The Eddy current., 1898-10-22

The district court Of and for Eddy
county ground lts weary grind slowly
and deliberately the past week. Two
Mexlcans, Augustine Lermo and jose
lIernqndez, each plead guilty 10 MUIR
der In the second degree for the mur-
der ofa Mexican named Mariana In
Phenix last June Lerma was sen
tenesa 70 twenty years in the pen and
Ilernandez 10 ten.
The grand jury was discharged last
saturday night after returning the fol.
lowing indictments: l.. r.. Pratt.
murder; r Hernandez, murder; Ike
Ham, unlawfully riding horse; Perry
Melton, larceny cattle, three indlct.
menti Bruce Jones, larcency cattle:
Marion Edwards, assault; W. II. Long,
tTesspasslng. Horace Williams, as
sault; Jos. Taylor. assault; Carl Cor
don, handling pistol In q threatening
manner; NJ. Domlngues, discharRlne
pistol IN a settlement; A. Lerma and
Jose Hernandez, murder. Among the
balance Of the cases investigated mo
bill' against the following: ID. II.
Miller, Jno. Fort, Carl Gordon, j. c.
DE Moss, Ike Harvey, D. l.. Kemp, G.
w. Merchant, jim Dunton. Mary
jackson. Wildly williams, n. n. Besing
and Joe Taylor.
The case Of Henry Besing. which was
on trial last week when this paper
went 10 rress, resulted ia a hung jury,
there being six for acquittal and six
for guilty The jury was only out dye
hours when II asked 20 be excused on
the ground Of being unable 10 agree,
though one of the jurors is quite Ger.
tain an acquittal would have resulted
had the jury been compelled by the
court TO remain tor twenty four hours
In the jury room. The case will now
be tried over at great expense 10 the
county. II Is contrary 20 all precedent
and custom to turn a jury loose after
only Eve hours In the jury room. The
other causes disposed Of were as fol
lows:
Bruce Jones was fined $500 and costs
for failing 10 keep hide Of animal kill.
ed.
W +, Baker larcency OF cattle, con.
tinued.
Ed Handy fined 500 and costs for
unldwfully discaarglng q pistol.
T.. Hernandez arraIgned for murder
and plead not guilty. lie will be an
expense on the county until next term
of court.
Perry Melton gave $500 bond 10 ap-
pear next term lie is charged with
larceny.
The case Of the Territory VS. George
Fee for murder was called Tuesday
afternoon which time and Wednesday
was consu ned In getting jury. Fri.
day afternoon The lawyers finished
their talk, ne Judge gave lengthy In
structIons explaining the meaning OF
murder IN ihe FIRST, second and third |
degrees, stating that IL the jury could
not hnd for murder In the first degree
that II could ind for either Of the other
de3rees Tie jury remained out all
nlght and Il vas reported on the street
this morning that the Jurors stood
eight for acquittal TO four for conyic-
tion The names Of the Jurors are as
follows: r. T. Blackmore, 4. J Jones.
VIM, Nlsbei DR.. A A. Bearup. Alb
Vest, Geo. " Anderson, ". Il. Ander-
son, A. Archie, A B. Monk, Al. Al
len, j. W Stokes and Jack Tedford
The case was hotly contested on both
sides, the defense having employed
Gatewood & istis OF Texas and U $.
Bateman OF lddy, while John Frank
lin, the prosecuting attorney, conduct
ed the case In his usual able manner,
making powerful argument IN the
c Osng OF the case. The opinion OF
many who heard the evidence was
that the Jury would not remain out
over twenty minutes before bringing
In verdict OF guilty, while Others
we're Just the opposite. AZ 10 o'clock
this morning the jury brought IN q yer.
dict of not guilty