Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-05

! uh,u they walked cut ot the court
/ room Nest,. dBy morning. free men.
! having been DECLARED innocent by u
! juiN of their peers. MAN cowboys
and ot1sI. who know both men inu-
! mttol,. shook hands with them aud
! cong lulatcd them on their rclras.
! from responsibility Tor The larceny OF
$5a,Uou irom the Wells Fargo Express
| cumpanl 40 French. y NJ, ON MAY -.
] 1905.
Galleries Mere Interested.
/ Tho testimony IN the case closed at
! noon Monday ana Associate Justice
Roberts allowed counsel tor the
i prosecution ana the defense two hours
, rud q ialt each To sum NJ the cuse To-
/ The jury. Tn. arguments OF counsel
we're concluded at o'clock and
Judse Eob,.ts then instructed thu
jur} and at u 80 the iury retired Co
deliberate on its verdict District At
tornoy Remley opened the ease for
the territory, lie was followed ~ T..
! Ia. CHAMPION. attornt, for Henry Fagr,
and Judgg T. Long. the veteran at
tornvy OF the fourth judicial district.
arguing more specially for Humph-
rors, whom hr represented. John
Morrow, attorney for FAIR. closed tie
arguments for the defense. Attorney
lc \. Splcss made the concluding
speech tor tho prosecution speaking
, nearly two hours Tn. court room
and gallery Wer. crowded with sprc.
tators aud from the demonstration
mad Iy the friends and relatives of
FAIR uring the argument 80 Attorney
CHAMPION To- the jury II was evident
that they desired To influence the su-
di'nc" and jury In favor uf an acauit-
tal The demonstration vas so IN
tens" that Judge Roberts ordered
sheriff iiiN'nbaugh To clear the court
room of al people present In the
! c"urs" OF his remarks Attorney
CHAMPION bitterly arrnlgned capt.
! Fred g. Dodge, special agent Of the
! d' tcctiV' inrcr OF the Wells, Fargo
comp. uy. Whu sine. the robbery oc-
Cured hats spent most of his time in
RATION endchvurIng 10 secure evidence
lgains, the accused parties sufficiently
strong TO convict them OF the charges.
one witness. q Mexican named Lean
dru Montoya mad identified lIumph
rcNs as being the man who stopped a,
his camp tn" night of May IAN, 1908
forty miles east 81 French where tn.
robbery occurred and had asked him
for something To- eat. which he gave
To- him. Some months later Capt
Dodge passed Monioya's sheep camu
ana talked with Muntoya about his
Identify of the defendant Humphreys
IN his zeal the attorney stated that
the ll"ntiiy Of the witness as Ia
Humphreys and Dodgr Was similar and
tor ais part he would Just as soon
beiicv" that Dodge got tho money as
IN" defendant Humphreys This
statement oi counsel seemed To please
~ part of th' audienc. ana they man
ii'st"d their approval by laughter and
cleppilg II hands n was then tina,
Judge Roberts ordered the sheriff a.
clear tho room.
tn" next witness brought forward
by thc defense proved u surprise for
the counsel For the prosecution II.
stated that his name Was Ranismit,
sims and that ~, lived ON a home
stead claim twelve miles south of Tu-
runcar ana had lived there sine,
MAY, iso1 he stated that he had
known Humphreys at Fort Reno In
what was then the Indian territory in
$3.50. that Humphreys was in The cat.
i' huFntss there. That he SAW him
lf''" iu June. 1890 twenty-onc years
ago. That he saw him also IA 1892
~ tho Cheyenne country where n,
owned "a small bunch of cattl.. VIII
Ness stated thai from that time until
ne year 1905 he had never seen
Humphreys but that on IN. nh day
~ May, iaoS Humphreys came Ia his
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