El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-06
H. |. ROBERTSON
DECLARED GUILTY
Convicted on Boykin Muir
der Charge; Sentence
of Twenty Years.

After celebrating two hours Sat
urday afternoon, the jury in the trial
Of H L. Robertson, charged with the
murder Of II. F. Boykin at Sierra
Blanca on January 16 last, brought IN
a verdict of guilty and fixed his pun-
ishment at 20 years in the peniten-
tiary- The verdict ended a hard fought
legal battle last week. The verdict
was received by Judge Dan NJ Jack
son OF the S4th district court just
prior to his departure for Silver City
where on Sunday, he delivered the
Ell1s' memorial address.
Verdict at $50 D. m.
The case went to the jury imnne-
for the state made by r. E. Thorn
asOn employed with L A. Dale to as
sist district attorney ". ". Bridgers
It was exactly 400 D. m. Saturday
when the jury filed out, leaving a
court room that was crowded with
spectators At $40 .. m. the Jury an
nounced to deputy sheriff ]. b Kflpat-
rick that a verdict had been reached
Robertson took a seat in a chair next
to the railing, within the enclosure
1t was the same chair he had occupied
during the trial, set back from the
attorneys table.
Guilty,
Gentlemen. have yo,; arrived at
verdict" Judge Jackson asked at
I'VE have" replied j. NJ Dudley.
y y
Mr. Dudley handed J. y Phillips sew
eral slips of yellow paper. Mr. Phil
lips found at the bottom of the slips
the the verdict properly signed He read
was fixed at 20 years in prison
Throughout the procedure Rober-
son watched intently. bat was unaf-
1ected by the verdict. A short time
later he left the court room in charge
OF deputy sheriff J. B. Fitzpatrick, fol-
lowed by deputy sheriffs John Wren
and Jimmy Newton He was taken to
the county jail where he viii remain
until action is taken on a motion for
a new trial, which will be filed.
Hard Fought Trial.
The verdict brought TO a close one
OF the hardest fought legal battles in
years On each side was arrayed some
Of the city's most successful criminal
lawyers
The quarrel, which resulted in the
death of H +. Boykin and the acciden-
tai killing of Walter Sitters, Rober-
sons assistant, arose over the manner
of counting u head Of cattle which
Robertson. Sitters and Elmer DumOnt
had driven up from the T. o. ranch in
Mexico and which We're destined for
Boykin's pastures p miles above Sier-
"a Blanca. The testimony showed that
during the early part Of the quarrel
Robertson pulled a rifle, that later he
returned il to the scabbard. struck
Boykin with his rope, TO knock peck
ct knife from Boykin's hand, the de-
fendants witness stated, and once
struck him across the hand with his
pistol
killing in Corral.
Later. within a corral. into which
Robertson has ridden on his horse,
were enacted the scenes which resulted
in the tragedy. Robertson, the Wit
nesses agreed struck Boykin again
with the rope. Boykin moved towards
him. knife in hand. so some of the
witnesses declared, Whereupon ROber-
son fired over his shoulder and
his horse wheeled One of the
and MORALLY wounded Sitters. who died 4
a few hours later The shooting Of |
Sitters is conceded to have been acci- i
dental States witnesses agreed that /
after the shooting Robertson rode away 1
rapidly. Later in the day he reached l
Prior to the difficulty the men were
unknown TO each other, according to /
the evidence.
John G.. Quinn, said 70 be Of company 4
g. Sixth Infantry. was arrested early Il
Sunday morning at 21S Broadway, on !
the charge Of burglary. Annie Smith, 1
the inmate OF the house at 21S Broad
way. said that Quinn had robbed her OF
S3.25. A search Of Quinn showed that /
he only had S2-60 in his possession.
EnrlQues ROdrigueS. a Mexican Ia
borer was arrested Saturday evening
on the charge Of stealing hats from
the Union Clothing store on San An
watch stolen.
F. E Clark, 912 Laurel street. re-
ported TO the police station that he had
been robbed Of q watch, engraved with /
his initials, while attending the free
drawings. Saturday night
The home of J. c. Shaw, negro. 509h |
South st. Vrain street was entered I
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