The St. Johns herald., 1885-09-17
St. Jchns. Thuredsy, Sept. IT,

IF THERE ever was a man born III the world whose whole life and purpose placed him above suspi cion of guilt, or the commissiono of wrong towards his fellow man, or the government which has honored him with its confidence, we believe that man to be Thomas Hughes, of the Albuquerque Journal, and we take pleasure in transferring from the columns of the Journal of the 18th Sunday the record which proves his entire innocence, and vindicates the high character of the official against the charges so in discretely and unworthily brought. Our. friend Hughes had but little to worry about in the matter, and we see no great cause for his rejoicing Heis the same man to-day as he was yesterday--honest, faithful and true. God made him as he is, and the devil has failed in this instance to get his work in;
 Now that the editor of the Jour nal, after a thorough investigations before United States Commissioner Snyder yesterday afternoon, has been acquitted of the charge of em- bezzlement of government funds, he desires to return his heartfelt thanks to his brethren of the press of New Mexico for their kind words during the brief period when there was q cloud upon his charac. ter. The Albuquerque Democrat the Las Vegas Optic, and the Santa Fe New Mexican, have been espe cially conspicuous in their earnest and eloquent expressions of sym pathy, and now that the result has vindIcated the character and hon esty of Mir. Hughes, those brethrer of the profession who have no used their columns to speak lightly anu hippantly of the matter, bu have on the contrary published words of kindness and confidence will doubtless feel gratifed tha that confidence has not been ms placed. There has not been th' shadow of a doubt in the mind 0 Mir. Hughes as to the result, and i will be admitted by all the reader of the Journal that he has not useC the advantage of his position as { publisher and editor of a leadin! - daily newspaper to manufactur public sentiment in his favor.
 ''He was stoutly prosecuted b. one of the best lawyers in the ter ritory, Neill B. Field, and mos ably defended by H. B. Fers Il ;sor Esq, who stands with Mr. Field il the front rank of southwestern law yers. Messrs. King and Water burry, the two postoffice inspector who were witnesses for the prose cution, did what was their duty i caring for the interests of the gov ernment, but it is very sure tha neither of these gentlemen wante to see an innocent man convicted although they did all in their powe to adduce testimony that woul sustain the government it's prose cution. The result proves that trut and justice still prevail in thi world, and the editor of the Jou nal, who has borne an almos crushing weight of sorrow durin the past week, can now take up tn burden of life and go forward wit renewed strength for the unsee trials and conflicts of the future There is something supremely nobl in human nature after all but is only in great emergencies that " discover this fact. Nothingis casio than to attack a character that
 lifetime has been spent in building but it is quite another to tear down and load its owner with dis grace and shame, and the outcom of this trial is precious testimon to the fact that all the arts of ev cannot prevail against an hones man."