Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-28
JUSTICE OF PEACE TO STAND TRIAL
 IN GLOBE
WinkIeman Officer Will Be Examined In GiIa County Probate Court-Queer En- tries On Justice Docket.

J. E. Caplinger, formerly justice of the peace at Winkelman, will be tried as 10 his sanity in the probate court of Gila county, but it is evident that the authorities will not find any sanity, says the Globe Silver Belt More stories are coming in of the cratic actions of Caplinger at Winkelman and the following is from the Phoenix Republican, concerning the case, the deputy referred to being Jack Knigh- ton who went to Phoenix after the in- sane man:
 The deputy was asked what Cap finger had done. He replied that it would take a week tQ tell it all, but he said that Caplinger was the crazi- est individual that had ever been at large in the prosperous mining camp of Winkelman.
 He had somehow become justice of the peace in that district, as he had said on his arrival the day before In fact, he had furnished proof of his ju- dicial authority by his docket, various forms of legal papers and several war rants of arrest which had been filled out. He also had a copy of the re- yised statutes.
 By a perusal of his docket one is
 nabled to trace the progress of his insanity. The first few cases entered are all in proper form, but a little later on the docket shows signs of wandering mind. One entry showed that one John Jones had been arrested for misdemeanor and committed to the jail at Globe. A marginal note shows that the constable of the pre- cinct had released the prisoner on his own authority and that the arrest of the constable had been ordered and his bail fixed at $20,000.
 The next entry finds MT. John Jones in the tolls again. This time he had been guilty of drunkenness, disturb ing of the peace, using profane lan- guage against the constitution of the United States and threatening the life of justice of the peace. It is also shown that bail had been denied Mr. Jones. By this time the place of the recalcitrant constable has been re placed by three constables.
 A further entry consists of a com plaint against a defendant for refusing to give aid and comfort to the justice of the peace in the preservation of or
 CT and another marginal note de cribes the rebelIious conditions which prevail in Justice Caplinger's jurisdic- ton It was about this time that he decided to bring his docket to Phoe- nix and ask the governor to cali out the national guard to enforce the au- thority of the judiciary in Winkelman precinct
 Complaint might not have been made against him if he had gone out of the country quietly. He started on horseback for Christmas and on the way he met a Mexican driving a team. One of the Mexican's horses was a better one than the horse the judiciary was riding and Caplinger dIsmounted and compelled a trade.
 The deputy said that Caplinger had been touching the residents of Win kelman for loans and when he was re- fused he had issued warrants for ar rests on charges of contempt of court He had in a similar manner levied tribute on the saloons of the camp. Now and then he varied the procedure by going into a saloon and laying a revolver down on the bar would an- nounce h a judicial tone, The justice sf the peace wants a drink" If the proprietor declined to recognize the authority of the justice, he never made any further demonstration with the gun, but would return to his office and issue citation for contempt.