Arizona republican., 1910-01-12
CRIMINAL COURT
 1T TOMBSTONE
Wm. Pfannkuche Found District At
 tornsy Man of His Word.

tombstone, Jan. 1O.-(Special Cor respondence of The Republican.)- )- Juan Hernandez. who was convicted of the crime of burglary committed in Douglas and sentenced to serve a term of seven years in the territorial penitentiary at Florence, was taken to that institution this morning by Deputy Sheriff Howe. Hernandez, 1t will be remembered, was the same man who was accused of the killing Of Night Watchman Watson in the Bisbee railroad yards about a year since. but on account of the failure Of witnesses to properly identify him he was declared not guilty by the jury. Hernandez has been before the courts for a number of years, and has always had a way of escaping conviction through some means It was on this account that he received the seven year sentence imposed by Judge Doan, who. was familiar with his record
 Wm. Pfahnkuche, who was con- victed of the murder of Asa T.. Hoy. and sentenced to. life Imprisonment by the jury. will not be taken to Florence to commence his sentence
 
 from. the session of the supreme court. as he has to pronounce the sentence upon him and his lawyers wish to make some motions in regard to new trial. as we'll as a rest of judgment. Pfannkuche takes his sen tence without showing the least feel ing. He slept well after the verdict had been rendered and did not get up until noon the following day. He stated that the last time he saw Dis trict Attorney Williams before he saw him in the court room was at the time he was making the campaign and spoke at the Orpheum in Bisbee and he. Williams, made the remark. Boys. if you get into trouble don't look for mercy at my hands if l am elected to the office of District At torney." Pfankuche says He was true to his word all right" The only exception that Pfannkuche took to the argument by District Attorney Williams was when he called him a coward" Pfankuche said: "I am no coward"
 Judge Doan, accompanied by a larger portion of the members of the
 
 Phoenix. where they go to attend the Session of the supreme court. A large number of cases are son appeal from this county. the principal one being that :. of the celebrated Copper Queen back tax. case. The. Interests. of the territory will be looked after by Col Pickett. who is already in, Phoenix. while the Copper Queen side will be presented by E. E. Ellingwood. A number of other civil actions will be taken. up. among them being the cases involving the mining claims in the Courtland district. which cases were tried recently in the district court There are also several crimi- nal cases on appeal. Another inter esting civir case on appeal Is that in. volving the validity of the Bisbee High school. bonds that was decided In favor of the contestant. James Kriegbaum.
 The prisoners who were indicted by the grand jury that were in custody were brought into court after the re-. port of the grand jury had been read and arraigned and in several in stances pleas were taken. Duncan R. Mcdonald, who was indicted for the murder of Clair at Paradise. entered a plea of not guilty. A Mexican indict- ed on charge of burglary commit ted at Fairbanks who broke into one of the rooms of the Montezuma Hotel. entered plea of guilty and will be sentenced on the return of Judge Doans Walter Smith. who was indicted on a charge of an assault with a deadly weapon upon the per. son of one Monasnes in Bisbee. when asked if he had an attorney stated that he had. He was asked by the court who if was. to which he re- piled Star, Williams" The, court then informed him that star Williams does not practice in this court Mir. Miller was then appointed to look after his case. to which he entered a plea of not guilty. James Wright, coTored. who was indicted for the crime of burglary. alleged to have been committed in Wilcox when he broke into the warehouse of J. F. Crowley and took large quantity of liquors and tigars, catered plea of not guilty. Tom Harris, who was in dicted of the crime of burglary. al legged to have been committed in courtland, entered plea of not guilty. - ,s.