Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-01-04
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 moderation and urged upon tno accused whose liberty had been so lato in jeopar 5 dy, to go home and by exemplary con duet prove to the world that they could
 still be good citizens. Here We consid-
 cred the matter ended, the issue dead
 and at rest, and purposed it so should
 be so far as the CITIZEN was concerned.
 Our good resolution has, however, been
 undone by an article in the St Louis
 Republic on the 25th instant. which con-
 tains mean and malignant attack upon
 tho prosecution of this celebrated case,
 which in substance. is pronounced 8
 suponduous failure on the part of the government to convict 12 or 15 hard
 working, industrious farmers; that no
 effort was made by the United States
 Marshal to run the perpetrators of this
 great crime to earth until a large reward
 had been offered; that in order to prove
 honest men guilty and secure a convic-
 ton, 5udge Barnes, an honest and up-
 right judge, vas summarily turned of
 the bench and little tool of Brewster Cameron's was appointed in his place; that Judge JeffoTds was legal shyster whose aspirations never rose higher than a five dollar fee before he had been taken out of the cold and made United States Attorney; that all the good lawyers in the Territory are democrats; that it was nothing more than play for them to se- cure the acquittal of the accused; that the greatest rascal in the United States could hardly expect a softer snap with Jeffords and ''Bill" Herring as p:osecu- tors; that the result was in accord with the openly expressed sentiments of the community, etc. This remarkable con- coction, of which the above can give but | faint conception, purports to have ene- mated from the Republics bureau of information at Washington. Undoubt- edly it did but it bears the brand and | ear mark of a little coterie in Tucson whose sympathies were decidedly fer nenst the government in the case in question, and whether manipulating the business here5ors in Washington, hope by such and like falsehoods to stop the prosecution Of those whose subborna- tion anC perjury was clearly apparent to fair minded men who heard the case or studiei the evidence. But the well meant efforts in this direction will need moro than tissue of falsehoods to ex- tricate their friends from trouble To begin with-and the CITIZEN is no cham zion of Marshal Meade-ths marshal and his deputies worked increasingly to uncover anG bring to justice the perpe- trators of the greatest rob Dery of modern times. This too, long befi-s q reward was offer '5;i, anu When dch was done 1t was at
 the instance ( Meads although he well knew whatcve' the results, neither him self CT deputas could share 1t. That they signaliy >lilei to convict reflects no discredit ot tAe Marshal, TOT upon anyone coanectsd with his office. That the accused although twice indicted by J@o grand iuries- made up of Repub- iicans and democrats alike and drawn from among the Lest citizens of Cochise and Pima Countles-were acquitted re- dects nc d.scTedit cn those who sent in .he indictments as the result was not to be foreseen. That Judge Jeffords, the central figure of the prosecution and one of inc most talented lawyers on the Pecifc Coast, loses no caste in the eeyes of the law loving community for having failed to convince the jury that it was crime to rob tiio government, is evidence that bis efforts were appreciated by thoss who wouid aot see crime go un- WhIpt of justice. Judge Herring, in common T-i;h Mr. Jeffords, needs no commeDdstion from uE; ss a lawyer he ranks foremost in his profession, and the government Ilade no mistake when it s cured his services. That the petition fer the removal of Judge Barnes how ever upright" ho may have been was not party measure ard was with out political significance is demon strated by the fact that c. M. Bruce, one Of the largest cattle own CTS in CochiSe county, and pronounced democrat, was foreman of ths grand ju- ry and was the first to append his name to tho telegram wired to Attorney Gen eral Miller that the interests of the gov ernment demanded, that the case be heard before another judge. That Judge Sloan Was tho successful candi- paas does not imply that he was, h; been, or is. the tool of any man. On the contrary his rulings throughout the ;rial were s1ch a. to commend him to the good opinions of all who heard them. Failure to convict does not, in the fight Of public est.mation, lis for want Of cause, nor through lack of abi'- iSy or psrjsys-a a the part of the prosecution, and any attempt to pull them CoFH, or any part of them, to the levei or their traduce:s, can find no ia vor with Arizon,Gs. During the trial We refused to prejudice the case in any way whatsoever, and how ever much We regretted the farcical ter minatiOn Ta were anxious to let the mat ter rest a5 easily as possible, but since there are those who seek glorlfication at the ex2eDss of good men who did their duty as good men should, even if they did attempt an inpossibility, we do not purpose 10 stand quietly by and see their good name; assailed.
 
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