Arizona silver belt., 1890-01-04
n,sirlcf Attorney seTorsss' Report on fits
 Nssaia Trial.


 United States District Attorney lief lords, of Arizona, has sentto Attorney General Miller detailed report of the trlAl ot the men charged with the rob. bery of Paymaster Wham The trial resulted in general acquiltal, but District Attorney Jellords in hls re. port says;
 The evidence pointed conclusively to the guilt of most ot the defendants, and, in our judgment, there was eyi- denee sufficient to have convicted them all. Every man who was indicted and i placed on trial in this case was per sonally identified by one or more of the witnesses who h been engaged in the battle where the robbery took place,
 After sketehing the evidence of iden- tifrdtiou he continues:
 "lt would seem that this personal identification of the defendants should have been enough to secure convection. Bul, added to the fact that all of the parties defendant were personally rec ogni2ed by witnesses, who testified 10 that fart, We had this further fact agalnSt them,
 Tue proof referred to was the dis. covery of some peculiar personal prop erty at the place of he robbery, which was shown to have belonged to deten, dants. He further says:
 This was the direct proof of the Governments case. The defense then attempted to meet tms proof by an aIibl fer each of the defendants, which, 10 the average mind, in every instance bore GamiStakahle evidence of having been tabrlcated.. Tbese ahbis were controyetted, and in many instances were entirely oyethrown by tue eyi- deuce for the Government, which was unimpeachable. Thc verdict of the jary, tiucing these defendants net guilty was grest surprise b tue counsel for the Government, and was rscelved wlth amazement by tue com munity generally. II was reached in >uch brief periad of tune as 10 forbid the conclusion that il was the result of deliheratjon, verdict having been reached within one hour after the case had been submitted to the jury, 1t in the meantime having devoted a part of hlS time to is monday meal The copmunity here generally outraged at ttis verdict.
 "rhe efforts of he Investigating of, Geef> of the Government have been suab as 10 receive The appreciation of ali the people in thi5 country in favor of law and order. These officers, in Their inyesiig tlons, encountered combination of men -uat lined and largely supported by ihe iraiis of this great crime The witnesses for the defense were almost entirely of the snrsi class of MmmonS, many of them relatives of the defendants. and perjti- ry open, Eagrfnt and defiant. was eonnntted al ey ry stage of the de. fense. Yigofgns steps should be taken to bring to justice tI4>e persons who did testify falsely and eorruptly for the purpose ef securing the acquittal of these uadoabled robbers, 10 the end That justice may rot be he rrostituted by the snhoruins of witnesses ilfeyery case ~nere tie Government Is con. cerHed
 Ihe report Is signed by Harry L. jeto,ds, United Siaies Attorney; $. ,i Fr4niiin, speclal assistant, and Va 4rrring special assistant. To He report $ ppended numerous clip. pings from both Repablican and Dem
 fatIc newspapers Of that viclnily, &pressing horrer at what is gener- ally termed miscarriage of jusnce, Salifornia Rn.sins Bi,piacins Malaga