Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-29
THIEVES
WILL Be TRIED At
ALAM0GOROO
Fall Tenn Of Sixth Judicial Dis
tdct for 0tero County win
Convene on Monday.
BELIEVED LESLlES
ATTEMPTED MURDER
Sikedo Duran WIN Claim I'm
written Law as Reason for
Shooting Isabel MOnt0ya,
IspsesaI oorrs.posasn~- aornias JournaiI

Especial Correspondence Morning Journail
AlamoRarda. y. NJ. Aug 26-The
fail Term ~ the sixth judicial district
court FOR 0tero county Will convene
81 this city Monday September 2 The
session starts With a light docket. eu
faF a. the criminal eases are %
cefneds b. Judge Mann has given mo-
tire te all attorneys that their civil
cases must al this term De- disposed 10
Is them or. unless the best ~ cause Is
show for a continuance. the cases
viii be stricken from the docket % the
court This actian is AIKEN by the
court IN an effort to clear up his civil
dnfkefs. there being q number ~ old
cases which have been carried from
term 10 term ever since the district
WAS organized
There are but twenty-five criminal
cases on the docket "a the opening nf
court ~ Is 90 be presumed inst the
grand iurY VIII add something nu-
mericaily 90 this number 90 these
twenty-five. ten are in this count on
a change 20 venue from Lincoln
county, eight against the iksiies for
cattle stealing and killing. and two
against tivaFio Lucero, Tor burglary
These Leslie eases ave been on this
docket two years. the defendants be-
lnN Robert Leslie senior and junior.
tANtNtA AAAA ENNNa AH AsaHNAAH To
brother ~ the old man. These people
had a particular nkiur for the live
Stock 81 the Block ranch and the Bar
" ranch. and the testimony in the
first case 81 tho series tried showed
that they certainly had meat by the
wholesale In their possession. the
hides OF which were identified by the
ou Two years ago Elisha les
Zee was tried, found guilty and sem
HaAH 49, MMA aammA Hm HL. aLWNHaa
fiary and s5a0 fine. one of the
strongest Witnesses for the prosecu-
tiun was q Lincoln county man rs The
name ~ leo Oswald. a feW months
after the conviction 20 this Leslie u.s.
Wnid's h0usa was destroyed hs an eX-
pinsive - some kind. late one evening
the powder having been pat under tho
corner ~ o house iu wnich b was
known oswald WAS sleeping lie ais-
covered 90 Ia time 60 shoulder his rifle
aud carry hts hoy out oi THE house
his wife being away I'D the time. and
had scarcely reached q safe distance
before the house WAS blown q ~
existence Suspicion So strongly point
ed o. the Iesiies and a nan IS the
name ~ Hicks. that the grand iufy
for Lincoln county Indicted them Tor
assault wlth intent 20 ALL and Tor be-
ing accessory before and after thc
AAhNa ANfHf FNNf@ MNNN NaNfAfM ht ANfN
dackef for q year. when, last spring.
District ATTORNEY Mark a. Thompson
dropped them with leave to r~einstate
this official considering the chances of
cnuviction being So hazy it WIS not
business 90 cucumber the duckets with
them lnneCr The evidence would aI
have been eircpmsiantiai A ruwor
90 the effect that the Leslie cases wll
all be dismissed az ihc coming term
- cuurt has gained some circulation
1t being said the two cattle companies
affected. the C~arrlruEn land and Cate
H. comuanN. 81 which " g. Mcpuu-
AID. 90 C~arrtaoan. is and the
m Captain Land and cattle company
~ which II A Scott ~ Richardson.
is have wvatiri ~ these
prosecutions some 90 these cases haF-
ing been on the docket for ten of
twelve years This Us mere mmor. and
it is known the district attorney has
the eases al SGT down for trial aui
the territorial witnesses suhpnenacd
otera rnunty comes up with one
murder ease. wherein Silverin Duran
is luairitd Tor shooting Isabel Mon
tuXa The defendant claims ne "un-
written law as hi- defense. the muir
drf-i mau having lnsuited BITS wife
The prosecution however. believe
fhsl have ~eoufleuuE testimony. and
thl. esse Wli be- tried