paying Postmaster will be
dual filings on public lands in New Mox- eliminated, the estimated saving to tho
Hun. Uncle Sam is a vigilant prosecutor Government will bo hulf a million dol
of land frauds as well as all other of-Mars.
fenses against national law. Several
Quay County citizens and one from Ok
lahoma, who loft hero nftor filing and
who disposed of his claim, woro proso
cuted at Alamngordo last weok, and
those who did not pleud guilty woro con-
It hns been snggofited by some news
paper guy thnt there is just as much
approval of President Tnft'u messngo
as if tho peoplo who approve had read
it.
you not, Mr. Musgravesi" said t lie
prosecuting attorney. Thoro wns still
ness in tho court room and nil eyes wore
on tho defendant when his attorneys.
Ronzo D., Bowers and D. W. Elliott,
sprang to tliolr feet nnd objected to the
witness answering the "useless" ques
tion. Chiof Justico William 11. .Pope
overruled tho objection.
"Yes sir," answered the prisoner.
"Sent up for eight years, wasn't yon,
Mr. Musgrnves?"
"Ves, sir."
"Paroled after serving a little over
a yearf"
" Yos, sir."
"And you'vo got about seven your
coming to you thoro now?"
"Yes, sir."
"And you were convicted and hcntcnc-
ed for attempted rape! Js that not a
fact"
" Yes, sir."
Hero the prosecuting nttornoy pre
sontcd a photograph, convict No. 28f.',
tho letters being on tho brenst of the
pictured man, and the imprint that it
was taken at the 1'loronco, Ariz., peni
tentiary. Handing tho picturo to tho do-
fondnnt, I'ullon asked him if thnt was
a picture of himself and if it was taken
whon he was sent up for tho attempted
rapo crime, to which tho prhoncr admit
ted that it was.
Attorney KHiott in his address to tho
jury said that the district attorney in-
CONTENTMENT
I f .'i bank aeeount did not provide any
financial -advantages whatever, it would
he well worrh the effort it takes to accu
mulate it. simply for the contentment
that its possession brings to its owner.
No one who has lived the hand-to-niouth
existence of the credit buvcrs
knows the genuine joy of life as does the
man who is square with the world and
with a reasonable amount ahead earn
ing interest for him and ever ready to
take the sting L' money worry out ot!
any misfortune that comes his way.
You can begin here with a
dollar. We pay five per cent
interest on certificates of deposit.
COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT
The First National Bank
CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT
TUCUMCARI, NEW MEXICO
Checking: Accounts of Farmers and Stockmen
Solicited
vited Americans witli capital and ener
gy to como over into Mexico and train
tho Mexicans how to develop their own
country.
Tlio.se Americans naturally told the
Mexicans not only how to dovolop but
they told them of American wnys, Amer
ican freedom, American elections mid
American regard for individual rights.
Tho Mexicans learned a lot from the
Americans that old Dim never intend
ed 1 liny should and they began to desire
American methods of government as
woll ns American capital to dovolop
ranches and mines. The frco schools
put kuowlcdgo into Mexicnn heads, just
enough for hem to yearn for more. They
naw that the Mexican republic was not
like tho republic which Diaz, recognized
as superior and they want to change it
accordingly. Daz lias built up this now
thought in Mexico by his own reforms
and now he is hning a heap of trouble
sitting on tho lid of tho pot lie started
to boiling.
peoplo and the possibilities ot the Pecos
valley, he urged the adobtion of the pro
posed constitution. A banquet was giv
en the governor and adjutant general at
the Oibson hotel, after which company
C was inspected. The party weent from
here to Itoswell.
SHOOTS NIECE THINKING
SHE IS A HURGLAIt
Albuquerque, X. M., Dec. l.'l. Mary
Williamson, a school teacher of Kucino.
who lived with her uncle, V. A. Oray
on a homestead near that town, was
shot and killed by (iray early yestor
day.
According to flrny's story, when the
girl awakened him for breakfast, he
thought .someone had broken into tiie
Tom Hngland, the postmaster at Rag
land, was in tho city Monday return
ing from IT. S. Court at Altiinogordo,
whero he was a witness in some U. S,
Mru bervlco cases. Jlo returned to
Ilng!n..d Tuesday.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Dead
'
house, grabbed his shotgun and fired
before lie realized what he was doing.
1'h charge of buckshot caught the girl
sipiarely in the breast, killing her in-
stautlv. Xo arrests have been made.
A sister of the dead girl is believed
to lie in San Ha fuel, f'nl.
FIRE BREAKS OUT
IN THE EMPORIUM
Tuesday afternoon' nt .'1:10 fire broke
out in the Kmpnrlum on West Main, and
created no little excitement. The af
ternoon of Tuesday was cloudy and the
store was so dark that lights were nec
essary and the proprietor lighted the
gass which caught the decoration in
the front window and burned every
thing in the window before enough
water buckets could be brought into
service to extinguish it. Little dam
age was done further than the blacking
of the ceiling in the front of the store
and destroying the display in the window.
.lames l.anigau has returned from a
trip of several months travel through
the Xorthwest, and will spend the win
ter here with li is family before deciding
whether or not he will seek another location.
CHRISTMAS GWTS.
i
Mrs. .Tulin Ward Howe, tho famous" au
thor of tho "IJattlo Hymn of tho Ho
public," and ono of tho most noted wo
mon in Amorlca. bho recently appear
ed boforo tho logislativo committoo in
Massachusetts and mado a plea for tho
settlement of the milk problem which
tho committoo wns investigating, in or
dor, as alio said "That tho babies might
not Biiffor in n quarrel between mon."
(Noto. Mrs. Howo wim il years old
Friday, Muy 27.
JJ KV-C THINGS
X llXirrp7 FOR THE
. Xv CHILDREN
Why, the Hardware Store is just the
place to buy sensible, useful Christmas
Gifts.
Silverware, Carving Sets, Table Cut
lery, Pocket Knives, Ranges, and a thou
sand other things that will make pres
ents your family or your friends will
like.
Don't throw your money away buying
some trashy present, but come to us andl;
buy a sensible gift.
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C. CHAPMAN
Per Yellow Kid