Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-20

Court this morning of Paul Welisch twenty-two liquor selling cases have been disposed of. The jury in the case was out but five minutes and returned a verdict of guilty. Those convicted are Paul Welisch. O. S. French. Dean Ross. Charles Roach, Ed. Summerfield. Charles Sutton. A. II. Livingston. and Sam Wood. Those whc have pleaded guilty are Chet Liv- ingston. Ralph Bell. W. NJ. Johnson. Frank Hellman and William Potter, Those who pleaded guilty entered pleas in two cases each. so that the number of cases disposed of shows a greater number than the number of de- fendants.
 All of the defendants are now in 2rstody except the two Livingston :-others. Of all the cases tried there
 been no acquittals. three hung
 uries. and in each instance the jury stood ten to two for conviction. There were eleven charges against Paul Welisch. The new jurors that are 2cming in and serving on the panel show no hesitance in convicting the same as those who have been on the panel for some time There is no ! !c:s: sc: wha. the sentiment cf the people of Cochise county is against the illegal selling of intoxicating li- quors. All of those convicted have after being placed in jail, admitted hat they were guilty of the charges that had been filed against them.
 The case of the State vs. Fred Hall was on trial this afternoon and the following jury selected to try the case. A. F. Kinsman. Harry Macia. J. c. Larkin. Barney Reynolds. Jack Cramer. Porter Mcdonald, J. c. Mo
 'unniff. R. w. Gibbs. Cecil Costello. Arthur Notman, Jay Gibson and Jas. Lamb. There are nine cases filed against the defendant Fred Ball.
 It is the intention of the court to | to hot Nf the State vs. Charles Boram, of Doug las. next It is hoped that the cases will be concluded early Saturday so l that the court will be able to take up a number of pressing civil matters on that date.
 Among the matters to be heard on against the board of supervisors and | the couty treasurer to prevent them
 rom the payment of the claim filed by the Thiel Detective Agency for | services rendered in securing evidence against the sellers of intoxicating li- quors. County Attorney Ross is of the opinion that it will not take long to dispose of this matter as in addi- tion to the fact that similar claims have been allowed in a number of | other counties in the state. There are cases cited from four other states in similar cases where the application was made and the injunction denied. One case from Oregon Is practically identical with the present case. same agency having rendeerd services there the same as in Cochise county. The injunction was denied in that instance | In addition to these precedents the law of Arizona gives authority to a county attorney to secure evidence. the expense to be paid fromcounty funds. and the board of supervisors are authorized to pay any proper ez- pense incurred by the county attorney. One of the applicants for the injunc tion. A. L. Field. according 70 the rec cords of the Superior Court. pleaded guilty to a charge of selling liquor without a license when the state was still wet and was fined the sum O. $50 while another of the applicants. J. B. Murchison. was a witness for the state in that instance.
 The writ of mandamus against County Recorder Murphy to change the name Of J. B. Chapman on the register will also be heard on that date.
 The preliminary examination of the