The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-08
TAG ENDS OF NEWS.

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Frederick w. Troy, the Denver por-
trait painter who is charged with hav-
ing shot and killed his wife in a fit
of jealous rage, is aow On trial at Jop-
lin, Mo-, where the crime was COM
mitteed. Troy's 5-year-old daughter,
Potosia, was the only witness of the
murder and testified against her ia
Their.
Roy Swartzfager, the youthful des-
perado who wrecked a train at Peter
son, Utah, some time ago, resulting in
the death of the engineer and the
serious injury of several train men
will o % be tried on a charge of muir
der il the second degree. Swartzfa-
ger confessed to the crime and declar-
ed he was drunk at the time of its
commission.
l.. B. Hicks, the California miner
who was for fifteen days buried alive
in a tunnel of the Edison Electric
company near Bakersfield, and who
later made an unsuccessful debut on
the vaudeville stage has returned to
his former employment as a miner.
Corporal Edward L. knowls, a mem
Der of the recently discharged battal-
ion of negro troops who is charged
with attempting to assassi1ate Cap
tain Edgar c. Macklin, viii be court
martialed at Fort Sill Oklahoma
week Macklin was officer of the day
at the time of the Brownsville riots
and its is alleged that all of the negro
soldiers had a personal grudge against
him. Corporal Knowles asserts his
innocence of the crime charged and
is confident he will be acquitted.
The prosecution of J. Hill Gooch
and others alleged to have been impIi
Gated in the Springfield, Mo-, lynch
ing last year will likely be dropped.
Gooch was charged with first degree
murder in connection with the mob
bind of Fred Coker, Horace Duncan
and VIII Allen on the night of April
IA last year. The negroes were hang
ed to a statute of liberty and their
bodies burned. The special grand jury
returned fourteen true bills of indict-
ment against prominent Springfield
men, including Gooch. The attorneys
for Gooch secured a second c%ontinu-
ance of three months last December,
and it is now stated that the case
will never come to trial.
Luigi Gallioni, alleged to have been
one of the anarchists leaders who in
cited the riots in Paterson, N. J., five
years ago, has been captured and is
being held for trial. William Mcqueen
who was associated with Gallionf il
spreading revolutionary doctrines
among the Paterson silk workers.
was sentenced to five years in prison.
Gallioni was publishing an Italian an
archist paper at Barre, Vt, when ar
rested.
The decision of the Senate to vote
on February goth on the resolution de-
claring Senator Reed Smoot of Utah
not entitled to his seat has resulted
in the receipt of scores of petitions
from the Women's Christian Temper
aace union, the National Reform Blu
reau, the Peoples Lobby and other
"~reformatory" organizations. Despite
ChSoR oC1A1ullAAo III 10 HUT pIobdDIi-
ity that the vote will be unfavorable
to Smoot, since none of the numerous
charges made against him have beer
verified by proofs. The Utah senator
is said to be highly popular with his
colleagues, owing to his culture and
unfailing courtesy and afibility, and
111ess all signs fail the vote ~favoring
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small.
1t is stated that another attempt
will soon be made by friends and reIa
tiyes to secure the release from the
Kansas Penite1tiary of John Collins,
the famous boy murderer who was
convicted of killing his father some
eight years ago in order to get pos
session of the family fortune. Collins
has many wealthy and influential
friends who believe him innocent of
the crime Of which he was convicted,
aid it is likely that he will be pardon
ed within the next few years.
J The numerous attempts to murder
the Futch family at ~Thomasville, Ga,
has resulted in the offer of a reward
for the discovery of the mysterious
would-be assassins by the governor.
Many detectives and officers have
worked on the case, but so far no evil
deace which would warrant an ar
rest has been discovered. Seven I'M
successful attempts to poison Mrs.
Alice Futch and heI two sons have
been made since last June. Last
month a bomb was placed under Al
len Futch's bed and exploded. but did