Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-04
Sensation Sprung When Jury
Declares Farr and Humph
reys Innocent of Stealing
$4,000.
JURORS DELIBERATE
UNTIL EARLY MORNING
Men Were Accused of Crack.
ing Strong Box at French
Depot Two Years Ago and
Getting Away.
spccIal TO EycnIne a.lnld


Ration, y. NJ, Aprl ,--i,ob,rt
Henry torr aud Jess Iiurt Hum
phrcys. alias "Arkansaw," accused of
dynamiting q Wells. Fargo a. Com
pany safe ia French. y NJ. ON Mas
! H. 1908. ana stealing ss5.ooo. are not
guilty az charged In the Joint indict-
mcnt
After hoiug uut tor eight hours the
jury ~ the case returned a verdict at
o'clock TINS morning which war not
opened. however. until O'Clock. when
Judgc g. Roberts convened court
The verdict of not guilty Nas q
great surpIS, to many, II being tn"
general opinion that thu most that
Humphreys ana his pal could hope
foi was hung jury
Farr aud Humphreys worv both
present when the verdict was read
Neithci man hr,athcd while Judge
Roberts slowly untolded the envelope
which contained tn, scaled result OF
thr deliberations of IN, jury
W.. the jury iu the ease of the
TERRITORY versus Robert Hem, Farr
md Jess Burt Humphreys. nud the
hc Indictment. read th" court slow
lr
Farr was mopping sweat or his
fac, with - large bandana handkrr-
csirf Humphreys maintained his
usual stolid count.uancc ana reached
Tor a sack uf tobacco and "a cigarette
PAPER beginning the operation OF
rolling cigarette
The trial of the oasr against Farr
aud Humphreys began March ~. the
vase going To- the jury az O'clock
April Th" trial WAS one ot the
most sensational iu tho history Of
toliaN county IN, court room was
crowded each day With hundreds of
spectators. Iuan' of whom came from
altar OF tp Witness tnp proceedings
step l> step the territory forged the
chau of ,ircumSjnut,al rvidcuc,
tightly around Tarr aud Humphreys
Before the work was begun uf pre-
scntiug testimony TOR the defense. lt|
looked for an the world as if Ga, ur,
would urd the defendants guilty
without leaving the jury buN
counsel for the drtcntt. rrbuitiug
the evidence introduced hy a., proa-
cCutlun. tudoaVUrcd to prove that
Humphreys was not within % hundred
miles uI Ft,uch on thu dan oi the
robh'rf Farr admitted that ne was
IN IN, depot at French when the train
arrived bearing tho safe which vun-
tainrd the S3s. 900 in money. aud
made 900 dcnial that h, had assisted
in dNnamtlue tn. safe. hut declared
that 10, dld su unlA under penalty nf
lt
placed u TIA, sam, position as Archie
iiltou of Albuquerque, the Wells
Fargo guard. who Nas forced to h.ip
in opening the strong box ho Was
supposed 30 guard with his NE.
Mann witnesses were examined on
both sides during the trial and so,-
yral night sessions were necessary 20
lct through
Thc s35.onn allcgcd tu have been
stolen by Fnrr and HUMPHREYS WAS
shipped from the First National hank
in Albuquerque on May 10. 1905 The
safe containing the money was taken
off IA, santa T. train at French and
was tu have h"rn shipped tu DaW son
over branch road tu paN off the
Dawson miners The miners went
without their ImN day, however. as
every dollar OF thc money vas stolen
AT French. two masked men dSnamit-
inr thu safe and escaping On horses
which were held lbs third masked
mau at the head of q creek near the
town.
\ tong chase after the robbers fnl- I
lowed, Farr ana Humphrcys being ar.
rested aud charged with thu crime