Arizona republican., 1907-01-20
OF LOCAL
INTEREST

THE Y. M. c. Alt the Y. NJ c. A. |
today an interesting program has been !
planned. Mr. and Mrs. Baker. the two |
blind singers who are in town for |
short time. will sing. Mr.. Baker will
also address the meeting. which opens
at o'clock.
THE PROBLEM OF THE Chill |
OREN-An important meeting will be
held at the First NJ. f. church tomOr-
row night. The subject is THE Prob 4
lem o: the Children" and the speakers
are Hon. Fletcher NJ. Doan. Hon. Fred |
erick Nave associate justices of the !
supreme court. and A. II. Gunnett of
Los Angeles. superintendent of the
Childrens Home society. There is to
be discussed the greatest of all ques- /
tions, How to make good men and
women of the boys and girls. The
future of the nation depends upon the
character of its citizens. That which
makes for good or evil citizenship
should concern us most. over half Of
the inmates of jails, reformatories and
prisons combined are under % years
of age, and it is clearly demonstrated
that the punishment of criminals does
is better than its prosecution. The |
child's environment has much to do
with its future success or failure. !
What is the duty of the state TO the
child? VIII it commit the double
crime against the child of licensing
institutions which entice him and then
punish him when he becomes a victim?
These and other questions will be dis
cussed by these men who have had
large experience in dealing with all
classes of criminals and have made n
careful study of the causes leading to
lawlessness as well as the remedy.
A CLOSE CAll-Oficer John Moore
yesterday narrowly escaped picking up
800 side money as the reward for ar
resting murderer and OnOfrie Calico
came Just as near TO being swished |
away to Durant. Indian Territory. TO
have the elasticity of his neck tested. {
Months ago the police received a pos
tai card Offering a reward for the
arrest of Robert Folsom. alias Robert
Davis wanted for murder in the Indian
Territory. the reward being offered by
United States marshal \ full de-
scriptiOn of Folsom was given and il
was stated that he was a half breed
F., ChOctaw Indian. had bullet wound
scar on his wrist and one Of his little
fingers was stiff. Ii was stated that
Folsom had been traced to Flagstaff
and was travelling with a cousin named
Henry Clayton. who was also a ChOc-
taw. Friday officer Moore saw CAL
lejo and instantly sized him up as
| Folsom. but he did not have his card
! with him for an accurate COMPARISON.
! He not only looked the part but
! friend with him answered the descrip-
| ton of Clayton. Yesterday. after fur
| Their studying the card he felt sure he
! had the right party, and arresting him
/ took him to the city Jail for a try-out.
I Marshal Kinney and a san Francisco
4 officer were also present at the time
/ and all three were convinced on their
| first sight OF. the man that he was
/ it He had the hair, eyes. complex
I ion. very nearly the weight and all the
generally descriptive points in the list.
] His wrist was examined and there was
/ the scar. He was asked his nationality
and said he was a Mexican though he
/ talked good English. just as Folsom
/ does He finally admitted that his
/ father might have been an Indian and
| the officers felt more certain than ever.
! Then came the supreme test. the little
| finger They looked all over the man
and couldn't find a little finger any
where but that had the regulation
/ number of joints in it and bore no
evidence of ever having been stiff. If
! that finger had either been stiff or
missing it would have been goodbye