The oasis., 1899-11-18

Duffy claimed that the prisoner had been formerly released upon writ of habeas corpus upon production Of q certificate of authority to enter the United States issued him by Collector Chenoweth. Harlow demanded pro- duction of the alleged certificate, and it was presented in court. After reading the certificate Harlow an nouuced that he would attack the validity of the certificate, and asked d little time to look up authorities on the subject. So recess was taken un- til afternoon.
 Upon opening court in the after noon Commissioner Mix read tele- gram from Judge Davis instructing him to continue the Lee Sing case un- til arrival of the United States assist ant district attorney. Tom Bennett, from Phoenix. So the commissioner continued the case until ten o'clock Wednesday morning. Bail was asked and granted at s5OU but not given.
 During the entire proceedings United States customs officials, att tacbed to the Nogales custom house, were active and open in their efforts to assist Duffy, the attorney for the ! Chinaman, in his attempted work of sneakng the mOngO out from the custody of the treasury official sent especially from Washington to get him. Such bOldness in utter defiance cf superior authority was never seen i anywhere. 4 | Between five and six o'clock that af-' ternoon Chinese Inspector Putnam | received two elegrams enclosed in single envelope. One was addressed | to himself and the other to COmmis- sioner Mix Realizing that the res-. l possibility Gf delivery of the tei@ gram for Mir Mix was thrown upon l him Mir Putnam decided to make that delivery in the presence of witt nesses. He requested Colonel Harlow and Mir Bird Of THE OASIS. to act as witnesses, andfbey consented MT. Putnam called Mir. Mix into Colonel 1 Harlow's off ,e and read tO him the 1 telegram addressed To himself which ! is as follows:
 PHoESIx, November 1s. 1899. ] PUTNAM Chinese Inspector, Nogales. Your warrant Is from Tucson. Take Lee Sin there AT ALL HAZARDS. Have wired Mix. Griffith and Davis and think he will be released to you Tuesday, sure Ifnot will come down BENNETT,
 Asst Dist Atty
 After reading this telegram to Mr. Mix MT. Putnam handed him the other, which Mir Mix read aloud as follows:
 TX, U. :. Commissioner No.ales. You ARE DISQUALIFIED to try Lee Sing again. Department requests his trial at Tucson Judge Davis will hear habeas cor pus. Release him to Chinese Inspector Put nam. Answer. BENNETT, Asst Dist Atty.
 Mix then raised the point that as 1 territorial court commissioner he was in no way under the jurisdiction of the United States disliict attorney, but that he would infprm inspector Putnam on Tuesday morning what course he would pursue ln'tae matter. Tuesday morning Deputy Sheriff Flewelling. who is also deputy United States marshal, received rom Mar shal Griffith a telegraphic order to deliver to Chinese Inspector Putnam the prisoner Lee Sing. That MT. 1 Flewelling refused to do for the al legged reason that he would then be in contempt of the court of Court Com missioner Mix.
 Later in the day Judge Davis cut the Gordian knot by wiring Court 1 Commissioner Mix peremptorY order to deliver Lee Sing to Chinese h. spector Putnam who would convey the 1 prisoner to Tucson for investigation l in the district court. In accordance with that order Commissioner Mix gave Inspector Putnam an order for delivery of the prisoner, Inspector Putnam gave him a receipt for the said prisoner, and Deputy Sheriff Flewelling delivered Lee Sing to h. spector Putnam, who took him to Tucson hy the train Wednesday