Bisbee daily review., 1908-04-22

generally in the vicinity of Aylmer. Ontario, seem to be unanimous in the belief that the two nieces of Mrs. Robert Bedding. the elderly woman who. after leaving Douglas recently, was found dead at Deming, are crim- inally responsible for her death, one of the nieces, Mrs. Randall Cline, in statement to the St. Thomas, On tario, Times, tries to square herself by libeling Arizona and Deming. New Mexico. as will be seen in one. of the subjoined statements. In this she says:
 Arizona is wild, lawless country and it is not we'll to let everyone know ones affairs. I do not see why any person would choose to live in Arizona I have no doubt Mrs. Red ding was killed for the money she had with her.''
 For the benefit of, the St. Thomas Times and the good people who con- stitute its circle of readers we wish to say that Mrs. Cline has lied in what she has said of Arizona and Deming, New Mexico, for in no place under the heavens is a woman's life and honor more secure than here in Arizona and in the southwest general ly. Even the baddest of thes bad men who in the old days operated in the southwest would not rob or harm a woman. This libel by a woman whom her own people believe is one of those who had something to do with the un- timely death of Mrs. Bedding comes with very poor grace from her when her own skirts are not yet free of the alInoad ayl who came in contact with this Mrs. Cline and the other niece, Mrs. La porte, are agreed that they are about the coarsest pair of females that ever tarried in the city. They could use more profanity in one minute and did use more during their stay at the St, Denis than all the cowpunchers in Arizona could use in a week, and for yulgarity, expressed and implied, they were awarded ali the prizes here. Their conduct was so shocking, ac- I cording to the landlady of the St. Denis, that she could not believe they were Mrs. Readings nieces.
 It is certain that the Ontario news papers and populace will not take this statement of Mrs. Cline seriously. They must know that the southwest. ern portion of the United States con- tains the purest of American blood and that no nation has a more chiyal. ric regard for woman than the United States
 They must know that Arizona and !! New Mexico are not law1ess, for in the most desolate stretch of desert in Arizona mans life is held by his fellow man at greater value than it is in any eastern city of the United States or of Canada
 Life is not cheap in Arizona, Mrs. Cline, and you know it.
 Neither this territory nor New Mex. ico is lawless, Mrs. Cline, and you know that also.
 The truth of the matter is you are ''in bad" with the authorities at your home and with your home people, They think you did your share to- wards doping Mrs Bedding and then left her in such a condition that it was but natural she should acciden- tally meet her death, and they per haps think correctly.
 They perhaps would like to know why you left your aunt at Fl Paso when she was dazed and irresponsi- ble, and then, what became of the trunk said by authorities to have con tained stocks and valuable silks.
 They would like to know if old Mrs. Bedding wandered of down the rail- roads yard or if some one accompan- jed her to the place. where her body was found, and if you know anything about that.
 There are number of other things you might say and do, Mrs. Cline, that would do your cause more good than to try to table your wrongdoing by H. beling a state of this country That won't work. The people of Ontario are neither uniformed nor foolish. No doubt they know as we do here that the greatest lawlessness we have here, and that which brings more re- proach upon us, is the presence of such adventuresses as Mrs Cline and the other niece. They are the present day lawbreakers in Arizona.
 A letter from an AyImer officer and the St. Thomas Times story are as follows:
 Aylmer, Ont, April 14, 1908.
 Dear Sir: A great amount of in- terest is taken here regarding the death of Mrs. Bedding, and every. thing points In one direction, people here thinking she was murdered for her money.
 l, as provincial constable, am in yestiCating the matter here to assist the authorities over there in bring E1g the guilty parties to justice. EsEE o1 see Mrs. BaIcom, a sister q Grs. Bedding, and she has no hesits t5on in saying that Mrs. Reddi.g was murdered either by Mrs. Francis Cline and Mfs. Laporte, who are Mrs. Red ding's nieces, or that they know who did the deed.
 Mrs. Francis Cline was at Mrs Bal cons place on the 12th of April and went from here. Yours respectfully, l used very violent language and had to 1 be put out of the house. Mrs. Cline | stated that she ran out of money while in Fl Paso and had to send to 1