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face in his hands Maria, still hanging her head,
left the chair and with her babe in her arms sought
distant corner of the courtroom.
With the testimony of an officer that a button
photograph of Maria had been found pinned inside
the coat of Montaro, the prosecution closed its
The assistant district attorney sat down The jury
shifted their positions. The distinguished Flynn
rose to make motions that the case be taken from
the jury. 1t plain, he argued in sonorous and
reverberating tones, that the prosecution had i'm
peached its principal witness by the testimony of
the defendants wife Maria Delsarto 1t had raised
a reasonable doubt its own evidence. There was
nothing upon which the jury could predicate YER
dict. He asked that they be directed to acquit Was
his motion denied? With expression of we'll
simulated surprise, he made the other stereotyped
motions. The court denied them all
Candida saw and trembled. That shaking of the
head could mean only thng Well, they would
let him see the priest first-before they did it.
Take the chair!" came Flynn's harsh voice from
above.
The chair!" La sediai Madonna! He knew that
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world So soon them He stifened with horror A
chilly perspiration broke out all over his body
The room swan and darkness surged across his be-
wildered vision
Take the chair!" repeated the voice
La sedia!" beloved the interpreter La
sediat"
Candida shvered with ague. His teeth chat
tered. Dioi Now?
The attendant placed hand upon his shoulder
Candida uttered terrible cry, and fell senseless to
the floor.
long adjournment, a talk with the priest,
explanation from the interpreter, and Can
dido took the chair" telling his own story in
a fluent but lstless monotone. He spoke of his
father and mother of his home in Calabria, of Maria
whom he had known from childhood His speech
soft and detected. Then he told of Beppe-
Beppe the great coarse, bullying brute who had
tOrnented and abused him! Yet he had never re-
taated until the other had sought ruin his home
Then he had refused him access Montaro had
publicly to be revenged, swearing that he
would kill him and marry his widow
Candida gritted his teeth and shook his curved
fingers, uttering various staccato adectives. Then
to speak slowly and with great pausing after
each sentence From time time he looked to
observe the effect of his testimony upon the dis
tinguished Flynn. That night in the wine-shop
Montaro had called him aside and in the most in
sulting manner warned him of his approaching fate
He would be dead within week and Maria would
belong to another Then in mockery Montaro had
bent over his hand if to administer and
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sympathy is not for the assassin, he concluded.
Think rather of his innocent victimi On the sunny
shores of Calabria sits a woman, old and gray to
whom this Beppe is her joy her pride, who thinks of
him by day working in the great America across the
seas, and whose heart, the time for the harvest
draws and the eXiles coming back to work
in the fields, will beat with expectation. The
others will come. Father will meet daughter, and
life in the great country of Freedom; but for her
there will be gadness-her Beppe will return
more"
The assistant sank into his seat. Candida was
staring at him with wide eyes. He knew the dUU0-
had been talking about Calabria Madonna!
Would he ever it again?
Gentlemen of the jury" began his honor. 4
will first define the various degrees of murder and
manslaughter
The sun fell lower and lower over the Tombs as
the Judge continued his charge. The jury twisted
uneasy in their chairs. Candida grew tired. This
interminabe flow of talk! Why did not the Judge
say what should be done to him at once? Millions
of notes in the sum- and with his head resting
on his forearms he watched them idly. He had
always loved the warm 1assitude stole over
him. On Sundays he had spent whole mornings
curled up on a bench in Seward Park with Maria
and the baDtbiuo beside him. How funny the notes
danced about He smiled drowsily at them. Some
tiny to be almost invisible, and
really large-if you half closed your eyes and
got it seemed almost big as cat
fluffy like a cat. Those little, tiny notes would
float out of nowhere into the band of sunshine and
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had bitten 1.-THE deadiest of affronts Candida
had hurried out of the shop toward his home
closely followed by Montaro, At the door of the
tenement his enemy had rushed upon him with
drawn knife from behind, and to save his own
life Candida had fired at him.
" He was a bad man-hn pertIdo. He would have
killed and taken my wife from me had not killed
him." continued the defendant. AS for this Pietro
he had not been there at all. He was an enemy,
Sician.
In response to question of the assistant, he ex-
planned that the pistol an old one. He had not
bought it to kill Montaro. He had had it for four
or five years. Had procured it for safety when work
ing on the railroad.
By degrees Candida recovered from his listless-
He longer seemed careless as to the result
of the case. strong thirst for life had taken
possession of him. There was an air of frankness
about the weather-beaten little countenance and
a trustful look in the brown eyes that served far
better than character witnesses to convince the
jury of his righteousness. There was no doubt as
to his having made an impression.
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the back as he took his seat and felt greatly
encouraged. These Italians were great
actors-and no mistake!
But the prosecution had reserved a bomb
shell for the last, intended to annihilate the
testimony of the defendant and neutralize
the effect of his personality upon the Jury
The assistant called in rebuttal a salesman
from large retail fire-arm store, who testi-
fed positively that the pistol in evidence
had been purchased the day before the
homicide. Flynn turned to the attendant,
whom he knew well, and cursed. These
Guineasl Bought the day beforel He had
all the air of one who has been grossly and
inexcusably deceived. He scowled at Can
dido, who quailed before him.
How long do you want to sum up, gen.
tlemen?" inquired the court. VIII twenty
minutes each be sufficient"
The distinguished Flynn burst into
deluge of oratory in which Self-D efense and
The Unwritten Law played opposite one
another, neither yielding precedence. His
client was a hero! The instinct of every
true American, of every husband, of every
father, must stamp his deed as one blameless
in the eyes of the Almighty, and worthy
not OF censure but of the approval of all
honest men and lovers of virtue. At the
risk of his own life he had preserved the in
tegrlty OF his home and the honor of his
wife. At the same time he had rid the
community of villain. Never while the
Stars and Stripes floated above their heads
would an American jury on this sacred soil,
consecrated by the blood of those who sacri-
feed their lives to liberty, ETC. He sub
sided painting and hopping his forehead.
The assistant rose to reply. This explana-
ton of the defendant that he had killed in
self-defense was the last despairing effort of
guilty man to escape the consequences of
his horrible crime. Of course the prisoners
own evidence was valueless. jealousy Calm,
calculating jealousyl That was the key to
this awful act. The tell-tale picture on
Montaros coat, the crimson admissions of
the defendants wife, the purchase of the
pistol-all spoke for themselves. The prose-
cutor paused.
npathy is not for the assassin" he concluded
rather of his innocent victim! On the sunny
of Calabria sits woman, old and gray, to
this Beppe is her joy, her pride, who thinks of
day working in the great America across the
nd whose heart, as the time for the harvest
near and the exiles are coming back to work
fields, will beat with expectation. The
will come. Father will meet daughter, and
will ba., I'll - +lo;-
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
A Meritorious
 Act of Charity

