Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-06-01
COURT IS Still
GRINDING AWAY.
Jasnes King and q e Colin Bob
Enier Hs~d Gully
10 0hasees. =
ONLY ONE CASE TO-DAY
|FeSul Court Adpu~ unaa Afius
nooa md T1naonSl Cout
unli Tamonvs.

Jamss King. xho MAS arrested On
January 8. last. charged with plae
ing crushed siesi In the eccentric
oil sup ~ a locomotive On the Atch.
lson. TopekA n santa re railway
~hlls working N n machinist In the
shops u the defendant was yestar"
day indicted by the grand jury and
npoa appearing In court b plead
10 the Indictment. entered q plea Of
guilty. He WAS represented ~
Iudxe ". v. Long. Upon his plea
being entered the court stated that
he vuuld defer ssnssnce until some
future day Of the term.
James King 10 from Rome. 6eor.
ia, where q Il said he comes of q
rood family. but for some years he
has been working In various rail-
way machine ships throughout tbs
country. Al the time Of the commits.
sion Of this o1enss by him. he had
only been In tho employ Of the Santa
re for q few months.
When arrested be stated 10 the Of
ncers that tho only reason he put
the crushed rteel Into tho oil cups.
was because he know II would
cause the engine 10 u hot when
taken out on the road. and that u
would therefore have 10 be returned
10 the shops and make more work
Tor tho men. and that they could
thereby ret In overtime.
II Ii believed however that kine
was Influenced By some one In au
thority In some Of the labor union'
10 do the work. rather than for The
reason which he states.
A cossty Mistsks.
o. m Conn appeared In court ihil
morning and plead guilty to pett,
larceny. Conn was also an employ
of the santa sfe railroad. sesera
!. months x while working for th'
|. company he receised q check for six
Etysix cents, for which when he pre-
scented II 10 the treasurer ut tbs ds
, pot Ia resolved by mistake sixts+si
doliarss The treasurer q the tim
OF payment simply glanced pc III
check ana ahonght " was made on
for the amount he gave CONN. Col
nn poeketed the money without call
Ing tho t~rSasurerhs attention TO th
error and skidooei to Indiana
where he was subsequently arrests
and brought back TO Las Vegas. II
was fined as and costs by tn
!. court, so he Ia quito a bit OF none
|. out on the transaction, which agai
proves the old maxim that honest
|. In tho best policy.
pstitten Tor Injunction.
A petition was filed In the teri
toriai court yesterday afternoo
signed By Frederick y. olney and
number of other residents Of th
CITY Of La vegas PRAYING for = wrI
III injunction restraining the boar
u county commissioners from NAL
ing ANY order or contract for u
purpose Of furnishing electric iigf
or water 10 the town Of Las Vegas !
!. bc paid for from moneys nov Or |
] ID In the San Miguel county treas
n. The case viii come up for hea
!. Ing next Monday.
II Is the further prayer OF the p
! titioners that II the court refuses
! Issue the writ OF injunction reQues
"A that the city of Las Vegas ali
Id granted the same privileges
this connection III the town Of II
Vegas. ExMayor olney's nan
heads the list and n h followed
the signatures of q number o. 9TH
prominent citizens 81 the east Sid
Doth Courts Adjourn.
" The Undtcd States court adionr
= ed this morning until hve o'cio,
this evening. There was no case
~ court this forenxod. The Q,
piss was ihe only one b tho 6
<oral court today and sfser II "
E1posed of adjournment was taxi
4an4l tomorrow moruins At 9:;
- bs1es aad tesvstos1sl IRA,
8 juries are VI Is aessscn y Fere
to this aftsFnooos The fe66fNl era,
n~. rposesd - dndicsment yes
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