El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-20
CARROLL is GUILTY
According to Verdict Render
ed BY the Jury.
LIFE IMPRISONM ENT
Is the punishment For the Deed
A Mexican Would BE Suicide
Crnelly Duped - Thefts and
Other Grimes, With Minor Court
Notes


Notes.
BENJAMIN s. Carroll has been found
guilty of murder in the first degree
and his penalty fixed at life imprison-
ment.
The jury in the case reached an
agreement late yesterday afternoon at
fer being out since Saturday after
noon. For a long time the officers
were of the opinion that no verdict
would be had as the jurors twice re-
ported that they were unable to reach
a definite and unanimous conclusion;
nevertheless Judge Walthall sent them
back to the jury room and at their re-
quest brought Mayor Loughborough in
from the post to- testify on two mater
ial points on which the minds OF the
Jurors were in doubt. \ short time
later the foreman announced that a
verdict had been reached and ~ was
rendered as follows:
We. the jury. find the defendant
guilty of murder in the first degree
and fix the penalty at Imprisonment
for life
IL is understood that the jurors were
not divided on the question OF the guilt
or innocence of the accused but requir-
ed long elaboration to agree on the
best method of punishment-two men
recommending hanging and ten life
Imprisonment
The story of the raid on the police
station last February by negro SOL
diers and the murder of Newton Stew
art is too well known to need repeti-
ton here. Carroll is the second of the
accused men to be convicted. He will
doubtless take his case to higher
court on the grounds as alleged that
negroes are excluded from the grand
and petit juries in this county.
An Arrest and Threatened Suit.
Officer Rayner arrested Pedro Ar
biso. a young man from Tucson. this
morning and placed him in Jail charged
with unlayfully boarding a passenger
train. But there are two sides to the
story and as consequence suit Will
be filed against the Southern Pacific
railway and Hamilton Rayner its agent
for false Imprisonment
Mr. Arbisos statement, which is cor
roborated by several witnesses is that
he came down from Tucson a day or so
ago and this morning hmeard that a
friend was going to Lordsburg and
went to the S. p. depot to send mes
sage to his brother at Lordsburg.
when I got to the depot the bell
was ringing and I saw the man / was
looking for on the train. / ran in and
told him to tell my brother not to go
to Tucson but to wait in Lordsburg for
me- that / would he there on Thursday
The train started just then and l ran
out and got of after the train had
moved probably fifteen or twenty feet.
| walked back to the depot and was ar
rested. Yes I have engaged lawyer
and will sue the company for dam
ages"
Ii Wasn't Loaded.
A would-be tragedy ended in joke
being played on a Mexican last night
when he wanted to commit suicide.
One of the Mexican walters at the Orn-
dorff hotel got drunk yesterday and
lost his Job and last night went back
to the hotel to talk the matter over
with Mr.. De Croft. the manager. Mr..
De Croft thought he would have little
fun with the man and began to josh
hmi and made him think that he had
iisgraced himself forever. 1t so prayed
On his mind that he told Mr.. De Groff
that if he had some medicine he would
lake it and kill himself.
He was told that he did not need
medicine but that a siX-shooter would
10 the work just as good and as quick.
He said that he had no gun. whereupon
Mr.. De Goff told him that he had one |
hat he would loan him and going into
he Office he got a SiX-ShOOter and TAX |
ng all of the shells out of it handed
L to the Mexican who after breathing |
, little prayer placed the gun to his |
head and pulled the trigger. But the |
gun did not go off. and he tried it again |
and then when it refused to go of he |
the chambers and found that
here were no loads in the gun. Then |
ne wanted to kill Mr.. De Groff for |
Ii. MI
Iroff pretended to have been innocent |
md taking the gun told him to go
Town and get some shells and return |
md try il again. |
He left and has not been seen since. |
Charged With Theft.
Hazel Williams. one OF the girls |
rom the Tenderloin district. was ar
.ested yesterday evening by detective |
Harold and placed in the county Jail |
.harged with theft from the person |
L is alleged that she touched a young |
nan for his money while he was drunk |
Sunday night.
The case was dismissed by Justice |
spencer as the complaining witness |
allied to prosecute the case.
For Fast Driving.
A Mexican named Candelaria was |
arrested yesterday for fast driving and |
will be tried this evening.
Migrants at Work.
Harry Carpenter of the joint ware
house telephoned to the police yester-
lay evening that there were some men |
n a box car mar his Office and that |
hey had built a fire, and asked that |
IN officer be sent to arrest them. This |
vas done and they were fined So each |
his morning; a ball and chain was |
Put around their feet and they were |
,ut to work cleaning crossings
Girl Fighters Fined.