Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-02-06
The Law on the GiIa As Pound By a Globe Attorney

fred Henry Lewis in his famous Wolf vile tales were either the creatures of imagination, or that Wolfville days, if they ever did exist were part of the unwritten and forgotten history of Arizona. It is rather humiliating for him after a residence in Arizona al- most long enough to put him in the pioneer class, to learn that the cowboys of Arizona are pretty much the same as they were in the early days and that the same spirit of deviltry pos sesses many of them, although the oc- casions to exercise it are far less ire quent than they were in the days of Wolfville and Red Dog
 Goes For Rest.
 Several days ago Mir Jacobs went down to Indian Hot Springs to con clude rest he had started to take there a week before. When he arrived at Fort Thomas Saturday morning, he was waited on by man who gave his name as D. O. Thurlo and who in- formed the attorney that he wanted him to defend him in the justice court the following Monday when he would be tried for sending an anonymous let tel to young woman who resides at Fort Thomas. MT. Jacobs acquiesced and told him he would be in court on Monday afternoon at o'clock, the time set for the trial.
 Demands Jury Trial.
 The attorney, the defendant and Jus tiee of the Peace George w. Wyatt were there promptly at o'clock on Monday and so was the complaining witness and large number of specta- tors. At the time the Globe lawyer did not take notice of the fact that most of the spectators were in "full dress. The attorney immediately demanded a jury trial and panel of eighteen was provided. From these a jury of seven was finally selected to try the ease. The complaint was read to them, which stated that the defendant willfully knowingly, unlawfully, maliciously forcibly and feloniously did violate section 229, of the Penal Code of the revised statute of 1901 of Arizona ter ritory, by writing nonimus letter in , said letter threading to publish libe for the defamacation of the family of etc.
 Experts Fail to Qualify. The letter was introduced by tho
 prosecution, but when it came to identi
 flying the handwriting, the postmaster
 and railroad agent who were there fol
 that purpose failed to qualify IS hand writing experts and the letter was ruled | out of evidence. Several witnesses tes , tifed and the Globe lawyer made a:
 eloquent appeal to the jury which aftei
 being out few minutes rendered yer dict of not guilty. The verdict wa o not we'll received, but the attorney fail q ed to notice its reception, although h. :, tumbled slightly when he asked tn
 court and the spectators to have drink. No one responded to the invi a tation and the puzzled lawyer wen
 over to the hotel, which happened t
 be conducted by the complaining wit
 ness.
 Had Mean Disposition. '- Three or four eowpunchers eorrale, s the lawyer in the barroom and talke' f "real nasty" to him about his part |
 getting the defendant out of the scrap
 and Jacobs grew more eloquent than h '' ever did in his life in trying to squar r. himself. Of course he did not kno' t whether or not the cowpunchers woul a use the smoke wagons that were stuel in their belts and he wash t taking an chances. He finally made his getawa IS and went over to Alexander Bros. r. store, where the ex-defendant wa n waiting for him with his fee.
 Stirring Climax Reached.
 Suddenly a volley of shots was hear 's and things began to look dark an It gloomy and MT. Jacobs wished hearth n that he was back in that dear Glob again. Mir. Cresswell, who runs tn
 store. went to the door with a fe, 't guns in his hands and threatened { n shoot the first man that made "bur D. poke. MT. Jacobs client was bus ,s in the meanwhile writing out ehec
 and the attorney states that his 9th = cllenI s) ndnu never ldltcIeu dS III II wrote out the check. He maintains e digniied silence as to the condition o E. his own hands as he received the bi 70 of paper, although he admits that hi
 feet felt as though he had been stand IS ing in a draft. The ex-defendant afte 1t the coughing-up process, walked if the door of the store, with both hand touching iron, and the vengeance seei
 CTS before the portals gradually dwiI u dled away.
 It Train Was On Time! n After said dwindling MT. Jacobs mad r. his way back to the hostelry and wal
 ed for the train, which although it wa " on time, was long time coming. l IS telling the story, Mir. Jacobs states tha Id the complaining witness had intercede " with the "mob' in his behalf, layin o the blame on the jury and the lawyC
 has not yet figured it out how he an P the jury escaped.
 b. MT. Jacobs will be very careful Id avoid business the next time he star m to take rest, especially if it be on u
 banks of the Gila, where the cowboy
 still live close to nature and nev'
 read Alfred Henry Lewis or Stewal