El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-02
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Eaton Is
Somewhat
Boiled Up
Complete Abb Shown
By Col. Cutting in
Dreyfus Case
EMlNENT'S LAW
is RATHER HAY
Virtually Admits He Has
No Case; Trial Most
Profound
(By Special correspondent)

10y OpoCtat CoFFo6pouoent)
SocoRRo, N. NJ, oct@ 3f.--The
preliminary hearing here yesterday
afternoon, before Justice Of the Peace
Amos Green, In the case Of Henry
Dreyfus, city marshal Of Socorro, YER
sus Bronson M. Cutting, president Of
the New Mexican Printing
a suit for criminal libel based on an
old charge that a man. named Drey.
fus, in the days Of Governor Hager-
man, tore down an American flag,
which charge wal referred to BY the
Santa Fe New Mexican on October z,
brought out the following salient fea-
lures:
That Henry Dreyfus apparently did
rot know what was In the article on
which the suit was based.
That Henry Dreyfus did not re-
gard references to him as a "Bursum
henchman" or a "5ursum marshal" as
insulting.
That the honorable and eminent as
sistant district attorney Of the Seventh
judicial district. William J.. Eaton, the
man who nominated n. o, Bursum,
was wholly unprepared to make a
case.
That the Honorable and Eminent
Eaton admitted that he had no hope
Of proving that Bronson NJ. Cutting
had any personal connection with the
writing or publication Of the article
In question.
That the Honorable and Eminent
aforesaid insisted on confusing ac-
lions for criminal and civil libel by
repeatedly referring to the POSSIBLE
ity Of the defense showing "lustiflca-
tion." In criminal libel there Is no
such thing as Justification" The
truth Is pleaded.
That he gave the entire proceeding
a color Of pretense by repeatedly an
nouncing that 1--WE pretend" that this
or that is the case.
That he evidenced the fact that he
wasn't very proud Of the case by
going entirely outside Of the proceed
Ings in an attempt to show that H. o..
Rursum, reported to be his idol, had
nothing to do with bringing II.
That Bronson NJ. Cutting had an abb
solute aIibl.
AT the conclusion Of, the hearing,
late In the afternoon, Judge Green took
under advisement, until today, the
question Of binding over Col. Cutting
to the grand Jury.
Col. Cutting arrived here from
Santa Fe at noon yesterday, as a re-
suit of the insistence of the assistant
district attorney that he appear at
the preliminary hearing in person. He
was accompanied by Attorney Fran
els G. Wilson and H. H. Dorman, one
Of the directors Of the New Mexican
Printing company. William Fay,
chauffeur for Col. Cutting, who was
with him in Ell Paso at the time the
article on which the libel suit is
based was published, and Lieut.. Mig
uel A. Otero, Jr., who was also with
him in Ell Paso at the time, arrived
the night before. the former from
Santa Re and the latteN from Column
bus.
An effort had bee1 made to plead
in the case by attorney, but this the
assistant district attorney objected
to. The assistant district attorney is
the man who insisted that the $4,000
bond furnished when the action was
brought was not sufficient, and de-
manded a bond OF $4,000. He is also
the man who is said to have approved
the warrant as originally drawn,
which had the provision for bail
scratched out.
The preliminary hearing opened at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, in the
Justices room at the county court
house, with only a few townspeople
present. Any hopes that the assistant
district attorney had for spectacular
effect in connection with the hearing
failed utterly of realization. Appar-
emily the town didn't take the suit
s~arinnaIu nnn,irh To ahnw infarant