Bisbee daily review., 1907-10-26

the indictment for perjury of one wit ness, a surveyor, who had testified with reference to a few simple facts relating to his being employed to make a survey by the attorney in fact of these gentlemen whose lands were en- tered, because he stated that he had no knowledge of any corporation em- ploying him, but on the contrary be !ieved that the attorney in fact, who employed him, represented the entry men only. and that iii asking for his indictment the United States made a savage and bitter attack upon family incidents on the history of matters which were in no way brought out in evidence before the grand jury.
 "A little bit of savagery and the dis position of the United States attorneys came in the evidence before the court, upon the demand by the attorney gen eral for the attachment of Miss Rick etts, an invalid, living in New Jersey, who had furnished affidavits of her physician and others that she was un- able to obey the subpoena.
 "The fact is that several months ago a special agent went to the home of Mrs. Ricketts, who lives in Prince ton. N. j., who is so years old, and who resides with Miss Ricketts, an invalid, both Of whom had made coal entries at the suggestion of their son and brother. Dr. Ricketts, who is al legged 10 be the arch-conspirator in this matter.
 These two ladies live all alone and have no male advisor except their son and brother, Dr. Ricketts, manager of the Cananea properties.
 "The special agents of the interior department induced these ladies to tell all about how they made their coal land entries, and they did so, can didly and fully. They said they had made the entries at the suggestion of Dr. Ricketts, and they had paid the money themselves, part of it, and Dr. Ricketts had paid the balance for them. They said they owned their land entries and paid taxes on the same. The special agents congratu- lated them upon having removed a cloud by their statements, which statements they reduced to writing. The agents returned next day and rep resented to these ladies that they had the right to request them to swear to their statements. They then read what pretended to be such state ments, and required the ladies to sign and swear to the same, which they did.
 Upon these statements on Sep tember 30th, they had these two ladies served in. their homes at Princeton. N J., with subpoenas to appear at Santa Fe, N. M., to testify before the grand fury II days later
 When the evidence was submitted to the attorney of the United States of the invalid character of one of these witnesses. they secuted 1t, and acknowledged in a boosting manner that the attorney general of the United States had already been wired by them about the matter, and they had announced to him that they would personally take the responsibility for bringing the invalid. Except for the humanity of the court trying the case, this refined and invalid woman SC far would have been dragged hurriedly across the United States to confront grand jury, in company with a negro woman, her servant.
 There are a great many details to the whole matter which I have not recited, which make it most savage attack upon the honest, impulses of well meaning people, who at the most could only be charged with technical violations of the law. long since bar red by the statute of limitations, if they ever existed. and there are some developments affecting it whIch may be heard of later. which go 10 the very existence of the indictments themselves"
 Judge Hawkins said that the receipt