Arizona republican., 1897-09-12
THE ACCUsER CINCHED.

THE ACCUSER CINCHED.
 How MT. Merrill or Mud Worked His
 Way Into Jail.
 I. H. Merrill or Frank Merrill, but it is ipnmaterial. for his proper name is neither. only plain Mud or Dennis. is in the county jail with no immedi- ate prospect of delivery. The only useful purpose served by MT. Merrill, Dennis or Mud. whoever he may be, is to notify the officers of the city and county again that he is not the only pebble of his kind on the beach. There are others like him living of the earnings of disreputable women. Dur ing the incumbency of T. D. Molloy as city marshal these people were made hard to catch. He arrested them day after day for vagrancy and finally their women were unable to pay the fines and they were driven from the city.
 Officers since then may have been no less efficient than Marshal Molloy, but they look at this matter differently They say that if these blots upon so- ciety are arrested nothing can be proved against them; that people of their own class will come in and swea1 them out The fact is over look0 that provision is made for a D6upmary treatment of such cases. It
 ot incumbent upon magistrate to
 5ard the sworn testimony of pros dtute or a pimp. The bare suspicion entertained by an arresting officer is much more weighty in the city police and Justices courts than the aggre- gated evidence of persons who are themselves under suspicion.
 But to return to MT. Merrill, Dennis or Mud. He is the person who caused Trilby Svengali to be brought back from Prescott to Phoe- nix on charge of embedding property to the value of $200 belong ing to him. The warrant was issued by Justice Johnstone with reluctance and with warning to the complain ant that if the complaint was crooked he would become a sufferer. At that time the rsfassiien of Merrill to the wo-- Rcan wAs not understood:- SShe was Brought back yesterday morning. Soon after that it was made known to the justice that Merrill had been living off the price of her shame and that the prosecution was inspireA by spite because she left him. Evpsy Ashton, at whose house she haA lived while in Phoenix, and another in- mate of the house said thaf Merrill had told them when he feund fhRt Trilby had gone, that he Would have her brought back "that he might caryte her pretty faose and if Necessary gide her taste of cold 1eSd." Upon this linfornation a peace. warrant wsss issued for Menrill's arrest. f,
 It Vas easily and quickly served Apcut noon a young man whose na..e
 not 1nown and who has si uis- Eppeafe' called at the ja see
 ent him to say that if sh Wouio w would mo- appear against hear Mer- Till, impaieat to m - 3-sult of the negpt ation, wa llehind a E B l |!k!!!:!! F: : j: 5: !
 artmai J Happened to call at the beriff's Zee, saw Trilby's 2-year- Told baby Which she is said to have abducted from her former husband. He was filled with sympathy and prof fered his services in her defense. He also wanted to get a chance to roast Merrill
 The case of Trilby came ua at o'clock before Justice Johnstone, Judge Kibbey representing the terri tory and MT. Hartman for the ac- cused. Merrill, the prosecuting wit ness, went on the stand with many a leer and shrug. He was vivacious, California hondlum in full bloom. Un- der MT. Hartman's cross examination the $20O worth of jewelry dwindled to two revolvers and a pair of opera glasses. One of the revolvers he had