Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-05-30
NEW MEXICO JURIEs DISCOUNTED
BY THE MIss0URIANs.
From the sprinrer stookman.

| ny ISL uaaCFiNeN hhe mttaON OF NthilnH r
oul justice" in Missouri, that will give
COlfAE eOunty jarisS psints to work on:
The listl town Of Savannah, situated
ten miles cast Of St. Joe, has Isaped into
Aotoristy By rsa,On Of the remarkable sen
tsnsss inflicted on prisoners BY farmer
juriss At the last tern Of the criminal
court held At that place.
Tie criminal code Of Texas, which held
that horse stealing was a graver crime
than murder, has been thrown completely
in the shade.
savannah is the county seat Of Andrew
county and has population Of 300, tho
residents being mostly rich farmers. The
sleepy little village has herstofors had
nothing more exciting to awaken It frsm
its lvthargy than shnrch fair or an ice
cream social. There is net a house in
town which doss not ABtedsie the war. the
courthouse being az aneicat and rickety
structure, with moss-eoversd steps and q
vide chimney, in which myriads Of swal.
lows have taken up their residtnee. and
surrounded by wooden railing, to which
are hitchsd vehicles Of a description never
seen ontsids Missouri baCkwOOds town.
Since the war the town has been sound
sslesP and it only aWoks when two mur-
dsrers OF St. Joseph got change Of vsnus
TO this county for trial. The announce
ment that the old court house was to sse,
murder trial rreatsd sensation and on the
hrsL day the little town waa packed with
farmers, their wives and whole troops and
batIhoNs of children.
The old courthouse was taxed TO its ut
most TO acconodAte them Al the hoar set
tor the trial.
The hlst prisoner brought in was Louis
Bullng, charged With murder in the 6r,t
degree. He bad murdered a handsome
yousg girl only eighteen years oil age.
wko found out that he was a drunken
brute.
Alter standing hl, brutality as long Ne
possible she lott hln, and started ont to
vata her hvlng. lie followed her eiusal
is again hive With him shot her down
iiriiE'the sseopd shot ~ she knelt before
L'ul rlpAdins Tor mercy. rss jary in thlS
case was cempo'ed solely OF farmers.
All the rvNence was sadly against tho
prisOSsr and iesy utter beng out Ten mia.
utes. bronshs In sysrdlct 81 not guilty
The Judge nearly holl eli the, brsch And
the prosecuting attorney simply fWurs un-
I'll he wHS threstvnpd with ApoplrSy, Jhe
Intelligent jsry all the while looking on in
innocent surpriss. After their discharge
one Of them, an old mossback from the
banks OF the Rodaway river, WAS asked
why they hnd acquitted ihs prisoner, and
IN tepy said;
We'll, durn it all. that felsr that talk
ed 80 nice about HIN said ho was crazy
when he done it, and wcuna didu't cal
kerlate ter hnng crazy Teller"
The Rexs case called WAS that Of A. b.
Luke, a typical Missouri tough Lake
had picked a quarrel with IN old man ever
drink and because his victim woald not
6ght had bratalIy msrdersd him by brain
ing bin with chair. The jary In this
case was Rn almost exact repetition to the
other, with the firmly Expressed determin-
az 10 "saow thsu f.llers We 'uns comes
rlgh, SMART ways from bein liks you
uns. There was no difficulty Ia proving
the crime. The silver longusd attorney.
however, had again gotten In his work on
tho mprsssiOnsbls back oodsnen, and 20
the rage Of the prosecution the jury after
an absence Of half hour, brought IN
verdict of nanElaughter in tho ErIt de-
gree and affixed the punishment at six
months in the county jail.
The blessing tina, that jury got fairly
lifted them cat OF their seats, svsn their
personal trieAds Joining in ''cussia the
burned fools.
The next case WAS that Of an uAiOrtnn-
ate named James Lewis who had broksn
into store in st Of SverpeweriBg hun
ger and stolen ham, but the jary, miEd
ful Of the disgrace that two previous iHrIes
had fallen into promp,ly sentenced hin to
fifteen ysars in the penitsHIiAry
The next on docket was that Of Joseph
Hama, who was charged with entering
store and stealing a suit Of clothes. This
Jury was also mindful Of the disgacs that
had falss on such Of their neighbors as
bad served on the arrt TIVE jurieS and
dldn't propose to follow their example.
They would make record for themselves.
and they did, 1t took them just 1--WE niA-
utes TO make up their minds to send the
priuonsr to the psnitsntiary for twenty
years.
Phoenix Gazette; Alfalfa aud gold are
the prolific products Of MarieoPa county
It produces more of 18th than all the bal
,,nee Of the territory eombined. The as