Arizona republican., 1901-02-12
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Under writ of ha5eas corpus the case of Welter McCurdy on charge of shoot ing Frank Main. of Nogales was heard befor Court Commissioner Emanuel yesterday. Mir, McCurdy Is being held in the Tombstone jail on acount of lack of jail accommodations in Nogales, and through his ayi1cney, A. R. English, made application for reduction of baii. District Attorney Duffy and Sheriff Turner of Sansa Cruz county were mo- tified and were on hand. The court reviewed the written testimony as brought out at the preliminary exam ination at Nogales,, and after hearing arguments reduced the ball to s2,50O. The original bond was s5,OoO. The bond has not yet been furnishel.-Tomb- stbne Prospector
 Charley Warner was the center of several groups airand town today while he explained the trials and tribulattons Cf an Arizona legislator on salary of four dollars per day. The people of Bisbee, regardless of po..tics, have the greatest confidence in Cha.lie Warner. He represented lhis county in an able manner two years ag>. and the Review
 
 record in the Fist legls,ature.-Cochisa Review.
 The new town of Douglas is attract ing a great deal of attention through cut Arizona at prezsnt Business men of Blsbee and Naco all have their eyes on a goJd location at the new own. The bill making Douglas a sub-port of entry has passed both houses of con gress. The Mexican government will establish a custom house on the other s.ie of the line at an early date. Tha track has been had across the line a distance pf two miles.
 MT. Robinson of the firm of Robin son X Toohey. railroad contractors, was in Bisbee on Thursday. The railroad Is now complete to Dsmglas on the border line and will be pushed on into Mexico us rapidly as possible. A camr will be established at once at Fronter- as and the grading will progress to- ward that sonora town. and then on 10 Nacosari, which Is the terminating point on the new road It will be over year before the work of the contrac- tors is o-mpleted,-Cochfse Review.
 Joe Boot.. the sage robber. palmer of the notorious Pearl Hart. Arizona's fe- male bandit escaped from the territo- rial prison laa. Wednesday evening. and has not yet besn apprenenlei. al- though every effort t-iward his recap ture has been exerted. Boots with bery in Pinal county over a stage rob berl in Final county over a year ago and was sentenced to ten years in the penltentiary. He was an exemplary prisoner, always obedienr, and never giving the management the slightest trouble whatever. As reward for god behavior he was made a sort of ''trusjty' and was employed as cook al Superintendent Browns residence YMna Sun.
 /In response to inquiries stnt out two weeks ago asking for information con corning the murderer of Uniersherlfi De Vane, a letter was received at the sheriff's office last Monday from the superintendent of the California state prison at Folsom. stating that the mur. derer's name is Tom Downey. instead of Ton Hart, and that he served ten years sentence in Folsom for burglary committed in Sacramento in 1890. The description and photograph sent from Folsom Ehlly exactly with the murder CT, even to a small scar on his indeN finger. It was also learned that Dow, ney. since his discharge from Folsom II 1897, has been in New Mexico and east ern Arizora, but nothing has beer learned as to his actions there. He il a r.ative of Illinois but has been on tn coast many years.-Yuma Sun.