Arizona republican., 1892-01-16
A FIGHT FOR A LIFE.
Lawyers Working Hard to Save Jeff
 Wilson's Neck.
NOTHING BEING LEFT UNDONE.
The Pcrjurer in the Case Released
 From the Army.
Consideration of q Bill of Exceptions to be Given at the Present
 Term of Court.

The arrival through the malls yester- day of legal instrument that released man, who has been living in Phoenix under restraint, for several months, from further connection with the stand ing army of the United States, revived a transaction whose different phases has caused not only territorial interest but National fame. William Narnum, a colored man, who has been a prisoner of the United States, is detained at the city prison awaiting trial under an indictment for perjury, received notice from the commander of his company that his term of enlistment had expired and his name expunged from the roster of the company. The darkey received the good news with a great deal of cheerfulness, and now that he had been set free from army duty, he expressed desire to be emancipated from prison restraint.
 Some three years ago Narnon, Jef Wilson and three other colored men by the names of Douglas, Logan and Ed wards. were located at Fort Grant, in the White Mountain Indian reservation.
 
 robbery committed, and suspicion strongly pointed towards the five named worthies as the perpetrators of the deed. They were arrested, and before s grand jury composed of fifteen men, it is alleged that Vsrnon made con fession duplicating his four companions. The jury had been empanneled lander laws created by the alleged illegal terri al nd ha at fAr Wilson took advantage of this mooted question in the course ot subsequent events, as the story will go to show. Wilson was tried before Judge Kibbey, in this city, and was convicted of mur- der in the first degree, notwithstanding the statements made on the witness stand by Narnon that his testimony be- fore the grand jury was string of un- truths which he was forced to make through intimidations practiced by the officers of the law. At the conclusion of the trial Wilson was committed to the county jail where he still remains as a trusty awaiting the disposition of appeals in hts case before being sub mitted to sentence, and NaInon was thrown into durance vile for perjury. The three remaining prisoners, Douglas, Logan anu EuWdfus, were lIltu ldltI oh at Florence and acquitted, for lack of evidence, number of important wit nesses having located Tn parts un- known.
 rbe attorney for Wilson appealed to the United States supreme court, and presented two exceptions. One was based on the legality of the grand jury and the other that the United States had no jurisdiction over the White Mountain Indian reservation, where the crime had been committed. The court returned an adverse decision, saying that exceptions to the jury should have been taken at the inception; regarding the jurisdiction of the court over the reservation the judges treated the ex- ceptio1 as a presumption too inconsis- tent and outlandish to give even decent consideration.
 Upon the receipt of these returns Wilson's attorney undertook a change of procedure. He suddenly discovered that the court that tried his client had made number of errors, and with these he petioned the territorial supreme court to reverse the decision of the low CT court. The judges now in session in PhenIx have the exceptions under con sideration and in all probability will de- eide them before adjournment.