Arizona citizen., 1874-02-21
Jesus OrtegO alias BlancO.

The above are names under which man was recently brought from California to Yuma, Arizona, on a requiSition to the Governor of California by the Governor of Arizona. Last week, we mentioned that Judge Porter had granted a writ of habeas corpus whereby the identity of the pris- oner could be determined, which resulted in his discharge. Owing to the official and personal importance which attaches to a case like this, we occupy some space with
 it. First we give the following from The
 Yuma Sentinel of last Saturday:
 This case was commenced before the
 Hon. DeForest Porter, Judge of the second judicial district, on Friday the eth, pro-
 ceeded with on the 7th and concluded on
 the 9th, with the discharge of the appli-
 cant for the writ, Jesus Barba.
 The circumstances are briefly as follows:
 In December, 1870, three men were mur-
 dered and the wife of one of the parties
 wounded at Mission Camp station in this
 county. In March, 1871, three men were
 indicted by the grand jury for having com
 mitted the act-viz: Pedro Pino, Tomas
 Sanchez and Jesus Ortega alias "BlancO."
 In December, 1873, the man just discharg- ed was arrested at Bakersfield, California,
 on affidavit of A. A. Mix, formerly res ident of this county setting forth that he
 
 the Mission Camp murderers. Through the process of acquisition of the Governor, the supposed "BlancO" was landed here ! by sheriff Goodwin on the 4th instant. The first witnesses examined on part of the applicant were two of the witnesses to
 the murder. resulting in the fact that they knew BlancO well, but the person before them they did not recognize altogether.
 Eight witnesses examined on behalf of the Territory and seven on behalf of the ap- | 0f ,t-ha n nxy | knew Blanco well, and would recognize him on sight, and though the applicantre- Sembled him in some unimportant par ticulars, still he was not Blanco, the man who had always been associated in their minds as the murderer. The defense finally introduced testi- mony showing that Barba came to this country from Sonora in the year lS63, With Francisco ContreraS (deceaSed) and his | family, acting in the capacity of a servant and enlivening them occasionally on the road with music of a small band, of which | he was member. He first accompanied Mir. ContreraS to his ranch at the Laguna, then came here, furnished music for a dance, remained about a week, proceeded | to California and has never been seen here since that time until the present.
 Three or four witnesses stated that they had seen Blanco in CarvOrca, Sonora, at
 different times, ranging from a year or more ago to within three months since. Among the witnesses examined were
 Capt. J. A. Mellon, M. Ensight, J. Wilson, | A. Bowman, H. E. Lindsey, J. Costello, L.
 A. Smith, j. Kilbride, ]. Gotari, J. Men
 deg, MT. Contreras, F. Galvez and others, besides large number called and not ex- amined.
 The conclusions of the Judge that Barba should be discharged, are participated in by the whole community, who are satls- l fled that justice has been done in the case, | and vexatious and expensive proSecu- | tion avoided by the county. The Territory
 was represented by c. w. c. Powell, dis