The copper era., 1905-04-27
CAPTAIN RYNNING ON
 THE HOBBS CASE.
Claims Rangers Did Only Their Duty
 and Will Stand Their Ground

captain Ryning, of the ranger ser
 vice, was recently interviewed by the Douglas Ihternational-Ameri as follows: n1abs-hHaniHb ,5,s tbs IaHaara had an1v done their dntv in the matter. and had\not been | actuated by malice. The warrant | was sworn to by one who claimed to have been witness to the crime, De- fore d l.. S. judge, and was served ny t,nrne,nt Sparks in the capacity of d ldenntv U. $. Marshal. He had been instructed to use all precautions m arresting the prisoner to avolo all
 chance of resistance. me NtP'ain
 said there was nothing wrong Tn TIC,
 fusinp to let him see outSluers anu
 that he would do the same 'hins
 himself. C,
 .'The feeling between the Graham
 county officials and the rangers Ihc
 captain claims, was due to the rang CTS breaking up an opium 1olhI Ill Clifton and which he understands Is running again. There was also some f friction during the time ot the noou,
 when the two rangers. who were lie l only officers on that side of the rlver' ? o.rcst,d 6g people for stealing goods , from the stores that were hooded, /, and they were all turned loose Dy fl al
 Deputy Sheriff Hobbs. ~ .ha s .t.I have simply to say that the .- rangers did their duty Tn making p these arrests, as the stolen Soous = were found with the men. If there are any who desire to take exceptions u II these plain performances or dutleS ( bv the rangers at Clifton, they dI. , at liberty to do so. We leel .ha
 WI, have done nothing but our duty
 and propose to stand our sio"'' u '' this matter.
 II In his intervew the captain seeih n to have avoided the main point II
 the ease. No one planes the ranger ie for serving any papers piaceo "it le them for service. But the HOOD O. ease was beralded broadcast through d. out the land as a shrewd bit o1 detes es tion work on the part of the rangers of They were quoted by the newspaper cs as saving that they had worked O n- the case for six months, and tha >lc they had the man. After huhilid in. ino Hobbs as much as possible, ar in putting him and his friend to gre; nd personal expense and lnconVenieho ,ry the rangers have discovered th' is they could have learned from sever pie hundred reputable citizens of Cir lme ham county that Hobbs was here lcc the time the crime was commute of To lav aside the statement tn ion friction existed between MT. Hob ing and other peace officers ot u low county and the ranger force, t ear fact remains that Graham coun be contributes more than Siooo per ye val for the maintainance of the rang ,res service. As citizens and taXpayt . they are entitled to d square d' A from the rangers. who are only t
 paid servants of the people. It t
 rangers were not actuated by mali
 as is stated by Captain Rynning, tn A why was it that they made no eff to ascertain the whereabouts
 Uobbs at the time the crime V
 committed? The fact that u
 made no effort to ascertain this ,~ portant link in their chain of { ID dence against Hobbs proves bey'
 question to any reasonable,
 minded man that as d matter of f 0 they were actuated by malice, o in serving the papers on Hobbs
 in presenting the evidence to
 British consul which led up to arrest. , llS Before the case was tried