Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-11
MINERS IN SYMPATHY WITH HORSE THIEVES AND CATTLE RuSTlERS.
 so SAYS DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY FLANAGAN.

ATTORNEY FlANNlGAN.
 The miners of Cochise county are in sympathy with cattle rustlers ana hcIse thieves. That was the astound- ing statement made by the district attorney of Cochise county, Thos. Flannigan. Esquire. while in Phoenix during the first part of the week.
 Seeking to cover up his disgraceful trt cord. as the public prosecutor of this county. this creature of circumstances, in casting about for some excuse for the number of acquirtals laid at his deer, has picked upon the miners of this county as the scapegoat.
 For the information of the taxpay- CTS of Cochise county the Review re- produces the article which appeared in tho Phoenix Enterprise, in which the district attorney is made to make the statement that the miners of Co., chise county are in sympathy With cat tie rustlers and horse thieves. The article says:
 District Attorney Tom Flannigan of Ccchise county arrived in the city this morning on legal business con nected with the district court Of Co ch;se county, and will leave this even ing for Tombstone. MT. Flannigan will return on OF about the 29th of the month, to attend the session of the Territorial supreme court which con- venes on May 12. -.sI
 When questioned by an Enterprise reporter as to the number of criminal cases in Cochise county, he said that there was no doubt that Cochise coun- ty ranks first in the number of criminal cases on the docket, and that. there are more cases there of this descrfp- ton than any other five counties of the Territory combined. Most of the cases are for horse stealing and cat tie rustling, and it is very hard to get jury to convict the defendant, be- cause the jury principally consists of miners and their sentiments are us- ually with the defendant.
 Furthermore, MT. F4annigan says that he thinks he has established a Territorial record, by examining fifty two cases in six days before the last grand jury. This year the assessed valuation of Cochise county. will be between eleven and twelve million dol lars, whereas last year the aggregate amount was a trifie over eight million dollars" ,t
 The above is an uncalled-for remark from a man whd, on the eve of his re- tiremenI from office, seeks to cover up a multitude of sins and osers as an excuse for the failure to convict cattle rustlers and horse thieves, that the miners of Cochise county are in sympathy with this element. It Is an insult to class of citizens of this county who are law-abiding and be- lieve in the strict enforcement of the law, whose names seldom, if ever, figure in the court proceedings. and whose sympathies may always be re- lied upon on the side of jusr;ce and right.
 The district attorney is unable to secure conviction of cattle rustlers and horse thieves because the miners of Cochise county are in sympathy with this element. is the excuse this failure as district attorney gives to the outside world, when looking for cheap newspaper mention. It is a siUr upon the great majority of our people IL is unjust and uncalled for.
 The district attorney can res, a- sured of one thing, Shat the miners of Cochise county are sick and dis gusted with his administration of the most important office in this county. They are tired with seeing defendants bound over to the grand jury by jus tice of the peace, indicted by the grand jury, with witnesses ready at Tomb stone to give testinony. and have the district attorney rise in his place and move to dismiss tine case. They are sick of having defendants charged with grave offense, chased half way around the United States after break