Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-28
MOTION DENIED
 IN BENTON CASE
 AT TOMBSTONE
Prisoners, Including Matt Burts, Plead Guilty and Dan Mo- Milan Is Convicted on a Robbery Charge.
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Special to the Review) TOMBSTONE, May 27-The smo- ton to set aside the judgment in the case of J. J. Bowen ys. the Ari-
 zona Mining and Trading Company which was rendered few days since 1 in the district court, was denied by
 Judge Doan last evening and the stockholders through their attorneys
 will make a motion for new uIa, and if that is denied will appeal the case to the supreme court I the ter ritory. In the case of the territory vs.
 Perry Jones, indicted on a charge of
 burglary, alleged to have been com mitted in Douglas and who also nas an indictment of jail breaking hang
 ing over him, went into court this morning and withdrew the plea of
 not guilty that he had entered and
 entered one of guilty He will be sentenced by the court in the morn ing. Jones has a record of breaking out of almost every jail in the county, as well as out of the steel tank at the ipdustrial school at Benson. It re- mains to be seen whether or not he can make his escape from the custody cf Superintendent Tom Rynning at Yuma.
 Matt Burts, who was brought back | few weeks since by Sheriff Jack
 White, from Santa Fe, New Mexico,
 to answer to a charge of an assault with intent to commit murder on
 Bob Warren several years ago, also took change of heart and withdrew
 his plea of not guilty to the charge and entered a plea of guilty to a charge of an aFsualt with a deadly weapon. He will hear the judgment of the court in the morning at g o'clock.
 The case of the territory vs. Dan McMHlan, indicted on a charge of
 burglarly alleged to have been com mitted in Lowell last November by entering a room Of one Lucille Bar
 bieur, with intent to commit larceny, was on trial this morning and the case was given to the following jury at the noon hour: H. o. Post: Wal
 lace E. McKeehan, B. Owen, John A. 1 Wickstrom, Paul J. Benson, Wn.
 Evans, B. J. Shardin, Jack Buren,
 bark, Art Flickenger, w. J. Freede,
 Martin Welsh and John S. Williams. The jury brought in a verdict of
 guilty this afternoon. McMillau was arrested by Deputy City Marshal Frank Johnson and Constable Two mey. They got part of the money he had stolen on his person. McMlnal set up the claim that he had taken the | money in fun, but it developed that he had spent part of it. His de fense was weak.
 l Jose Silvas, who was last evening | found guilty of the crime CT murder in the first degree was sentenced by | the court to serve the term of his | natural life at the territorial peniten- tiary. Silvas took the sentence with out showing the least expression and 1 had made the remark to his Fellow | prisoners before the case was tried
 that he would rather be hung than be
 sent to the penitentiary for life. A contested divorce case of Nora | Stone, of Lowell, Ys. Richard Stone 1 took up the attention of the court during the recess between the trial
 of criminal cases. The plaintiff had | alleged desertion and non-support. The | parties are contesting the custody of
 the little boy. aged about four years. Jurymen on Duty.
 The following are the nanesNof the
 citizens of Cochise county who con- | pose the jury panel for the April
 term of the district court. who are
 now on duty, including those that
 were summoned on the special venire
 on yesterday:
 John Dugan, Frank Molinar, J. A.
 Wickstrom, Sam Yarnell, Robert Yer beck. J. Busenbark B. A. Taylor, Y.
 E. McKeehan, A. W. Flickenger. w. | VI. Sparks. J. H. Bassett, W. J.
 Freede. John McGregor. Paul Benson,
 r. Nj. Goodman, J. P. Goodman, H. o.
 Post, E. T. Loferen, c. NJ. Freeman,
 B. Owen. Ed McGinnis. Joe Bartlett,
 A. DesSaulles, W. F. Rudolph, J. c.
 Peebc. Wm. Evans, George Dave,
 John True. c. c. Barklevy. c. E.
 Wohlschagal, George Walker, James | P. Sexton, NJ Wien. John Baglier, J.
 R. Trezona, G. W. Summers, H. c.
 Kendall, J. s. Williams, John Saylor,
 1T. J. AmphIett. B. J. Short. w. P,
 Brown, " R. N. Greaves, J. K. Lap
 sCv. Wm. Roberts, Joe Kress. John
 Kiefer, E. NJ. Shipp, E. NJ. Shipp, R.
 J. Torpey. Hugh Nelly, C.. W. Fry l singer. Ed Summerfield
 l In the tax ca4e against the Southern Pacific judgment was rendered in 1 favor cf the defendant company, the 1 court holding that the taxes were
 ~ot i.HliHGuent until the third Monday
 in September.