The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-09-08

and is Placed Under Peace Bond
of $4,000. Valves Hearing.
About o'clock Friday morning of
last week at his home in North Cliff.
ton John L. Donnelly, vice president
of the Arizona State Federation of
Labor who has been stationed in
this district for some time, ran
amuck and created a disturbance
which resulted in his being this
week placed under $4,000 peace
bond by Justice J.. A. McWilliams.
E., A. Wood, against whom the
threats are alleged to have been made
was the complaining witness.
1t seems that for some time there
had been bad blood between Donnelly
and Wood and the climax of their
troubles was reached on Friday
morning when Donnelly took the mat
ter up with apparently nearly serious
consequences.
before Justice McWilliams on We'd
nesday morning at 10 o'clock, when
Mr.. Donnelly accompanied by his
wife, were present and heard the
charges read. Mr.. Wood, who swore
out the complaint, failed to appear.
On reading the complaint Justice Nc
Williams informed Mr.. Donnelly that
he had the right for counsel If he
SO desired. Donnelly waived hearing
and was placed under $4,000 peace
bond, G. A. Franz and C.. w. Young
being accepted as bondsmen.
The complaint in full follows and
tells the story of the alleged threats
made by Donnelly upon the person
of Wood and his family:
Before me, ]. A. McWilliams, JUS
I,
! September, 1916, personally appeared
e. A. Wood, who first being duly
sworn, on oath complains and accus-
es John l.. Donnelly, of threatening
to murder complainant and threaten
ing to blow up the dwelling house Of
complainant with dynamite, as fol-
lows, to-wit: The said ] l.. Dom
nelly on or about the 1st day of Sep
tember, 1916, in Greenlee County,
State of Arizona, did awaken COM
plainant and his wife about o'clock
A. M. and then and there said j l..
Donnelly while armed with a Win
! chester rifle, stood in the public
street of Clifton, in said County and
State, Immediately in front of affi-
ants front door and profanely and
/ abusively threatened to wilfully,
knowingly, maliciously, forcibly,
tfeloniously and with malice afore-
thought and premeditatedly shoot,
kill, slay and murder complainant
and did then and there threaten to
blow up complainants said dwelling
with dynamite; that said j. L. Don
nelly presented himself in said
street as aforesaid while clad in his
underwear alone again about the
same hour on said date and as afore-
said and repeated said threats in the
presence and hearing of women and
children in said neighborhood of
North Clifton; that for said offense
said J. L. Donnelly has not been
placed under arrest nor in any man.
ner restrained by the officers of the
law, though they have been fully ad-
vised of said conduct on the part of
said J. L. Donnelly.
That by reason of said threats, as
aforesaid, and said demonstrations
as aforesaid, complainant fears and
has reason to fear that said j. L.
Donnelly will in execution of said
threats, take complainants life and
that of his wife with dynamite and
complainant has reason to\believe and
does believe that said j L. DON
nelly will murder complainant and
his wife and destroy his said dwelling
and all of his property therein as
threatened aforesaid and that said
IL. L. Donnelly will execute said
threats unless he is restrained from
so doing, by this court. That to pre-
. vent said ] l.. Donnelly from putting
said threats into execution it is nec-
essary that said ]. l.. Donnelly be
placed under bond, by this Court, as
the law provides, requiring him, as
provided by law in such cases, to
keep the peace toward the State of
Arizona and toward this complainant
in particular.
Complainant therefore prays that a
warrant may be issued for the arrest
of said J. l.. Donnelly and that he
may be dealt with according to law.