Bisbee daily review., 1911-12-21
HOLD COCHISE
 UP AS MODEL
GiIa County Is Advised to Follow CounV'S Ex- ample in Law
 Obedience
COMPARISONS ARE MADE

Cochise county is held uP as a mod. el Of a law abiding political unit by the protagonists of law and order in a municipal propaganda for law and order now in progress in the city of Globe. Ariz. Numerous killings in the past year in that city have led the better element to turn a search ing scrutiny upon conditions in that city, and there is a feeling that gun totin 2, probably the worst Ameri- c2n economic evil. is responsible for the bloody record Of Globe and Gila county for the year 1911.
 The Globe Daily Globe, descanting upon this evil, remarks as follows:
 Arizona has an adequate law to deal with tho men who habitually car ry revolvers and other concealed wea- pons The murder record in and near Globe shows plainly enough that this law is not being enforced as it should be. We realize that it is no easy matter to always detect the man who carries a gun, before he has a chance to commit murder. but the peace officers certainly can do better and more effective work along that line than they have performed i'll the past. We have an idea that respect for so-called personal liberty has pre- vented many a search of suspicious characters. and we can understand the feeling which prompts this hesitancy on the part Of officers to take the chances Of making a mistake But events have proved that their conf dence has been betrayed to such an extent that the reputation of Globe and Miami as law abiding communi- ties is seriously menaced, It is time now for ths adoption of different tac- tics.
 Tn this particular, Cochise county has set a splendid example f0 the rest of Arizona So vigilant are the officers that the gun man has little chance Of escaping detection. He is arrested BEFORE he shoots, and in variably given ninety days in the coun. ty jail without the option of a fine. Every officer of the law in Cochise county understands that he is to be absolutely merciless in dealing with gun toters. He can and does stap suspicious characters on the street and search them, and he does not feel embarrassed if no weapons are found. The only way to stop gun toting is to stop it.
 The man who carries weapons is a murderer at heart. He is also a most damnable coward He deserves no consideration whatever from the officers. The latter should take a firm grip on the situation immediately. and with the cooperation of the courts begin a crusade that will con tinue until gun toting is a thing of the past Human life is at stake all the time when 8 coward goes around with gun in his pocket Not only that, but the reputation of the Globe district is greatly damaged among outsiders"
 The editorial comment of the Globe paper is apt Th5 census of 1910 shows that Cochise county has the largest population Of any county in the state, and the density Of popula- ton is greater in this county than in any ether, being 5.6 persons to the square mile Crime Is always asso- ciated with density of population, as for instance. in the large cities, and especially in the crowded sections of the larger cities.
 Notwithstanding the fact that the density of population in Cochise county is nearly double the density of population in Gila county. few mur- der cases are on the doezets of the district court of this county. Also,