Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-07-25

THE HbADLiGHT IN A roc.
The rays from the Headlight
down at Deming have been rather
dim for some weeks past on ac-
count Of the dense fog which it
encountered when it plunged into
the Lockhart illegal Tux case. 1t
has changed direction several
times in the hope Of getting out
of the fog but each time it has
found a complete barrier to its
progress; in short it has been on
the wrong track all tho time and
none Of its many windings has
brought it any nearer to daylight
than it was when it started.
The Headlight claimed at first
that there was a case pending in
the supreme court Of the Terri
tory which would decide the ques-
ton at issue and that it was a use
less expenditure Of money to bring
the suit. The court records show
ed that no such case had been
taken to the supreme court and
that no similar case was pending
in any of the courts of the Terri
tory. The Headlight then shot
off on a tangent and claimed that
the County had no right to the
funds in Lockhart's hands and
that he had a right to keep them
until a decision Of the court could
be had in the matter. While run
ming on this dangerous track, the
Headlight ran into Judge Falls
decision which knocked its tram
of thought into smithereens. Por-
tions of the wreck were gathered
up and a "shoo fly" was hastily
built around the scene of the dis
aster, and the Headlight, with a
fog horn attachment, started out
in a new direction. 1t is on a
more dangerous track than ever
before. 1t says: eve can lily af-
ford to be held down to a rigorous
construction of the law" Muir
derers about to be hanged are of
the same opinion.
The Headlight solemnly pro-
claims from its fog horn that the
County did not gain anything in
the suit. This Is not exactly in
accord with the decision of Judge
Fall who decided in favor of the
County in every point but one
and that was a technicality which
was remedied by the County's at
torneys in less than five minutes.
Lockhart's attorneys did not win
a single point at issue, but this is
about as near the truth as the
Headlight has been able to get in
this controversy.
The Headlight bewails the fac
that the County will have to re-
fund about $4,000 of the illega.
taxes which have been collected
and turned over to the County
treasurer and in another part o.
the same article says that if tn,
board had waited the matter would
not have been passed upon unit
next year. In the meantime NOR,
illegal taxes would have been col
lected and the County would hav,
had more money to refund, but 0
course Col. Lockhart would havI
had the use of the S22,437 70
another year.
Now that the case has been de
cided and decided in such a man
ner as leaves no room for contro
versy, it looks as though the cours
of the Headlight had been inau
enced by some motive other thai
a desire to present the facts. l
is the only paper which pretend
to claim hat the County did no
win every point in the case and i
likewise the only paper whicl
seems TO have a deep in
terest in having the money
is now in the hands of j. A.. Lock
hart, and which he should tur.
i, over to the County treasurer, re
main in his possession.
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THIS is a bankers panic in ever
sense of the word. 1t was brough