Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-16
COURT IN QUAY
COUNTY FACES A
HEAVY DOCKET.
Many Cases Of Importance En-
gage Attention Of Judge
Leib and Officials No SoIu-
ton of Murder Mystery

lepEclAL eoaRFsroNorNer TO moRsso JOURNAL
1ucumcari, n. A., April f5=The
arst three days Of the session on QUAY
county court have been unusually
busy as crowded docket faced Judge
Leib and the other court officials,
many of the eases being of exceptional
Interest and importance. The grand
jury made its report Yesterday ana
returned about forty indictments.
only few Of which have been made
public
one eff the most sensational of the
cases 10 engage the attention Of the
court IS that Of William T.. Buchanan.
who is TO stand trial ON charge of
Cmbez2lement. The Indictment grows
out of the failure Of the International
Bank of Commerce about two years
ago, IL is charged that Buchanan.
who was president Of the defunet in
stWtion was one Of its wreckers and
that he cmbezzlod several thousand
dollars of the banks funds. So many
citizens of this section are directly or
indirectly interested in the case that
difficulty is being cxpe-
rienced in tho selection of a jury and
the trial is likely TO consume quite a
long time
AZ Monday afternoons session John
Davis Elmer Tangford Jesse smith
ana Ernest Phillips were arraigncd in
the court on indictments presented by
The present session of the Grand jury.
John Davis is charged with having ass
saulted Amos Pierce on July 30, 1918. 4
He pleaded not guilty and the date
of his trial was placed as Saturday
April 49, Jesse Smith was arraigned |
nut his counsel waived the reading of
he indictment and his case was set
FOR hearing on Friday tho nth inst
ERNEST Phillips and Elmer Lanford
are charged with theft of one mule /
and one mare ON April 8. alleged to
belong TO Mr. William r. Bailey and
Mrs e. C. Bailey There are two in
iictments against each of these men
md two Joint indictments against
hem covering the same act Both .
pleaded not guilty and their ease was
Jet for Friday April H.
VI III Ia fANNAAA9 HrhihANta
Not much has developed in the mvs-
orious killing Of John SWeazoa and
}lll Jones, which happened Friday
fternoon as the two men were re-
urnirg to their home near Ogle, n.
A., after spending the day in Tucum-
ari The sheriff's office was notified
bout . O'Clock Saturday morning and
Sheriff ward Immediately went to the
Gene of the crime. An inquest was
Ield Saturday morning ana on Sunday
he sheriff returned to Tucumcari.
ringing with him n. f. Hunt. arrest
d i'm connection with the crime II
ppoars that just about dark while
weazea and Jones were near Ogle,
hey were attacked and both Of them
HE'D Various theories have been
dyanced as 20 the reason for The
rhine but nothing definite is known at
hts time
The case of the state VS. Harry Van
ickle. who is charged with having
murdered Constable Anderson. Of san .
ON, was set for Wednesday OF this
eek. but 1t was impossible to reach
"l lifl tliit' u 6l'dN Ntdl ol ill- ,
rest IS being taken In this charge
murder Several months aeo, il b.
legged that while Anderson was ar /,
sting Van Sickle the latter shot and ,
He'd him. In the preliminary hear
~ in the justice court, Van Sickle !
as bound over without bail await
* the action Of the grand jury. The
Hing is supposed TO have been the y
itgrowth of a long existing feud ana u
is generally believed that the de- G
nsc will set up self-defonse as the
round for the act