The border vidette., 1899-02-11
TEMPLE is GIVEN UP
Ex-SherifF Leatherwood On His Way
With Him.

The James Temple incident in which
the Arizona aud Sonora authorities and
Washin gton and the City of Mnxico
has 9 been very much concerned for the
last four months is ended. says the Re-
publican dated Febusry 9.
Governor Murphy yesterday receiv-
ed telegram from ex-Sher.f Leather
wood at Guaymas saying that Temple
had Jeen surrendered to him and that
he would leave with him at once for
Tucson.
The case was much more serious than
it seemed to be, for it raised u question
between the two nations, peaceful
settlement of which seemed possible on
Iy 10y the backing down of one or the
other Mach more than the mere per-
son of Temple as an American citizen
was involved. The settlement is un.
satisfactory, for the main question OF
the right of the Mexican government
to exercise jurisdiction under certain
circums ances i'll cases arising on Ame,i-
can soil is still an opinion. The case
was briefly as follows:
Temple, an empl-ye of the Sonora
railro I'd, shot and killed Mexican at
Nogales OH this side of the line. Som
after that III the course of his duties
he crossed the line when he was arrest
ed on trivial charge The Mex can
authorities announced that they ere
going TO try him for the killing OF the
Mexican, notwithstanding it Occurred
III Arizona. 1t was not even shown
that Temples victim WAS citizen of
Mexico, but it was contendel that
| though he was born in Mexico he had
become -naturalized under tie provi
sions of the last treaty re, u, ding the
e-sion of territory.
An attempt having been made by
the LEGAL authorities to q t possession, Of
Temple the after was laid before the
state department. where tie principal
ing desired seemed TO be 10 prev lit
the Mexican gererum mt from tryiSs
to exei else the juri >di-tion which this
country had always denied. Ne otia
tions were begun with the City OF VI X
leo. They apparently =resseI
Satisfactorily that the stat dep ,rtm- mt
believed the affair aas ended except
for .he actual surl ender OF the prisantr.
I5 was espe call; desirable to avoid any
possible complication that might arise
by reason Of the termination OF the
Mexican extrtdition treaty. An order
was received here from the resident
for the possession OF Temple under re
.ular extra. ition proceedings The re
QUESTION was pot into the hands OF
Sheriff Brotherhood, whose Germ had
n.t then expire and lie went 10 Mex
leo as the II. eit of the United States.
! He encountered variety OF delays
arising from the most trivial causes.
For instance, some of the PAPER re-
ferred to Tempe rs "Jim whereas the
state department and the presi !ent's
order diAnited Lin by "James" Then
II corrrpondence ensued between the
sheriff and Ambassador Clayton. In
! he meantime the sheriff was no longer
sheriff. He returned to Tucson, but
shortly after re utned to MeXico as the
agent of this orernment, b lievine
that all obstacles had been reno ed
He went to Magdalena, where Temple
had been taken for safe keeping soon
after his arrest. The prisoner was
then taken to Hermosillo Tor some pur.
| pose which has never been explained
ard Mt last to Guaymas where he was
to lie tried before II federal jndse, a for
malty understood to immediately pre-
cede his surTen. Ter \ bout the middle
Of January Mr. LeatberW God telegraph
Ell that the trial would commence al
once and he would be in ossess;on Of
Temple by January "a. The treaty
would expire that night at midnight.
Since then nothing definite wal
heard of either the ex sheriff or Temple
until yesterday. The trial which was
to begin almost month ago and wa.
understood to be mere formality has
presumably just been concluded.
What eSect tie expiration of the ex
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