Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-05-13
PREs|DEs IN
FEDERAL COURT At
LAS VEGAS
LAS CRUCES JUSTICE
OPENS SPRING TERM
Grand and Petit JurieS Organ
lied at Initial Session. I'M
p0rtant Cases to Come Up
for Hearing.

Especial Dispatch to the Morning Journali
East Las Vegas. y. NJ, May IL
Judge Frank w. Parker Of Las CRU
ces, who was selected to Gct as presid-
ing Judge TT the spring term of tho
san Miguel county court. has arrived
In the city and on converting court
found that sufficient numbers had
not been drawn to entirely iii the
grand and petit %iulies. so after a
short preliminary session adjourned
for n day, which enabled Clerk Ro-
nero to supply Sufficient names to fill
all panels.
Present at the opening Of court
were Judge Parker Of Las Cruces,
United States District Attorney David
j. Leahy and his assistants. Herbert
w. Clark and S. h.. Davis, United
states Marshal c. NJ. Foraker and two
deputies, j. II. Smith ana $. Il. New
conner of Albuquerque. 7. y. Espee,
special land agent Of the general
land office, +. w. Fox of the LAND of
lice at Clayton, S%ecundino Romero,
district clerk, and his deputy, w. II.
Stapp.
The first case coming before the
court was that OF the United States
VS.. Henry Wilson. Henry Spith and \.
G. VOORHEES,, charged with conspiracy
to defraud in connection with the ac-
QUESTION Of certain tiles Ia coal lands
in Colfax county. Wilson and Smith
were present at the opening of the
case and entered Q plea OF not guilty.
Voorhees,. who is seriously i'll mt his
home in Ration, was unable to be pres
ent. For this rcason the case was
continued.
When court convened the room
was well filled with spectators and
others who are here Interested in the
many important cases which Will he
heard. All the leading hotels down
town are filled and IL is stated that
his session will be 4 busy ono.
Little was accomplished yesterday
other than to complete the panels of
the grand and petit %jurics. The grand
jury, Of which Charles II. SpOrleder
was appointed foreman, WAS charged
by the court and retired to their
rooms TO take ZIP many important
matters which are to come before il.
4 large number of Illegal fencing
cases, appropriating government land
the grand jury.
Judge Parker has made the follow
ing court appointments. Court in
terpreter, Nepomuccno Segura; court
bailiffs, Jose L-abato, NJ. Lucero and
Juan Ortega; grand jury interpreter,
Thomas McElroy; grand Jury bafiff,
Susano Montana.
As considerable time was consumed
in completing the two juries n in
structing the grand jury. little prog
ress was made during yesterdays ses-
sion in hearing cases. In the case
or the United states IS. Henry Wilson,
A.. G. Voorhees, and Henry Smith
charged with attempting to dcfraud,
upon motion of the defendants attor-
neys this was postponed until tho
November term of court Likewise in
the ease of the United States VS..
Dominick Cassan and Filomento Gar
cia, charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud, n postponement was taken un-
til the fall term of court.
From the presence in court of such
n large lumber of prominent attor-
neys from different parts of the ter
fitory. as we'll as n large number OF
witnesses, it is believed that indict-
ments will be made by the grand jury
Against several prominent parties.
who win be charged with attempting
% deiraud the government in conne,-
ton with acquiring valuable lands in
the northern part of the territory.
Jerry Loahy. q prominent member
of the bar in COlfaX county, where he
acted IS district attorney for several
years, and who at present is in the
city as the guest of his brother, David ,
]. Leahy, United states district attor- ,
ney. has announced his candidacy for
the place upon the territorial bench, !
which viii be vacated by Judge Coo ,
ley. who recently forwarded his resig-
to Washington. Leahy UNI
doubtedly will stand a good chance to |
the appointment, rs he is well |
md favolably known in legal circles. |
w, y. Rosenthal, q prominent fur
niture dealer of this city, has been
advised by the interstate commerce
commission that his appeal to them
% sustain q claim he makes against
Atchison, Topeka & Santa re
Railway company for excessive ant
)rohibitive rates on furniture in car
Dad lots from Chicago to Las Vegas u
las been sustained. The commission
las ordered the railroad to refund
'ertain portions OF freight charges
which Rosenthal had paid them and
which the commission decided were
The ruling will be apprc-
by the dealers in the county.
Word has just reached here of the
.ecent finding of a skeleton in an old NJ
Inv well near the residence of Robert al
HmnlCNS. VINO iNfS 4 lev Hti'' %
of the placita OF ocate. IL pl
that Zachary Sammons. the lG- b,
son Of Sammons, in looking r
own the old well. saw something al
rcsembled a human skeleton, n d,
INNING back nome secured a hired IN
to assist in making further in NJ
estigations. 1t was soon discovered y.
hat the find was that of "A human at
This fact was reported i'm IN
lcdiatcly to the Justice of the peace es
I Ocate, who issued instructions that ct
ne bones should be lifted from the A
ell and an INVESTIGATION made 20 un- IN
nth, il possible. the mystery. How ne
yer. before tho authorities could
the scene of the hidden skcle-
IN someone had taken the bones
ON the well and carried them away. re
here is considerable speculation nc
mong the residents Of that vicinity IN
; to who could have lone this. IL IA
believed that the skeleton was that as
Adolph LANCE. n homesteadcr oi M
lat ncighborhopd. who one MORNING re
1905 went To Ocate to get his mail pa
ld max, some purchases for his -
.nch and who fror, that time WAS
seen again. II is said that
bad considerable trouble with MS
divorced wife Just prior a. his dis
aparTauFa Ar. fhaGq Interested in