Mir. A. H Gernett. superintendent of the Childrens' Home Society for Arizona. is in town and will rsnain over Sunday.
 The object of this spcie'y is t' gather up orphan, neglected and d.s- tute children and find places for them in good families.
 Mr. GerDnett states that he has provided for twenty-one children in Arizona since February l, and since he was here, A year ago, the Society has pr ,ided for I26-
 There will be a mass meeting at the M. E.. church on Sindiy evening uu der the auspices of the Childrens Home $ ciety.
 Addresses will be m ide by A. H.. Geruneit nf Los Angeles, superintend ent of tbe society. and Hon. F. M noan.
 Judgs Doan will scuss the sub ject, "rhe Duty of the -ta,e to 'e mild" Let the church be filed t. hear these live topic- discussed
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
From Fridays Daily.

Apricots are already ripe Tn the Tombstone gard, n orchards.
 Attorney A. M. Sames wss an in- comlng passenger th 5 mCrning from Dougla
 Joe Iarr GU is among the Paradi.e contingent who are here As wIt t s,s today. Mr Lirri. u Is owne. .i ue new townsite near iaradIse. 1t IS Known as Copper City and IS elim,d to be the natural Key to the eitne mineral d strict, being d central D hnt for all mines therrabout aud ah ideal Joe ton Tor .oAnsite. Fourtesu witnesses from Paradise are in att, ndaIce oD count in ihe Boswell case.
 walter Mclg cen, one Of the Uni ! s-rsity students at Tucst n. reiuInsd me yesterday to spend his vaca ion iele
 1 F. J. Jscklin returned to the valley oday after brief stay at the county eat.
 John Lemon is in Tombstone frum cara anea shaking hands with friends. ur Lemon states there is quite an K odns of Americ ns from Cananea after the riotous out tbreak, but that matters nave quieted down at the big copper camp.
 Attorney w P Miller and wife re- turned thIs morning from Tucson, Ahere Mf MIIier has be,n on prOi,s- ,,unal business.
 \ Columbus. Ohio, dispatch sa, s:-
 The United States grand jury re- urntd iii cen true b lls ,ls air,r.ioon.
 Among them were two against Juhn
 Jones and rhoma1 D. Fuller, each nntain ns folr counts charging ms se,f the mails in c"nnt ctiOn ~lth
 C Jes z Mining cGml any with head ut.ters Tn Prescott, Arizona.
 Papa" was becoming inpatient tihr lstcr,ss of the hiur shen ,e remarked; Fl can't see why tha; ouig fellow who IS calling er Ninme hasn't s,nse enough to yc iome It's near midnig ht." The ittie brother Oi the family just
 hen came in. heard his ia h r. enark and ventured some light
 tie can, gur father. Sisters sit,in: on 'iim.' '-Ex.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
Found Dead
 on the Desert

