Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-05-07
A BILL TO SUPPRESS
TRAIN ROBBERY
Il Was Introduced by Representative Ray and
Was Reported FavorabIy by the Judiciary
Committee Of the House.
The IRRIGATION MEASURE AND
INDIAN DEPRECIATION CLAIMS

Ihe committee on Judiciary of the
| House of Representatives has reported
in favor of the passage of Representative
Rays bill for the suppression of train
robberies in the Territories of the
United States. The bill as finally
amended@in committee reads as follows:
A bill for the suppression of train rob-
berries in the Territories of the United
States and other places and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
That any person who within any State
or Territory of the United States, or
other place subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, obstructs or derails or makes
an unlawful assault upon any railroad
train, railroad cars, or railroad loco
motive operating within such State.
Territory, or place, which is engaged in
interstate commerce, or which is operat-
ing within District or Territory of the
United States, with the intent to com
nit tmurder, robbery, or any other felony,
or who with such intent makes an un-
lawful assault upon any person lawfully
on such train, cars, or locomotive, shall
be panished as follows: If the death Of
any person is effected or thereby caused
such offender shall suffer death: If
death is not caused he shall be i'm
prsoned not less than five nor more
than twenty years.
Sec. 2. That any person who at
a ~ = ,ifn
in section one of this Act shall be i'm.
prisoned not less than one nor more
than ten years.
Sec. 3, That any person who aids,
abets, or incites another to commit
either of the offenses mentioned in sec
tions one or TWO of this Act shall be
deemed principal offender.
Sec. A That upon the trial of per-
son charged with the violation of this
Act it shall not be necessary to prove,
nor shall it be deemed material to Il
that the defendant or de-
PENDANTS intended to effect the death of
or to rob or commit felony upon or
against any particular person, but it
shall be deemed sufficient if it is proved |
to the satisfaction of the jury that as a
result of such unlawful act some person
or persons had been killed, robbed, or
injured, as the case may be, or that
such act was committed with the design |
to commit any crime.
Senator Warren's bill amending the
Indian depreciation claims act to allow
claimants who were aliens at the time
were committed to receive
20 for THAR lnsSnc nrnVjdjpU
they are still inhabitants OF the United
States at tho time Of making claim for
such, was reported favorably to The
The members of the house from the |
West, who are endeavorng to get the
irrigation bill through congress, met
Monday and organized their forces.
Mondel of Wyoming
vas chosen chairman of the contingent,
Ind Representative Newlands OF Nevada,
secretary. 1t was decided that thor
)ugh canvass of the house should be
made and each irrigation member should
make it his duty to approach certain
number of the doubtful members and
personally urge on them the benefits
that are to accrue from irrigation legis.
alton There were about fifteen of the
Western members present and they all
agreed to engage at once in missionary
work with view to bringing doubtful
into line before the
irrigation bill comes up, which may be
within two weeks. Meetings of the
contingent will be held from day to day |
rom this time on.
Congressman Mondell said that the
lelay in bringing up the irrigation bill
n the house has not resulted in any
larm to that measure. Sentiment in
is favor, he said, was growing all the
ime. The eastern press is doing much
o boom the project and all the con-
.ressmen are daily receiving letters
rom business houses throughout the
last asking them to support the BILL