Arizona republican., 1898-05-18
FROM GRAHAM COUNTY.
Newsy Items of Interest to CattIemen
 and Other People.

SOlOmonville, May 13.-(Special cor respondence of The Republican )-Af- ter a session of three weeks the dis trict court fer this county will ad- journ tomorrow and Judge Doan will return to his home in Florence. His next session will be held at Globe, where court has been ordered fer June 20. One Of the largest dockats in the history of this county has been disposed of and the judge and lawyers are completely worn out. AS result of the labors of the court five men will 1 be sent from this county to the peni- tentiary at Yuma They are " B. Foster, convicted of murder in the sec ond degrea; J. 4. Jcnss convicted Of forgery; Juan Martinsz, convicted of the crime of grand larceny, and Anas- tacio Martinez, for the crime Of burg larry. Friday afternoon the judge passed sentence on the prisoners as follows: ". B. Foster, twenty years J. A. Jones, two years, Juan Martinez, two years, and Anastacio Martinez, two years.
 William Wall, who was convicted of / murder in the second degree, was sen fenced to the penitentiary for the per iod of five years.
 The cattle stealing cases in this county came to rather unexpected end last Tuesday morning when the attorneys fer the prosecution came into court and made a motion to con- tinue the cases until the next term of court, which was done The princi- pals and witnesses who have baan here for the past sixteen days all left for home that evening. Just what caused the change in the programme is unknown on the outside but it is rumored that the indictments were not properly drawn and the prosecution thought it best to postpone the cass until the next term of court
 Judge Doan may hold an adjourned d term Of the district court here in July on his return from Globe. Many civil cases were continued until that time as the lawyers were worn out with the long and tedious murder trials which were disposed of first.
 One of the murder trials which lasted three days counted fer nothing in the end. Judge Dean today grant ed a new trial in the case of Casemers Rodella. The case will probably be dismissed now as the district attorney has stated that if new trial was granted by the court, he would dismiss the case for good. There is a bitter feeling in this county, especially among the cowboys, against the Mexi- can Rodella, who killed Frank Elword If Rodella is released he will probably not make this county his home in the future.
 The Evans-Van Hecke company, which has control of a group of gold mines above Clifton, will probably re- sume operations again in the near fu- ture, and pay off the indebtedness of the company, amounting to ten or twelve thousand dollars. The attach ment suit of W. F. Hagan of Clifton against the above named company for four thousand dollars, which was filed in this court, was compromised here this week. The company is to pay MT Hagan one half Of the amount within twenty days after the judgment was rendered and the balance within the next sixty days. It has been decided by the management of the company to again resume operations.
 Over three thousand head of cattle were shipped from Stafford this week.