Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-25
SUPREME COURT.
A New Trial Granted Roper Speedy
Adjournment -Crimesand
Criminals.

In the supreme court this morning the
chief justice announced the conclusion of
the cour. in the case of John A. Roper,
charged with murder, reversing the case
and remanding it to the lower court for
new trial The opinion will be prepared
by Justice Fall; it has not yet been filed,
but it is understood that the courts
opinion is based on the ground that it
was impossible, so great was the excite
ment among the populace, for accused to
have had fair trial. Roper, it will be
remembered, is the cowboy desperate
and all around bad man who is charged
with the brutal murder of young Sam
Steel, at Las Cruces, last spring. He
was given trial Immediately following
the murder; found guilty and sentenced
to be hanged on the 29th of this month.
THE CAsADos AFFAIR.
Nasif Fora and Antonio Ymeen, the two
Arabians accused of the robbery of the
house of Gregorio Casados, near Chamita,
and the fatal shooting of Casados' wife,
have not yet had hearing, Judge Seeds
being too busy with supreme court duties
to take up the case as committing magis-
trate before tomorrow. The prisoners
claim that they will be able to prove an
alibi, and yesterday seven witnesses in
their behalf arrived from southern Rio
Arriba county. The impression still pre-
walls that Casados himself knows much
more than he has yet revealed regarding
this murder.
COLFAX TRAGEDIES.
Vim. Morria, the murderer of Ed. Jones
at Badly mountain camp last week, was
captured at Catskill and lodged in the
Springer Jail by Sheriff McQuiston. 1t
is hoped the leak in this county bastile
will not permit Morris to escape, for his
crime was an unprovoked and brutal
affair.
The two supposed murderers of the old
woman and child near Baca last week,
were acquitted by the justice of the
peace. 1t appears from information that
according to the proceedings at the in
vestigation of such a horrible crime, that
there are citizens within this county that
are willing to protect crime and criminals.
The Folsom Metropolitan says "The
justice of the peace, Silvestre Torres,
empannelled jury, and allowed a lot of
armed men, friends of the supposed MUIR
derers in the court ROOM"
THE SAN JUAN Robbers.
Information from San Juan county is
to the effect that Sheriff "Sterl' Thomas,
of Montezuma county, Colo, has arrested
a man who gave his name as Bill Scrutch-
field, at Exom's ranch, three miles below
Mancos, for completely in the recent rob-
berry of Bowman's store at Pennington.
Sheriff Thomas has been on the trail of
the robbers for some time and seems to
be fully satisfied that Scrutchtield is one
of the robbers. The other robber has
been located and posse is after him.
FOUND 4 DEAD MAN.
Last Thursday George Littlefeld
brought word to Roswell that the dead
body of man had been found on the
prairie about fifteen miles south of town,
and about a half mile from the stage
road. Friday morning Deputy Sheriff
George Parker and Hamp Collect went
out to visit the cowboys who made the
discovery. They found that the man had
been dead for some time; that decompo-
sition had advanced so far that it was
almost impossible to remove the body;
that there were no papers or other means
by which it could be identified. Some
$40 in currency was found in his pocket,
but there was no means of ascertaining
the cause of death.
KELsIE WAS DISCHARGED.
Jack Kelsie, who shot and killed j. w.
Mcbride, at Mowry City, on the Mimbres,
on the 18th, had preliminary examina-
tion before Justice Owens, at Silver City,
and the prisoner was discharged, the JUS
tice being of the opinion that conyic
ton could not be had under the evidence.
Kelsie set up the plea OF self defense.
AN ALBUQUERQUE AFFA1R.
Last night at about 8 O'Clock a Mexi-
can employed in the roundhouse was
picked up by one Of the hackmen as he
was coming from Old Town. He was
suffering from load of buckshot in his
back. He was taken to the companys
hospital, where sixty-fve shot were picked
out. The cause of the shooting is not
known. Albuquerque Times.
Beecham's pills for n bad liver.