A Csliente. Nevada, dispatch says:
 Joseph Constantine, a wellknown Arizona rrospector. who has just re- turned rom a trip into Death valley. reports the finding of the hod'es o' to young eas ern prospectors at the foot of the Funeral range. Both men wore trousers bearing label, Walsh the Tailor" and one of them carr ed an exrersi,e Elgrn watch inscrib' d nith the mon. gram "M. G. B" and were a seal ring bearing the letter "B" These men perished nearly 5" miles from water. The fingers cf one of the men had been worn to the bone digging in the sand, evidently il sn attempt to reach water. Constan tine and his men brought the b''die' and they buried them near Carroll Springs.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
CattIemen to
 Have Recognition

Notice has heen receive b ih ,,fJr=- est rangers from Oh ef Forester Pun chot at Washington that catt tle,yen' g associations are to have recog-si Son m the matter of leasing reserves for grazing on a fnIest reserve, it may sp- pom, committee which may app.ar before the forest supervisor and he hea- q IS to the number of h''ad of st.'ck to he allowed for the year, or the division of the range hetwetn the owner- of diff. rent kinds oi stock. or for the d'ption of si ecial rules 90 meet local cond tions.
 It is stated that the purpose oi ihis regulntr n IS to give cattlem n notice nf contemplated action aff.cting their interests and to allow them 70 Confer win Ihe forest supervisors before iiI.- ' action l. taken regarding general rrazing natter. Unless the Iecum- n,cndati"n of the advisory c,mmlttee IS in cnnR;ct w;th government rcgnia- rions. u ey are 10 have favorable cur.- sidsration.
 Live stock associations which de-. s'ie to take advantage ui u new reg II ation must nle an application uIth the forest supervisor The sdvisvry committee must have ot more fhsn live mt mbeIs, and the action of a ma jurIty oi the comm t te shall te bud m :. Csttiemen aIe m .ch pi, ,as,d with tLe new regulation.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
Leniency Shown
 Mexican LabOrers

The necessity for labor on the rai'- roads has become so stringent tha, the z vernmeut h,s decided to ,nn to the rescue of the railroads and re- lax the immigration iaws once ag-in
 Until few months ago, fnr a period of several years past. the off ;i,l- h,ve not heen very str ct in the enforce ment oi the immigration laws against Mexican laborers applying for admis- sion along the border, but some week. ago cit:z ns Ar zpna and New ex icn began complaining that the Mex icins Were causing a reign ot terr" and were not working when allowed 90 cpme into the country, but were robbing, stealing and ending sring the lives of Americans
 1 The departm mt at once put up the ! boards and pr-scr bed that a Mexican labo.er must stand the same exami- nation as any other foreig ner-thnt is | that he must have a cert in sum O money in his possession t~f"re he l, could come into the United States This cut down the 'mm grafton over 50 per cent, and then the rail- roads set up a complaint. They de- clared that they could not get help and that the only way to remedy the matter was for the imm grafton Uf- ticials 10 return to the old cu>tom. After the roads had all been heard Commissioner Sargent dec ded to ac- cede to their request, in Il way. Ht decided to waiv, the money question
 hut ordered that all applicants for ad
 mission must stand rigid examina- lion. They must go hefure the exam
 ming board st esrh port, and the mat
 Ter is lef: entirely with the h"a'd. l
 tine members-three imnigr ,tion of-
 ticers-are satrstied that the appll- cauts really want work and that the,
 will not become pu'.lic charges UI criminals, they aill Seallowed io come
 in.
 The examination will be rather
 rigid, but any h. nest, working Mex
 ican can pass II.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
Marriage of
 Tombstone Couple

