Arizona republican., 1908-05-08
UNEXPECTEDLY
 ABBREVIATED The Criminal Business of
 the May Term The Swift Work of Grand Jury Followed by Pleas Ot Guilty

Notwithstanding the formidable list of felony prisoners at the beginning of the May term of district court prob ably the greatest number ever collected in the county jail the criminal buSi- ness of the term will probably be brief. The grand jury has already dis posed of the bulk of the matter before it and yesterday it handled seventeen cases. For the further expedition of business a majority of the indicted persons have already pleaded guilty In fact, none of the more important cases will go to trial
 The grand jury yesterday submitted two reports. In the first indictments were returned against Tom Johnson for assault with intent to kill; Mag daleno Rubi for shooting at an officer; D. L. Walker for disposing of mort gagged property, Charles Mccormick for burglary and F. c. Grey.
 A later report included indictments against William Crimmins for grand larceny; A. B. Maple for burglarizing the warehouse of the national guard and stealing some guns, ammunition and other property of the guard: Thomas Fully a friend of Maple for receiving the stolen goods knowing them to be stolen and Francisco Bravo for aggravated assault
 All the defendants in the first list of indictments were arraigned. Johnson was given until tomorrow to plead. Walker. Rubi, Grey and Mccormick pleaded guilty and will be sentenced today. Walker came here about year ago and branched out as a trader. He acquired a great deal of livestock in dark ways and last June suddenly left the community Not long ago after his departure it was learned that he had sold d team of mules to A. F. spencer of Tempe after having mort gagged them to Goldman X, Co. The sheriffs office having flooded the en- tire western country with a description or the picture of Walker finally locat- ed him in new county of the Texas Panhandle where he had engaged in the practice of law. He expected to become candidate for prosecuting att torney of the county this fall.
 IL was brought out that he had serv- ed term in the Texas penitentiary some years ago and after his release mad committed bigamy. He was ar rested Tn this territory four or five years ago for that but for some reason the case never came to trial. During ms brief sojourn in this community he married girl near Glendale whom he deserted when he ran away No pro- ceedings were begun against him for that on account of the expense of bringing witnesses from Texas to prove his former marriage. Beside. it was figured that the crime for which he had been arrested would hold him at Yuma for a while. If he should be wanted on bigamy charge the au- thorities will know where to find him for few years.
 The grand jury dismissed the charges against the following prison- CTS: Abram Lopez, Ralph McDermott. John Holland. Roy Rife. Reuben G. Mote, Manuel Rubi and Robert Lewis.
 McDermott who had been held on two charges of burglary. in robbing guests of his parents who keeps a Iodg- ing house, owes his freedom to death. One of the prosecuting witnesses against him is dead and the other is dying at San Diego.
 John Fisher who had been indicted with Joe Davis for horse stealing pleaded guilty to one of the indict- ments and was to be sentenced yester- day but on account of the plea of Fish CT sentence was postponed until today.
 Francisco Ybarri pleaded guilty to burglarizing the Gold hotel and will be sentenced today. Quong Yu pleaded not guilty to cOmplicity in the burglary of the New York store several months ago and his trial was set for May 15 His partner Arvisa former clerk of the