The St. Johns herald., 1894-07-19
United States vs. Henry Tuning.

the mall service, we nave been un- able to obtain transcript of the trial in the above named case until now. The facts of the case, as de- veloped in the trial, make almost romance; the vindictive and unfair spirit in which it has been prose- cuted, in the name of the govern ment, entities it to public mention, that citizens may learn it's lessons. Iii 1888 Henry Tuning made an application to enter homestead in Apache county, Arizona, and in that application swore that before that time he had not had the benefit of the homestead laws.
 This entry was contested by J. Hollister, and in that contest it was developed that, on March 19, 1883, a final proof upon homestead near Los Lunas, in New Mexico, had been made in the name of Henry Tuning, before Probate Judge Romero, with J. M. Luna and Louis Tuning as witnesses.
 With a certified copy of that final proof, which, of course, did not re- veal the true handwriting thereon, manipulated by the venom of Spec ial Agent Hawk, the grand jury, in August, 1891, indicted Tuning for perjury, in that, he had sworn that he had not before 1888, had the benefit of the homestead laws.
 U. s. Marshal Meade, with his usual sense of fairness toward our Apache county people-by the way, he has been always repudiated by his neighbors when he has offered for ofice-caused to be summoned from this county to try Tuning, ten men, three of whom were involved in litigation with him, five of whom were his personal enemies, and two only of whom were indifferent to him.
 Of course this was accidental but, by a singular sort of coinci- dence, Meade tried this same dirty trick during Cleveland's former nd ministration, and came near thus convicting Ashton.
 Tuning, for three years, has tried to get the Government to investi- gate this New Mexico homestead, going so far as to offer to pay all expenses of this investigation, but such has been the bitterness of the prosecution, that his efforts have always failed, and so at this term of the United States Court he de- termined to meet Meade, and his attempted to be packed jury, and fight it out.
 The little U. $. District Attorney, with his little papers, his stand-bys Cooley, Dad" Giles and Francisco Chaves, of Los Lunas, Gall three
  sworn foes of Hunlng's) in little spiteful sort of way, did his little best, but never did tell the jury that he believed Tuning to be guilty, and as matter of fact, always knew that he was not guilty, con graduated Tuning upon his acquit. tai.
 Tuning had his old books, kept at Show Low in March, 1883, with daily entries in them, made at Show Low in his handwriting for every day in that month, thus showing that he could not have been at Los Lunas, 270 miles away. Proved by three New Mexico witnesses that ht was not at Los Lunas at the time and for a, long time before, and by four Apache county witnesses tha he was at Show Low at the time and a conspicuous man in thiI county, and a member of our board of supervisors as well.
 By the President of the bank, th' Cashier of both banks, the forme Judge of the Court, and several dis interested experts in handwriting that the handwriting on the ina