Marriage bells were rung in Tomb s'one last evening when H. :. Ross and Miss Maud Horton were jnined in xedlock by Rev. Benedict. But few
 intimate friends Of the couple were present at the ceremony. The bride IS charming young lady who is in terested in the Cochise Abstract com pany while the groom is the popular and esteemed manager of the same 'omp4ny. The couple became ac- quainitd through business association srd Cupid played an important part, ending in happy romantic marriage The PRosPEcroR jpins in exiendung congratulations and lest wishes.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
Sunday School
 Picnic at Lewis Springs

A joint picnic in which the mem bership- of the T. mtston" aud Bisi.e' Sur day Schools of the Catholic church will join Is sch, du'ed for Lewis Springs tomorrow. That 'lly time will he had Is fond anticipation 0 all the licnicers and large attend ance from the county seat and the big copper camp :s assured. Father Duvai will head tte Tombstone dele gativn, while Father Meurer wili MT rive at the grove with the Bi-hee con tigent The picnicers from Iomb will leave on the 7;l0 train and return home on the evening train. A spccis rate oi $l for adults and 90 cents fI ch,l iren has he, n made hy the F.. P & $ w, and special coach has beer provided for the excursIonists
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
Cochise rountys
 Railroad Assessment

The Territorial B'ar of Eqnaliza- tion i- after he sca'p. of the railroads .s wei ss the mining cn npanies. in the mater If assessments
 Yesterday ihe h,,a completed it. work at Phoenix m the matter of r. l. road assessments. The southern Pa ciiic tax valutfiun was fix d si Sll- 00J per m ip', winch Is Tai of tx actly $5.399 per mi e over ihe a,ses.- ment "f last year. The P is as sessed an 392 miles of rad in AT = zona and the totalas>essn ent on mi'' . age will figure over npovrr Si O00.Wa |.
 The E A $ w. is assessed at $7,- 600 CT mile, winch Is raise of g. 692 per mile.
 C. chise county has the largest ri road mileagn of # yc unty in the tel ritnry. and the action of the board will make considerable difference il the county's revenue.
 The total assessment of the South ern Pacific last year for Cochise count. alone was x6 '6.slS. W ,ie the E P x $. W total amounted to S5S7 ,52. aud this percentage of increase vii bring the total on the railroad as sessment up to over g 900 ,000 for Co ehise county.
 Action on mining assessments car not be taken by the boa d until aite the county equalization boirds pas upon tine various assessments.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
Finances of Arizona
 Capital in Bad Shape

According tu information received rom Ph Jenix the finances of the Ari- zona cap tai are in rather bad shape It is said that the city has bonded and floating ir debtedness oi S225,nO0 which has been increasing at the rate of from $lU.OOO t, xl5,hOO yea, the expenses of the city going that much over tine reve que until retrenchmeIt has been found necessary. As the ie- -ult uf this condition tie city couIcil a, a recent meeting de ided to eIimin- ate sprinkling, T, duce the police force. Ies-en city hall expenses and make other reductions in the municipal -ervice.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
Fl Tigre Ships
 Ore to Douglas.

IT rec cars Of gold and silver orra passed through the custom hous .ves- teriay from the Fl igre mine -on its way to the Copper Queen smeaer.
 This is the first shipment that has heen made here, all of the ore f,r:n.r-- y being sent to the smel:er at FL Paso.
 Notwithstanding the fact that the Copper Queen smelter does not save the lead in the ore, the returns ,bt the Fl Tigre company will he larger than from the Fl Pa-o smelter.
 It $ the intention of the Fl Tigre people to ship all their ore hereafter to the Copper Queen smelter here - international.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
Wage Workers
 Among Women

