Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-26
HE REMEMBERS MAN SPARED
 HIM ONCE
President of Upper House of Legislature Uses Influence to Have Convict Pardoned By the President,

Major A. J. Doran, president of the | council has just received notification from Washington, D. C., that in re- sponse to his appeal to President Roosevelt to pardon Francisco Reina, a life convict at San Quentin prison, the president has commutted Reina's sentence to twenty years. which will allow the prisoner his liberty on Oc- tober 13, this year.
 Back of Major Doran's appeal for clemency on behalf of Reina, is a story of a bold hold-up in which Ma jor Doran and the robber, Reina, were the central figures.
 On October 5, 1895, as the stage coach carrying the United States mail, and one passenger, Major A. J. Doran, was en route from Florence to Casa Grande, over a twenty-eight mile route, ! it was stopped on an open plain, imd- way between the two towns, by a lone highwayman, who, presenting a pis- tol at the drivers head, ordered him to stop the coach, which he did.
 The robber then rode to the door of the coach, and pointing his pistol at Doran, demanded that he throw up his hands. Doran readily complied with the request. The robber then dismounted, and with his pistol still covering the major. ordered him out of the coach. Again Doran complied with the robbers request.
 Accompanying his next command with numerous "cuss words the high wayman bade Doran shell out' Do- rn n aCy .E and four half-dollars. Not wishing to lose the gold piece the major reached into his pocket, carefully separated the silver from the gold piece and handed the robber the four half dol. lars.
 You got more money than that" said Reina, "and unless you hand it over I'll kill you"
 That's all I have" replied the ma jor. and you cant get any more out of me"
 The robber then ordered Doran back into the coach, and in looking in saw a yalise, which he demanded that Doran hand out to him. Doran re- fused, saying the valise contained only papers of value to himself. The rob Der snarled as he turned his attention to the driver:
 I've notion to kill you"
 After relieving the driver of a small amount of silver, all the handler of the reins had, the highwayman ordered him to throw out the mail sack, which was done. te sack falling near the front wheels of the coach.
 Come out nere and open this sack" yelled the robber to Doran, "and come quick, or I'll blow your head off,
 i can't open the sack" meelIIy re- turned Doran. as he stepped from the coach. '1 haven't a key"
 The highwayman then suggested that possibly the major might have a knife with which to cut the sack. T have a knife" returned Doran. but it's against the law to open mail sacks with knives, and I don't care to run the risk of going to the peniten- , tiaTv"
 The coolness of Doran appeared to anger the robber, who informed the major that unless he cut open the sack instanter he would blow him to kingdom come,
 With a bit more alacrity than ha had displayed heretofore, Doran hast sned to rip open the sack. dumping the letters and registered packages on the ground.
 He'll" exclaimed the robber. T don't see any money there" "Oh. yes. there's money there" re- piled Doran, and then, as the robber stepped nearer to look at the pile of letters, Doran grabbed his gun, and , yelling to the driver to help him, be- | gan what he believed to be a life and death struggle with the desperate for possession of tas revolver, which. in the scuffle, was discharged, fright i ening the horses so that the driver l had to exert all his strength to keep ! them from running away, and could | not therefore come to Doran's assist aRce.
 ] For two minutes Doran and the rob Der struggled for the gun, and then [ the robber, being the stronger of the two, threw Doran off, and walking away from him, some twenty-five feet said: Pm going to kill you"
 Its up to you" cooly retoTted Do ran.. You can kill me if you want to-"
 For a few seconds Doran and the 1 robber glared at each other, then the latter, after cursing Doran and the driver roundly, mounted his horse and Ileisure!y rode away.
 ! Doran. fearing that he might re turn, told the driver to move down the road bit. leaving the mail sack living in the road After going only a short distance Doran returned, and pill ing the mail back into the sack, placed
 it in the coach, and later, upon arriv- ing at Casa Grande saw it delivered
 safely into the possession of the post
 mistress at that place
 Doran then informed the authorities
 of the holdup and immediately Deputy
 United States Marshal Sid Bartelson and Billy Stiles. who later developed
 into one of the most notorious of bor. der bandits. started in pursuit of the | robber. capturing him the next day. United States court was in session
 at the time in Florence and when the ldeputies returned two days later with
 their prisoner. who proved to be Fran
 cisco Reina, member of wealthy and
 highly connected family of Sonora, ths grand jury had already indicted him , JIiu trial followed immediately and I.