Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-09

The defense sought TO show that
the accused bandits had been forced
by Villa 10 join his army" being,
prior TO the raid, ignorant poems OF
Mexico. They claimed that they did
not know where they were going
wnen they advanced TO attack the
American town and that they took
part In the attack and helped loot
and burn the town only through fear
that Villa, their chief" would kill
them II they refused The chief Wit
ness against them vas twelve-year-
old boy, Il member Of the raiders. The
boy eontradicted the testimony OF the
prisoners in essential uetails told of
the apparent eagerness of the men co
participate IN the raid the promise
that villa made each OF mis- followers
OF Il white wife when they captured
the town and killed all the white
men. OF money thrE We're TO get from
the bank, food to eat and clothes TO
wear Tne boy was freed for turn
ing states evidence. lie lost a leg as
q result Of being shot IN the raid. and
his youth also won Tor him sympathy
The case was unparalleled IN the
criminal annals of New .exico, six
defendants being charged with mur-
der in the first degree under the same
indictment and tired jointly. In the
selection OF the jury neither the state
nor the defense rejected single Juror
in the original panel une prospective
juror disqualified himself by stating
that he dId not believe in the inflic-
ton of the death penalty
The men who comprised the jury
and returned the verdict that sent the
bandits to the gallows, together with
their occupations, welc as follows.
l.ouis DornLlsch. farmer, Wright
Shaw, farmer Sim ttolstein. livery
man. Albert Field. tObaeconist;
George IA. phillips, cattleman;
George II. Maisel, farmer; William
Wells. automobile agent: A. >, White,
contractor and builder; G. H. sun
quist, mechanician; LeRoy Hon, cat
tleman; T.. NJ. Case, farmer, ana c.
w. Uaskin, farmer.
Verdict Reached Promptly.
1t took the Jury u brief thirty min
utes to arrive at their verdict, and its
before a court room
packed to suffocation was received
calmly. Interpreted for the defend
ants, they received II without visible
signs of emotion. One Of the seven
WIS urea StiidIdltl9.
That the condemned men might
have every opportunity OF escaping
the nfliction Of The death penalty,
and on his own initiative, E- c. Wade.
Jr.. an attorney OF Las Cruces, app
pealed personally 10 President Wilson.
following the passing OF the sentence
of death ON the seven convicted ban
dts, who were doomed to die on Fri
n a Il ali. Il
the president to Investigate the cases
with a view to recommending that
Gov. William c. Mcdonald extend ex-
ecutive clemency in the way of a
of their sentences TO
life Imprisonment. In addition. At
torney Buel r. Wood. who defended
them, made plea to the governor IN
their behalf
AS a result of this appal, the presi-
dent asked the governor TO carefully
investigate the matter. The state eX-
ecutive already had called for tran
script of the evidence and later made
q personal trip to Deming where he
the cases first hand. in
ferviewed the condemned men, and
satisfied himself that the prisoners
had had a fair and impartial trial
To enable him to make a SEARCHING
investigation, Governor Mcdonald
granted the prisoners respite until
June 8.
The people Of Deming welcomed the
by the governor, feeling
that such an inquiry would convince
The executive that justice had been
lone and that the hanging OF the
bandits would be proper espiatiou
tor their crime.