The following solutions have bcen cent out hy the general f.d-ratinn of ~omen's elnhs. and have bee, r,- c,ived in Arizona:
 Whereas. Wage workers who are oisirsIchisa d are at a serions d,sad- vantage in the industrial w.r'd. with out the protection and power that the ballot gives.
 "Whers as, The American F,ders- tion of Labor has received this, and Tor many years has endorsed the en- franch'semen; s.f women as a ueces- ssry step ,n their industrial advance ment.
 Therefore, This committee, stand ing in an advisory capacity to the general federation in all matters re- lating to industrial conditions ,f wo men and children. urge upon the gen eral and state federations. and wo mems clubs atfiliating with them, tn duty of endorsing the principles O equal suffrage for women, and the ad visibility of taking such action il securing state laws aud amending mu nicipal charters AS should give to working woms n of the country ih needed protection of the ballot.
 JANE ArAMs, Chairman,
 MAUD NATHAN,
 MARY MORTON KEHEw,
 EDITH NJ H. YVES,
 JEAN HAMILTON
 FLORENCE KELLEY"
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
Arizona Has Been
 Treated ShabbiIy

The people of Arizona have been 'rYing to ohtaiD statehood for a l,ng ime, but the nearest they have come to the realization of their de-irc is ,n 6 permitted to vote against being al . sors ed by neighborirg Territory
 considering the fac, that the pe"pl' ni the T. rritcry were dis.inctl, prom sed statehood with territorial integ- riry in the document, which ttfe. te the transfer of the aret which they inhabit to the United states, the sc ,inn oi Congress in the premises must be set down as distinctly shabby -
 an Francisco Chronicle.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
Grim Destroyer
 Failed to Appear

The Thoenix Gag tie te Is the fol- lowing Indian story
 About two weeks ago sn IndILn from one of the nearby reservations came to town to buy coffin. He went 60 the Mohn & Drisc II establish ment where he bought and pad tJr ii 80 c,.sGet
 He explained that no one was dead but da' ghter of his vas expecting tu die and he wanted to be ready for business if the Great Chief d .cided to call her However, he wanted a proyision that he conld ret Tn the cotiin at d get his money back ii deati tailed to enter hts home.
 This morning he came back to town with e coffin and went around 10 get his m ney back. After waiting around several days for the visit oi the GI m D, ,stroyer 10 come the old tdman bec ,me coavincei that he was not going to get to u-e that CO., fin.
 The girl got better ani i' now as we'll as ever ani the father was put to all of his extIa lains for nnthiRg.
 The next time any of his people take notion to die he is going tn let them go ahead and shuttle of be fore he gets cs-ket or he does not propose to he disappointed in th.s manner again.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
The Season For
 Hydrophobia Skunks

This Is the time of the year wh' n people begin their annual camping trips in the mountains, the time when
 many tn1 their way int the hiiis who are unacquainted with possible dangers that may turk in their path It IS p-oper, therefore, to call atten ion to the urgency of being ca eful when they make camp, to so place then beds that they will not he mplest' d by hy drnphobia skungs. which seem
 to have a mania for prowling around camps. The fact Is emphasized h.!
 ,wo items in the last issue Of tn Williams News relating 10 the story o' the biting Ot three people by skunks As follows: F. J. Fuller, a resident oi Pine. Giis county, while on his way iu FIag-taff for l,'ad of freight. camped an the outskirt- of the town one n'g'i 1 las, week and was bitten by sknnk of the hydrJphobia var ely. He had
 his hand. clasped under the back oi [ i- head, when tn animal took hold
 nf the right hand at the tumb ar d held on. Fuller grabbed him with the left hand al d raised him oyer h'-
 head. Holding on to him, he walked
 .o the fire, where his son took an axe and cropped the skuDk's head of. Mr
 Fuller left on Monday for Chicsg
 where he will enter the Pasteur ihsti- tute While asleep in their camp at Marshall lake n Wedhesd ", Mir and Mir. T. c. Frier were bitten by hydro phobia stunks. Mir Fri~r was ten nn the right cheek, while Mrs Frier
 was attacked on the hand. They left
 for Chicago Thursday night, where they will be tteat,d at the PasteuI institute.
Tombstone epitaph., 1906-06-10
Arizona Piano Wonder
 Visits Tombstone

Mark Lnlly and wife are Torb-tons sisitor- from Nogales. Ar. LnlIy l. ne of the Ariz na pioneers and i,
 nown n every city an hamlet in the .mthwest. Mrs. Luilv is one the. ,iano wor ders of the w'r.d, her die rInction lying in the remarkable fact hat she plays accurately 335 pieces on Il piano fr'p memory being able to play any selection called for f'on' program list "f the number stated Her phenoner al accomplishment and naIveious memory makes her q musical wonder of the age. It IF likely arrangements may fe had Tor an erterta;nm, here at an early date.