Williams news., 1905-05-06
THE LEE HOBBS CASE
A Good Lesson May Be Drawn
 From This Noted Case

One good lesson may be drawn from the Lee Hobbs case, which has just closed, and which attracted as much attention as any other case which has ever been tried in the city of Phoenix. There are, in fact,
 many lessons which could be drawn
 from it, but the one which we are
 thinking of is of particular interest
 to readers of newspapers and those
 interested in them. Some of the
 very strongest and most irrefutable evidence which was given was the
 various items appearing in the
 newspa pers of the vicinity in which
 he lived. Suppose that Mir. Hobbs had been less prominent young man and had been in no way con- nected with the office of the sheriff, and this suspicion should have fastened itself upon him. And had
 he no records to have proven his
 presence in the county, then the
 little items of the local newspaper saying that Lee Hobbs came to
 Clifton on a visit last week." would
 have shown their importance.
 The fallibility of the human mind
 is becoming more and more evident
 as the days go by. It is indeed very
 hard for any man to remember just
 where he was and what he was do-
 ing on certain dates. And of course
 it makes it next to impossible for
 any man to tell exactly what some
 one else did on a date two or three
 years before So it comes to pass
 that to prove an alibi on any prop
 osition which took place three years ago is quite a task. The little
 pleasantries of the country editor
 may save a mans neck at any
 time. So, good people. do not get
 mad if the editor does use your name in his paper some time when
 you don't want him to. He may , know that you are going to need
 just bit of recorded history here and there in order to prove that
 you were at certain places on cer-
 tain days and not somewhere else. Don't get mad at the editor if he
 has nothing in his paper except a lot of stuff about John Brown and
 the Joneses and all that rigamarole
 of folks who get their name in the paper. But, if you do go anywhere
 or do anything, the editor should put your name down as having
 done that thing. You do not have to subscribe to his paper he does these little things for you, but it is
 strictly proper for you to do so, and thus enable the poor printer to keep good, clear type. so that he can record your deeds in letters clear and bold. Get your names in the paper, and get them there
 often. You can never tell when l. you're going to be the victim of a case of mistaken identity. So, now, , be good to the newspaper man and tell him when yoh are going to leave town and when you are com ing back, so that you may be pro- , tected from those who would have , you hung, whether you are in any particular need of being hung or , not. And remember, also, that it might protect you from being hung even though you may half way need it. So that newspaper is a
 good thing besides the good it does,
 as in this case the Clifton Copper , Era and the Graham Guardian of , Stafford have been instrumental in , saving the life of an innocent and a worthy citizen. Long live the press! : Phoenix Gazette.
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 Col. R. E. Twitchell, president of |, tho cnrip0 rocipo asoociotiop Toe