The Arizona sentinel., 1873-10-25
HE REGENT HANGING IN
 TUCSON.
Reroar OF THE GRAND JURY

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 We extract from the Arizona Citizen, the following report of the Grand Jury at the late term of the District Court held at Tucson.
 While we are opposed to mob
 nv, or the principle of the peo .sIe takingsthe law into their own
 aands and assuming the power 1 delegated by law to the Courts; yet there are times when the safety of life and property de. mands this course, when the principle "Vox Populi, Vox Dei," l must be asserted and maintained. And that time arrived in Tucson. Crime and ontlawery went un- punished. The Courts failed to convict criminals. Redhanded murderers walked the streets un- abashed and undismayed, and robberies and crimes of lesser magnitude were committed with impunity. There was no security for life or property. The people had endui ed this state of things until forbearance ceased to be a virtue, and they arose en m asse. 1t was not mob. They have made an example, the effect of which will long be felt, not only in Tucson but all over the. Terri tory. We consider the report of the Grand Jury just and right, under the circumstances, and worthy of the gocd men who conn. posed that body. Let desperadoes and rascals hear and ,remble:
 1 Ta ihe hnuO, able John Titus, judge of he first Judciai district, Tertiary of Ari- znna: Hoierr,ng |" ths suui;Dsry hanging ! of Imr men in tie town W Tucson, Fer .iiUry st Arizona, at about noon on the o,n daJ ot August. 1873, and io which your hspur called our attenti.n, the grand jury nirst respectfully submit the following as ,n- result Of t.eir investirsiinn:
 First. That on he morning of the 7th of August, 1873, Vicente Hernandez and his vie were found murdered in their house l ,n shis town, and that the house had been robbed of aE valu.bes belonging to He-- nandtz aud wife The murder being d most foul and brutal one, caused unusual exertou to be made by both the autb0ri
 ties and citizens. Five persons were ar Tested on suspicion and iocgrd in jail Certain information having reached the ears ns eOlno of the citizens leading them 1 iO believe that keonarf0 COrdova. was t- psiucipsi ip the murder, they went t0 l the jai. Took Cordova out afid led hIm inta toe c"urt-hOuse. and told him that they waie sure b. knew sotnethisE of tho ID UT. der. H. told thom he knew who She par. ties were aud mentioned Jesus Ssguarips sod Ciemsnts L"pez ss being the men Upon fut,her questioning, he ssid that thfy had told hjm where fhe plundeF was hidden. and would show 1t fl desired He l (CorGeva) vas taken to the spot narned and ths,- nhearthed iarsr lot efthe ylun- der. After being brought back to the court A"uSe, he wasstold that the parties ] present were ssti.fad that he was one oi .ne mnrGeTers, aud that he had better tell
 ..e truth He then cOnfeIsed that he was nns of tie ,uurderers. and iurther stated ttat hs had brained ueruaudrz and hls "'ie while aslrsp and that Jesus Saguarips o;d all ihT cutting. It fnrtbsr appeared thai a bloody loot print was found on thr ';"rrsfii 0f ltrsnahdPz's house, and upon sxnm;Bof!aT s was found that the rug .: 'o"r "i Cor'!Ova csrrrspundtd exactly with th' f''Ot-prni; also that his right foot Was recrInlj waSsed and the nails pared and scrsp"d. but upoD closer examination, shst hiu''d was fniiud between his toes and in ,hr wrinkles of his foot, while the leii ;''o' had n't b+eu washed at all but had an fnnc'ean apP@srasce. COrdova fepeafed lils statement when brought into the pres- ..nc', of both SagHaripa and Lopez, and lh,.y did ,;nt deny anything.
 Second. We also find that this confeesinn ,as nut 'rxrostrd or screwed" cut of the accused. bnt YVES sveu voluntarily and AItsF tHty UHo pttH forotoi tuns Lnty would not be- hung that night; that they were not subjected to any bodily pair whatever.
 Third. We find further. that on the Sth day of August (the followine) after the funeral of Hernandez aud wife, it was generally understood that there would be . neeting of the citizens on the conrt-beusr olGza. to consider the matter eff the upar- drTrr-; inst the meeting was not nab but q us'sss mer,iDg oi the cifzpns of the town "f 1ucser numbering several hundred and .on,ynsed iur the most part of the be,, and nioe. inw-abid,ng and influential citi. z.-ns ut the town; that tde meeting w,. cail,d s" order aud statement of ths con. ttssisn mnde ta ths assembly both in spanish sud English. and sn sIpression off Ihs wishes of the meeting asksi for: that if wss q. e'ded b, vote and without s dis. ssnii'g voice. thst all three of the mur. 1 d.rers should be hung sf once.
 Fcurrh. They also find that in the csse rf john Willis (ons of the parties hung st ts S xaRe ticel he Was after an 4, h.u.t;,s