Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-18

The county court room Ia crowded
with witnesses. most all for the prose
cution They line up as follows:
Defense-George Patten. Charles
John C. Watkins. Henry Riggs
and NJ. F. Mayne.
observation-disclosures F.. Wheeler.
Henry Wommer. Frank Wommer. r.
w. Burroughs, Dan Meyers. Joseph |
Sullivan G.. p. Edwards, Roy Smith,
Reese Forrest, Earl Sommers. DR..
Newland. H. d. Brindle. Herman
Schntze and Fred Hardy. who is sum
moned by botn sides.
They assured the reporter that
these are their right names.
Mrs. A. Taylor Of Ouray, mother of
Mrs. Chris Wright, is visiting Chris
and wife and the babies.
Mrs. McAllister, daughter Of the
late Doc O'Connell, who has been Wis
iting the family. returned this mcrn
ing to Paogsa.
VIM Gorton, wife and child, arrived
on last evenings eastern train from
Amarila. Texas. Mr.. Gorton is
first-class barber and will preside over
one of the chairs in Hutchins' barber
parlor.
Leslie Kruschke returned this morn
ing to Riverview Military academy at
Poughkeepsie. n. Y, where he will
begin the second year OF his course
in that institution. Leslie started out
with the same confidence that he'd
get through all right that his father
| could have done.
B. n. Freeman and daughter, Miss
| Helen, went to Dulce this morning
from which point they go to FL Vado
to take in an Indian carnival and
| dance. which will he one OF me big
gest things of the kind ever given in
this section.
| Harry Severn is up from Brown =
sawmill. He says this is the greatest
old world he ever saw. The Brown
| mill eleven or twelve or thirteen miles
below town, is shipping vast guam
| tity of lumber to the Pennington
country. where they are building
houses and Harry is the engineer
A. X. Ferguson. the western repre-
sentative of the American Carpet com
pany, who has started four stores II
the San Juan. went out to Trinidad
this morning to start another.
| VIM Kinderman and wife, two yer,
pleasing faces, aunt and uncle OF Ma
bel Skoog, who have been visitini
the Skoog family several days, re
turned to Chama this morning. wher'
they reside.
The Rebekah lodge cordially iDvite'
all Odd Fellows. Rebekahs and theil
families to their fifty-fourth anniver
sary to be held at Odd Fellows hall
Tuesday. September 10, 1905. at
o'clock p. m.
| r. Forester and wife went out thi
morning to Alamosa for "A day or two
Mr.. Forester is among those who ar
bright enough to see the great future
of coal mining in the Durango cOun
try. and he has been acquiring som'
nice holdings.
Wash Patrick went out again thi
morning to the Rio Blanco tin Ameri
cano. White rivcrp with 10000 Ash Il
stock that stream which wends III
way through one of those Mexica,
land grants which has its metes an,
bounds described by how far pint,
pony can galop in week.
Robert Mitchell. the old-time gov
ernment packer, teamster and scout
has returned from a trip TO the Uin
tab reservation, and he utters and re
iterates that 1t is one OF the grandes
countries on earth. He said The Her
aid would be telling the truth when Il
said so. And this is remindful thai
in every community there are peopl,
hwo think some other place Is better
and the Uintah country might he &
good country for them to go to.
Judge Russell was slightly perturb
ed yesterday afternoon when he ran
his hand down under his collar to lei
in a little air and told Sheriff Thomp
son TO go and get ten more jurors in
ten minutes. He was tired of listen
ing to people swear they would not he
good jurors; he'd been getting pretty
warm when the sheriff went ont to
find jurors that We're hidden In tn.
loft and behind the bush, having tH
return with so many not found" and
then 1t was not long till the battle
| for jury was over. and everybody
appears to be satisfied. When the
| verdict is made will one of these ui.-
willing jurors criticise 1t? Yes. in
large letters.
The retrial of Jacob Zipperian, Il Is
| true, will cost La Plata county a
good deal of money. but that is his
right under the constitution, and ne
Will exercise IT, It is said that he
would not have been given another
trial under the laws of Missouri on
The assignment of error on which the
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