Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-11
MORE MURDER CASES
UNDER DRY REGIME
THAN LAST WET YEAR
COChiSe County Doesn't Show Up
Particularly Well for the AdvO-
Gates Of Prohibition. Consider
ing Murder Statistics.

TOMBSTONE, Nov. 1O-(speciaD -
There are eighteen prisoners held in
the county Jail at the present time,
FIVE of whom are help for mirder. Ed
SCARBOROUGH, Walter Powell. w. S.
Messenger, Leandro Maldonado and
Pablo Ramirez Three are charged
with assault with intent to kin; one
for grand larceny; one for highway
robbery, a woman named Minnie Will
liams, one of desertion of minor chill
dren. two for introducing liquor into
the state who have not been tried and
three serving sentences for that Of
Tense.
The report that has been sent out
that there We're less murders com
mitted in Cochise county under prohi-
bition than were committed when the
state was wet is misleading There
have been four more men arrested in
+ Cochise county, for murder, during
the present year than were arrested
during all Of last year There has
been a falling OF of some Of the lesser
crimes but the criminal docket for the
+ year shows but very little difference
when the cases of bootleggine are in
cluded.
A list of the criminal cases that
i are to be trid at the present term is
being prepared by County Attorney
Ross and the criminal calendar viii
be called for setting on Saturday at
1870 p. m.
The names of those who win be
summoned as trial jurors were drawn
from the box this morning and the
sherin's office viii now get busy in
trying to locate those who have been
fortunate in having a chance to serve
/ the county for a few weeks in de.
termining whether or not the defend
ants who have been charged with
+ crime did actually break the laws OF
not. 1t is doubtful if more than half
of these whose homes have been
dawn will be found as the names
were taken from the great register OF
two years ago, The names seem to
{ be very wei scattered and an parts
Of tle county win be represented in
the event those whose names were
/ drawn are found
Tho FIRST criminal case viii be set
for tI,aday the 22nd, at which time
t,a moul ars Of the jury panel win be
called 10 report.
To Attend Meeting
Clerk of the board of supervisors
A. o. Karger and County Engineer
Ryan win leave Saturday for Phoenix
where they so to attend a meeting
that has been called by the state en-.
gneor of an the county road engineers
and the clerks of the various boards
IL rpervisors of the state which will
be held on Wednesday, The meeting
viii also be attended by the state eX
aminer. The meeting is called for
the purpose of installing a uniform
system of road accounts throughout
the state so that a complete record
can be kept by all the road officials in
a systematic manner Of all the moneys
that are expended throughout the
state and what it is costing each coun
ty. They viii make the trip over
land with Supervisor Vance Johnson
who is going through to the State
Fair The party will also look at a
number of head Of mules that are to
be offered to the board in accordance
with the bids that have been adyer
tised.
Fixing UP Map.
Assistant County Engineer Kimmell
is busy at work fixing up one of the
late county maps so as to show the
various bonded school districts in the
county, of which there are about thir