El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-11
CRIMINAL DOCKET
At CRUCES CLOSES
Prisoners Are Sentenced;
Holloway Case Is to
Be Appealed.

| LIZ SONNAON~e
Las Cruces. n. M, Sept. lin the
! district court here yesterday three cases
were disposed of and the petit jury dis
! charged. All other cases pending requir-
! ing a Jury trial viii be carried over to
the next term of court. The three cases
/ disposed of were:
New Mexico VS.. EusibiO Telles, charged
I with assault with deadly weapon; jury
disagreed and case continued to next
term of court.
New Mexico vs.. Francisco BosqUez, jr.,
| lerdict of not guilty to charge OF as
sault with deadly weapon.
New Mexico VS.. Martin Lopez, verdict
of not guilty to the charge of assaulting
| and resisting an officer.
Prisoners Sentenced
Judge Medler imposed sentences and
! fines upon prisoners and others found
! guilty at this term of court, as follows:
ApolOnia LUjan, sentenced to not less
| than three months nor more than four
years in the penitentiary for assault
| with intent to kill.
AdOIfo Frietze, sentenced to reform
| school on burglary charge.
| EmeteriO Almerez, sentenced to jail
! for six months on charge of wife beat
| ing; also to pay costs.
! IsidOrO Torres. sentenced to six months
| in Jail and costs, being found guilty OF
| larceny.
Pedro Morales, sentenced to jail for
/ six months on conviction Tor Unlawfu!iy
| riding a horse. He is also to pay costs
Holloway Sentenced.
| H S. Holloway, who was found guilty
/ of embeZzlement of bank funds IN the
| sum of $500 from the Citizens State
| bank at TUlarOsa, has been sentenced
/ to the penitentiary for a term of seven
| to ten years. The Holloway case will in
all probability be carried to a higher
court.
High School Fills Requirements.
The Las Cruces high school has been
extended until it now fills the require
ments prescribed for high schools in New
Mexico, and Is a full four years course
The teachers are: Miss Fannie French,
Miss Gladys Nesbit and Prof. Sloan.
There are q freshmen, IA sOphOmOres,
three juniors and four seniors. One of
the new studies added this year is
physics.
In the rear part of the hall. upstairs,
partition has been placed which makes
a recitation room 16 by "a feet. An
other partition was put in the room
now occupied by the eighth grade and
a recitation room made for the high
school. The study room is the room
formerly occupied by the seventh grade.
It was believed early in the spring
IHdL new Ml&u StuOOl DAllulM2 MUulu
be built before school this fall, as bonds
were voted for that purpose, but the
Denver firm, which was the lowest bid
der, has refused to accept the bonds.
Water Is Diverted.
All the water which is coming down
the Rio Grande is being diverted by the
Selden dam.
A good shower fell here yesterday aft
ernoon-
The Alameda road has lately had some
gravel patches put IN the chuck holes.
Road Temporarily Closed.
The Canine Real is closed south of
Las Cruces, because of surfacing with
gravel.
A new law firm Is that of Wade &
Taylor. Z. c. Wade, ST., of the former
firm of Wade & Wade, and LyttOn R.
Taylor, both of Las Cruces. compose it.
The firm of Wade & Wade has been
dissolved, as Z. c. Wade, IT., has be-
come assistant United States attorney
at Santa Fe.
The Bow Scouts of Las Cruces will be
addressed on Sunday evening in the NJ.
T. church bv secretary COehrane. of
State college. The scouts will attend
in a body.
A meeting of the Ladies of the Macea-
bees Will be held IN Elks' hall on Friday
afternoon.
Miss HanIey. teacher of the fifth grade
in the public schools, is located in the
residence of Ralph French. The fifth
grade occupies the little Spanish Pres
byterian church near the Central school
building.
The high school literary society will
meet on Friday afternoon. The high
school orchestra will be recognized for
the present term.
Misses Minnie Walton, Della Walton
and Mary Davis, all of Organ, are at |
tending the high school in Las Cruces.
Miss Marie Snow will entertain a
number OF her young friends at a birth |
day anniversary partv on Saturday.
The foreign missionary society of the I
Methodist Episcopal church south will I
give Chinese tea on Monday next in /
the parlors of the church.
DAVIS Gambler of Las Cruces was sue
cessfuIly operated on for appendicitis on /
Monday at Hotel Dieu in FL Paso.
DIN Gambler has a position with one /
OF the reclamation parties working in 4
the Plcacho district, west of Las Cruces.
Mrs. L. X. H. Smith entertained the /
Tuesday Bridge club at her home on the /
Alameda.
Mrs. 5. E. Stevens has returned to Ell
Paso, after an extended visit with her
son and family in North Las Cruces.
ID. D. Bowman, president of the Bow
man Bank and Trust cor0any. returned
10 Las cruces yesterday after a brief |
business visit to Albuquerque. u
Miss Eula Ebbs went to her home in
FL PasO this morning. having resigned
her position as stenographer in the First
State bank.
Miss Ruth Phelps, who has been visit
ing her brother Roy Phelps, returned to
her home in Fl PasO this morning.
Mrs. A. Johnson and daughter, Miss
Rose, went to Ell Paso this morning.