Arizona republican., 1905-10-27

the procuring of evidence in such cases. The activity of the officers so far has not resulted in a perceptible diminution of offenses but is is expect ed that when some of the offenders are sentenced to the penitentiary the good work of the legislature will begin to bear fruit.
 Camacho pleaded not guilty to the indictment against him and his trial was set for Nov. IS. Ramon Elijas i pleaded not guilty his trial was set for Nov. r. Esbelo Ramirez pleaded guilty and will be sentenced tomorrow. Clawson and Pera will plead this morning. Sentence will be passed this morning on E. E. Brown. who pleaded guilty the day before yesterday to grand larceny.
 Pleas of not guilty were entered in the following cases and dates of trial were fixed: Frank Davis, rape, Nov. I6; Henry Brown, cattle stealing Nov. IS; Charles Mccormick, forgery, Nov. l 6; Jose Moyar, burglary, Nov. 6; Vi- cente Romero, rape, Nov. '.
 Gabriel Moline indicted for rape was arraigned and will plead today. A plea today will be entered by William lEllwander indicted for forgery. Chas. Montgomery who had been held to the grand jury for being found in posses sion of burglars tools was discharged. The grand jury has already dispos- | ed of more business than was in sight when it was convened but things have been piling up ever since so that the date of its adjournment can hardly be even roughly guessed at It is barely possible though that the last case will be disposed of tomorrow night.
 END OF THE THOMAS CASE.
  lBissel H. Thomas was finally wiped off the docket. Thomas was attorney for R. L. McDonnoId formerly super intendent of the Phoenix schools. He was arrested for forging orders on the school board for warrants and was convicted and sent to Yuma. Thomas had received money from a brother of McDonnold with definite instructions that it should be used in making set clement with those whom McDOnnold had defrauded but this should not be done unless McDonnOld could be re- llieved of prosecution. Thomas did not make such use of the money but dis sipated it and claimed the greater part of it as a remuneration for his ser vices. He was found guilty of em- bezzlement and was sentenced to Yu- ma The case was reversed by the sU- lprerne.- -c0urt-and- -Th0mas-gEas-Fele on bond. The bond was later exon erated.
 THE CIVIL SIDE.
 In intermissions between grand jury reports and the arraignment of pris- oners a large volume of civil business was disposed of. The divorce case of N. F. Goodwin against Richard Good win was up in the afternoon but the plaintiff became confused as to her lot within this Jurisdiction. She finally proved that she had not lived here long enough and denied the accuracy of the notes of the court reporter on that sub ject. She told a great many other things which were surprising to her attorney. In reply to a question by the court as to her nationality she was of French extraction. At this point her attorney in a moment of surprise asked her what made her think so. She could not say, neither could she re- member the name of her mother. When she was further questioned by the i court she took refuge in tears and ex- cused herself from further speaking about her parents because they were dead The matter of her nationality did not cut an important figure though her answers tended to reflect upon her general reliability. The case had been invested with so much confusion that it was finally continued for further proof Juana Daneri was given a di- vorce from Stefano Daneri
 Another matter disposed of was the historic case of Hall against Ganz This is reminiscent of the Colorado election last fall. c. L. Hall sometime before the election in a conversation with F. w. Thode expressed a belief | nor Peabody. MT. Thode thought not. This divergence of opinion finally took the form of a bet, $200 a side and the money was put up with MT. Gang of the National Bank of Arizona. The immediate election figures disclosed the election of MT. Adams and under instructions MT. Gang issued a check to Hall for the amount of the stakes. In few days doubt was cast over the result of the election and Mr. Thode construed the doubt to extend over the wager. When the check was present. ed for payment it was not paid. In the meantime it turned out that neither Adams nor Peabody became governor and MT. ThOde believed that neither he nor MT. Hall should lose his wager Hall began suit against MT. Gang for the amount of the check. It has now been paid. No further defense was of Tered in the suit and is is understood that the contest was withdrawn at the instance of MT. Thode
 The case of the Farmers and Mer- chants Bank of Tempe against F. c. Stahl was dismissed on the motion of the plaintiff The case of E. B. Good win against R. A. Windes was dis missed by the consent of both parties and the trial order was vacated. On the motion of the plaintiff the suit of Melczer Bros. against Ramon Mejias was dismissed
 In the case of J. w. Crenshaw ad- ministrator against Julia Lount ad- ministratrix, the defendant was given 1 judgment for costs. The defendant was 1 given judgment for costs in the case of Humphrey McKeone against R. L. ]