Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-19
CRIME CALENDAR.
Deviltry in Rio Arriba-AnOther Muir.
der-The Roper and Edie Cases
Seeking a Pardon.

Masked men are perpet,ating numerous
lawless acts in San Juan and Rio Arriba
counties. Ten days since Bowman Bros
store at Pennington was robbed of $40
in cash and a package of valuable papers.
few days later citizen was held up in
San Juan valley and at the point of six
shooters gave up all the cash he had, $40.
Then came the robbery of Jose Isabel
Martinez house near Abiquiu. The rob-
ters stole three horses-those which the
Harroun boys and A. B. Renahan rode
from Santa Fe to Abiquiu-and the ami
mails we're turned loose near Espanola
after being nearly ridden to death. On
his way up the Chama to Abiquiu, d. H.
Harroun was accosted by man who sud-
denly appeared on horseback from the
| roadside brush and demanded that he
give up his horse. Young Mr.. Harroun
replied with pistol shot that
struck the highwayman in the left
arm, and he disappeared as
as quickly as he came.
Night before last another outrage by
masked men occurred at Chamita. Sew
eral men on horeback broke open the door
of the house of man named Sandoval and
searched the premises for money. A
woman ran to call aid and she was shot
through and through, though at last re-
ports she was yet alive
THE EDIE CASE.
V. p. Edie, the Albuquerque wool buyer
sentenced to five years imprisonment on
the Cargo of committing rape on the girl
Bertha Straussner, is again at large, under
bond. After the supreme court had
ordered him taken into custody yesterday
afternoon, pending the issuance of COM
mitment, Gov. Thornton, upon the petit
ton of the prisoners friends, granted a
thirty days reprievs. Papers are in
course of preparation reviewing the facts
in the case, setting forth in particular
that it was not case of rape in any
sense, but one of immoral barter only,
and it is hoped by the accused to make
such showing as to secure full pardon
| from the governor.
THE ROPER CASE.
The case of John Roper, the cowboy
desperate who so brutally wiped out
young Sam Steel's bright life at Las Cru
ces last spring, was argued and submit
ted in the territorial supreme court yes
day afternoon. r. L. Young and H. L..
| Warren, attorneys for the accused, pre-
scented an affidavit by Col. VIM. Breeder,
who was Roper's attorney in the lower
court. 1t will be remembered that, Steel
being Judge McFie's nephew, Judge
Seeds was called by wire from Santa Fe
to preside at this trial. The affidavit of
Col. Breeder sets forth that there was
intense excitement at Las Cruces during
the trial, and that he was invited into a
room by number of citizens and in
formed that it would be unwise for him
as Roper's attorney to ask either for a
continuance of the case or a change of
venue; that he complied with this sugges-
tion of the citizens because he feared that
unless the trial went on then and there
his client would he mobbed; but he be-
lieves the citizens intended that Roper
should have fair hearing, and they paid
him for acting as his attorney.
AS result of that trial Roper stands
sentenced to he hanged on the Goth
inst.
I The attorneys for the accused made q
plea for Roper based on this affidavit and
the prosecution was very ably conducted
by District Attorney S. B. Newcomb and
Solicitor General Bartlett. The case was
taken under advisement by the court.
/ WANTS A PARDON.
Chas. Watson, Texan, aged 81, sent to
the penitentiary for life, Oct. 80, 1889, for
the murder and robbery of Supt. Richards,
of the San Pedro Coal & Coke company,
at Carthage, has been visited several
times of late by his aged mother, who ar
rived from Texas few days ago. The
prisoner originally confessed his crime,
but now he tells his mother that he made
the confession for fear of being shot
down if he did otherwise, and, believing
his story, the old lady will seek to secure
Watson's pardon.
A MAYNARD WOMAN.
Maggie Lowell had nothing to do with
the trailing down of j. c. Kicker, the Ger
rillos green goods man, brought in yes
terday by Sheriff Cunningham. This
hayward young woman died in child
birth at Denver recently. Kicker says
after breaking Jail here last spring he
went to Cerrillos and this girl con-
cealed him in her room for three weeks
before he went to Arizona.
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